Managing in Times of Disorder Hypercompetitive Organizational Responses

by Anne Y. Ilinitch; Arie Y. Lewin; Richard D'Aveni

• ISBN13: 9780761910190
• ISBN10: 0761910190
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-05-20
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

This book demonstrates that a far-reaching shift has occurred in the venture of competition, resulting in a new organizational paradigm, defined as hypercompetition. A complex fabric of new theoretical frameworks, models, strategies, organizational forms and interdisciplinary methods are introduced and explained in the book which addresses hypercompetitive environments in a radically new way, and reveals what is necessary for business survival in these chaotic times.

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: FORCES DRIVING HYPERCOMPETITION

Empirical Evidence - L G Thomas, III

The Two Faces of Competition

Dynamic Resourcefulness and the Hypercompetitive Shift - Greg Young, Ken G Smith and Curtis M Grimm

Austrian and Industrial Organization Perspectives on Firm-Level Competitive Activity and Performance

International Perspective - Hiroyuki Itami

Hypercompetition, Japanese Style

PART TWO: HYPERCOMPETITIVE RESPONSES: NEW ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS AND STRATEGIES

Denial - James L Bailey

The Paralysis of Deep Pockets

Acceleration - Peter Neupert

Building a Leadership Position in a Hypercompetitive Technology Market - Dong-Jae Kim and Bruce Kogut

Technological Platforms and Diversification - Tim Craig

The Japanese Beer Wars

Initiating and Responding to Hypercompetition in New Product Development - Barrie R Nault and Mark B Vandenbosch

Eating Your Own Lunch

Protection through Preemption - James Richardson

Vertical Integration and Rapid Response in the Fashion Apparel Industry

Management - Javier Gimeno and Carolyn Y Woo

Hypercompetition in a Multimarket Environment

The Role of Strategic Similarity and Multimarket Contact on Competitive Deescalation

Adaptation - Henk W Volberda

Toward the Flexible Form

How To Remain Vital in Hypercompetitive Environments - Robert M Grant

Prospering in Dynamically-Competitive Environments

Organization Capability as Knowledge Creation - Gordon Walker, Bruce Kogut and Weijian Shan

Social Capital, Structural Holes and the Formation of an Industry Network - Jan Hanssen-Bauer and Charles C Snow

Responding to Hypercompetition

The Structure and Processes of a Regional Learning Network Organization - Julia Porter Liebeskind et al

Social Networks, Learning and Flexibility

Sourcing Scientific Knowledge in New Biotechnology Firms - Anne D Smith and Carl Zeithaml

Garbage Cans and Advancing Hypercompetition

The Creation and Exploitation of New Capabilities and Strategic Flexibility in Two Regional Bell Operating Companies - D Charles Galunic and Kathleen M Eisenhardt

The Evolution of Intracorporate Domains

Divisional Charter Losses in High-Technology, Multidivisional Corporations - Kenneth E Aupperle

Spontaneous Organizational Reconfiguration

A Historical Example Based on Xenophon's /f003Anabasis

PART THREE: /f003OTHER PERSPECTIVES - Bart Victor and Carroll U Stephens

The Dark Side of the New Organizational Forms

An Editorial Essay - Asaf Zohar and Gareth Morgan

Refining Our Understanding of Hypercompetition and Hyperturbulence