We use a principal-agent framework to reexamine the implications of the negligence and strict liability rules when the tortfeasor is an agency. (...)

We provide a condition for ranking of information systems in agencyproblems. The condition has a straightforward economic interpretation in terms of the sensitivity of a cumulative distribution with respect to the agents effort. The criterion is shown to be equivalent to the mean preserving...

This paper deals with endogenous determination of effort as a source of productivity growth.

Does evolutionary theory help, for a theory of the firm, or, more widely, a theory oforganization? In this paper I argue that it does, to some but also limited extent.Evolutionary theories of economies, and of culture, have acquired considerablefollowing, but have also been subject to...

Despite the attention that strategic change as a topic of research has received, there remainconsiderable difficulties in conceptualizing the actual sources of strategic change. Using theconcept of strategic episodes, this paper develops an endogenous theory of change, where thesources of change...

In this paper Luhmanns concept of autopoietic social systems will be explained. Redaktion EconBiz]

This paper explores the form and function of organisational interactions from the perspective of Luhmanns Theory of Social Systems.