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Handbook of economic organization : integrating economic and organization theory
Grandori, Anna (contributor) - 2013
pt. I. The micro-foundations of economic organization : extending behavioral assumptions on knowledge, interest, and rationality -- pt. II. The constitution of economic organization between interacting and contracting -- pt. III. The shaping of economic organization between design and evolution...
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Organizations and archetypes
Kostera, Monika - 2012
Archetypes are common patterns containing hidden images of human motivations, offering inspiration and awakening imagination. This book is a collection of such tales, connected to twelve organizational archetypes, where each is illustrated by more general theoretical reflections, current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851041
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Entrepreneurship as organizing : selected papers of William B. Gartner
Gartner, William B. - 2016
an emerging industry -- 8. What are we talking about when we talk about entrepreneurship? -- 9. Acting as if … to entrepreneurship scholarship -- 18. Entrepreneurial narrative and a science of the imagination -- 19. Entrepreneurship …This book draws together William B. Gartner's key contributions to entrepreneurship research over the past 25 years. An …
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Management consulting
Avakian, Stephanos - 2012
, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Athens: Atiner Publications, pp. 23-40. -- Avakian, S., T. Clark and J. Roberts (2010 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852257
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Knowledge intensive business services : organizational forms and national institutions
Grimshaw, Damian (contributor); Miozzo, Marcela (contributor) - 2006
This book focuses on the development of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) and the associated market characteristics and organisational forms. It brings together reputed scholars from a mix of disciplines to explore the nature and evolution of a range of Knowledge Intensive Business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851263
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Economic advice and rhetoric : why do consultants perform better than academic advisers?
Bouwmeester, Onno - 2010
This book compares the approaches of consultants and academic advisers and provides an in-depth analysis of their advice argumentation. Both compete on the market for economic advice, with consultants enjoying a larger market share and usually obtaining higher fees. However, academics criticize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852096
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Philosophies of organizational change : perspectives, models and theories for managing change
Smith, Aaron; Skinner, James; Read, Daniel - 2020 - Second edition
Contents: 1. Introduction - 'changing philosophies' -- 2. The theory philosophy: 'changing theories' -- 3. The rational philosophy: 'changing plans' -- 4. The biological philosophy: 'changing organisms' -- 5. The models philosophy: 'changing consultants' -- 6. The institutional philosophy:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416729
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An autecological theory of the firm and its environment
Jones, Colin - 2017
Contents: Part I: An alternative theory of the firm -- 1. Why we need an alternative theory of the firm and its environment -- Part II: The firm and its environment -- 2. What is a firm? -- 3. What is an environment? -- 4. Modification and matching -- Part III: Explaining adaptation -- 5. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419932
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The trust process in organizations : empirical studies of the determinants and the process of trust development
Nooteboom, B. (contributor); Six, Frédérique (contributor) - 2003
1. Introduction -- 2. The trust process -- 3. Governance seen from a framing point of view : the employment relationship and relational signalling -- 4. Trust and power as means of coordinating the internal relations of the organization : a conceptual framework -- 5. Calculativeness, trust and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419976
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The economics of organisation and bureaucracy
Jackson, Peter M. - 2013
This authoritative and in-depth collection presents seminal papers from leading academics in the field of organisation and bureaucracy. It encompasses sections on organisational boundaries, neo-Schumpeterian theories, hierarchy and international organisation, organisational culture and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852337