The aim is to demonstrate an empirically relevant theory of industrial organisation can be framed, consistent with, and developing from, The Innovating Firm and The Evolving Firm. The intention, as with these two previous works is to ...
Author: Neil M. Kay
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781349175178
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 226
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My first book in this series was my PhD thesis published as The Innovating Firm (1979), the second was The Evolving Firm (1982) and the third was The Emergent Firm (1984). The similarity in the titles was intended to communicate kinship ...
Author: Neil M. Kay
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781349146451
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 276
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What is the nature of the firm? Why do firms adopt certain strategies in preference to others? What are the competitive implications of large firm mergers and alliances for government policy? These are extremely important and highly topical questions which tend to be treated separately in most contemporary analysis. However, in this new book based on his original research, Neil Kay shows how these questions are closely inter-related and explores the implications this has for the formulation of corporate strategy and public policy.Explaining Evolving Inter-firm Relations Massimo G Colombo ... Kay, N. ( I 984) The Emergent Firm: Knowledge, Ignorance and Surprise in Economic Organization, London: Macmillan. Landes, D.S. (1966) The Rise of Capitalism, ...
Author: Massimo G Colombo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781134733422
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 288
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This book offers a distinctive analysis of the relations and interplay between the internal activities of firms, their changing boundaries, and increasing reliance on networks and alliances with other firms. The contributors offer a blend of theoretical and empirical studies; they are based on a set of related perspectives in modern economics, including transaction cost economics, competence and resource-based theories of the firm, evolutionary economics and the theories of foreign direct investments and the multinational enterprise. The unifying concern shared by the different studies is the need to model firm behaviour and inter firm cooperative activities in terms of knowledge growth and competence building rather than merely in terms of cost-reduction; they emphasize learning processes and dynamic efficiency rather than efficient allocation of given resources.Mentorship provides emotional satisfaction as well as insight into the mentor's cultural and age-related differences that might provide value to them in their own firms. Due to the newness and probable lack of resources of emergent ...
Author: Andrew C. Corbett
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 9781781900192
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 300
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Explores the theme of "resources" in entrepreneurship, and examines entrepreneurs that persevere in uncertain times to build new businesses. The different perspectives gathered in this volume present new ways of thinking about how entrepreneurs acquire, borrow, and make use of resources in seemingly impossible environments.With this approach, companies develop plans that allow them to take advantage of market opportunities. ... Strategy is viewed as an emergent process conditioned by the internal and external circumstances faced by the company.
Author: Vincent Sabourin
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781000216103
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 201
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This vital volume clearly explains cutting-edge theories and views on strategic management in applied management fundamentals in the hospitality and tourism industry. The author discusses the latest in strategic thinking and provides information on implementing models within specific contexts, such as culture and profit and nonprofit organizations. He also looks at the political, economic, social, and technological changes that significantly affect tourism and hospitality. The volume is distinguished by its thoughtful analysis and review of related hospitality case studies and the management approaches employed and sheds light on ever-the emerging management and operation issues in the tourism and hospitality sector. The book employs an abundance of case studies that illustrate the concepts and models discussed, with examples from such heavyweights in the industry as Disney and Euro Disney, Aer Lingus, British Airways, Four Seasons, Holiday Inn, Marriot, Sofitel, Starwood Hotels, and more. Key features of the book include: Cutting-edge approach: Applies advanced and recent strategic management views to the tourism and hospitality field. Critical treatment: Provides critical discussions about whether and how strategic models/theories can be applied in the hospitality and tourism field. Sensitive to specific contexts: As the tourism and hospitality industry has become one of the largest industries worldwide, discusses how strategic management concepts can be applied in different cultures and profit and nonprofit tourism organizations. Extensive case studies: Provides supporting case studies related to the strategy content, context, and process from international industries such as Aer Lingus, Accor, Marriott and Ryanair. Organization of the book: Each of the chapters within the case study sections employs a thorough pedagogic structure consisting of a concise introduction, examples and case analysis, discussion points, exercises, and further reading. This book is designed to provoke thought and debate about strategic management and myriad other issues. It will be valuable for students, academics, universities offering hospitality and tourism, and hospitality and tourism professionals.Jensen, M.C. and Meckling, W.H. (1976), The theory of the firm: managerial behaviour, agency costs and ownership ... The International Corporation, MIT Press: Cambridge Mass. ... Kay, N.M. (1984), The Emergent Firm, Macmillan.
