Strategic Networks
Learning to Compete
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2006
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-4051-3585-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the creation of 'learning networks' and sheds light on how they function:- real versus virtual forms of interaction, collaboration versus competition in the learning process, and joint value creation versus individual value appropriation in networks.
Written by international experts in the field of global strategy.
Contributions have been selected for their insights and interdependence between organizational learning and networks.
Looks at topics such as real versus virtual forms of interaction, collaboration versus competition in the learning process, and joint value creation versus individual value appropriation in networks.
Written by international experts in the field of global strategy.
Contributions have been selected for their insights and interdependence between organizational learning and networks.
Looks at topics such as real versus virtual forms of interaction, collaboration versus competition in the learning process, and joint value creation versus individual value appropriation in networks.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
543 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-3585-6 (9781405135856)
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02/2009
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Persons
Michael Gibbert is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Business Management at Bocconi University in Milan. Prior to joining the faculty at Bocconi, he held appointments at Stellenbosch, INSEAD, Yale, and St. Gallen, where he also studied for his Ph.D.
Thomas Durand is professor of business strategy at Ecole Centrale Paris where he heads the "Technology & Strategy >> research lab. He is also Chairman of CM International, a management consultancy with 40 staff in offices in Paris, Cardiff and Madrid.
Thomas Durand is professor of business strategy at Ecole Centrale Paris where he heads the "Technology & Strategy >> research lab. He is also Chairman of CM International, a management consultancy with 40 staff in offices in Paris, Cardiff and Madrid.
Content
Notes on Contributors. List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Foreword: Yves Doz.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Thomas Durand (Ecole Centrale Paris) and Michael Gibbert (Bocconi University).
1. Knowledge Types and Knowledge Management Strategies: Hari Bapuji (University of Manitoba) and Mary Crossan (Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario).
2. Learning to Compete or Struggling to Survive? Objectives and Outcomes of Scale and Link Alliances: Pierre Dussauge, Xavier Castaner, and Bernard Garrette (all HEC School of Management, Paris).
3. Teaching in Supplier Networks: Lars-Erik Gadde (Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg) and Hakan Hakansson (Norwegian School of Management, Oslo).
4. On the Challenges of Buyer-Supplier Collaboration in Product Development Projects: Stephan M. Wagner and Martin Hoegl (both WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management).
5. Observing the Learning Process in an Interfirm Team: Thomas Durand (Ecole Centrale Paris).
6. Consocia et impera: How French and Italian Fabric Producers Cooperate to Conquer the "Dominant Design" in the Fashion Industry: Diego Rinallo, Francesca Golfetto, and Michael Gibbert (all Bocconi University).
7. Online Social Networks and Knowledge Exchange: Siyuan Huang (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University) and Gerardine DeSanctis (late of Fuqua School of Business, Duke University).
8. Bramble Bushes in a Thicket: Narrative and the Intangibles of Learning Networks: Cynthia F. Kurtz and David J. Snowden (both Cognitive Edge).
9. Competing and Collaborating in Networks: Is Organizing Just a Game? Max Boisot (INSEAD) and Xiaohui Lu (Wharton School).
10. Networks, and Some Limits to Managing Them: J. C. Spender (Leeds University Business School).
Index
List of Tables.
Foreword: Yves Doz.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction: Thomas Durand (Ecole Centrale Paris) and Michael Gibbert (Bocconi University).
1. Knowledge Types and Knowledge Management Strategies: Hari Bapuji (University of Manitoba) and Mary Crossan (Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario).
2. Learning to Compete or Struggling to Survive? Objectives and Outcomes of Scale and Link Alliances: Pierre Dussauge, Xavier Castaner, and Bernard Garrette (all HEC School of Management, Paris).
3. Teaching in Supplier Networks: Lars-Erik Gadde (Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg) and Hakan Hakansson (Norwegian School of Management, Oslo).
4. On the Challenges of Buyer-Supplier Collaboration in Product Development Projects: Stephan M. Wagner and Martin Hoegl (both WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management).
5. Observing the Learning Process in an Interfirm Team: Thomas Durand (Ecole Centrale Paris).
6. Consocia et impera: How French and Italian Fabric Producers Cooperate to Conquer the "Dominant Design" in the Fashion Industry: Diego Rinallo, Francesca Golfetto, and Michael Gibbert (all Bocconi University).
7. Online Social Networks and Knowledge Exchange: Siyuan Huang (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University) and Gerardine DeSanctis (late of Fuqua School of Business, Duke University).
8. Bramble Bushes in a Thicket: Narrative and the Intangibles of Learning Networks: Cynthia F. Kurtz and David J. Snowden (both Cognitive Edge).
9. Competing and Collaborating in Networks: Is Organizing Just a Game? Max Boisot (INSEAD) and Xiaohui Lu (Wharton School).
10. Networks, and Some Limits to Managing Them: J. C. Spender (Leeds University Business School).
Index