Table of Contents
1 Perspectives on Firm Dynamics, Peter Hagström with Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.Part I Technology in the Firm2. Reinterpreting the Resource-Capability View of the Firm: A Case of the Development-Production Systems of the Japanese Auto Makers, Takahiro Fujimoto3. Science, Technological Advance and Economic Growth, Richard Nelson and Nathan Rosenberg4. "Sticky Information" and the Locus of Problem Solving: Implications for Innovation, Erik von Hipple5. Localized Technological Change and the Evolution of Standards as Economic Institutions, Cristiano AntonelliPart II Strategy/Organization6. Learning How to Govern and Learning How to Solve Problems: On the Co-Evolution of Competences, Conflicts and Organizational Routines, Giovanni Dosi and Benjamin Coriat7. Design Issues for Innovative Firms: Bureaucracy, Incentives, and Industrial Structure, David J. Teece8. A Three-Dimensional Model of Changing Internal Structure in the Firm, Peter Hagstrom and Gunnar Hedlund9. The Wide (and Increasing) Spread of Technological Competencies in the World's Largest Firms: A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom, Pari Patel and Keith Pavitt10. A Theory of the Firm's Knowledge Creation Dynamics, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi11. Dynamics of Overlapping Networks and Strategic Actions by the International Firm, Lars-Gunnar MattssonPart III Regions12. The Globalization of Technology: What Remains of the Product Cycle Model?, John Cantwell13. Globalization, Technological Change and the Spatial Organization of Economic Activity, John H. Dunning14. Regional Clusters and Firm Strategy, Michael Enright15. Global Location Behavior and Organizational Dynamics of Japanese Electronics Firms and Their Impact on Regional Economies, Masahisa Fujita and Ryoichi Ishii16. The Geographic Foundations of Industrial Performance, Allen J. Scott17. International Diffusion of Knowledge-Isolating Mechanisms and the Role of the MNE, Örjan Sölvell and Ivo Zander18. The Geographies of Strategic Competence: Borrowing from Social and Educational Psychology to Sketch an Activity and Knowledge-Based Theory, J-C. Spender19. The Role of Geography in the Process of Innovation and the Sustainable Competitive Advantage of Firms, Michael E. Porter and Örjan Sölvell