Michael C. Jensen

Journal Articles

1. Danyang Li, Michael C. Jensen (2026). Drifting to the top? The effects of category erraticism on status mobility in the U.S. venture capital industry. Strategic Management Journal.DOI
2. Youchung Kwon, Heeyon Kim, Michael C. Jensen, Gino Cattani, Alessandro Piazza, Jerry W. Kim (2025). Dark Side of Social Evaluations: Unpacking Bias, Trust, and Inequality in Social Evaluations. Academy of Management Proceedings.DOI
3. Yasir Dewan, Michael C. Jensen (2025). Noblesse Oblige? Firm Status, Social Crisis, and Prosocial Claims. Academy of Management Proceedings.DOI
4. Felipe A. Csaszar, Diana Jue‐Rajasingh, Michael C. Jensen (2022). When Less Is More: How Statistical Discrimination Can Decrease Predictive Accuracy. Organization Science.DOI
5. Michael C. Jensen, Torsten Twardawski, Nadja Younes (2021). The Paradox of Awards: How Status Ripples Affect Who Benefits from CEO Awards. Organization Science.DOI
6. Michael C. Jensen, Heeyon Kim (2019). Reaching for the stars: The importance of reputational rank in creative career development. Poetics.DOI
7. Yasir Dewan, Michael C. Jensen (2018). Catching the Big Fish: The Role of Scandals in Making Status a Liability. Academy of Management Proceedings.DOI
8. Pengfei Wang, Michael C. Jensen (2018). A Bridge Too Far: Divestiture as a Strategic Reaction to Status Inconsistency. Management Science.DOI
9. Dirk Deichmann, Michael C. Jensen (2017). I can do that alone…or not? H ow idea generators juggle between the pros and cons of teamwork. Strategic Management Journal.DOI
10. Michael C. Jensen, Pengfei Wang (2017). Not in the Same Boat: How Status Inconsistency Affects Research Performance in Business Schools. Academy of Management Journal.DOI
11. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling (2015). Production Functions : An Application to Labor-Managed Firms and Codetermination.
12. Michael C. Jensen, Heeyon Kim (2015). The Real Oscar Curse: The Negative Consequences of Positive Status Shifts. Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration (Cornell University).
13. Heeyon Kim, Michael C. Jensen (2014). Audience Heterogeneity and the Effectiveness of Market Signals: How to Overcome Liabilities of Foreignness in Film Exports? Academy of Management Journal.DOI
14. Michael C. Jensen, Bo Kyung Kim (2013). Great,Madama ButterflyAgain! How Robust Market Identity Shapes Opera Repertoires. Organization Science.DOI
15. Bo Kyung Kim, Michael C. Jensen (2011). How Product Order Affects Market Identity. Administrative Science Quarterly.DOI
16. Michael C. Jensen, Bo Kyung Kim, Heeyon Kim (2011). The Importance of Status in Markets: A Market Identity Perspective. Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration (Cornell University).
17. Bradley R. Agle, Thomas Donaldson, R. Edward Freeman, Michael C. Jensen, Ronald K. Mitchell, Donna J. Wood (2008). Dialogue: Toward superior stakeholder theory. Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 180, No. 20.DOI
18. Michael C. Jensen (2008). THE USE OF RELATIONAL DISCRIMINATION TO MANAGE MARKET ENTRY: WHEN DO SOCIAL STATUS AND STRUCTURAL HOLES WORK AGAINST YOU? Academy of Management Journal.DOI
19. Michael C. Jensen, Aradhana Roy (2008). Staging Exchange Partner Choices: When Do Status and Reputation Matter? Academy of Management Journal.DOI
20. Michael C. Jensen (2007). Foreword - Moral Markets: the Role of Values in Free Enterprise.
21. Michael C. Jensen (2006). Should We Stay or Should We Go? Accountability, Status Anxiety, and Client Defections. Administrative Science Quarterly.DOI
22. Michael C. Jensen (2005). Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity.DOI
23. Michael C. Jensen (2004). The Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance.DOI
24. Michael C. Jensen (2004). Who Gets Wall Street’s Attention? How Alliance Announcements and Alliance Density Affect Analyst Coverage. Strategic Organization.DOI
