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Zusatztext This book has authority ... is a well-presented and informative reference book. Informationen zum Autor Nicolai Foss is Professor in the Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy at the Copenhagen Business School. Volker Mahnke is Associate Professor at the Copenhagen Business School. Klappentext This volume brings together prominent voices on competence, governance, and entrepreneurship to advance and stimulate economic strategy research. By pooling and mobilizing intellectual resources of both competence and governance perspectives, the contributions show that an innovative joint venture between these two main perspectives can lead to a new avenue of future research on strategic issues such as 'corporate growth', 'interfirm cooperation', and 'corporate entrepreneurship.' Zusammenfassung The 'theory of the firm' is a significant part of modern economics. Because it informs strategic choices, it is highly relevant to business administration in general, and for strategic management in particular. Two dominant streams may be identified in the literature, namely the 'competence' and 'governance' perspectives on the firm. While there has been little direct discussion between the main proponents of these perspectives, both claim that they are reaching for a 'strategic theory of the firm'. Such a theory would not only shed light on the classical questions considered in the theory of the firm (e.g. why firms exist, what determines their boundaries and internal organization), but would also be helpful for informing strategy issues, such as understanding strategic flexibility, strategic options, and the sources of competitive advantage. This volume brings together prominent voices on competence, governance, and entrepreneurship to advance and stimulate economic strategy research. By pooling and mobilizing intellectual resources of both competence and governance perspectives, the contributions show that an innovative joint venture between these two main perspectives potentially leads to a new avenue of future research on strategic issues such as 'corporate growth', 'interfirm cooperation', and 'corporate entrepreneurship'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Introduction: Advancing Research on Competence, Governance, and Entrepreneurship Part I: Fundamental Perspectives Chapter 2: Strategy Research: Competence and Governance Perspectives Chapter 3: The Knowledge-Based Approach and Organizational Economics: How much do they really Differ? And how does it Matter? Chapter 4: On the Tangled Discourse between Transaction Cost Economics and Competence-based Views of the Firm Part II: Firm Growth and Entrepreneurship Chapter 5: Entrepreneurship as Element in an Evolutionary Theory of the Firm Chapter 6: An Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm Chapter 7: Organizing for Firm Growth: The Interaction between Resource-Accumulating and Organizing Processes Chapter 8: The Growth of Firms in Theory and Practice Chapter 9: The Growth of Firms Part III: The Dynamics of Governance Chapter 10: Organizing for Innovation: Co-ordinating Distributed Innovation Capabilities Chapter 11: The Role of Prior Commitment in Governance Choice Chapter 12: Knowledge Maturity, Modularity, and the Vertical Boundaries of the Firm Chapter 13: Inter-firm Collaboration: Contractual and Capabilities-Based Perspectives Chapter 14: Multiple Considerations in Making Governance Choices: Implications of Transaction Cost Economics, Real Options Theory, and Knowledge-Based Theories of the Firm Chapter 15: Demand Uncertainty and Asset Flexibility: Incorporating Strategic Options in the Theory of the Firm ...
