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"Основы менеджмента" - очень сильная книга; особый интерес представляют предваряющие каждую тему конкретные ситуации, распределенные по тексту вопросы для обдумывания (как бизнеса, так и приведенной ситуации), заключение к каждой главе, представленное в особом виде: содержание, процесс, контроль и обучение (что авторами называется интегральной структурой менеджмента). Книга насквозь пронизана идеологией управления изменениями. Сильный аромат европейского менеджмента (в том числе из-за европейских бизнес-ситуаций), или, скорее, меньше американизма.

The paper studies the relations between technological strategies and market success of firms, through an empirical analysis of the commercial aero-engine industry since 1948 to 1997 detailed at the level of competition among single firms products. It uses a multidimensional measure of technical progress through Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for measuring technological performances of single products and firms and data on sales of each product over time for representing market success. The paper confirms the existence of heterogeneity of firms technological strategies and draws some main conclusions with respect to strategies of convergence and divergence from the technological frontier, first mover advantage and survival of inefficient products.

Agency theory embeds the influential relationship that exist between managers and shareholders of firms. This relationship has the potential to influence decision-making in the firm which in turn has potential impacts on firm characteristics such as firm value. Prior evidence has demonstrated an association between ownership structure and firm value. This paper extends the literature by proposing a further link between ownership structure and capital structure. Using an agency framework we argue that the distribution of equity ownership among corporate managers and external blockholders has a significant relationship with leverage. The paper tests four hypotheses that explore various aspects of this relationship. The empirical results provide support for a positive relationship between external blockholders and leverage, a curvilinear relationship between the level of managerial share ownership and leverage and finally, the results suggest that the relationship between external block ownership and leverage varies across the level of managerial share ownership. These results parallel and are consistent with the active monitoring hypothesis, convergence-of-interests and the entrenchment hypotheses which have been proposed in a different context.

User information is an important source of user-centered innovation. Through the investigation of 47 user-centered case studies collected from leading design consulting firms, this study aims to establish the relationship between user-research and design innovation, to identify the research characteristics and analytic models critical to each innovation situation, and to discuss where, why, and how the research and analysis should be done so that information is gathered efficiently and is available to the team at the right time in the multi-disciplinary design process. This study suggests new approaches to user-research planning, an alternative mental model of design innovation, and a different way of describing user-research in relation to design innovation. The investigation reveals how user-research should be planned, conducted and tailored for each innovation situation.

This paper attempts to analyze the association between corporate governance - measured by the exercise of control by larger shareholders and the board of directors- and corporate entrepreneurship for businesses quoted on the Madrid Stock-Exchange. Under the hypothesis of management opportunist behavior and being consistent with agency theory, this paper contrasts the existence of a greater corporate entrepreneurship when an effective control over the management does not exist, and the executives are significant shareholders. Thus, the authors examine two sources of influence on managerial support for corporate entrepreneurship: the firms ownership structure and its governance system. Their objective was to understand how firm characteristics -in terms firm corporate governance attributes- influences the decisions about entering in new businesses or markets.

The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, by proposing a first definition of coopetiton, it aims to move away from the mere recognition of the oversimplified conventional conception to a deeper understanding of the nature of coopetition. By suggesting that coopetition is a matter of incomplete interest (and goal) congruence concerning firms interdependence, the authors stress that coopetition does not simply emerge from coupling competition and cooperation issues, but rather it implies that cooperation and competition merge together to form a new kind of strategic interdependence between firms, giving rise to a coopetitive system of value creation. Second, the researchers advance a typology of coopetition based on the differing explanatory variables of this incomplete interest (and goal) congruence. Third, with the support of a number of coopetition microcases, especially referring to firms operating in the automobile industry, the contribution and the potential of coopetition strategy to the advancement of both strategic management, organization theory and managerial practice was clarified.

A short, up-to-date, practical and readable guide to strategy formulation, this book is designed for practicing executives who are getting ready to assume broader responsibilities. By focusing on strategic thinking and using real-life examples and historical references, this book is a must-read for the serious executive strategist. The first chapter defines strategy and its effect on a corporation's effectiveness; and then in subsequent chapters covers the external strategic environment, the analysis of a firm's physical assets, the development of a competitive strategy, different industry environments, corporate strategy and competition, different strategy choices, global strategy, and implementing and controlling a chosen strategic direction. For CEOs, senior executives, general managers, vice-presidents, divisional managers, and consultants