25. Michael C. Jensen, Edward J. Zajac (2004). Corporate elites and corporate strategy: how demographic preferences and structural position shape the scope of the firm. Strategic Management Journal.DOI
26. Michael C. Jensen (2003). The Debasement of Contracts and the Decline of Capital Markets.DOI
27. Michael C. Jensen (2003). The Free Cash Flow Theory of Takeovers: A Financial Perspective on Mergers and Acquisitions and the Economy.DOI
28. Michael C. Jensen (2003). The Role of Network Resources in Market Entry: Commercial Banks' Entry into Investment Banking, 1991–1997. Administrative Science Quarterly.DOI
29. Michael C. Jensen (2002). Takeovers: Folklore and Science.DOI
30. Michael C. Jensen (2002). Corporate Budgeting Is Broken, Let's Fix It.DOI
31. Michael C. Jensen (2002). Takeovers: The Controversy and the Evidence.DOI
32. Michael C. Jensen (2001). Foundations of Organizational Strategy. Harvard University Press.
33. Michael C. Jensen (2001). When Unocal Won Over Pickens, Shareholders and Society Lost.DOI
34. Michael C. Jensen (2000). Theory of the Firm : Managerial Behavior , Agency Costs and Ownership Structure.
35. Michael C. Jensen (1999). Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers.DOI
36. Michael C. Jensen, William H. Heckling (1995). Specific and General Knowledge and Organizational Structure.DOI
37. Michael C. Jensen, D. Chew (1995). Us Corporate Governance: Lessons from the 1980's.DOI
38. Michael C. Jensen (1991). Corporate Control and the Politics of Finance.DOI
39. Michael C. Jensen, S. Kaplan, L. Stiglin (1989). Effects of LBOs on Tax Revenues of the U.S. Treasury.DOI
40. Michael C. Jensen (1989). Active Investors, LBOs, and the Privatization of Bankruptcy.DOI
41. Michael C. Jensen (1988). Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences.DOI
42. Michael C. Jensen, Jerold B. Warner (1988). The Distribution of Power Among Corporate Managers, Shareholders, and Directors.DOI
43. Michael C. Jensen (1987). The Takeover Controversy: The Restructuring of Corporate America.
44. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling, C. Holderness (1986). Analysis of Alternative Standing Doctrines.DOI
45. Michael C. Jensen, Clifford W. Smith (1985). Stockholder, Manager, and Creditor Interests: Applications of Agency Theory.DOI
46. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling (1983). Reflections on the Corporation as a Social Invention.DOI
47. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling (1983). Corporate Governance and 'Economic Democracy': An Attack on Freedom.DOI
48. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling, C. Holderness (1981). The Case for Restricting Access to Courts.DOI
49. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling (1977). The Nuclear Family and Antagonism Towards Markets.DOI
50. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling (1977). Democracy in crisis.
51. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling (1977). Between Freedom and Democracy.DOI
52. Michael C. Jensen, W. Meckling (1976). Theory of the Firm.DOI

Preprints

1. Michael C. Jensen (2015). Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt: Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street. SSRN Electronic Journal.
2. Michael C. Jensen, Heeyon Kim, Bo Kyung Kim (2011). Meeting Expectations: A Role-Theoretic Perspective on Reputation. SSRN Electronic Journal.DOI

Book Chapters

1. Michael C. Jensen, Heeyon Kim, Bo Kyung Kim (2026). Status Foundations. Oxford University Press eBooks.DOI
2. Yasir Dewan, Michael C. Jensen (2023). Single-actor Scandal or Multiple-actor Scandal? A Framework for Studying Scandal Dynamics. Emerald Group Publishing Limited eBooks.DOI
3. Michael C. Jensen (2010). Legitimizing illegitimacy: How creating market identity legitimizes illegitimate products. Research in the sociology of organizations.DOI

Books

1. Michael C. Jensen, Heeyon Kim, Bo Kyung Kim (2012). Meeting Expectations: A Role-Theoretic Perspective on Reputation. Oxford University Press eBooks.DOI