While organizational routines have received considerable attention in strategic management literature, relatively little is known about how new routines are formed. In this paper we develop a formal model of routine formation that builds upon the game-theoretic concepts underlying “common...

We axiomatically characterise two new orders of desirability of gambles (risky assets) that are natural extensions of the proportional stochastic dominance order to complete orders. These orders are represented by indices with parallels to the recently introduced Aumann-Serrano index of...

In many markets consumers form long-term relationships with firms. In such settings, a firm's existing customers are valuable assets whose "loyalty" must be maintained through continued investment. In this paper we assume that consumer loyalty is strengthened with repeated buying but may erode...