• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: How to Do Things with Time
  • Contributor: Raff, Daniel M. G.
  • Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2013
  • Published in: Enterprise and Society, 14 (2013) 3, Seite 435-466
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/es/kht025
  • ISSN: 1467-2227; 1467-2235
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  • Description: Sample selection bias is a common problem in the business history literature. This paper proposes methods for researching and writing the history of firms and industries designed to address the problem. The key elements are a forward-looking perspective and close attention to the development over time of selection environments, the resources individual firms can mobilize, and understanding an agency within the firm or firms.