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Overview

Matthew Potoski is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a specific focus on strategy and management, management science and operations research, management information systems, marketing, and accounting.

The research topics frequently addressed by Potoski encompass construction project management and performance, outsourcing and supply chain management, corporate social responsibility reporting, environmental sustainability in business, public procurement and policy, public-private partnership projects, and sustainable supply chain management.

Among recent publications attributed to Potoski are:

  • Same product, different price: Experimental evidence on the transaction cost expenditures of selling to governments and firms, 2022, Public Administration Review
  • Index, 2023, Cambridge University Press eBooks

Coauthors who frequently collaborate with Potoski include Ole Helby Petersen, Seonghoon Kim, Trevor L. Brown, Lena Brogaard, and Ann Terlaak.

The scholar has published work in various venues, notably:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • Business Strategy and the Environment
  • Public Administration Review
  • International Public Management Journal

Potoski has also contributed to the academic literature through book publications, including the 2023 title Environmental Strategy for Businesses released by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

  • Green Clubs and Voluntary Governance: ISO 14001 and Firms' Regulatory Compliance

    Matthew Potoski;Aseem Prakash

  • Transaction Costs and Institutional Explanations for Government Service Production Decisions

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski

  • Managing public service contracts: Aligning values, institutions, and markets

    Trevor L Brown;Matthew Potoski;David M Van Slyke

  • Racing to the Bottom? Trade, Environmental Governance, and ISO 14001

    Aseem Prakash;Matthew Potoski

  • Covenants with weak swords: ISO 14001 and facilities' environmental performance

    Matthew Potoski;Aseem Prakash

  • The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations

    Aseem Prakash;Matthew Potoski

  • Contract–Management Capacity in Municipal and County Governments

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski

  • Managing contract performance: A transaction costs approach

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski

  • TRANSACTION COSTS AND CONTRACTING: The Practitioner Perspective

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski

  • Investing Up: FDI and the Cross-Country Diffusion of ISO 14001 Management Systems

    Aseem Prakash;Matthew Potoski

  • The Regulation Dilemma: Cooperation and Conflict in Environmental Governance

    Matthew Potoski;Aseem Prakash

  • Collective Action through Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Club Theory Perspective

    Aseem Prakash;Matthew Potoski

  • Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Comparative Perspective.

    Aseem Prakash;Matthew Potoski

  • Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective

    Matthew Potoski;Aseem Prakash

  • Managing the Public Service Market

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski

  • Clean Air Federalism: Do States Race to the Bottom?

    Matthew Potoski

  • Contracting for Complex Products

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski;David M. Van Slyke

  • Regulatory Convergence in Nongovernmental Regimes? Cross-National Adoption of ISO 14001 Certifications

    Matthew Potoski;Aseem Prakash

  • Asthma prevalence, cost, and adherence with expert guidelines on the utilization of health care services and costs in a state Medicaid population.

    L T Piecoro;M Potoski;J C Talbert;D E Doherty

  • Trust and contract completeness in the public sector

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski;David M. Van Slyke

  • Value creation and value appropriation in public and nonprofit organizations

    Sandro Cabral;Joseph T. Mahoney;Anita M. McGahan;Matthew Potoski

  • Managing Complex Contracts: A Theoretical Approach

    Trevor L. Brown;Matthew Potoski;David Van Slyke

  • The voluntary environmentalists

    Aseem Prakash

Frequent Co-Authors

Aseem Prakash
Aseem Prakash University of Washington
David M. Van Slyke
David M. Van Slyke Syracuse University
Nicole Darnall
Nicole Darnall American University
Matthew J. Kotchen
Matthew J. Kotchen Yale University
Hunter S. Lenihan
Hunter S. Lenihan University of California, Santa Barbara
Neal D. Woods
Neal D. Woods University of South Carolina
Joseph T. Mahoney
Joseph T. Mahoney University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
George Alexander Boyne
George Alexander Boyne University of Aberdeen
Leaf Van Boven
Leaf Van Boven University of Colorado Boulder
David K. Sherman
David K. Sherman University of California, Santa Barbara

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