Wenner-Gren Foundation Supper Conference: Archeological Theory and Method: Some Suggestions from the Old World

Stakeholder theory: Some revisionist suggestions

The article argues for the use of a narrow stakeholder definition. It also adds one group –managers – that generally is not considered as being a stakeholder group. Here it is suggested that control of this stakeholder group holding the executive power should be a central topic for stakeholder theory. The article supports the common idea that the business discourse and the moral discourse shoul...

Old World Econometrics and New World Theory

This paper summarizes recent work on the econometrics of identification in rational expectations models by myself and Andreas Beyer. In this work, we discuss the relationship between structure and reduced form in linear rational expectations models and we apply our analysis to a class of new Keynesian models that are frequently used to inform the policy debate. We argue that the identifying ass...

Some New World Lessons for the Old World

Singing from his supper

positions allocated. It is thus his choice whether to fill the institute with PhD students and post-docs, who will work for him, or with independent scientists. The latter will naturally be in a better position to secure additional funding but are often viewed by directors as a threat to their power. Schroeder believes that, " Too many mediocre professors currently have too much power. They are...

Some Suggestions.........

I wish to bring a few issues to the attention of our fellow professionals for their consideration and further action through our professional body (of IPS) as may be deemed fit. The first three issues are about functional aspects of our Indian Psychiatric Society , which I consider have acquired unhealthy flavour; and, the fourth issue is about a policy that should actively and urgently be purs...