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DESCRIPTION: The last several years has witnessed a growing interaction between economists and sociologists engaged in the study of organizations' strategies. Economists and sociologists can gain real insight from these interactions. To date, however, these interactions have been to ad hoc and unfocused to bear any real fruit. This volume moves the discussion to the next level by focusing the discussion, and taking a step toward systematizing some of the relationships between economic and sociological approaches to strategic management.
To accomplish this, the volume reprints four 'matched pairs' of influential articles on firms' strategies in economic sociology and strategic management and use these articles to frame a conversation between the articles' pioneering authors and other prominent researchers in strategic management and sociology working on closely-related research problems. Each pair of articles followed by provocative essays–inspired

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction. Economics meets sociology in strategic management (F. Dobbin, J.A.C. Baum). An Embarrassment of Riches. Articles. Towards an economic theory of the multiproduct firm (D.J. Teece). The spread of the multidivisional form among large firms, 1919-1979 (N. Fligstein). Essays. Economic and sociological perspectives on diversification and organizational structure (D.J. Teece). Alternative approaches to firm strategic behavior (N. Fligstein). Commentaries. Differentiation in business organizations (J. Freeman). The facts, Neil said, nothing but the facts - whose facts? answered David (B. Kogut). Final Words. Common ground, different assumptions (D.J. Teece). Competition, stability, and conceptions of control (N. Fligstein). All Happy Firms are the Same. Articles. The dominant logic: a new linkage between diversity and performance (C.K. Prahalad, R.A. Bettis). The iron cage revisited: institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (P.J. DiMaggio, W.W. Powell). Essays. The iron cage is emptying, the dominant logic no longer dominates (R.A. Bettis). The sources of managerial logics (W.W. Powell). Commentaries. The structuration and destructuration of organizations and organizational fields (W.R. Scott). Dominant logic and the iron cage (C.W.L. Hill). Final Words. Cages and logics: (hopefully not) the last word (R.A. Bettis). The last word: not a chance (W.W. Powell). Where All the Firms are Above Average. Articles. Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage (J.B. Barney). Social structure and organizations (A.L. Stinchcombe). Essays. Context is crucial: commonalities, differences and subtle differences (J.B. Barney). On equilibrium, organizational form, and competitive strategy (A.L. Stinchcombe). Commentaries. "Luck," "leadership" and "strategy" (R.L. Henderson). Cause for optimism (C. Oliver). Final Words. Nothing's permanent: the role of sustainability and luck in resource-based logic (J.B. Barney). Contexts make resources valuable or worthless: a reply to Barney unions and coin tossing: a reply to Oliver and Henderson (A.L. Stinchcombe). Finding Your Niche. Articles. Intra-industry structure and the ease of strategic change (S.M. Oster). Where do markets come from? (H.C. White). Essays. Is there a future in diversity? The view from economics and sociology (S.M. Oster). Does the early bird get the worm? (H.C. White). Commentaries. The great disciplinary divide (W. Baker). The business organization in economics, sociology, and strategy research (W. Mitchell). Final Words. The disciplinary divide has been bridged (S.M. Oster). Small numbers, in depth (H.C. White). Epilogue. Doing interdisciplinary research in strategic management - without a paradigm war (J.A.C. Baum, F. Dobbin).

AUTHORS: Baum, J.A.C.;Dobbin, F.

PAGES: pages

PUBLISH DATE: 01/07/2000

ISBN Number: 0-7623-0664-5

USA Book Price: $45.95
UK Book Price: £29.95

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