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Strategy, Economic Organization, and the Knowledge Economy: The Coordination of Firms and Resources

Author: Nicolai J J Foss

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 economies 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 economies-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 theroretical as well as empirical variations. Themes such as the incentive liabilities of flat, 'knowledge-based' organizations, the role of complementary HRM practices for fostering knowledge sharing and creation, and the role of organizational instruments in the knowledge management activities of the multinational corporate are extensively treated. The book thus contains important implications for knowledge management, organizational design and international management. 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 AdvancedStudents, Academics and Researchers.

Table of Contents:

1	Strategy and economic organization in the knowledge economy	1
2	The 'strategic theory of the firm'	23
3	The resource-based view : aligning strategy and competitive equilibrium	61
4	Knowledge-based views of the firm	81
5	Strategy, resources, and transaction costs	98
6	Economic organization in the knowledge economy	121
7	Internal organization in the knowledge economy : the rise and fall of the Oticon Spaghetti Organization	157
8	Performance and organization in the knowledge economy : innovation and new human resource management practices	187
9	Cognitive leadership and coordination in the knowledge economy	211

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Texas Real Estate Agency

Author: Donna K Peeples

Texas Real Estate Agency, 3rd Edition, is the source for the most up-to-date information on agency law and regulations in Texas. You'll find all the information you need for your real estate agency class, written in clear, straightforward language.