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Klappentext Bringing together ideas of leading thinkers in business strategy! organization studies! and innovation! this book explores the dynamics of competitiveness and the origins of the firm's capabilities. Contributors include David Teece! Oliver Williamson! Richard Nelson! Mark Granovetter! Gary Hamilton! Martin Fransman! Keith Pavitt! and William Lazonick. Zusammenfassung This book brings together the work of leading international thinkers working in the overlapping areas of economics, organization studies, business history, corporate strategy, and innovation. There is a growing awareness that the perspectives of a single discipline are unable to capture and explain the complexities and dynamics of firm behaviour, organizational structure, and corporate strategy. All the chapters in this book are drawn from the pioneering journal Industrial and Corporate Change opening up the inter-disciplinary coverage of the journal to a wider readership. Here readers will find extensive and original contributions from economists Oliver Williamson, Richard Nelson, and Martin Fransman; sociology and organization theorists Mark Granovetter and Gary Hamilton; business historians William Lazonick and Jonathan West; innovation scholars Parimal Patel, Keith Pavitt, and Giovanni Dosi; and business strategists David Teece and Gary Pisano. This book will be vital reading for all those who want to get to grips with the best of current international thinking on the dynamic interplay of technology, organization, and competition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Martin Fransman: Information, Knowledge, Vision, and Theories of the Firm 2: Mark Granovetter: Coase Revisited: Business Groups in the Modern Economy 3: Gary G. Hamilton and Robert C. Feenstra: Varieties of Hierarchies and Markets: an Introduction 4: William Lazonick and Jonathan West: Organizational Integration and Competitive Advantage: Explaining Strategy and Performance in American Industry 5: R. R. Nelson: The Co-Evolution of Technology, Industrial Structure, and Supporting Institutions 6: Parimal Patel and Keith Pavitt: Uneven (and Divergent) Technological Accumulation among Advanced Countries: Evidence and a Framework of Explanation 7: Richard S. Rosenbloom and Clayton M. Christensen: Technological Discontinuities, Organizational Capabilities, and Strategic Commitments 8: David Teece and Gary Pisano: The Dynamic Capabilities of Firms: an Introduction 9: O. E. Williamson: Transaction Cost Economics and Organization Theory ...
