LEADER 04000nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910455222803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15819-8 010 $a9786612158193 010 $a1-4008-2448-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824489 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788488 035 $a(EBL)457747 035 $a(OCoLC)438786959 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234248 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11199765 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234248 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10236625 035 $a(PQKB)10337758 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457747 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36258 035 $a(DE-B1597)446926 035 $a(OCoLC)979905153 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457747 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312483 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215819 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788488 100 $a20071005d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe red queen among organizations$b[electronic resource] $ehow competitiveness evolves /$fWilliam P. Barnett 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-17368-0 311 $a0-691-13114-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-273) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tOne. Why Are Some Organizations More Competitive than Others? -- $tTwo. Logics of Competition -- $tThree. The Red Queen -- $tFour. Empirically Modeling The Red Queen -- $tFive. Red Queen Competition Among Commercial Banks -- $tSix. Red Queen Competition among Computer Manufacturers -- $tSeven. The Red Queen and Organizational Inertia -- $tEight. Some Implications of Red Queen Competition -- $tAppendix. Data Sources and Collection Methods -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThere'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 competition become stronger competitors--but only in the market contexts in which they succeed. Barnett shows how managers may think their experience will help them thrive in new markets and conditions, when in fact the opposite is likely to be the case. He finds that an organization's competitiveness at any given moment hinges on the organization's historical experience. Through Red Queen competition, weaker competitors fail, or they learn and adapt. This in turn heightens the intensity of competition and further strengthens survivors in an ever-evolving dynamic. Written by a leading organizational theorist, The Red Queen among Organizations challenges the prevailing wisdom about competition, revealing it to be a force that can make--and break--even the most successful organization. 606 $aCompetition 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCompetition. 676 $a338.6/04801 700 $aBarnett$b William P$01050900 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455222803321 996 $aThe red queen among organizations$92481030 997 $aUNINA