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Strategic alliances challenge conventional theories of the firm. Despite their rapid proliferation and the opportunities they present for firms, they are extremely difficult to manage. This book examines the main perspectives of strategic alliance, takes stock of the evidence, and indicates prospects for a better understanding of this complex phenomenon.

Describes a diverse group of work that has adopted a critical or questioning approach to the traditional concerns of Management Studies. This book introduces seventeen readings which reflect the developments, and shows CMS' importance. As an introduction to CMS, it is useful to students taking courses requiring familiarity with the CMS literature.

Brings together the key articles from all the big names in strategy of the resource-based perspective of the firm. In teaching of business strategy growing attention is given to this view as a complement to the competitive positioning analysis associated with the work of Michael Porter.

Key readings on knowledge management for graduate students and MBAs, this volume focuses on what is happening in practice. It includes seminal contributison from leading authorities and practitioners, providing a compelling picture of how knowledge and learning work in practice by including detailed examples from organizations such as Chevron, Nucor Steel, Partners Healthcare, and Xerox.

Strategic alliances challenge conventional theories of the firm. This work examines the main perspectives of strategic alliance, takes stock of the evidence, and indicates prospects for a better understanding of this complex phenomenon.

Key readings on knowledge management for graduate students and MBAs, this volume focuses on what is happening in practice. It includes seminal contributison from leading authorities and practitioners, providing a compelling picture of how knowledge and learning work in practice by including detailed examples from organizations such as Chevron, Nucor Steel, Partners Healthcare, and Xerox.

Describes a diverse group of work that has adopted a critical or questioning approach to the traditional concerns of Management Studies. Divided into four sections, this book covers topics such as: "Anticipating CMS", "Studying Management Critically", "Critical Studies of Management", and "Assessing CMS".

Ranging from theoretical contributions to empirical studies, the readings in this volume address the key issues of organizational identity, and show how these issues have developed through contributions from diverse fields of study.

A new addition to the Oxford Management Readers series that looks at the culture and role of the entrepreneur from an interdisciplinary perspective. Introduced by an internationally known and highly respected editor, this volume contains the best that has been written on the subject by economists, sociologists, historians, and anthropologists.

This book is designed to provide an accessible collection of traditional and contemporary articles on leadership to postgraduate students of management, many of whom will be MBAs. Is also of great value to senior managers taking executive programmes in leadership. It gives the reader a good, authoritative overview from different perspectives on the critical issues of leadership.

This reader looks at intangible assets and provides a tableau of perspectives and empirical evidence.

A new addition to the Oxford Management Readers series that looks at the culture and role of the entrepreneur from an interdisciplinary perspective. Introduced by an internationally known and highly respected editor, this volume contains the best that has been written on the subject by economists, sociologists, historians, and anthropologists.

Presents the works on organizational identity. Ranging from theoretical contributions to empirical studies, the readings in this book address the key issues of organizational identity, and show how these issues have developed through contributions from such diverse fields of study as sociology, psychology, management studies and cultural studies.

Strategic management has been increasingly characterized by an emphasis on core competences. This reader brings together a number of extracts on strategic management, and includes the pioneering work of Selznick, Penrose, and Chandler and more recent writing by Wenerfelt, Teece, Prahalad and Hamel.

This book is designed to provide an accessible collection of traditional and contemporary articles on leadership to postgraduate students of management, many of whom will be MBAs. Is also of great value to senior managers taking executive programmes in leadership. It gives the reader a good, authoritative overview from different perspectives on the critical issues of leadership.

Brings the key articles and debates on these issues for students of business, economics and organization. The idea of the firm being based on a set of internal and external contracts is increasingly common. This book brings together the classic articles on these issues, and is useful for teachers and students of business, economic and management.

The idea of the firm being based on a set of internal and external contracts is increasingly common. Outsourcing and subcontracting are both examples of external contracts. This reader provides students of economics or business management with an accessible overview of these issues.

Organizational trust is a subject which has over the past decade become of increasing importance to organizational theory and research. This book examines what trust is, how it is developed and maintained, its underpinnings, manifestations, and its fragility, through a presentation and discussion of key readings.

Organizational Trust is a subject which has over the past decade become of increasing importance to organizational theory and research. The book examines what trust is, how it is developed and maintained, its underpinnings, manifestations, and its fragility, through a presentation and discussion of key readings.

Wealth and growth in today's economies are driven primarily by intangible assets. The aim of this book is to bring together the best research and thinking in this rapidly emerging area.