Jackson A. Nickerson

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

Assistant Professor of Organization & Strategy

One Brookings Drive

Campus Box 1133

St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

United States

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1.

Diversity and Productivity in Production Teams

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 May 2004
Barton H. Hamilton, Jackson A. Nickerson and Hideo Owan
Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Tokyo
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Teams, diversity, productivity, turnover, learning, task coordination

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Team Incentives and Worker Heterogeneity: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Teams on Productivity and Participation

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Team Incentives and Worker Heterogeneity: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Teams on Productivity and Participation

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 Jul 2001
Barton H. Hamilton, Jackson A. Nickerson and Hideo Owan
Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Tokyo
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teams, productivity, free-riding, learning, bargaining, sorting, compensating differentials

Team Incentives and Worker Heterogeneity: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Teams on Productivity and Participation

Posted: 30 May 2003
Barton H. Hamilton, Jackson A. Nickerson and Hideo Owan
Washington University, Saint Louis - John M. Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Tokyo

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A Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm - a Problem-Solving Perspective

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A Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm - a Problem-Solving Perspective

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Mar 2004
Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah
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theory of the firm, knowledge management, organizational economics, innovation, organization theory

A Knowledge-based Theory of the Firm - A Problem-solving Perspective

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Feb 2005
Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah
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theory of the firm, knowledge management, organizational economics, innovation, organization theory

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Envy, Comparison Costs, and the Economic Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 May 2006
Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah
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theory of the firm, envy, social comparison, compensation, vertical integration

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Governing The Search For Value: A Preliminary Theory of Entrepreneuring

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2016/16/STR
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2020
Nathan Furr, Jackson A. Nickerson and Robert Wuebker
INSEAD, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah - Department of Management
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Entrepreneurship, Experimentation, Search, Governance, Problem-Solving Perspective

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Does Ownership Affect the Variability of the Production Process? Evidence from International Courier Services

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 May 2002 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2008
Chihmao Hsieh, Sergio G. Lazzarini, Jackson A. Nickerson and Marcio Laurini
SUNY Korea, Insper Institute of Education and Research, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Ibmec, Sao Paulo
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Outsourcing, vertical integration, reliability, quality

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Opportunity Discovery, Problem Solving and the Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Apr 2007
Chihmao Hsieh, Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
SUNY Korea, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah
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Entrepreneurship, opportunity discovery, problem solving perspective, solution, complexity, governance, hierarchy, search, recognition

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Being Efficiently Fickle: A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Choice

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Being Efficiently Fickle: A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Choice

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Aug 2002
Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah
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organizational economics, organizational design, dynamics, organizational change, theory of the firm

Being Efficiently Fickle: A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Choice

Posted: 04 Dec 2002
Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah

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organizational economics, organizational design, dynamics, organizational change, theory of the firm

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A Theory of B2b Exchange Formation

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jun 2002
Hideo Owan and Jackson A. Nickerson
University of Tokyo and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Dominant Designs, Innovation Shocks and the Follower's Dilemma

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Oct 2013
Nicholas Argyres, Lyda S. Bigelow and Jackson A. Nickerson
Washington University in St. Louis, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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dominant design, industry evolution, innovation, strategic positioning, industry shakeout

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Strategic Responses to Shocks: Comparative Adjustment Costs, Transaction Costs, and Opportunity Costs

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Nov 2018
Nicholas Argyres, Joseph T. Mahoney and Jackson A. Nickerson
Washington University in St. Louis, University of Illinois and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Comparative adjustment costs; transaction costs, opportunity costs; strategic responses; innovation shock

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Problems, Theories, and Governing the Crowd

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2016
Jackson A. Nickerson, Robert Wuebker and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of Utah - Department of Management and University of Utah
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Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation, Problem Finding/Problem Solving

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Internet Exchange Formation and Competition When Potential Participants Can Coordinate

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jan 2004
Hideo Owan and Jackson A. Nickerson
University of Tokyo and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Internet intermediaries, externalities, implicit coordination, unique implementation

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A Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm - the Problem-Solving Perspective

Organization Science, Vol. 15, pp. 617-632, November-December 2004
Posted: 27 Jun 2005
Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah

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Theory of the firm, knowledge-based view, firm boundaries, problem solving

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Economizing in a Context of Strategizing: Governance Mode Choice in Cournot Competition

Posted: 18 Nov 1999
Jackson A. Nickerson and Richard Vanden Bergh
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Vermont, Grossman School of Business

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Managing Buyer-Supplier Contracts in Biotechnology: The Effect of Downstream Investments on Contract Choice

Washington University, John M. Olin School of Business, Olin Working Paper No. OLIN-97-18
Posted: 17 Apr 1999
Kyle Mayer and Jackson A. Nickerson
University of Southern California - Management and Organization Department and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

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Why Aren't All Truck Drivers Owner-Operators? Asset Ownership and the Employment Relation in Interstate For-Hire Trucking

Olin Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 97-06
Posted: 12 Apr 1999
Jackson A. Nickerson and Brian S. Silverman
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

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Integrating Competitive Strategy and Transaction Cost Economics: An Operationalization of Fit in the Interstate Trucking Industry

Washington University Working Paper OLIN-97-06
Posted: 25 Apr 1998
Jackson A. Nickerson and Brian S. Silverman
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

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Being Efficiently Fickle: Why Do Managers Vacillate between Organizational Modes?

Olin Working Paper Series, No. OLIN-97-14
Posted: 26 Feb 1998
Jackson A. Nickerson and Todd Zenger
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and University of Utah

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Toward an Economizing Theory of Strategy

Washington University WP OLIN-97-07
Posted: 15 Oct 1997
Jackson A. Nickerson
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

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