International Workshop on

« The Theories of the Firm »

Organized by the
European Society for New Institutional Economics
(-ESNIE-)

In association with ATOM (Université de Paris I), le FORUM (Université de Paris X) et l'ADIS (Université Paris Sud).
Paris, November 8th, 2002
9am – 7pm
Maison des Universités
Salle Véronèse
103 boulevard Saint Michel
75005 Paris

Program :

9h00 – 9h15 : Welcoming remarks and brief presentation of ESNIE

9h15 - 10h30

Mark CASSON (University of Cambridge) "Entrepreneurship and the Theory of the Firm"

Discussion by:

  • Eric BROUSSEAU (Forum-U. of Paris-Nanterre & IUF & ATOM )
  • Régis COEURDEROY (U. Catholic of Leuven & ATOM - U. Paris I)
10h30-10h45 (Coffee Break)

10h45 - 12h00

Giovanni DOSI (Pisa University) & Luigi MARENGO (Teramo University) " Imperfect Incentive Alignment and Patterns of Knowledge Accumulation: an Introductory Discussion "

Discussion by:

  • Pierre GARROUSTE (U. Lyon 2. & ATOM - U. Paris I)
  • Emmanuelle FAUCHART (CNAM)

12h00-13h15

Robert GIBBONS (MIT) "Four Formal(izable) Theories of the Firm"

Discussion by:

  • Jacques CREMER (IDEI - Toulouse)
  • Stéphane SAUSSIER (U. Nancy II & ATOM - U. Paris I)
13h30 - 14h30 (Lunch)

15h00 - 16h15

Nicolaï J. FOSS (Copenhagen Business School) "Distributed Knowledge in the Context of Authority"

Discussion by:

  • Barkley J. ROSSER (Madison U.)
  • Didier CHABAUD (U. of Cergy & ATOM - U. Paris I)
16h15-16h30 (Coffee Break)

16h30 - 17h45

Bart NOOTEBOOM (Erasmus University) "A Cognitive Theory of the Firm"

Discussion by:

  • Jean-Michel GLACHANT (ADIS - U. Paris XI)
  • Anne PLUNKET (ADIS- U. Paris XI)

17h45 - 19h00

Luis GARICANO (University of Chicago) " Specialization, Firms and Markets: The Division of Labor between and within firms ".

Discussion by:

  • Thierry PENARD (CREREG - U. Rennes 1)
  • Bruce KOGUT (Wharton U. & INSEAD)
19h00 End of the Workshop

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