Background BA (Cambridge), M.Litt., MA (Cambridge) 1998 Assistant in Political Economy, University of Aberdeen, 1955- 58, Bournville Research Fellow, University of Birmingham 1958- 61, Tutor in Management Studies, University of Bristol 1961- 67, ( as Arthur D Little Management Fellow, with Arthur D Little Inc., Cambridge, Mass.1965- 66), Lecturer in Economics, University of Stirling 1967- 68, Senior Lecturer 1968- 71, Professor of Management Economics 1971- 84, Emeritus and Honorary Professor 1984- Member of Council, Royal Economic Society 1981- 86, Member of Council, Scottish Economic Society 1977- 87, President, Scottish Economic Society 1987- 90, Vice-President, Scottish Economic Society 1990-2003, Member of International Advisory Board, Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics 1995 -, Vice-President, International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society 2000-04, Member of advisory Board, Graz Schumpeter Centre, 2007- Honours and Awards 1994 Fellow of the British Academy1998 D.Univ, Stirling2000 Schumpeter Prize (joint winner): International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (awarded for Knowledge, Institutions and Evolution in Economics)2000 Smith Prize: Society for the Development of Austrian Economics (awarded for Knowledge, Institutions and Evolution in Economics)2007 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Interests Evolutionary economics, history of economic thought, economic methodology, knowledge, institutions and organisation, innovation
Evolutionary economics, history of economic thought, economic methodology, knowledge, institutions and organisation, innovation
Article
Knowledge in Economic Theory and Economic Systems
Loasby B (2016) Knowledge in Economic Theory and Economic Systems. History of Economic Ideas, 24 (1), pp. 15-26. http://www.libraweb.net/articoli3.php?chiave=201606101&rivista=61&articolo=201606101002
Book Chapter
Loasby B (2007) Firm Organization. In: Hanusch H & Pyka A (eds.) Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 287-295. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ecn&AN=1010038&site=ehost-live
Book Chapter
Entrepreneurship, Evolution and the Human Mind
Loasby B (2007) Entrepreneurship, Evolution and the Human Mind. In: Cantner U & Malerba F (eds.) Innovation, Industrial Dynamics and Structural Transformation: Schumpeterian Legacies. Berlin, Germany: Springer, pp. 29-47. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-49465-2_3
Article
Loasby B (2007) Peripheral vision. Organization Studies, 28 (11), pp. 1729-1759. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840607082665
Article
A cognitive perspective on entrepreneurship and the firm
Loasby B (2007) A cognitive perspective on entrepreneurship and the firm. Journal of Management Studies, 44 (7), pp. 1078-1106. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00729.x
Article
Loasby B (2007) The Ubiquity of Organization. Organization Studies, 28 (11), pp. 1729-1759. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840607082665
Book Review
The Economics of Entrepreneurship
Loasby B (2007) The Economics of Entrepreneurship. Review of: The Economics of Entrepreneurship. Simon C. Parker (ed.) Cheltenham and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2006. 552pp. ISBN 978–1–84542–496–1,. International Small Business Journal, 25 (1), pp. 98-100.
Book Chapter
Loasby B (2006) Industrial organization. In: Raffaelli T, Becattini G & Dardi M (eds.) The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall. First ed. Elgar original reference. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 371-378. http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=2807&sub_values=&site_Bus_Man=&site_dev=&site_eco=&site_env_eco=&site_inn_tech=&site_int_pol=&site_law=&site_pub_soc=
Book Chapter
Loasby B (2004) Economics after Simon. In: Augier M & March J (eds.) Models of a man: essays in memory of Herbert A Simon. First ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. 259-278. http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/models-man
Book Chapter
Loasby B (2004) Un distretto industriale. In: Bellanca N, Dardi M & Raffaelli T (eds.) Economia senza gabbie: Studi in onore di Giacomo Becattini. First ed. Bologna, Italy: Il Mulino, pp. 219-271.
Book Chapter
Loasby B (2004) Hayek's theory of the mind. In: Koppl R (ed.) Evolutionary psychology and economic theory. First ed. Advances in Austrian economics, 7. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier (JAI Press), pp. 101-134. http://isbndb.com/d/book/evolutionary_psychology_and_economic_theory.html
Authored Book
Knowledge, institutions and evolution in economics
Loasby B (1999) Knowledge, institutions and evolution in economics. First ed. The Graz Schumpeter Lectures, 2. London, UK: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415298100/
Edited Book
Economic organization, capabilities and co-ordination: essays in honour of G B Richardson
Foss NJ & Loasby B (eds.) (1998) Economic organization, capabilities and co-ordination: essays in honour of G B Richardson, First ed. Routledge studies in business organization and networks, 8. London, UK: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415183901/
Authored Book
Equilibrium and evolution: an exploration of connecting principles in economics
Loasby B (1991) Equilibrium and evolution: an exploration of connecting principles in economics. First ed. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.