Professor Simon received the Nobel Prize for his pioneering research into decision making in economic organizations. His interest in the processes of human decision making and problem solving and how they affect institutions has led him into the fields of cognitive psychology, computer science and artificial intelligence. For more than 40 years he has explored the computer simulation of human behavior. In this talk he looked at organizational growth and adaptation, focusing on why we need organizations as well as markets, with special reference to the experience of Russia.

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• The First Lecture, 1988, Herbert A. Simon (Nobel 1978)
• The Second Lecture, 1989, William Cooper (Von Neumann Medal 1982)
• The Third Lecture, 1990, Franco Modigliani (Nobel 1985)
• The Fourth Lecture, 1991, Richard Cyret
• The Fifth Lecture, 1992, James Tobin (Nobel 1981)
• The Sixth Lecture, 1993, Robert Solow (Nobel 1987)
• The Seventh Lecture, 1994, Kenneth Arrow (Nobel 1972)
• The Eight Lecture, 1995, Lawrence Klein (Nobel 1980)
• The Ninth Lecture, 1996, Harry M. Markowitz (Nobel 1990)
• The Tenth Lecture, 1997, Douglas C. North (Nobel 1993)
• The Eleventh Lecture, 1998, James A. Mirrlees (Nobel 1996)
• The Twelfth Lecture, 1999, Robert W. Fogel (Nobel 1993)
• The Thirteenth Lecture, 2000, Herbert A. Simon (Nobel 1977)
• The Fourteenth Lecture, 2001, Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel 2001)
• The Fifteenth Lecture, 2002, James A. Heckman (Nobel 2000)
• The Sixthteenth Lecture, 2004, Vernon L. Smith (Nobel 2002)
• The Seventeenth Lecture, 2006, Finn Kydland (Nobel 2004)