Managing in Times of Disorder
Hypercompetitive Organizational Responses
1st Edition
Published on 25. June 1998
Book
Hardback
584 pages
978-0-7619-1018-3 (ISBN)
Description
Strong forces of change are reshaping the management landscape. TodayAEs business environment is fraught with uncertainty, diverse global players, rapid technological change, widespread price wars, and seemingly endless reorganization. The editors and contributors of Managing in Times of Disorder demonstrate that a far-reaching shift has occurred in the venture of competition that has resulted in a new organizational paradigmuhypercompetition. The innovative chapters in this groundbreaking volume form a complex fabric of new theoretical frameworks, models, strategies, organizational forms, and interdisciplinary methods that address hypercompetitive environments in a radically new way. The authorsAE findings reveal new patterns of language, metaphor, structure, and strategy that are necessary for business survival in chaotic times. Managing in Times of Disorder will be of interest to students and professionals in organization studies and management.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1087 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-1018-3 (9780761910183)
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Hypercompetitive Organizational Responses
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Content
Introduction
PART ONE: FORCES DRIVING HYPERCOMPETITION
Empirical Evidence
The Two Faces of Competition - L G Thomas, III
Dynamic Resourcefulness and the Hypercompetitive Shift
Austrian and Industrial Organization Perspectives on Firm-Level Competitive Activity and Performance - Greg Young, Ken G Smith and Curtis M Grimm
International Perspective
Hypercompetition, Japanese Style - Hiroyuki Itami
PART TWO: HYPERCOMPETITIVE RESPONSES: NEW ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS AND STRATEGIES
Denial
The Paralysis of Deep Pockets - James L Bailey
Acceleration
Building a Leadership Position in a Hypercompetitive Technology Market - Peter Neupert
Technological Platforms and Diversification - Dong-Jae Kim and Bruce Kogut
The Japanese Beer Wars - Tim Craig
Initiating and Responding to Hypercompetition in New Product Development
Eating Your Own Lunch - Barrie R Nault and Mark B Vandenbosch
Protection through Preemption
Vertical Integration and Rapid Response in the Fashion Apparel Industry - James Richardson
Management
Hypercompetition in a Multimarket Environment - Javier Gimeno and Carolyn Y Woo
The Role of Strategic Similarity and Multimarket Contact on Competitive Deescalation
Adaptation
Toward the Flexible Form - Henk W Volberda
How To Remain Vital in Hypercompetitive Environments
Prospering in Dynamically-Competitive Environments - Robert M Grant
Organization Capability as Knowledge Creation
Social Capital, Structural Holes and the Formation of an Industry Network - Gordon Walker, Bruce Kogut and Weijian Shan
Responding to Hypercompetition - Jan Hanssen-Bauer and Charles C Snow
The Structure and Processes of a Regional Learning Network Organization
Social Networks, Learning and Flexibility - Julia Porter Liebeskind et al
Sourcing Scientific Knowledge in New Biotechnology Firms
Garbage Cans and Advancing Hypercompetition - Anne D Smith and Carl Zeithaml
The Creation and Exploitation of New Capabilities and Strategic Flexibility in Two Regional Bell Operating Companies
The Evolution of Intracorporate Domains - D Charles Galunic and Kathleen M Eisenhardt
Divisional Charter Losses in High-Technology, Multidivisional Corporations
Spontaneous Organizational Reconfiguration - Kenneth E Aupperle
A Historical Example Based on Xenophon's Anabasis
PART THREE: OTHER PERSPECTIVES
The Dark Side of the New Organizational Forms - Bart Victor and Carroll U Stephens
An Editorial Essay
Refining Our Understanding of Hypercompetition and Hyperturbulence - Asaf Zohar and Gareth Morgan
PART ONE: FORCES DRIVING HYPERCOMPETITION
Empirical Evidence
The Two Faces of Competition - L G Thomas, III
Dynamic Resourcefulness and the Hypercompetitive Shift
Austrian and Industrial Organization Perspectives on Firm-Level Competitive Activity and Performance - Greg Young, Ken G Smith and Curtis M Grimm
International Perspective
Hypercompetition, Japanese Style - Hiroyuki Itami
PART TWO: HYPERCOMPETITIVE RESPONSES: NEW ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS AND STRATEGIES
Denial
The Paralysis of Deep Pockets - James L Bailey
Acceleration
Building a Leadership Position in a Hypercompetitive Technology Market - Peter Neupert
Technological Platforms and Diversification - Dong-Jae Kim and Bruce Kogut
The Japanese Beer Wars - Tim Craig
Initiating and Responding to Hypercompetition in New Product Development
Eating Your Own Lunch - Barrie R Nault and Mark B Vandenbosch
Protection through Preemption
Vertical Integration and Rapid Response in the Fashion Apparel Industry - James Richardson
Management
Hypercompetition in a Multimarket Environment - Javier Gimeno and Carolyn Y Woo
The Role of Strategic Similarity and Multimarket Contact on Competitive Deescalation
Adaptation
Toward the Flexible Form - Henk W Volberda
How To Remain Vital in Hypercompetitive Environments
Prospering in Dynamically-Competitive Environments - Robert M Grant
Organization Capability as Knowledge Creation
Social Capital, Structural Holes and the Formation of an Industry Network - Gordon Walker, Bruce Kogut and Weijian Shan
Responding to Hypercompetition - Jan Hanssen-Bauer and Charles C Snow
The Structure and Processes of a Regional Learning Network Organization
Social Networks, Learning and Flexibility - Julia Porter Liebeskind et al
Sourcing Scientific Knowledge in New Biotechnology Firms
Garbage Cans and Advancing Hypercompetition - Anne D Smith and Carl Zeithaml
The Creation and Exploitation of New Capabilities and Strategic Flexibility in Two Regional Bell Operating Companies
The Evolution of Intracorporate Domains - D Charles Galunic and Kathleen M Eisenhardt
Divisional Charter Losses in High-Technology, Multidivisional Corporations
Spontaneous Organizational Reconfiguration - Kenneth E Aupperle
A Historical Example Based on Xenophon's Anabasis
PART THREE: OTHER PERSPECTIVES
The Dark Side of the New Organizational Forms - Bart Victor and Carroll U Stephens
An Editorial Essay
Refining Our Understanding of Hypercompetition and Hyperturbulence - Asaf Zohar and Gareth Morgan