Technology, Organization, and Competitiveness: Perspectives on Industrial and Corporate Change

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• PREFACE v
• CONTENTS vii
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS viii
• Introduction 1
• References 13
• PART A THE FIRM 15
• Transaction Cost Economics and Organization Theory 17
• References 61
• Coase Revisited: Business Groups in the Modern Economy 67
• References 100
• Varieties of Hierarchies and Markets: An Introduction 105
• References 137
• Information, Knowledge, Vision and Theories of the Firm 147
• References 190
• The Dynamic Capabilities of Firms: An Introduction 193
• References 210
• PART B FROM FIRMS TO INDUSTRIES 213
• Technological Discontinuities, Organizational Capabilities, and Strategic Commitments 215
• References 236
• Appendix 1 - A Note on the Data and Methods Used to Generate Figure 3 237
• Appendix 2 - Cases Cited in Table 3 238
• Organizational Integration and Competitive Advantage: Explaining Strategy and Performance in American Industry 247
• References 287
• Uneven (and Divergent) Technological Accumulation among Advanced Countries: Evidence and a Framework of Explanation 289
• References 315
• The Co-evolution of Technology, Industrial Structure, and Supporting Institutions 319
• References 333
• INDEX 337

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