Towards A Competence Theory Of The Firm

Author : Nicolai J. Foss,Christian Knudsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317798767

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Towards a Competence Theory of the Firm by Nicolai J. Foss,Christian Knudsen Pdf

This book explores a new theory of the firm produced through an exchange between management theory and economics. In the process economics is seen to provide a foundational element for strategy research whilst developing a more realistic theory of the firm with a greater emphasis on its internal features. The success of competence theories of the firm also reflects their ability to explain significant trends in the business world, notably the declining importance of conglomerates and critical features in the success of Asian and Japanese business.

Author : Ron Sanchez
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848552111

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Research in Competence-Based Management by Ron Sanchez Pdf

Focuses on a range of fundamental issues in developing competence-base theory and in undertaking competence-based research intended to contribute to management theory development. This work assesses the areas in which restatements or extensions of competence theory may be needed or would be useful.

Author : Michael Pirson,David M. Wasieleski,Erica L. Steckler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000515893

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Alternative Theories of the Firm by Michael Pirson,David M. Wasieleski,Erica L. Steckler Pdf

The Theory of the Firm is commonly viewed as axiomatic by business school academicians. Considerations in spanning organizational structures, their boundaries and roles, as well as business strategies all relate to the Theory of the Firm. The dominant Theory of the Firm poses that markets act perfectly to maximize the well- being of society when people act to maximize the personal utility of their individual purchases and firms act to maximize financial returns to their owners. However, burgeoning evidence and discourse across the scientific and policy communities suggests that the economic, social, and environmental consequences of accepting and applying this theory in the organization of business and society threaten the survival of the human species, among countless others. This book provides the latest thinking on alternatives to the Theory of the Firm as cornerstone of managerial decision-making. Authors explore and elucidate theories that help us understand a firm differently and suggest alternatives to the Theory of the Firm. This book will be of value to researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in leadership, strategic management, and the intersection of corporate interests and the well-being of the society.

Author : Ron Sanchez,Aimé Heene,Howard Thomas
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business planning
ISBN : UOM:39076001792303

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Dynamics of Competence-based Competition by Ron Sanchez,Aimé Heene,Howard Thomas Pdf

In order to integrate the various contributions to the book, the text has been carefully edited to ensure a consistent, carefully defined, and straightforward vocabulary. It will therefore appeal both to researchers and students for whom theoretical rigor is important, and to practising executives, managers and consultants who will welcome its clear applicability to their own experience.

Author : Nicolai J. Foss,Paul L. Robertson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134607495

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Resources, Technology and Strategy by Nicolai J. Foss,Paul L. Robertson Pdf

Resources, Technology and Strategy brings together contributors from Europe, North America and Asia to consider the strategic relationship between technology and other resources, such as production capabilities, marketing prowess, finance and organisational culture. Throughout the book, these experts take a critical approach to RBP (Resource-Based Perspective) in order to assess both its strengths and weaknesses. Case studies also highlight the importance of both having and not having strong technological capabilities in settings as diverse as the US semiconductor industry, small family manufacturing firms in Hong Kong and state-owned enterprises in China.

Author : Nicolai J. Foss,Paul L. Robertson
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-26
Category : Human capital
ISBN : 9780415439602

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Resources, Technology and Strategy by Nicolai J. Foss,Paul L. Robertson Pdf

Brings together considerations of the strategic relationship between technology and other resources, such as production capabilities, marketing prowess, finance and organisational culture.

Author : Peter F. Drucker
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692534

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The Theory of the Business (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Peter F. Drucker Pdf

Peter F. Drucker argues that what underlies the current malaise of so many large and successful organizations worldwide is that their theory of the business no longer works. The story is a familiar one: a company that was a superstar only yesterday finds itself stagnating and frustrated, in trouble and, often, in a seemingly unmanageable crisis. The root cause of nearly every one of these crises is not that things are being done poorly. It is not even that the wrong things are being done. Indeed, in most cases, the right things are being done—but fruitlessly. What accounts for this apparent paradox? The assumptions on which the organization has been built and is being run no longer fit reality. These are the assumptions that shape any organization's behavior, dictate its decisions about what to do and what not to do, and define what an organization considers meaningful results. These assumptions are what Drucker calls a company's theory of the business. The Harvard Business Review Classics series offers you the opportunity to make seminal Harvard Business Review articles a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world—and will have a direct impact on you today and for years to come.

