Michael Dietrich
Biographic Data
| ID | 3624204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Dietrich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Dietrich |
| SIGNATURE | DIETRICH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6794-3618 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Evaluation of an e-learning platform promoting electronic personal health record competence
German Clinical Trials Register (registration number: DRKS00031730), registered on 20/04/2023-prospectively registered
Book Forum
Richard Lewontin and the “complications of linkage”
Duhem’s problem revisited
How to choose your research organism
Despite August Krogh's famous admonition that a 'convenient' organism exists for every biological problem, we argue that appeals to 'convenience' are not sufficient to capture reasoning about organism choice. Instead, we offer a detailed analysis based on empirical data and philosophical arguments for a working set of twenty criteria that interact with each other in the highly contextualized judgements that biologists make about organism choice. …
Extreme’ organisms and the problem of generalization
Many biologists appeal to the so-called Krogh principle when justifying their choice of experimental organisms. The principle states that "for a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied". Despite its popularity, the principle is often critiqued for implying unwarranted generalizations from optimal models. We argue that the Krogh principle should be interprete…
Haeckel’s Embryos
In this book, Nick Hopwood masterfully reconstructs a set of three related controversies regarding Ernst Haeckel’s infamous diagrams comparing the embryos of different species. These iconic images depicting similar developmental trajectories for vertebrates ranging from fish to chickens to human beings became widely reproduced textbook illustrations of the embryological evidence for evolution even while embryologists were calling their veracity i…
Parsing postgenomics
The diversification of developmental biology
Experimenting with sex
Self-employment and attitudes towards risk
The Role of Causal Processes in the Neutral and Nearly Neutral Theories
The neutral and nearly neutral theories of molecular evolution are sometimes characterized as theories about drift alone, where drift is described solely as an outcome, rather than a process. We argue, however, that both selection and drift, as causal processes, are integral parts of both theories. However, the nearly neutral theory explicitly recognizes alleles and/or molecular substitutions that, while engaging in weakly selected causal process…
Three Perspectives on Neutrality and Drift in Molecular Evolution
This article offers three contrasting cases of the use of neutrality and drift in molecular evolution. In the first, neutrality is assumed as a simplest case for modeling. In the second and third, concepts of drift and neutrality are developed within the context of population genetics testing and the development and application of the molecular clock
The End of the Professions?
End of the Professions
Beyond the Economics of Professionalism
This chapter concerns itself with two broad issues. The first of these is to investigate whether there is a uniquely economic approach to professionalism, and the second combines sociological and economic analyses to establish a more complete understanding of professional organisation. In relation to the first of these issues, we find that there does appear to be an economic rationale for professional organisation which, if disrupted, will result…
Two Men Who Invented Genetics
J. K. Galbraith
This appreciation of J. K. Galbraith (JKG) is one of an occasional series of Reputations that New Political Economy carries reviewing the work and life of significant political economists. It is appropriate to include JKG is this series, not only because of his obvious academic stature but also in recognition of the fact that ten years ago he opened the Political Economy Research Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK, from which NPE is manage…
The Contested Sovereignty of the Firm
This paper suggests that the firm can be analysed as a regulated system of contested sovereignty. The economic literature on the firm is categorised in terms of four different perspectives on sovereignty identified using the twin factors of power and authority. But rather than any single perspective being identified as analytically superior, it is argued that a system of contested sovereignty should be based on all four perspectives. Following th…
Conceptualizing Professionalism
The main argument presented here is that economics provides a necessary but not sufficient analysis of professionalism. A sufficient analysis can only be generated by recognizing the sociological significance of professionals, and in particular the institutionalization of a professional ethic. In this way we suggest that economics needs sociology to provide an effective conceptualization of professionalism as a form of organization and as a mode …
Gregor Mendel
The economics of quasi-integration
This paper presents an economic analysis of quasi-integration i.e., enduring relationships between legally separate economic units. Two frameworks are presented based on, respectively, transaction costs and what is called competitive dynamics. It is argued that the transaction cost framework has difficulties in accounting for the recent development of quasi-integration strategies. The preferred competitive dynamics approach means that transaction…
The Austrians and the subjectivity of costs
