Technological know-how, organizational capabilities, and strategic management : business strategy and enterprise development in competitive environments / David J. Teece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teece, David J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Business enterprises--Technological innovations.

Business enterprises.

Technological innovations--Management.

Technological innovations.

Industrial organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores factors which impact the viability and growth of business enterprises. In particular, the role of entrepreneurship, organizational learning, and business strategy - including licensing strategy - are considered in some detail. It presents fundamental thinking about business organization and provides the conceptual framework that scholars need to understand complex business organization, managerial processes, and competitive strategy.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part I: FOUNDATIONS; 1. Capturing Value from Knowledge Assets: The New Economy, Markets for Know-How, and Intangible Assets David 1. Teece; Knowledge and Competitive Advantage; Liberalization of Markets; Expansion of What's Tradable; Strengthening of Intellectual Property Regimes; The Growing Importance of Increasing Returns; Decoupling of Information Flows from the Flow of Goods and Services; Ramifications of New Information and Communications Technologies; Product Architecture and Technology ""Fusion""; Implications; CapturingValue from Knowledge and Competence

The Nature of KnowledgeReplicability, Imitability, and Appropriabilityl; Appropriability and Markets for Know-How and Competence; Some Sectoral Differences in the Market for Know-How; Complementary Assets; Dynamic Capabilities; Implications for the Theory of the Firm; Conclusion; Notes; 2. Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management David 1. Teece, Gary Pisano and Amy Shuen; INTRODUCTION; MODELS OF STRATEGY EMPHASIZING THE EXPLOITATION OF MARKET POWER; MODELS OF STRATEGY EMPHASIZING EFFICIENCY; The dynamic capabilities approach: Overview; TOWARD A DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES FRAMEWORK

Markets and strategic capabilitiesReplicability and imitatability of organizational processes and positions; CONCLUSION; Normative implications; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; 3. Dynamic Capabilities, Competence and the Behavioral Theory of the Firm 1. Lamar Pierce, Christopher S. Boerner and David 1. Teece; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF THE FIRM; 3 THE BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF THE FIRM AND STRATEGY; 4 THE BEHAVIORAL THEORY AND FIRM COMPETENCIES; 5 THE BEHAVIORAL THEORY AND DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; 6 CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES

4. Dynamic Capabilities and Multinational Enterprise: Penrosean Insights and Omissions Mie Augier and David 1. TeeceAbstract and Key Results; KeyWords; Authors; Introduction; The Resource Based Theory of the Firm; Penrose and the Theory of Dynamic Capabilities; Other Growth Issues and the Penrose Effect; Entrepreneurship, Enterprise Design, and the Role of Markets; Dynamic Capabilities, Resources and Competitive Advantage: Implications for MNEs; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Endnotes; References; 5. Managers, Markets, and Dynamic Capabilities David 1. Teece; Introduction

Understanding the Fundamental Economic Problems ""Solved"" by Strategic ManagersAsset Orchestration (In the Face of Thin Markets); General considerations regarding asset orchestration; Asset Orchestration Versus Coordination and Adaptation; Towards a Dynamic Capabilities (Economic) Theory of the Firm; Conclusion; Part II: INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; 6. An Economics Perspective on Intellectual Capital Mie Augier and David 1. Teece; Introduction; Organizing Research and Development and Knowledge Production Activities

The Economics of Knowledge: Some Historical Roots Antecedents

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

981-283-447-8