UID:
almahu_9947415292602882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 358 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511617232 (ebook)
Content:
Firms in market economies vary enormously in size, nature and competitiveness. In this important contribution to the literature on the theory of the firm, Mario Morroni provides a fresh analytical framework which improves our understanding of the causes of this diversity in organisational design and performance. The relations between internal and external basic conditions, decision-making mechanisms and organisational co-ordination are addressed, as are the circumstances in which capabilities, transactions and scale-scope considerations interact. With the emergence of the knowledge-based economy and the increasing pressure of global competition, the development of capabilities is acquiring ever greater importance in boosting competitiveness. Morroni shows that long-term relational agreements enhance learning processes and offer powerful tools for improving competitiveness in a context of conflicting interests, incomplete knowledge and uncertainty.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Basic conditions -- Decision-making -- Organisational coordination -- Wrestling with uncertainty -- Uncertainty-decreasing strategies within firms -- Conclusion: growth of the firm as the interplay between the three aspects of organisational coordination.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521862431
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617232