Awards

• Winner of Igor Ansoff Award 2000.
• Winner of Igor Ansoff Award for Strategic Planning and Management 2000.

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9780198290865

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'Max Boisot has written a book for any thinking manager, politician or lawyer interested in the role of information and intellectual property in the evolution of the information economy'. Ian MacMillan, George W. Taylor Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, The Wharton School of Management. 'For those struggling to understand how knowledge-based organizations can develop and exploit their distinctive competences, Boisot's book provides profound insights and challenges'. Dr Keith Blois, Templeton College, University of Oxford ...this is for the scientist who want to impree managers. It's a serious book. - Harold Thimbleby. New Scientist. `In his new book Boisot... addresses and explores new issues that are relevant from a managerial point of view. Without any doubt Boisot's I-space theory is one of the most comprehensive theories in the management literature.' Sage 3ublications. ...his book represents an important step towards the development of a knowledge-based theory of the firm. It is likely to be of use to academics, as well as the growing clan of practitioners in firms who are interested in management and organisational theory. THES. 23/07/99. `It delivers new insights into the ways that firms can maximise the returns to be had from their distinctive competences, capabilities and technologies. Also informative are Boisot's insights into the factors that impact on the diffusion of knowledge.' Jane Millar - THES

Max Boisot has written a book for any thinking manager, politician or lawyer interested in the role of information and intellectual property in the evolution of the information economy. Ian MacMillan, George W. Taylor Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, The Wharton School of Management. For those struggling to understand how knowledge-based organizations can develop and exploit their distinctive competences, Boisot's book provides profound insights and challenges. Dr Keith Blois, Templeton College, University of Oxford ...this is for the scientist who want to impress managers. It's a serious book. Harold Thimbleby. New Scientist In his new book Boisot... addresses and explores new issues that are relevant from a managerial point of view. Without any doubt Boisot's I-space theory is one of the most comprehensive theories in the management literature. Sage Publications ...his book represents an important step towards the development of a knowledge-based theory of the firm. It is likely to be of use to academics, as well as the growing clan of practitioners in firms who are interested in management and organisational theory. Jane Millar, Times Higher Education Supplement If you accept that knowledge and the ability to use it is a key competitive resource, you must read this book. If you do not accept this, then also read it to discover where you are wrong before it is too late! John Child, Guinness Professor of Management Studies, University of Cambridge

'If you accept that knowledge and the ability to use it is a key competitive resource, you must read this book. If you do not accept this, then also read it to discover where you are wrong before it is too late!' John Child, Guinness Professor of Management Studies, University of Cambridge

Author Information

Max Boisot is Professor of Strategic Management at ESADE in Barcelona.

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