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Tellusant’s work is anchored in science. We therefore write academic papers on topics relevant to our services and maintain them in this academic papers library.

Academic Papers Library Section

Many of these papers are also available on the Social Services Research Network within the SSRN repository and on Figshare.

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Where in the World Is the Market? The Income Distribution Approach to Understanding Consumer Demand in Emerging Countries

Identifying, measuring, and seizing market opportunities in emerging countries are crucial tasks for multinational consumer goods companies.

Central to these efforts is the need to gather and analyze income distribution data within a globally consistent framework, moving beyond metrics based solely on national averages.

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The Consumer Impact of Pricing Action

Consumer goods companies have garnered significant attention recently due to their price hikes amidst today’s high global inflationary environment.

Amidst the uncertainty regarding the extent and impact of these price increases, we delve into how pricing dynamics are affecting company volumes and consumers’ ability to pay on a global scale.

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The Growth Tesseract: A Scientific View of Firms’ Growth Opportunities

This concise yet scholarly paper delves into the four avenues through which a firm can expand: increasing reach, breadth, depth, and value.

It builds upon the foundational work of Penrose, Williamson, Teece, Grossman, Hart, and others who studied vertical and lateral integration.

The theoretical basis is grounded in Canback (2002): Bureaucratic Limits of Firm Size.

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Toward an Integrated Strategy Development Framework: A New Synthesis Based on the Giants of the Past

The aim of this paper is to synthesize the most significant contributions to strategy science since the late 1950s into a coherent perspective.

It unifies the ideas of esteemed scholars such as Professors Joe Bain, Michael Porter, Birger Wernerfelt, and Roger Martin. These micro-economic insights are then contextualized within broader societal, economic, and technological trends.

Furthermore, the paper includes a section on the process for developing strategies based on this integrated framework.

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A Lightweight Note on Success in Mergers and Acquisitions

This note, spanning two pages, encapsulates the key drivers of success in corporate M&A. It offers a prescriptive overview for executives considering a merger or acquisition and serves as a reference for further exploration.

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Do Diseconomies of Scale Impact Firm Size and Performance? A Theoretical and Empirical Overview

This paper provides a synopsis of Dr. Canback’s doctoral dissertation, emphasizing the quantitative and statistical dimensions of his research.

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Bureaucratic Limits of Firm Size: Empirical Analysis Using Transaction Cost Economics

In his dissertation, Staffan Canback examines Oliver Williamson’s proposition that transaction cost economics can account for the constraints on firm size.

Williamson identifies four interrelated factors that manifest diseconomies of scale: atmospheric consequences stemming from specialization, bureaucratic insularity, incentive limitations inherent in employment relations, and communication distortions caused by bounded rationality.

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Bureaucratic Limits of Firm Size: Practitioners’ Summary

This paper serves as a high-level, managerial summary of Dr. Canback’s dissertation, deliberately steering clear of quantitative evidence to focus on its core insights and significance.

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When Does Vertical Integration Make Sense?

One of the pivotal elements in strategy development is discerning the optimal degree of vertical integration. This approach, while potentially advantageous, carries substantial risks, including heightened complexity, considerable capital investments, and the formidable challenge of altering the course if the strategy proves unsuccessful.

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The Logic of Management Consulting, Part 1

This two-part article delves into the reasons why management consultants exist and why they typically operate within independent firms. The analysis is grounded in the principles of transaction cost economics.

Part 1 provides an overview of the history of management consulting and reviews the existing literature on the subject.

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The Logic of Management Consulting, Part 2

Part 2 utilizes Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) in the context of management consulting to elucidate the rationale behind the established boundaries between consultants and their clients.

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