Overview
Examines the effects and unforeseen perils of competing and winning. This work takes a look at two of the most competitive industries - computer manufacturing and commercial banking - and derives some startling conclusions. Organizations that survive competition become stronger competitors - but only in the market contexts in which they succeed.
Full Product Details
Author: William P. Barnett
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.539kg
ISBN: 9780691131146
ISBN 10: 0691131147
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 24 February 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Language: English
Reviews
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
Author Information
William P. Barnett is the Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, and Organizations at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.
