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1. Introduction -- 2. Adaptation, innovation and the flexible organization -- 3. Argentinian business environment -- 4. Adaptive responses under competitive pressures -- 5. Case study : Sidus Group -- 6. Case study : Laboratorio DERSA -- 7. Case study : AGD Aceitera General Deheza -- 8. Case...
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Organisations and the nature of work have undergone fundamental changes in recent decades. At the same time, the traditional family pattern in Europe is being challenged by the growing number of dual-income families, and by the rise of women's employment. The central aim of this book is to...
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Paul Vlaar contends that strategic alliances and other forms of cooperation, such as buyer-supplier relationships, joint ventures and offshoring initiatives, increasingly stand at the basis of competitive advantage. Although contracts and trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior...
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This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. It grafts the intuitions of the economics of complexity into the tradition of analysis based upon the Schumpeterian and...
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internalization theory -- 3. The boundaries of firms : a global systems perspective -- 4. Bounded rationality, meta-rationality and … the theory of international business -- 5. The organization of the multinational enterprise : an information cost approach …
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Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries make radical innovations but fail to successfully...
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1. The Chaebol problem and the economic policy dilemma -- 2. Industrial policies and the growth of the Chaebol -- 3. Critical review of the traditional perception of the Chaebol problem -- 4. A new interpretation of the Chaebol problem and evaluation of Chaebol policy -- 5. The role of...
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Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling (1976), 'Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and Ownership … (3), August, 653-91 -- Eugene F. Fama (1980), 'Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm', Journal of Political Economy … Rider Problem, and the Theory of the Corporation', Bell Journal of Economics, 11 (1), Spring, 42-64 -- Michael C. Jensen …
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'Research Handbook on the Globalization of Chinese Firms provides an eclectic collection of essays and articles on the state of affairs in the Asia Pacific, with special emphasis on China. It is an essential read for students of the Chinese economy and business environments, covering topics as...
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"Fully revised and refined, this new edition of Institutional Theory and Organizational Change considers the … developments in the field of institutional organization theory over the past decade. With each chapter being significantly updated … attention to core concepts and arguments within institutional theory and presents them in an easily tangible model for …
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