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Autore |
Barnett William P |
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Titolo |
The red queen among organizations [[electronic resource] ] : how competitiveness evolves / / William P. Barnett |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-15819-8 |
9786612158193 |
1-4008-2448-6 |
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Edizione |
[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (295 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Competition |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- One. Why Are Some Organizations More Competitive than Others? -- Two. Logics of Competition -- Three. The Red Queen -- Four. Empirically Modeling The Red Queen -- Five. Red Queen Competition Among Commercial Banks -- Six. Red Queen Competition among Computer Manufacturers -- Seven. The Red Queen and Organizational Inertia -- Eight. Some Implications of Red Queen Competition -- Appendix. Data Sources and Collection Methods -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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There's a scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass in which the Red Queen, having just led a chase with Alice in which neither seems to have moved from the spot where they began, explains to the perplexed girl: "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." Evolutionary biologists have used this scene to illustrate the evolutionary arms race among competing species. William Barnett argues that a similar dynamic is at work when organizations compete, shaping how firms and industries evolve over time. Barnett examines the effects--and unforeseen perils--of competing and winning. He takes a fascinating, in-depth look at two of the most competitive industries--computer manufacturing and commercial banking--and derives some startling conclusions. Organizations that survive |
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