 Nigel Wadeson
Department
of Economics
University
of Reading, UK
Qualifications
- BSc (Economics, Bristol)
- MSc (Computer Science, Kent)
- PhD (Economics, Reading)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Current
administrative roles
- Postgraduate Exams Officer
- Programme Director
- Module Convenor
Research interests
My main research interests
lie in information processes, decision making, the internal organization and
boundaries of the firm, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Publications
Casson, M. and Wadeson,
N. (2012) “The Economic Theory of International Business: A Suggested Simplification”,
Multinational Business Review, 20(2).
(In Press)
Casson M. and
Wadeson N. (2012) “Internalisation Theory”, in Dietrich M. and Krafft
J. (eds.), Handbook
on the Economics and Theory of the Firm, Edward Elgar Publishing.
Wadeson, N. (2010) “Directed Search with
Real Options”, Economics of Innovation
and New Technology, 19(06), pp. 569 - 582.
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (2010)
“Export Performance and Reputation”, in da Silva Lopes T., Duguid P. (eds.), Trade
Marks, Brands and Competitiveness, Routledge.
Wadeson N. (2008) “Over-optimism and Sequential
Information in Entrepreneurial Projects”, in Terziovski
M. (ed.), Energizing
Management Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: European Research and
Practice, Routledge.
Casson
M. and Wadeson N. (2007) “Entrepreneurship
and Macroeconomic Performance”, Strategic
Entrepreneurship Journal, 1(3-4): 239-262.
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (2007) “The Discovery of
Opportunities: Extending the Economic Theory of the Entrepreneur”, Small Business Economics, 28(4):
285-300.
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (2007) “The
Search for Entrepreneurial Opportunity”, History
of Economic Ideas, 15(1): 137-158.
Casson M., Yeung, B., Basu, A. and Wadeson
N. (eds.) (2006) Oxford Handbook of
Entrepreneurship, Oxford University Press.
Wadeson N. (2006)
“Cognitive Aspects of Entrepreneurship: Decision-Making and Attitudes to
Risk”, in Casson et al. (eds.), Oxford
Handbook of Entrepreneurship, Oxford University Press.
Wadeson N. (2005) “Projects as Search
Processes”, International Journal of
Project Management, 23(6): 421-427.
Wadeson N. (2004) “Multi-Dimensional
Search: Choosing the Right Path”, International Journal of the Economics of Business,
11(3): 287-301.
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (2000) “Bounded Rationality, Meta-rationality
and the Theory of International Business”, in Casson M., Economics of
International Business, Edward Elgar Pub,
94-116.
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (1999) “Bounded Rationality, Dialogue, and
the Boundaries of the Firm”, in Loasby B. J. and
Dow, S. C. and Earl, P. E. (eds.), Contingency, Complexity and the Theory of
the Firm: Essays in Honour of Brian J. Loasby, vol 2, Edward Elgar .
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (1999) “Communication Costs and the Boundaries
of the Multinational Enterprise”, in Burton F., Chapman, M., and Cross, A.
(eds.), International
Business Organization: Subsidiary Management, Entry Strategies and Emerging
Markets, London: Macmillan, 119-40.
Casson, M. and Wadeson N. (1999) “Information Costs, Protocols and the
Boundaries of the Firm”, in Dow, S. C. and Earl, P.E. (eds.), Economic
Organization and Economic Knowledge, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Wadeson N. (1999) “Two-Way
Communication Costs and the Boundaries of the Firm”, International Journal
of the Economics of Business, 6, pp. 301-329.
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (1998) “Communication Costs and the
Boundaries of the Firm”, International Journal of the Economics of
Business, 5, pp. 5-27.
Casson M. and Wadeson N. (1996) “Information
Strategies and the Theory of the Firm”, International Journal of the
Economics of Business, 3, pp. 307-330.
Industrial
Experience
1999-2002
I worked in entrepreneurial
IT ventures, chiefly as a consultant in knowledge management systems. I
worked on projects for clients such as The BBC, Virgin, UK Trade &
Investment, an investment bank, and The Telegraph.
Consulting
My consulting has involved
programme evaluation and policy development for UKT&I, the Treasury, and
the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Selected reports (jointly authored):
The
Reading Diamond: Local Economic Assessment (2010)
Evaluation of the
Trade Development Strategies of UKTI Sectors Group (2007)
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