Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management: Organizing for Innovation and Growth

by David J. Teece

Overview

How do firms grow? How do firms compete? An influential answer to these fundamental questions of business strategy lies in the concept of dynamic capabilities. David Teece has been a leading pioneer of this perspective, and this book is the clearest and most succinct statement of his ideas. Essential reading for business students and managers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199545124
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2009
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

David J. Teece is Chaired Professor of Haas Business School at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been included on the "A-List of Management Academics 2011" by Business Educators, an orgazination which seeks to facilitate collaborations between business academics and professionals.

Table of Contents

PrefacePart I: Dynamic Capabilities1. The Nature and Microfoundations of (Sustainable) Enterprise Performance2. 1. The (Entrepreneurial) Function of the Manager in a Developed Market Economy3. The Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities4. Resources, Capabilities, and Penrose Effects5. Dynamic Capabilities and the Essence of Multinational EnterprisePart II: The Business Enterprise in Economic Development6. The Role of Management, Enterprise, and Technology in the Wealth of Nations7. Managers, Entrepreneurs and the Literati in Economic DevelopmentPart III: Competition Policy8. 1. The Nature of Competition in Regimes of Rapid Technological Change

Editorial Reviews

"David Teece's concept of dynamic capabilities integrates the resource-based theory of the firm with an evolutionary view of economic processes. This important book combines theoretical insight with practical advice for both managers and policy makers."—John Kay, Fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford, and author of The Truth about Markets

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