Posts Tagged ‘Economic’

Guerrilla Teaching (Part 2 of 3)

Monday, March 1, 2010 posted by admin

Lecture by Peter G. Klein presented at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s seminar “Radical Scholarship: The Guerrilla Movement for Liberty” held in San Mateo, California; 15-16 October 2004. http://mises.org

Peter G. Klein is an American Austrian economist who studies managerial and organizational issues. Klein is Associate Professor in the Division of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Missouri and Associate Director of the Contracting and Organizations Research Institute (CORI). He is also an adjunct professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Klein specializes in organizational economics, strategy, and entrepreneurship, with applications to corporate diversification, organizational design, and innovation. His books include Entrepreneurship and the Firm: Austrian Perspectives on Economic Organization (edited with Nicolai J. Foss, Edward Elgar, 2002), The Fortunes of Liberalism, volume 4 of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek (University of Chicago Press, 1992), and The Theory of the Firm: Emergence, Synthesis, Challenges, and New Directions (with Nicolai J. Foss, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

During the 2000-2001 academic year, Klein was a Senior Economist on the Council of Economic Advisers. Klein taught previously at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Georgia, the Copenhagen Business School, and the Olin Business School. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, studying under 2009 Nobel Laureate Oliver E. Williamson, and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He runs the Organizations and Markets blog with Nicolai J. Foss, professor at the Copenhagen Business School. (Source: Wikipedia)

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http://mises.org/fellow.aspx?Id=21

http://blog.mises.org/archives/author/peter_g_klein/

http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=1367

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Business Online Game Farmersi

Friday, February 26, 2010 posted by admin

Presentation of the business game Farmersi – an online economic simulation. It is free to play via a web browser at http://farmersi.net.
In the game players manage virtual farms in the Wild West – they grow crops, raise cattle and make investments.
Individual games are 1-15 players at a time and last for 6-17 turns. While you are having fun you just might also learn helpful business skills and develop insight into how economies and markets function.

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Small Business Marketing for 2010: what is your strategy?

Friday, February 26, 2010 posted by admin

For business owners – what is your marketing strategy? And with your current marketing, do you feel comfortable in sustaining business in 2010? check my website: www.businessmarketing.weebly.com

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Guerrilla Teaching (Part 3 of 3)

Thursday, February 25, 2010 posted by admin

Lecture by Peter G. Klein presented at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s seminar “Radical Scholarship: The Guerrilla Movement for Liberty” held in San Mateo, California; 15-16 October 2004. http://mises.org

Peter G. Klein is an American Austrian economist who studies managerial and organizational issues. Klein is Associate Professor in the Division of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Missouri and Associate Director of the Contracting and Organizations Research Institute (CORI). He is also an adjunct professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Klein specializes in organizational economics, strategy, and entrepreneurship, with applications to corporate diversification, organizational design, and innovation. His books include Entrepreneurship and the Firm: Austrian Perspectives on Economic Organization (edited with Nicolai J. Foss, Edward Elgar, 2002), The Fortunes of Liberalism, volume 4 of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek (University of Chicago Press, 1992), and The Theory of the Firm: Emergence, Synthesis, Challenges, and New Directions (with Nicolai J. Foss, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

During the 2000-2001 academic year, Klein was a Senior Economist on the Council of Economic Advisers. Klein taught previously at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Georgia, the Copenhagen Business School, and the Olin Business School. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, studying under 2009 Nobel Laureate Oliver E. Williamson, and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He runs the Organizations and Markets blog with Nicolai J. Foss, professor at the Copenhagen Business School. (Source: Wikipedia)

Related links:

http://mises.org/fellow.aspx?Id=21

http://blog.mises.org/archives/author/peter_g_klein/

http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=1367

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This YouTube channel, LibertyInOurTime, is in no way endorsed or affiliated with the Ludwig von Mises Institute or any of its lecturers or staff members.

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http://www.weforum.org 29.01.2010
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005)

What are the pressing global, industry and societal issues that business leaders must address in the wake of the “Great Recession”?

Stephen Green, Chairman, HSBC, United Kingdom
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA; Global Agenda Council on the Role of Business
Indra Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, USA; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Global Agenda Council on the Role of Business
Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Google, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Wang Jianzhou, Chairman and Chief Executive, China Mobile Communications Corporation, People’s Republic of China

Chaired by
Robert Greenhill, Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, World Economic Forum

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The Firm vs. Nationalism (Part 1 of 3)

Saturday, February 13, 2010 posted by admin

Lecture by Peter G. Klein given at the 2006 Mises Supporter’s Summit, hosted at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, 27-28 October 2006. http://mises.org

Peter G. Klein is an American Austrian economist who studies managerial and organizational issues. Klein is Associate Professor in the Division of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Missouri and Associate Director of the Contracting and Organizations Research Institute (CORI). He is also an adjunct professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Klein specializes in organizational economics, strategy, and entrepreneurship, with applications to corporate diversification, organizational design, and innovation. His books include Entrepreneurship and the Firm: Austrian Perspectives on Economic Organization (edited with Nicolai J. Foss, Edward Elgar, 2002), The Fortunes of Liberalism, volume 4 of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek (University of Chicago Press, 1992), and The Theory of the Firm: Emergence, Synthesis, Challenges, and New Directions (with Nicolai J. Foss, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

During the 2000-2001 academic year, Klein was a Senior Economist on the Council of Economic Advisers. Klein taught previously at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Georgia, the Copenhagen Business School, and the Olin Business School. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, studying under 2009 Nobel Laureate Oliver E. Williamson, and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He runs the Organizations and Markets blog with Nicolai J. Foss, professor at the Copenhagen Business School. (Source: Wikipedia)

Related links:

http://mises.org/fellow.aspx?Id=21

http://blog.mises.org/archives/author/peter_g_klein/

http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=1367

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Cisco’s Elfrink Sees Enterprise Business ‘Picking Up’: Video

Thursday, February 11, 2010 posted by admin

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Wim Elfrink, chief globalization officer at Cisco Systems Inc., talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about his company’s performance and business strategy.
Elfrink also discusses Cisco’s role in the creation of a “smart city” computing center in Holyoke, Massachusetts. (Source: Bloomberg)

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