Focusing on the evolution of inter-firm relations, the book explores how advancements in technology and globalization have created new opportunities for international alliances. It aims to establish a unified theory of collaboration by surveying the current landscape, integrating various perspectives, and addressing key questions about the motivations, participants, and methods of successful collaboration between organizations.
Focusing on innovation and learning, the book presents a comprehensive analysis that integrates theories from management, economics, and cognitive science. It offers a unifying framework to understand how these elements interact within individual thought, organizations, industries, and economies. By examining various perspectives, the author provides valuable insights into the dynamics of innovation systems and effective management of learning processes.
The book explores diverse processes of change across evolution, learning, language, self-identity, and ethics, employing a realistic framework inspired by pragmatic philosophers such as Dewey, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger. It integrates insights from various disciplines, including economics, sociology, anthropology, and social psychology, to provide a comprehensive analysis of how these changes impact individuals and society.
Exploring the dynamic perspective of existence as a process, this book surveys 'continental' philosophy, particularly the influential 20th-century French thought. It addresses fundamental questions while integrating concepts from earlier works on knowledge, language, ethics, existence, and society. Written in an accessible style without jargon, it aims to engage a broad intellectual audience through clear illustrations and straightforward arguments, making complex philosophical ideas approachable for readers.
Focusing on inter-firm alliances as a strategic alternative to mergers and acquisitions, this book explores their efficiency in the context of international business. It examines various alliances, including those between buyers and suppliers, competitors, and firms across different industries. Illustrated with empirical case studies from sectors like the car industry and electronics, the text integrates resource-based views, transaction-cost analysis, and institutional economics to present a comprehensive theory and management method for inter-firm alliances.
This Element studies the development of salient ideas and publications on dynamic capabilities, extended by ideas outside the literature of strategic management. Dynamic capability is presented as an interdisciplinary subject to which knowledge is central.