One of the major problems of managerial behavior is the setting of priorities.Time is a scarce resource and managers have to find ways to deal with the multiple tasksthat face them. This paper addresses the issue of priority-setting among tasks bymanagers by proposing analogies from job-shop...

This book is the first to explore industry evolution using a historical and genealogical approach. The authors' analysis departs from traditional studies and draws attention to the dynamics of evolution, while relating the effects of parent company conditions to their corporate progeny and...