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Cyert, Richard M. (1921–1998)

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Richard Cyert is perhaps most well known (among organization scholars and strategic management scholars) for his co-authorship with James March of the book A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. But he also made a number of significant contributions to economics and statistics, and was for many years President of Carnegie Mellon University.

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References

  • Augier, M., and J.G. March. 2002. Richard M. Cyert: The work and the legacy. In The economics of choice, change and organization: Essays in memory of Richard M. Cyert, ed. M. Augier and J.G. March. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

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Selected Works

  • 1955 (with J. G. March). Organizational structure and pricing behavior in an oligopolistic market. American Economic Review 45, 129–139.

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  • 1958 (with W. R. Dill and J. G. March). The role of expectations in business decision making. Administrative Science Quarterly 3: 307–340.

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  • 1963 (with J. G. March). A behavioral theory of the firm. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall.

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  • 1970. Implications for economic theory of a behavioral approach to the firm. In Behavioral approaches to modern management, ed. W. Goldberg. Göteborg: Företagsekonomiska institutionen vid Handelshögskolan.

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  • 1970 (with M. H. DeGroot). Baysian analysis and duopoly theory. Journal of Political Economy 78: 1168–1184.

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  • 1987 (with M. H. DeGroot). Bayesian analysis and uncertainty in economic theory. Totowa: Rowman & Littlefield.

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  • 1990. ed. The management of non-profit organizations. Lanham: Lexington Books.

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  1. GSBPP, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

    Mie Augier

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  1. GSBPP, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA

    Mie Augier

  2. Berkeley Research Group, LLC, Emeryville, CA, USA

    David J. Teece

  3. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    David J. Teece

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Augier, M. (2018). Cyert, Richard M. (1921–1998). In: Augier, M., Teece, D.J. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-00772-8_627

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