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Author:   William P. Barnett
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780691173689

ISBN 10:   0691173680
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   02 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii CHAPTER ONE: WHY ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS MORE COMPETITIVE THAN OTHERS? 1 ""Competitiveness"" Varies from Organization to Organization 3 Organizations Are Intendedly Rational Adaptive Systems 4 Organizations Compete with Similar Organizations 7 What It Takes to Win Depends on a Context's Logic of Competition 8 Organizations Learn a Context's Logic of Competition by Competing 12 CHAPTER TWO: LOGICS OF COMPETITION 14 Analyzing Logics of Competition 17 Meta-Competition among Alternative Logics 28 The Logic of Predation 34 Discovering Logics of Competition 37 Summary and Implications for the Model 43 CHAPTER THREE: THE RED QUEEN 46 How Do Organizations Respond to Competition? 47 The Red Queen as an Ecology of Learning Organizations 50 Consequences of Constraint in Red Queen Evolution 59 Killing the Red Queen through Predation 69 Argument Summary 72 CHAPTER FOUR: EMPIRICALLY MODELING THE RED QUEEN 74 Modeling ""Competitiveness"" as a Property of Organizations 75 The Red Queen Model 77 Modeling a Pure-Selection Process 79 Modeling Myopia 80 Modeling the Implications of Predation 82 Modeling Organizational Founding 84 Modeling Organizational Survival 85 Comparisons to Other Ecological Models of Organizations 87 CHAPTER FIVE: RED QUEEN COMPETITION AMONG COMMERCIAL BANKS 90 The Institutional Context of Twentieth-Century U.S. Commerical Banking 90 Logics of Competition among U.S. Banks 97 Specifying the Red Queen Model for Illinois Banks 105 Estimates of the Bank Founding Models 109 Estimates of the Bank Failure Models 119 Summary of Findings 130 CHAPTER SIX: RED QUEEN COMPETITION AMONG COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS 132 The Computer Industry and Its Markets 136 Discovering Logics of Competition among Mainframe Computer Manufacturers 138 Discovering Logics of Competition among Midrange Computer Manufacturers 170 Discovering Logics of Competition among Microcomputer Manufacturers 193 Summary of Findings 213 CHAPTER SEVEN: THE RED QUEEN AND ORGANIZATIONAL NERTIA 215 The Competition-Inertia Hypothesis 218 The Red Queen and Inertia among Computer Manufacturers 222 The Red Queen and the Rise and Fall of Organizations 224 CHAPTER EIGHT: SOME IMPLICATIONS OF RED QUEEN COMPETITION 228 Managerial Implications of the Red Queen 230 Research Implications of the Red Queen 232 APPENDIX: DATA SOURCES AND COLLECTION METHODS 237 Commercial Banks 237 Computer Manufacturers 241 Notes 245 References 259 Index 275"

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The Red Queen Among Organizations represents outstanding scholarship in the organisational theory field but is sufficiently rooted in the real world to be of benefit to business strategists and particularly to MBA and doctoral students in the field of corporate strategy. [I]t is a serious attempt to understand organisational behaviour, and it does it exceptionally well. --Cary L. Cooper, Times Higher Education The main strength of the book is in highlighting the importance of competition in market-based economies for building viable, adaptive organizations. --Jason Potts, Kate Morrison, The Business Economist Barnett presents an excellent theoretical account of the evolution of competitiveness, supported by empirical evidence... This ecological theory provides an excellent complement and contrast to many existing theoretical frameworks in strategic management. --J.J. Bailey, Choice The most ambitious and important new book is The Red Queen among Organizations, by William P. Barnett... [I]t is the best strategy book of the year because of its main insights: Competition concerns relative performance, not absolute performance; a company's competitiveness is context specific, and contexts can change, giving rise to the competency trap; learning comes from competing, not isolation from competition; and differentiation is desirable as a way to secure rents, but must be pursued in the context of competition, not in the vain hopes of avoiding it. --Phil Rosenzweig, Stratgey & Business Barnett's presentation of the Red Queen theory is a well-crafted, nuanced, and thoughtful contribution to the voluminous literature on organizational population change. --David Knoke, American Journal of Sociology

"The Red Queen Among Organizations represents outstanding scholarship in the organisational theory field but is sufficiently rooted in the ""real world"" to be of benefit to business strategists and particularly to MBA and doctoral students in the field of corporate strategy. [I]t is a serious attempt to understand organisational behaviour, and it does it exceptionally well.""--Cary L. Cooper, Times Higher Education ""The main strength of the book is in highlighting the importance of competition in market-based economies for building viable, adaptive organizations.""--Jason Potts, Kate Morrison, The Business Economist ""Barnett presents an excellent theoretical account of the evolution of competitiveness, supported by empirical evidence... This ecological theory provides an excellent complement and contrast to many existing theoretical frameworks in strategic management.""--J.J. Bailey, Choice ""The most ambitious and important new book is The Red Queen among Organizations, by William P. Barnett... [I]t is the best strategy book of the year because of its main insights: Competition concerns relative performance, not absolute performance; a company's competitiveness is context specific, and contexts can change, giving rise to the competency trap; learning comes from competing, not isolation from competition; and differentiation is desirable as a way to secure rents, but must be pursued in the context of competition, not in the vain hopes of avoiding it.""--Phil Rosenzweig, Stratgey & Business ""Barnett's presentation of the Red Queen theory is a well-crafted, nuanced, and thoughtful contribution to the voluminous literature on organizational population change.""--David Knoke, American Journal of Sociology"

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William P. Barnett is the Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, and Organizations at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

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