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Informationen zum Autor Giovanni Dosi is Professor at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. In addition to writing numerous publications, he is co-editor of the journal Industrial and Corporate Change published by Oxford University Press.Richard R. Nelson is Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, USA.Sidney G. Winter is Professor at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Klappentext In this book! the editors and a team of distinguished international contributors analyse the nature of organizational capabilities--how organizations do things! use their knowledge base! and diffuse that knowledge in a competitive environment. Zusammenfassung An analysis of the nature of organizational capabilities, this title offers theoretical analysis and evidence from firms and sectors to present insights into the relationship between organizational structures and capabilities, the patterns of accumulation of technological knowledge and the management of competence-building in changing markets. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities Part I: Introduction to Part I. Organizational Capabilities 1.: Alessandro Narduzzo, Elena Rocco, Massimo Warglien: Talking about Routines in the Field 2.: Linda Argote, Eric Darr: Repositories of Knowledge in Franchise Organizations 3.: Gabriel Szulanski: Appropriability and the Challenge of Scope 4.: M. Thérèse Flaherty: Limited Enquiry and Intelligent Adaptation in Semiconductor Manufacturing Part II: Introduction to Part II. The Development of New Capabilities 5.: Gary P. Pisano: In Search of Dynamic Capabilities 6.: Rebecca Henderson, Iain Cockburn: Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery 7.: Melissa M. Appleyard, Nile W. Hatch, David C. Mowery: Managing the Development and Transfer of Process Technologies in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry Part III: Introduction to Part III. The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities and their Social Roots 8.: Benjamin Coriat: The 'Abominable Ohno Production System'. Competences, Monitoring, and Routines in Japanese Production Systems 9.: Takahiro Fujimoto: Evolution of Manufacturing Systems and Ex-post Dynamic Capabilities 10.: Richard Florida, Martin Kenney: Transfer and Replication of Organizational Capabilities Part IV: Introduction to Part IV. Perspectives on Capabilities 11.: Pari Patel, Keith Pavitt: How Technological Competencies Help Define the Core of the Firm 12.: David J. Teece, Gary Pisano, Amy Shuen: Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management 13.: Daniel Levinthal: Organizational Capabilities in Complex Worlds ...
