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Strategic Networks Learning to Compete (Strategic Management Society Book)

by Gibbert

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Publisher Comments:

One of the most fundamental processes in business competition is inter-organizational learning. To create and distribute value across organizational boundaries companies need to learn from their competitors. Increasingly it is clear that the learning process depends on the creation of a complex set of networks across organizations. 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.

The contributing authors are leading international experts in the field of global strategy whose chapters have been selected for their insights into the interdependence between organizational learning and networks.

Book News Annotation:

According to this collection of experts on strategy and competition, increasing attention should be paid to the importance of inter-organizational learning networks and their role in increasing the understanding of value across the enterprise. Making those networks as efficient as possible, along with understanding how they work and what they do, are primary goals of these ten papers covering such topics as knowledge types and knowledge management strategies, scale and link alliances, teaching in supplier networks, buyer-supplier collaboration in product development projects, observing the learning process in an inter-firm team, cooperation amongst French and Italian fabric producers to overcome over-dominant design, online social networks and knowledge exchange, the role of narrative in learning networks, competing and collaboration, and limits to managing networks. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

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.
  • About the Author

    Michael Gibbertis 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 Durandis 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.

    Product Details

    ISBN:
    9781405135856
    Subtitle:
    Learning to Compete
    Author:
    Gibbert
    Revised:
    Durand, Thomas
    Author:
    Gibbert, Michael
    Author:
    Durand, Thomas
    Actor:
    Gibbert, Michael
    Publisher:
    Wiley-Blackwell
    Subject:
    Information Management
    Subject:
    Strategic planning
    Subject:
    Strategic alliances (Business)
    Subject:
    Business networks
    Subject:
    Business Communication - General
    Subject:
    Making & Problem Solving
    Subject:
    Knowledge management
    Copyright:
    Series:
    Strategic Management Society Book
    Publication Date:
    January 2007
    Binding:
    Hardcover
    Grade Level:
    Professional and scholarly
    Language:
    English
    Illustrations:
    Y
    Pages:
    216
    Dimensions:
    10.01x6.95x.87 in. 1.18 lbs.

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