Author : Nicolai J. Foss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191593895

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Resources, Firms, and Strategies by Nicolai J. Foss Pdf

Strategic management has been increasingly characterized by an emphasis on core competences. Firms are advised to divest unrelated businesses and return to core business. Moreover, competitive advantage is now increasingly seen as a matter of efficiently deploying scarce knowledge resources to product markets. Much of this change in emphasis has occurred because of the emergence of a unified and rigorous approach to strategy, often called the resource-based approach. This Reader brings together extracts from the seminal articles that created this dominant perspective in strategic management. It includes the pioneering work of Selznick, Penrose, and Chandler and more recent writing by Wernerfelt, Barney, Teece, and Prahalad and Hamel.

Author : Jürgen G. Backhaus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134215713

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Modern Applications of Austrian Thought by Jürgen G. Backhaus Pdf

Austrian economics is often criticized as being hostile to empirical research and seen purely as an ideology. In contrast, the purpose of this book is to show that Austrian economics provides an interesting approach to most conceivable subjects in economics. Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus, this comprehensive volume includes Austrian analysis of: health economics labour economics taxation business cycle theory property rights. Contributors include Roger Koppl, Bart Nooteboom, Larry Moss, Dick Wagner and Gerrit Meijer, and this significant book will prove invaluable to students of economics and will make interesting reading for applied economists in any area of application.

Author : Ron Sanchez,Aimé Heene
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849509909

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A Focused Issue on Identifying, Building and Linking Competences by Ron Sanchez,Aimé Heene Pdf

Features a collection of papers that explores the challenges in identifying, building, and linking competences within and between organizations. This title includes a paper that describes a facilitated process through which managers may identify an organization's competences. It also explains basic issues in building organizational competence.

Author : Ron Sanchez,Aimé Heene,Seçkin Polat,Umut Asan
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787144033

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Mid-Range Management Theory by Ron Sanchez,Aimé Heene,Seçkin Polat,Umut Asan Pdf

This volume presents an epistemological argument for the essential function of mid-range theory in advancing management concepts that can be usefully applied by managers. Authors analyse two examples - modularity and dynamic capabilities.

Author : Chandra S. Mishra,R. Zachary
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137371461

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The Theory of Entrepreneurship by Chandra S. Mishra,R. Zachary Pdf

The Theory of Entrepreneurship examines the interiors of the entrepreneurial value creation process, and offers a new unified and comprehensive theory to afford empirical investigations as well as delineate a broader view of the entrepreneurial contextual milieu.

Author : Reinhard Bachmann,Akbar Zaheer
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1847202810

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Handbook of Trust Research by Reinhard Bachmann,Akbar Zaheer Pdf

In recent times, research on trust has become a major field in the domain of management and in the social sciences as a whole. The Handbook of Trust Research presents a timely and comprehensive account of the most important work undertaken in this lively and emerging field over the past ten to fifteen years. Presenting a broad range of approaches to issues on trust, the Handbook features 22 articles from a variety of disciplines on the study of trust in both organizational and societal contexts. With contributions from some of the most eminent names in the field of trust research, this international collaboration is an imaginative and informative reference tool to aid research in this engaging area for years to come. The Handbook contributes to an area of key importance to almost every aspect of business and society and, in particular, it will appeal to students and scholars of organization theory, strategy and organizational psychology.

Author : Salvatore Rizzello
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134402199

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Cognitive Developments in Economics by Salvatore Rizzello Pdf

This book proposes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human problem solving, choice, decision-making and change, to explain economic transactions, and the nature and evolution of organisations and institutions.

Author : Ron Sánchez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:851323578

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A Focused Issue on Fundamental Issues in Competence Theory Development by Ron Sánchez Pdf