Steve Toms
Biographic Data
| ID | 5244779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steve Toms |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steve |
| FAMILY NAME | Toms |
| SIGNATURE | TOMS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Public houses and house prices in Great Britain
This paper examines the relationship between public houses or ‘pubs’ and house prices in Great Britain. Using a unique dataset, comprising statistical indicators for 373 local authorities registered between 2005 and 2015, the authors investigate this relationship from a panel data perspective. The analysis identifies a strong positive association between an increase in the number of pubs and house prices, showing different patterns with regard to…
In defence of business history
The article offers a defence of business history and responds to the suggestion from Taylor et al. (2009) that it should engage more with reflexive historiography and in particular with the work of the continental philosopher, Paul Ricoeur.We argue that such an engagement would not be helpful to business history in general, and would not address the specific issue of business history's isolation from management and organisation studies.To explain…
The limitations of economic counterfactuals
The article presents a history of the Lancashire cotton textile industry from the perspective of decision-making entrepreneurs as embedded historical actors, in contradistinction to the economics-based counterfactuals that dominate the recent historiography of the industry.A simulation approach is used to recreate the decision- making parameters faced by entrepreneurs and is used to support a genealogical path-dependent interpretation to overcome…
Industrial districts as organizational environments
The article combines economic and sociological perspectives on organizations in order to gain a better understanding of the forces shaping the structures of industrial districts (IDs) and the organizations of which they are constituted.To effect the combination, the resource-based view (RBV) and resource-dependency theory are combined to explain the evolution of different industry structures.The article thus extends work by Toms and Filatotchev b…
In defence of business history
The article offers a defence of business history and responds to the suggestion from Taylor et al. (2009) that it should engage more with reflexive historiography and in particular with the work of the continental philosopher, Paul Ricoeur.We argue that such an engagement would not be helpful to business history in general, and would not address the specific issue of business history's isolation from management and organisation studies.To explain…
Industrial districts as organizational environments
The article combines economic and sociological perspectives on organizations in order to gain a better understanding of the forces shaping the structures of industrial districts (IDs) and the organizations of which they are constituted.To effect the combination, the resource-based view (RBV) and resource-dependency theory are combined to explain the evolution of different industry structures.The article thus extends work by Toms and Filatotchev b…
The limitations of economic counterfactuals
The article presents a history of the Lancashire cotton textile industry from the perspective of decision-making entrepreneurs as embedded historical actors, in contradistinction to the economics-based counterfactuals that dominate the recent historiography of the industry.A simulation approach is used to recreate the decision- making parameters faced by entrepreneurs and is used to support a genealogical path-dependent interpretation to overcome…
Industrial districts as organizational environments
The article combines economic and sociological perspectives on organizations in order to gain a better understanding of the forces shaping the structures of industrial districts (IDs) and the organizations of which they are constituted.To effect the combination, the resource-based view (RBV) and resource-dependency theory are combined to explain the evolution of different industry structures.The article thus extends work by Toms and Filatotchev b…
The limitations of economic counterfactuals
The article presents a history of the Lancashire cotton textile industry from the perspective of decision-making entrepreneurs as embedded historical actors, in contradistinction to the economics-based counterfactuals that dominate the recent historiography of the industry.A simulation approach is used to recreate the decision- making parameters faced by entrepreneurs and is used to support a genealogical path-dependent interpretation to overcome…
In defence of business history
The article offers a defence of business history and responds to the suggestion from Taylor et al. (2009) that it should engage more with reflexive historiography and in particular with the work of the continental philosopher, Paul Ricoeur.We argue that such an engagement would not be helpful to business history in general, and would not address the specific issue of business history's isolation from management and organisation studies.To explain…
Public houses and house prices in Great Britain
This paper examines the relationship between public houses or ‘pubs’ and house prices in Great Britain. Using a unique dataset, comprising statistical indicators for 373 local authorities registered between 2005 and 2015, the authors investigate this relationship from a panel data perspective. The analysis identifies a strong positive association between an increase in the number of pubs and house prices, showing different patterns with regard to…
Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Historiography (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)