The Flexible Firm Capability Management in Netork Organizations [Hardcover]

This book provides a detailed account of the network-like organizational forms that some firms are adopting to make themselves more flexible and responsive to changing technologies and customer demands. As these organizations become more pervasive, the winners will be those firms that develop the specific capabilities that are needed to thrive in a networked world.

Notes on the Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction,Julian Birkinshaw and Peter Hagtr?m
1. Network Relationships Inside and Outside the Firm, and the Development of Capabilities,Julian Birkinshaw
Part I: Managing Relationships in the External Network
2. Task Partitioning, Communication Activities, and the Performance of Supplier Relations in Product Development,Maurizio Sobrero and Omar Toulan
3. Global Account Management: Linking External Demands with Internal Abilities,Julian Birkinshaw, Omar Toulan, and David Arnold
Part II: Innovation in the External Network
4. The Experience-Curve of Capability Management,Henrik Bresman
5. Strategy in the Periphery: The Role of External Linkages in Strategy Creation,Patrick Regn?r
6. Innovation in the Networked Firm: The Need to Develop New Types of Interface Competence,Stefan Jonsson
7. Communities of Practice in a High-Technology Firm,Robin Teigland
Part III: Managing the Internal Network
8 Building an Internal Market System: Insights from Five R. & D. Organizations,Julian Birkinshaw and Carl F. Fey
9. Knowledge Management in the Multinational Enterprise,Niklas Arvidsson
10. New Wine in Old Bottles: Information Technology Evolution in Firm Strategy and Structure,Peter Hagstr?m
11. Relaxing the Boundaries of the Firm,Peter Hagstr?m
References
Index