Birger Wernerfelt

IIT@MIT — United States

Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Merger and Competition Analysis(35), Economic theories and models(33), Corporate Finance and Governance(32), Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing(32), Auction Theory and Applications(28)

Publications162 total

Small talk as a contracting device: trust, cooperative norms, and changing equilibria
The Journal of Law Economics and Organization·2026
Stochastic Differential Games and Optimization Problems with Controlled Point Process Arrivals
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications·2025Open Access
The origin and function of arbitrary signals: Making false statements, having long hair, and smoking Virginia Slims
PNAS Nexus·2024Open Access
Stochastic Continuous Time Games and Optimization Problems with Controlled Point Process Arrivals
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Diversified firms: existence and behaviors
Journal of Institutional Economics·2021· 6 citedOpen Access
Internalization of Advertising Services: Testing a Theory of the Firm
Marketing Science·2021· 2 cited
When Does the Underdog Win?
Strategy Science·2021· 7 cited
A Possible Micro-Foundation for the RBV and its Implications
Strategic Management Review·2020· 11 cited
How do successful scholars get their best research ideas? An exploration
Marketing Letters·2019· 2 cited
The Existence and Nature of Multi-Business Firms: Double Specialization and Neighboring Businesses
SSRN Electronic Journal·2019Open Access
The Existence and Nature of Multi-Business Firms: Double Specialization and Neighboring Businesses
SSRN Electronic Journal·2018Open Access
Why Do Firms Tend to Become Different?
2017· 1 cited
Division of Labor in Multi-Business Firms: Human Capital, Job Design, and Labor Contracts
Academy of Management Proceedings·2017
On the Existence and Nature of Multi-Business Firms: Excess Capacity and Neighboring Businesses
SSRN Electronic Journal·2017Open Access
All Adaptations Are Not the Same
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2016· 3 cited
Decision-Making in Large Organizations
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2016· 2 cited
Multiple Equilibria and Firm Heterogeneity
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2016
Resources and the Scope of the Firm
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2016
Endogenously Incomplete Contracts
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2016
Adaptation Costs in Three Dimensions
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2016
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Frequent Co-authors

Cynthia A. Montgomery(6), John R. Hauser(5), Claes Fornell(4), Aneel Karnani(3), Duncan Simester(3), Sayan Chatterjee(2), S. Balakrishnan(2), Raphael Amit(2), Gary S. Hansen(1), Gerard J. Tellis(1), Anne T. Coughlan(1), Dražen Prelec(1), Florian Zettelmeyer(1), Roland T. Rust(1), William T. Robinson(1), David E. M. Sappington(1)