Why managers need an evolutionary theory of organizations

Why managers need an evolutionary theory of organizations

Most observers have agreed that the theory of human behavior derived from the assumption of selfish rationality is inadequate to describe human behavior and human organizations (Rousseau et al., 1998). The issue is what other approach to theory building will provide an adequate theoretical toolkit for human behavior. We argue in this essay that evolutionary theory is the proper foundation for t...

Why We Need Evolutionary Semantics

One of the key components for achieving flexible, robust, adaptive and open-ended language-based communication between humans and robots or between robots and robots is rich deep semantics. AI has a long tradition of work in the representation of knowledge, most of it within the logical tradition. This tradition assumes that an autonomous agent is able to derive formal descriptions of the world...

Why Theories of Firm Boundaries Need an Evolutionary Process Dimension?

This paper addresses a process gap in economic theories of firm-boundaries by explaining switching costs during governance change in the case of outsourcing. Three perspectives on firm boundaries are considered: modern property right theory, modern transaction cost theory, and evolutionary theory. The first explains firm boundaries by the optimal allocation of residual decision rights to physic...

Smart Hospitals Need Smart Managers

Toward Evolutionary Innovation Theory

Abstract: Innovations, commercialized by new or old established firms, located at the core of industrial renewal process. The innovation concept has suffered transformations, along with the evolution of the models that try to explain and understand the innovation process. The innovative process corresponds to all activities that generate technological changes and the dynamic interaction between...