Книга "Конкурируя за будущее. Создание рынков завтрашнего дня" Г. Хамела и К. К. Прахалада, известных специалистов в области делового администрирования и международного бизнеса, знакомит читателей с их новыми яркими идеями и подходами. Цель авторов - мотивировать менеджеров и руководителей компаний отойти от традиционной практики сокращения штатов при преобразовании своих предприятий. Взамен они предлагают компаниям стратегию завоевания лидирующий позиций не только на существующих, но и на будущих рынках. Из книги читатель узнает, как пробудить и развить в себе талант предвидения, необходимого для последовательного изменения отрасли, как разработать стратегическое намерение и мобилизовать свою компанию на его реализацию, как создать ключевые компетенции для будущего, расширить границы корпоративного воображения и оживить процесс создания нового бизнеса. "Конкурируя за будущее" - это в равной степени учебник для революционеров в бизнесе и руководство по созданию рынков будущего. Книга адресована тем, кто не хочет довольствоваться ролью догоняющего, кто убежден, что лучший путь к успеху - это переделать правила игры, кто не боится подвергать сомнению традиции и более склонен строить, чем переделывать. Книга предназначена для предпринимателей и профессиональных менеджеров, стремящихся преуспеть в конкуренции за будущие рынки. Она будет интересна также преподавателям и студентам, готовящимся вступить на путь создания новой экономики, полный трудностей, борьбы и творчества.

Over the last years the resource-based view (RBV) of strategic management has attracted wide academic and managerial attention. Drawing on RBV literature, this paper analyses the interrelationships between RBV and organizational innovation. The authors examine those aspects of RBV that critically determine the firms capacity to innovate by integrating the relevant theoretical and empirical evidence. A number of contributions setting the ground for future empirical research are provided.

Corporations are suffering from a lack of leadership. Too many managers are unwilling to take charge due to beliefs in tradtional myths such as successful leaders are stable and organized. The focus of this book is to help managers further their abilities as leaders. The authors have discussed leadership skills with other leaders to learn their strengths and weaknesses.

In this study we analyze possible links between new institutional economics and stakeholder management models. The authors' preliminary findings fit with the traditional political organization argument: namely that firms organizational decision-making include explicit and implicit aspects, shaped by institutional and technical constraints, and that decisions have to be balanced from this perspective. As an illustrative empirical material the authors use failed merger and acquisition process between United Airlines and US Airways 2000 2001. The basic theorizing methods used in this paper are the alternate template strategy, and comparative analysis between the two readings (texts). The authors suggestion is that the two theoretical frameworks are complementary, and could be useful when studying / estimating the influence of inter-organizational negotiations to organizational decisionmaking, and especially strategizing.

Due to the dramatic shifts in the knowledge economy, this book provides a significant departure from traditional strategic management concepts and practice. Designed for both advanced students and business managers, it presents a unique combination of new strategic management theory, carefully selected strategic management articles by prominent scholars such as Gary Hamel, Michael Porter, Peter Senge, and real-world case studies.
On top of this, the authors link powerful new benchmarks in strategic management thinking, including the concepts of Socio-Cultural Network Dynamics, Systemic Scorecards, and Customer Knowledge Management with practical business challenges and solutions of blue-chip companies with a superior performance

Building on coevolution theory and existing knowledge about strategic and organizational change, this paper develops a conceptual framework for studying change in organizations as coevolution. The focus is on how organizations create constructed environmental conditions, hence forming the context for themselves and other organizations and their environment. The paper illustrates this problematic by focusing on the interplay between public and private organizations. A set of propositions and an integrated framework laying the ground for future empirical research are developed.

Drawing on a grounded theory research we present a model of organizational improvisation which asserts that this phenomenon is triggered by an unexpected important event brought about by a moderate level of turbulence, relying on a minimal structure and simple resources. The success of improvisation is shown to be affected by the level of equivocality and by the perceived level of task complexity, and results in increased group cohesiveness and faster and less costly future actions. In conclusion the authors argue in favor of a contingency view of organizational improvisation and contend that our model suggests the possibility of a dialectical approach to organizational improvisation.

Используй сильные стороны противника против него самого - главный принцип айкидо, который Роберт Пино, известный консультант, основатель, президент и исполнительный директор компании Robert Pino & Company, предлагает использовать в борьбе за лидерство на рынке. Японская мудрость поможет по-новому взглянуть на бизнес, усилить позиции компании изнутри, сформировать маркетинговую стратегию, способную стать решающим фактором победы в конкурентной борьбе. Эта увлекательная книга станет незаменимым пособием и для опытных, и для начинающих карьеру предпринимателей, а также для студентов вузов, изучающих маркетинг и менеджмент.