Hi Rob He and his work sound fascinating....I'm happy to second the nomination! Chris Poulson At 12:23 PM -0400 5/10/05, Robert Austin wrote: >I'd like to nominate Bruce A. Weinberg for membership in our group. >Bruce and I have engaged in fascinating discussions about the >intersection between art and management. He knows a great deal about >both, and brings his training as an economist creatively to bear on >related issues. > >I enclose a brief bio below: > >Bruce A. Weinberg (Associate Professor of Economics at Ohio State >University; Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of >Economic Research; and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study >of Labor (IZA)), has studied when in their careers important >innovators do their most important work. He has studied 19th century >French artists; 20th century American artists; Nobel laureate >economists and physicists; and industrial innovators. He has also >studied how important innovations emerge and are developed. > > > >Rob Austin