(1993). The Austrians and the subjectivity of costs: a rejoinder. Review of Political Economy: Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 393-393
Rethinking Economics
Rethinking Economics: Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution Get access Rethinking Economics: Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution. Edited by (Geoffrey M.) HOdgson and Sgrepanti (Ernesto). (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1991. Pp. xi + 206. £35.00 hardback. ISBN 1 852784164.)Towards a New Europe? Structural Change in the European Economy. Edited by Amin (Ash) and Dietrich (Michael). (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1991. Pp. xi + 241. £39.95 hardbac…
European economic integration and industrial policy ∗
This article argues that the theoretical framework that can be used to inform us of the industrial policy implications of European economic integration is very different from the neoliberalist perspective that has proved so popular in recent years. Here I argue the importance of adopting a proactive and selective industrial policy aimed at strategically important areas of the economy
Conceptualizing Professionalism
The main argument presented here is that economics provides a necessary but not sufficient analysis of professionalism. A sufficient analysis can only be generated by recognizing the sociological significance of professionals, and in particular the institutionalization of a professional ethic. In this way we suggest that economics needs sociology to provide an effective conceptualization of professionalism as a form of organization and as a mode …
How to choose your research organism
Despite August Krogh's famous admonition that a 'convenient' organism exists for every biological problem, we argue that appeals to 'convenience' are not sufficient to capture reasoning about organism choice. Instead, we offer a detailed analysis based on empirical data and philosophical arguments for a working set of twenty criteria that interact with each other in the highly contextualized judgements that biologists make about organism choice. …
Self-employment and attitudes towards risk
Extreme’ organisms and the problem of generalization
Many biologists appeal to the so-called Krogh principle when justifying their choice of experimental organisms. The principle states that "for a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied". Despite its popularity, the principle is often critiqued for implying unwarranted generalizations from optimal models. We argue that the Krogh principle should be interprete…
Experimenting with sex
Firms, Markets and Transaction Cost Economics
This article argues that transactions cost economics cannot explain the existence of firms; at most it is only potentially half a theory of economic organization as it makes no statement about any benefits derived from resource use. A general analytical framework is suggested that accounts for the existence of firms in terms of (1) the (non)transferability of skills or knowledge base of an organization; and (2) systems and procedures to ensure pr…
Duhem’s problem revisited
The diversification of developmental biology
The Role of Causal Processes in the Neutral and Nearly Neutral Theories
The neutral and nearly neutral theories of molecular evolution are sometimes characterized as theories about drift alone, where drift is described solely as an outcome, rather than a process. We argue, however, that both selection and drift, as causal processes, are integral parts of both theories. However, the nearly neutral theory explicitly recognizes alleles and/or molecular substitutions that, while engaging in weakly selected causal process…
Three Perspectives on Neutrality and Drift in Molecular Evolution
This article offers three contrasting cases of the use of neutrality and drift in molecular evolution. In the first, neutrality is assumed as a simplest case for modeling. In the second and third, concepts of drift and neutrality are developed within the context of population genetics testing and the development and application of the molecular clock
The economics of quasi-integration
This paper presents an economic analysis of quasi-integration i.e., enduring relationships between legally separate economic units. Two frameworks are presented based on, respectively, transaction costs and what is called competitive dynamics. It is argued that the transaction cost framework has difficulties in accounting for the recent development of quasi-integration strategies. The preferred competitive dynamics approach means that transaction…
European economic integration and industrial policy ∗
This article argues that the theoretical framework that can be used to inform us of the industrial policy implications of European economic integration is very different from the neoliberalist perspective that has proved so popular in recent years. Here I argue the importance of adopting a proactive and selective industrial policy aimed at strategically important areas of the economy
Firms, Markets and Transaction Cost Economics
This article argues that transactions cost economics cannot explain the existence of firms; at most it is only potentially half a theory of economic organization as it makes no statement about any benefits derived from resource use. A general analytical framework is suggested that accounts for the existence of firms in terms of (1) the (non)transferability of skills or knowledge base of an organization; and (2) systems and procedures to ensure pr…
The Austrians and the subjectivity of costs
(1993). The Austrians and the subjectivity of costs: a rejoinder. Review of Political Economy: Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 393-393
