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What an Economist Brings to a Business Strategy

Harvard Business Review

In the 1900s, French mathematician-economist Leon Walras envisioned prices in a market economy being set by an auctioneer (since known as the “Walrasian auctioneer”) conducting continuous auctions for all kinds of commodities. Economists and market design. Economics and logistics. But there are some very important exceptions.