Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
Capability Management in Network Organizations
Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-829651-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford
The pace of change in the business world is becoming faster. This book provides a detailed account of the network-like organization forms that some firms are adopting to make themselves more flexible and responsive to changing technologies and customer demands. As these organizations become more pervasive, the winners will be those firms that develop the specific capabilities that are needed to thrive in a networked world. Paradoxically, such capabilities are developed not only at the firm level, but also in the relationships the firm has with its external network and in the operating units within the firm. This perspective has implications for the 'resource-based view of the firm' in the field of strategic management, suggesting that the development of capabilities is a more complex and multi-level process than was traditionally thought.
This book brings together eleven chapters, each focusing on a particular aspect of capability development in the networked firm. It is based on research in five big Swedish firms (Ericsson, Volvo, Skandia, Pharmacia & Upjohn, SE Banken) as well as a number of other well-known firms such as HP and ABB. The book will be essential reading for advanced students in strategy and international business wanting to keep abreast of current thinking and company practices.
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- Chapter 1: Introduction: Network relationships inside and outside the firm, and the development of capabilities
- Part I: Managing Relationships in the External Network
- Chapter 2: Task Partitioning, Communication Activities, and the Performance of Supplier Relations in New Product Development
- Chapter 3: Global Account Management: Linking external demands with internal abilities
- Part II: Innovation in the External Network
- Chapter 4: The Experience-Curve of Capability Management: How to build a superior capacity to integrate external knowledge in high-technology RandD
- Chapter 5: Strategy in the Periphery: The role of external linkages in strategy creation
- Chapter 6: Innovation in the Networked Firm: The need for developing new types of interface competence
- Chapter 7: Communities of Practice in a High-Technology Firm
- Part III: Managing the Internal Network
- Chapter 8: Building an Internal Market System: Insights from five RandD organizations
- Chapter 9: Knowledge Management in the Multinational Enterprise
- Chapter 10: New Wine in Old Bottles: IT evolution in firm strategy and structure
- Chapter 11: Relaxing the Boundaries of the Firm
- Bibliography
