| Description |
1 online resource (292 pages) |
| Contents |
CONTENTS; PARTICIPANTS; 1. Introduction: Redesigning the Firm; I: Boundaries, Networks, and Corporate Control; 2. The Anomalies of Corporate Governance; 3. Sustainable Competitive Advantage Through Alliance; 4. Supplier and Buyer Networks; II: Speed, Variety, and Flexibility; 5. Product Innovation in Mature Firms; 6. Strategies for Product Variety: Lessons from the Auto Industry; 7. How Control Systems Can Support Organizational Flexibility; III: Form, Space, and Time; 8. The Design and Redesign of Organizational Form; 9. Organizing the Global Multinational Firm |
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10. How Firms Adapt to Evolving MarketsIV: Summary; 11. Modularity and Permeability as Principles of Design; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Featuring contributions from the faculty of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, this study explores how best to organize a firm. It considers the various strategies used to compete in the changing world market, owing to innovations and new principles of organization developed in Japan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Industrial management.
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Industrial organization.
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Industrial management
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Industrial organization
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kogut, Bruce M
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| LC no. |
94038971 |
| ISBN |
9780198024781 |
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0198024789 |
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1280527234 |
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9781280527234 |
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