Strategy, Economic Organization, and the Knowledge Economy

The Coordination of Firms and Resources
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-924064-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

The rise of the knowledge economy has far-reaching implications for the nature of economic organization as well as firm strategy. Not surprisingly, thinking in management studies as well as in economics has been profoundly affected by these changes. Thus, management thinking in particular has been increasingly characterized by a schism between those who advocate 'knowledge' or 'capabilities-based' approaches in the strategy and organization fields and those who
adopt more economics-influenced approaches, notably the economics of organization.

This book is a sustained attempt to overcome this schism. Its basic argument is that knowledge-based and organizational economics approaches are not substitutes but complements. In particular, organizational economics has much to contribute with respect to furthering the understanding of efficient organization and strategy in the emerging knowledge economy. This theme is taken through several theoretical as well as empirical variations. Themes such as the incentive liabilities of flat,
'knowledge-based' organizations and the role of complementary HRM practices for fostering knowledge sharing and creation are extensively treated. The book thus contains important implications for knowledge management, organizational design, and firm strategy."

The book encompasses nine chapters which critically examine current thinking on strategy, and organization. The reasoning is non-technical. While primarily aimed at a management studies audience, economists and other social scientists will also benefit from it, including Advanced Students, Academics, and Researchers.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Researchers, and Advanced Students in Business and Economics interested in strategy, HRM, knowledge management, organizational theory, international business, and the theory of the firm, and business consultants involved in general management and knowledge management consulting.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foss, Nicolai J.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Über Autor(innen)

Nicolai J. Foss is Professor of Economic Organization at the Copenhagen Business School. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Governance, Competence, and Entrepreneurship: Advances in Economic Strategy Research (edited with Volker Mahnke, OUP, 2000) and Resources, Firms, and Strategy: A Reader in the Resource-Based Perspective (OUP, 1997).