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9780199248551

The Flexible Firm Capability Management in Network Organizations

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    9780199248551

  • ISBN10:

    0199248559

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-02-07
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book provides a detailed account of the network-like organizational 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.

Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors xi
List of Figures
xiii
List of Tables
xiv
Introduction 1(3)
Julian Birkinshaw
Peter Hagstrom
Network Relationships Inside and Outside the Firm, and the Development of Capabilities
4(15)
Julian Birkinshaw
Part I: Managing Relationships in the External Network 19(42)
Task Partitioning, Communication Activities, and the Performance of Supplier Relations in Product Development
21(22)
Maurizio Sobrero
Omar Toulan
Global Account Management: Linking External Demands with Internal Abilities
43(18)
Julian Birkinshaw
Omar Toulan
David Arnold
Part II: Innovation in the External Network 61(86)
The Experience-Curve of Capability Management
63(19)
Henrik Bresman
Strategy in the Periphery: The Role of External Linkages in Strategy Creation
82(24)
Patrick Regner
Innovation in the Networked Firm: The Need to Develop New Types of Interface Competence
106(20)
Stefan Jonsson
Communities of Practice in a High-Technology Firm
126(21)
Robin Teigland
Part III: Managing the Internal Network 147(66)
Building an Internal Market System: Insights from Five R. & D. Organizations
149(27)
Julian Birkinshaw
Carl F. Fey
Knowledge Management in the Multinational Enterprise
176(18)
Niklas Arvidsson
New Wine in Old Bottles: Information Technology Evolution in Firm Strategy and Structure
194(13)
Peter Hagstrom
Relaxing the Boundaries of the Firm
207(6)
Peter Hagstrom
References 213(14)
Index 227

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