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The evolution of morality and the end of economic man
(2014-01-01)
1871 saw the publication of two major treatises in economics, with self-seeking economic man at their center. In the same year Darwin published The Descent of Man, which emphasized sympathy and cooperation as well as ...
Effects of Participation in a Simulation Game on Marketing Students' Numeracy and Financial Skills
(2013-12)
The need to endow marketing graduates with skills relevant to employability grows ever more important. Marketing math and elementary financial understanding are essential employability skills, particularly given the ...
Come back Marshall, all is forgiven? : Complexity, evolution, mathematics and Marshallian exceptionalism
(2013-12-01)
Marshall was the great synthesiser of neoclassical economics. Yet with his qualified assumption of self-interest, his emphasis on variation in economic evolution and his cautious attitude to the use of mathematics, Marshall ...
Common Territory? : Comparing the IMP Approach with Economic Geography
(2013-08)
The IMP research tradition has always been open to the cross-fertilisation of ideas with other social science disciplines that study similar phenomena. Recent years have seen a growing interest among IMP researchers in ...
Understanding Organizational Evolution : Toward a Research Agenda using Generalized Darwinism
(2013-07)
The terms ‘evolution’ and ‘coevolution’ are widely used in organization studies but rarely defined. Often it is unclear whether they refer to single entities or populations. When specific evolutionary processes are suggested, ...
From Crisis to Choice: Re-imagining the future in shrinking cities
(URBACT Secretariat, Paris, 2013-05)
This report builds on current research and practice concerned with the exploration of causes and consequences of urban shrinkage in Europe. It has been informed by a number of workshops with policy makers, politicians and ...
The Industrial/Consumer Dichotomy in Marketing : Can Formal Taxonomic Thinking Help?
(2013)
The question of whether or not there exists a dichotomy between industrial (business-to-business) and consumer marketing has never been satisfactorily answered. Prominent authors champion both sides of the debate. This ...
Doing Business with China : Comparative Content Analysis of the Business-to-Business Marketing Literature
(2012-09)
A systematic search procedure was used to identify papers concerning B2B marketing to and within China presented at the IMP conference or published in prominent journals during the period 2000 to 2011. Two samples of papers ...