Rethinking Economics
Rethinking Economics: Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution Get access Rethinking Economics: Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution. Edited by (Geoffrey M.) HOdgson and Sgrepanti (Ernesto). (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1991. Pp. xi + 206. £35.00 hardback. ISBN 1 852784164.)Towards a New Europe? Structural Change in the European Economy. Edited by Amin (Ash) and Dietrich (Michael). (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1991. Pp. xi + 241. £39.95 hardbac…
The economics of quasi-integration
This paper presents an economic analysis of quasi-integration i.e., enduring relationships between legally separate economic units. Two frameworks are presented based on, respectively, transaction costs and what is called competitive dynamics. It is argued that the transaction cost framework has difficulties in accounting for the recent development of quasi-integration strategies. The preferred competitive dynamics approach means that transaction…
Gregor Mendel
Conceptualizing Professionalism
The main argument presented here is that economics provides a necessary but not sufficient analysis of professionalism. A sufficient analysis can only be generated by recognizing the sociological significance of professionals, and in particular the institutionalization of a professional ethic. In this way we suggest that economics needs sociology to provide an effective conceptualization of professionalism as a form of organization and as a mode …
The Contested Sovereignty of the Firm
This paper suggests that the firm can be analysed as a regulated system of contested sovereignty. The economic literature on the firm is categorised in terms of four different perspectives on sovereignty identified using the twin factors of power and authority. But rather than any single perspective being identified as analytically superior, it is argued that a system of contested sovereignty should be based on all four perspectives. Following th…
J. K. Galbraith
This appreciation of J. K. Galbraith (JKG) is one of an occasional series of Reputations that New Political Economy carries reviewing the work and life of significant political economists. It is appropriate to include JKG is this series, not only because of his obvious academic stature but also in recognition of the fact that ten years ago he opened the Political Economy Research Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK, from which NPE is manage…
The End of the Professions?
End of the Professions
Beyond the Economics of Professionalism
This chapter concerns itself with two broad issues. The first of these is to investigate whether there is a uniquely economic approach to professionalism, and the second combines sociological and economic analyses to establish a more complete understanding of professional organisation. In relation to the first of these issues, we find that there does appear to be an economic rationale for professional organisation which, if disrupted, will result…
Two Men Who Invented Genetics
Three Perspectives on Neutrality and Drift in Molecular Evolution
This article offers three contrasting cases of the use of neutrality and drift in molecular evolution. In the first, neutrality is assumed as a simplest case for modeling. In the second and third, concepts of drift and neutrality are developed within the context of population genetics testing and the development and application of the molecular clock
The Role of Causal Processes in the Neutral and Nearly Neutral Theories
The neutral and nearly neutral theories of molecular evolution are sometimes characterized as theories about drift alone, where drift is described solely as an outcome, rather than a process. We argue, however, that both selection and drift, as causal processes, are integral parts of both theories. However, the nearly neutral theory explicitly recognizes alleles and/or molecular substitutions that, while engaging in weakly selected causal process…
Self-employment and attitudes towards risk
The diversification of developmental biology
Experimenting with sex
Parsing postgenomics
Haeckel’s Embryos
In this book, Nick Hopwood masterfully reconstructs a set of three related controversies regarding Ernst Haeckel’s infamous diagrams comparing the embryos of different species. These iconic images depicting similar developmental trajectories for vertebrates ranging from fish to chickens to human beings became widely reproduced textbook illustrations of the embryological evidence for evolution even while embryologists were calling their veracity i…
Extreme’ organisms and the problem of generalization
Many biologists appeal to the so-called Krogh principle when justifying their choice of experimental organisms. The principle states that "for a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied". Despite its popularity, the principle is often critiqued for implying unwarranted generalizations from optimal models. We argue that the Krogh principle should be interprete…
How to choose your research organism
Despite August Krogh's famous admonition that a 'convenient' organism exists for every biological problem, we argue that appeals to 'convenience' are not sufficient to capture reasoning about organism choice. Instead, we offer a detailed analysis based on empirical data and philosophical arguments for a working set of twenty criteria that interact with each other in the highly contextualized judgements that biologists make about organism choice. …
Duhem’s problem revisited
Richard Lewontin and the “complications of linkage”
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