Nigel WadesonNigel Wadeson

School of Economics

University of Reading, UK
 

Qualifications

  • BSc (Economics, Bristol)
  • MSc (Computer Science, Kent)
  • PhD (Economics, Reading)

      Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
 

Research interests

My main research interests lie in information processes, decision making, the internal organization of the firm, contracting relationships, and entrepreneurship.

Publications

Casson M. and Wadeson N. (2009 – in press) “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. (2008) “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

I have played a major role in Reading Business Group. This has involved programme evaluation and policy development for UKT&I, the Treasury, and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.