Author: Joanne Roberts
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780429834561
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 306
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First published in 1998, this influential volume entered the debate on Foreign Direct Investment in the UK and focuses on the role of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) in the service rather than manufacturing and primary sectors. While the significance of the service industry had been recognised (exceeding 60% of total GDP in some countries at the time of original publication), the role of FDIs has not. Joanne Roberts thus contributed to a woefully under researched field, covering areas including international trade, the organisational theory of the firm and the UK business sector.The author shows that many of the emergent' changes in firm strategy and structure arise from within — as a result of initiatives from subsidiary managers. Based on fresh case evidence, the findings presented in Entrepreneurship in the ...
Author: Julian Birkinshaw
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781446227541
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 168
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`A major contribution of this exciting book is the perspective of the subsidiary manager operating network.... In its extreme version this means that all managers are subsidiary managers... challenging those who still view multinationals as hierarchies. With exceptional clarity of thought and writing, Julian Birkinshaw stakes out the ground as a major new thinker in the fields of international business and strategic management ' - Alan Rugman, Templeton College, University of Oxford Much current literature on globalization and competition focuses on the external environment in which firms operate. Julian Birkinshaw's book looks within international firms at the dynamics that affect their growth and position. Are local managers seizing power from the centre? Is `glocialization' the inevitable result of globalization? Based on fresh case evidence gathered in Europe and North America, the findings in this book about multi-national firms and managers make a significant contribution to some of the key debates on the transfer of knowledge in firms; the resource-based view; and the network forms of organization. The initiatives of local managers reflect local knowledge, skills and resources and at the same time impact of the distribution of power in the wider organization. By taking as his perspective that of the subsidiary manager operating in a network, Julian Birkinshaw extends the implications of his findings to all managers in organizations and challenges those who still view organizations as hierarchies.In contrast, the term entrepreneur generally refers to the highest level of the emergent company. Since this investigation is focused on the executive team, the upper management level or entrepreneurial organizational level will be ...
Author: Jan Brinckmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783835055032
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 304
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Jan Brinckmann analyzes how competencies of founders of new technology-based firms affect the development of their ventures. The research is grounded in competence-related literature and combines insights from entrepreneurship and management research.This type of approach, advanced from the work on Organizations and The Behavioral Theory of the Firm, and is termed the emergent approach.10 It was during the oil crisis in the 1970s that this style became prominent as the traditional ...
Author: Ranjit Thind
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781351662215
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 168
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Strategic Fashion Management: Concepts, Models and Strategies for Competitive Advantage is a highly accessible book providing a unique look into the strategic drivers of the dynamic and ever-growing fashion industry. Derived from the knowledge gap in quality strategic fashion management literature, this book blends theory with a variety of examples and uses 18 case studies to help bring to life contemporary topics faced by senior executives. The analysis is highly global in nature and aims to accelerate the strategic skills required to navigate the industry and contribute to a firm’s growth. Using copious examples from across the world, this book provides in-depth discourse and progressive theoretical concepts and strategies which readers will be able to apply immediately to their studies or practices. The book is particularly suitable for final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students studying fashion management or marketing, as well as those on MBA and international business courses who wish to understand more about the fashion ecosystem. It is also designed to serve as an important reference for executives who are interested in conceptualising strategic issues that are pertinent to the industry.Firm. In social networks theory, a debate has arisen over the form of egocentric network structures that can ... In the emergent stage, the firm needs to be informed about everything that is going on in the technology and the related ...
Author: Serena Cubico
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319893365
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 376
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Adopting evolutionary and behavioral approaches, this volume presents the latest research advances in knowledge competencies and human capital, as well as the changing structural dynamics, highlighting their links with entrepreneurial activities. It provides a set of international, benchmark case studies on initiatives (at the national, regional or individual level) geared towards entrepreneurship development. Focusing on diverse environments, systems and life cycle stages: young, established and transition industries and markets; as well as regions, it offers a valuable guide for scholars and practitioners interested in the interaction of entrepreneurship, knowledge competencies, human resources management and innovation.