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Author:   Julian Birkinshaw (Assistant Professor in Strategy & International Management, Assistant Professor in Strategy & International Management, London Business School) ,  Peter Hagström (Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Business, Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.365kg
ISBN:  

9780199248551

ISBN 10:   0199248559
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   29 November 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Julian Birkinshaw and Peter Hagström: Introduction 1: Julian Birkinshaw: Network Relationships Inside and Outside the Firm, and the Development of Capabilities Part I: Managing Relationships in the External Network 2: Maurizio Sobrero and Omar Toulan: Task Partitioning, Communication Activities, and the Performance of Supplier Relations in Product Development 3: Julian Birkinshaw, Omar Toulan, and David Arnold: Global Account Management: Linking External Demands with Internal Abilities Part II: Innovation in the External Network 4: Henrik Bresman: The Experience-Curve of Capability Management 5: Patrick Regnér: Strategy in the Periphery: The Role of External Linkages in Strategy Creation 6: Stefan Jonsson: Innovation in the Networked Firm: The Need to Develop New Types of Interface Competence 7: Robin Teigland: Communities of Practice in a High-Technology Firm Part III: Managing the Internal Network 8: Julian Birkinshaw and Carl F. Fey: Building an Internal Market System: Insights from Five R&D Organizations 9: Niklas Arvidsson: Knowledge Management in the Multinational Enterprise 10: Peter Hagström: New Wine in Old Bottles: Information Technology Evolution in Firm Strategy and Structure 11: Peter Hagström: Relaxing the Boundaries of the Firm

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Julian Birkinshaw is Assistant Professor of Strategy and International Management at the London Business School. His research focuses on strategy and organization in large multinational firms, and on such issues as entrepreneurship, network organization, and knowledge management. He is the author of Entrepreneurship in the Global Firm (Sage, 2000) and co-editor of Multinational Corporate Evolution and Subsidiary Development (with Neil Hood, Macmillan, 1998). He was previously Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics. Peter Hagström is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics. His research focuses on the use of information systems as an enabler of change in large firms. He is the author of The Wired MNC (Institute of International Business, 1991), and co-editor of The Dynamic Firm (with Alfred Chandler and Örjan Sölvell, Oxford, 1997). Previous positions include Assistant Professor at the Harvard Business School.

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