The Flexible Firm: Capability Management in Network Organizations

by Julian Birkinshaw, Peter Hagstrïm

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198296515
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

London Business School

Stockholm School of Economics

Table of Contents

Notes on the ContributorsList of FiguresList of TablesIntroduction, Julian Birkinshaw and Peter Hagtröm1. Network Relationships Inside and Outside the Firm, and the Development of Capabilities, Julian BirkinshawPart I: Managing Relationships in the External Network2. Task Partitioning, Communication Activities, and the Performance of Supplier Relations in Product Development, Maurizio Sobrero and Omar Toulan3. Global Account Management: Linking External Demands with Internal Abilities, Julian Birkinshaw, Omar Toulan, and David ArnoldPart II: Innovation in the External Network4. The Experience-Curve of Capability Management, Henrik Bresman5. Strategy in the Periphery: The Role of External Linkages in Strategy Creation, Patrick Regnér6. Innovation in the Networked Firm: The Need to Develop New Types of Interface Competence, Stefan Jonsson7. Communities of Practice in a High-Technology Firm, Robin TeiglandPart III: Managing the Internal Network8 Building an Internal Market System: Insights from Five R. & D. Organizations, Julian Birkinshaw and Carl F. Fey9. Knowledge Management in the Multinational Enterprise, Niklas Arvidsson10. New Wine in Old Bottles: Information Technology Evolution in Firm Strategy and Structure, Peter Hagström11. Relaxing the Boundaries of the Firm, Peter HagströmReferencesIndex