; and (2) which types of beliefs are the principal `glue' of coordination. We then examine the implications of these … both belief congruence and functional interdependence are important for understanding coordination. Further, the types of … beliefs critical to coordination are consistent with the underlying rationale - but not necessarily the specific hypotheses …

There is more coordination in the modern world than is plausibly explained by the classical mechanisms of community …, market, hierarchy and their commonly discussed variants. This paper explores modalities of non-market coordination whose … coordination. The focus is on two varieties of negotiated self-coordination under conditions where actual negotiations are embedded …

theory of social organization. After clearing up some methodological confusions surrounding the concept of charisma, I … present a theory that predicts the type of organization, and the type of organizational situation, in which charismatic … leadership will occur. By joining Mary Douglas's grid-group analysis with Herbert Simon's decision theory, I show that …

Recent work on game theory and juries reaches the startling result that making convictions easier (by easing the …