Edith Penrose's Legacy: Shaping Economics, Management and Political Economy (2025)
Book
Michie, J., & Oughton, C. (Eds.). (2025). Edith Penrose's Legacy: Shaping Economics, Management and Political Economy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003587132

Edith Penrose is best known for The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, originally published in 1959, but she made major contributions in other fields, including patents, the oil industry, and development economics. This book explores her work and lega... Read More about Edith Penrose's Legacy: Shaping Economics, Management and Political Economy.

Joan Robinson: Early Endogenous Growth Theorist (2023)
Journal Article
Oughton, C., & Tobin, D. (2023). Joan Robinson: Early Endogenous Growth Theorist. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 47(5), 943-964. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bead032

We start from Robinson’s article on Harrod’s Dynamic Economics and her criticism that technological change was exogenous: ‘in Mr. Harrod’s world, technical progress falls like the gentle dew from heaven and is not susceptible to any economic influenc... Read More about Joan Robinson: Early Endogenous Growth Theorist.

Resolving the patents paradox in the era of COVID19 and climate change: Towards a patents taxonomy (2023)
Journal Article
Bustamante, J., Oughton, C., Pesque-Cela, V., & Tobin, D. (2023). Resolving the patents paradox in the era of COVID19 and climate change: Towards a patents taxonomy. Research Policy: Policy, management and economic studies of science, technology and innovation, 52(9), Article 104850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104850

This paper revisits the patents debate and considers the role of intellectual property rights and their impact on society in the context of inventions designed to protect global common pool resources (CPRs) such as public health and the environment.... Read More about Resolving the patents paradox in the era of COVID19 and climate change: Towards a patents taxonomy.

Measuring Corporate Diversity in Financial Services: A Diversity Index (2022)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Oughton, C. (2022). Measuring Corporate Diversity in Financial Services: A Diversity Index. International Review of Applied Economics, 36(3), 308-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2022.2090522

This paper provides a measure of corporate diversity in financial services. Our index is based on four components: ownership; competitiveness; balance sheet structure/resilience; and geographic spread. The first of these sub-indexes measures ownershi... Read More about Measuring Corporate Diversity in Financial Services: A Diversity Index.

A coming of age in the anthropological study of anime? Introductory thoughts envisioning the Business Anthropology of Japanese Animation (2020)
Journal Article
Mihara, R. (2020). A coming of age in the anthropological study of anime? Introductory thoughts envisioning the Business Anthropology of Japanese Animation. Journal of business anthropology, 9(1), 88-110. https://doi.org/10.22439/jba.v9i1.59+63

This article highlights how Anglophone anthropological studies of Japanese animation (anime) have overlooked its businesspeople (such as producers, investors, merchandisers, and entrepreneurs) by formulaically advocating anime creators and fans as cr... Read More about A coming of age in the anthropological study of anime? Introductory thoughts envisioning the Business Anthropology of Japanese Animation.

Optimizing regional cropping systems with a dynamic adaptation strategy for water sustainable agriculture in the Hebei Plain (2019)
Journal Article
Zhong, H., Sun, L., Fischer, G., Tian, Z., & Liang, Z. (2019). Optimizing regional cropping systems with a dynamic adaptation strategy for water sustainable agriculture in the Hebei Plain. Agricultural Systems, 173, 94-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.02.005

Unsustainable overexploitation of groundwater for agricultural irrigation has led to rapid groundwater depletion and severe environmental damage in the semi-arid Hebei Plain of China. Field experiments have recommended annual winter fallowing (i.e.,... Read More about Optimizing regional cropping systems with a dynamic adaptation strategy for water sustainable agriculture in the Hebei Plain.

Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China (2019)
Journal Article
Zhao, D., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Sun, L., & Liu, J. (2019). Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China. Water Research, 153, 304-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.025

The well-known “virtual water hypothesis” states that water-deficient regions/countries could alleviate water stress through importing water-intensive products from water-abundant regions/countries. Although observed trading patterns do often not sup... Read More about Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China.

Production Complexity, Adaptability and Economic Growth (2015)
Journal Article
Ferrarini, B., & Scaramozzino, P. (2016). Production Complexity, Adaptability and Economic Growth. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 37, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2015.12.001

This paper analyzes the impact of production complexity and its adaptability on the level of output and on its rate of growth. We develop an endogenous growth model where increased complexity raises the rate of economic growth but has an ambiguous ef... Read More about Production Complexity, Adaptability and Economic Growth.

Industrial Policy Design and Implementation Challenges (2015)
Book Chapter
Khan, M. (2015). Industrial Policy Design and Implementation Challenges. In J. Felipe (Ed.), Development and Modern Industrial Policy in Practice: Issues and Country Experiences (94-126). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715540.00012

The Branding of Space (2004)
Book Chapter
Matsunaga, L. (2004). The Branding of Space. In H. Nakamaki (Ed.), A comparison of management culture in Japan and the UK: focusing on religion and museum. National Museum of Ethnology

An examination of the ways in which ideas of branding may be applied to retail spaces, with examples drawn from England and Japan. The article discusses the processes by which such spaces may be designed, produced, and used, and considers the limitat... Read More about The Branding of Space.