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Author:   Patrick Kenis ,  Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan ,  Bart Cambré
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781848440852

ISBN 10:   1848440855
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 September 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents: Foreword Jörg Sydow Preface Introduction: Temporary Organizations – A Challenge and Opportunity for our Thinking About Organizations Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan, Bart Cambré and Patrick Kenis PART I: MAKING THE CASE 1. The Prevalence and Characteristics of Interorganizational Temporary Collaborations of Dutch Small and Medium-sized Firms (SMEs) Leon A.G. Oerlemans, Jan M.P. de Kok and Jeroen P.J. de Jong 2. Research on Temporary Organizations: The State of the Art and Distinct Approaches Toward ‘Temporariness’ Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan, René M. Bakker and Patrick Kenis 3. Applying Organization Theory to Temporary Organizations Patrick Kenis, Bart Cambré, Gerardus J.M. Lucas, Leon A.G. Oerlemans PART II: CONCEPTUAL INSIGHTS INTO TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONS 4. Time Matters: The Impact of ‘Temporariness’ on the Functioning and Performance of Organizations René M. Bakker and Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan 5. The Atemporality of Temporary Organizations: Implications for Goal Attainment and Legitimacy Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan, Patrick Kenis and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen 6. Proximity in Temporary Organizations Joris Knoben and Tobias Gössling 7. Structure in Temporary Organizations Jörg Raab, Joseph Soeters, Paul C. van Fenema and Erik J. de Waard 8. The Resource Dilemma of Temporary Organizations: A Dynamic Perspective on Temporal Embeddedness and Resource Discretion René M. Bakker, Bart Cambré and Keith G. Provan 9. Turning a Negative into a Positive: How Innovation Management Moderates the Negative Impact of TO Complexity on the Effectiveness of Innovative Interorganizational Temporary Collaborations Leon A.G.Oerlemans and Marius T.H. Meeus 10. Conclusion: Toward an Integrated View of Temporary Organizations: Future Research Agenda and Managerial Implications Patrick Kenis, Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan and Bart Cambré Index

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Edited by Patrick Kenis, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Martyna Janowicz-Panjaitan, Research Fellow, Tilburg University, the Netherlands and Bart Cambré, Professor of Business Research Methods, Antwerp Management School and University of Antwerp, Belgium

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