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Action research in workplace innovation and regional development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Werner Fricke, Peter Totterdill
| Action research in workplace innovation and regional development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Werner Fricke, Peter Totterdill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 356 p |
| Disciplina | 658.4/063 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FrickeWerner
TotterdillPeter |
| Collana | Dialogues on work and innovation |
| Soggetto topico |
Organizational change - Europe
Organizational change - Scandinavia Regional planning - Europe Regional planning - Scandinavia |
| ISBN |
1-282-16053-2
9786612160530 90-272-9562-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782222103321 |
| Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Action research in workplace innovation and regional development / / edited by Werner Fricke, Peter Totterdill
| Action research in workplace innovation and regional development / / edited by Werner Fricke, Peter Totterdill |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | x, 356 p |
| Disciplina | 658.4/063 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FrickeWerner
TotterdillPeter |
| Collana | Dialogues on work and innovation |
| Soggetto topico |
Organizational change - Europe
Organizational change - Scandinavia Regional planning - Europe Regional planning - Scandinavia |
| ISBN |
9786612160530
9781282160538 1282160532 9789027295620 902729562X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Action Research in Workplace Innovation and Regional Development -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Regional innovation in the global economy -- Action research in the context of regional development -- A framework for the renewal of workplaces and regions -- Building regional competence -- Notes -- I. Key themes -- Participation and local organisation -- Introduction -- Innovative organisation -- Participation and the challenges of industrialisation -- The agreement on development -- The first decade: Scattered discourses -- The next initiative: Industry programmes -- The emergence of smaller networks -- Conversational networks and the use of research -- Diffusing the idea of networking -- The formation of regional partnerships -- Organisational challenges -- a. The work group -- b. The network -- c. The network-generating context -- Regions and governance -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Workplace innovation as regional development -- Introduction -- The high road of workplace innovation -- Arenas of organisational change -- Beyond `best practice' -- A model for interpretation -- The characteristics of new forms of work organisation -- Knowledge, innovation and creativity -- Workplace partnership, involvement and participation -- Job design and teamworking -- Integrating teamwork, partnership and organisational knowledge -- Resourcing and sustaining organisational innovation -- Public policy measures and workplace innovation -- Regions as a focus for workplace innovation -- Gaps in the public policy framework -- Challenges -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- II. Building coalitions -- Participation and enterprise networks within a regional context -- Introduction -- The network partners.
From informal to formal networking and the network as a ``quasi-enterprise'' -- Employee participation -- Networking between enterprises -- Diffusion -- The role of research -- References -- Planning from without or developing from within? -- Introduction -- The background to change in the health care sector -- The project -- History and duration -- Research collaboration -- Project funding -- The vision and process of patient involvement -- Project vision: Health care from an innovation perspective -- The role of action research -- The organisation of the development coalition -- The first dialogue conference -- Developmental activities in the learning networks -- Concluding reflections -- Note -- References -- The development of the French technopoles and the growth of life sciences -- Innovation, a motor of the contemporary economy -- From the American science parks to the technopoles -- The loss of the technological autonomy of companies -- The main ingredients in the fabric of the technopole -- The Evry Génopole, a French avant-garde model of technopole -- A governmental project -- The biotechnology network -- A new conception of scientific work -- New collaborative relations between partners whose interests sometimes diverge -- Fundamental public research, the central issue for the State -- Génoplante, an ambitious political project -- The end of the classical research paradigm -- The researcher-entrepreneur as a point of linkage between the private sector and the public sector -- Genopole and employment -- Start-ups, the typical companies on the site -- Activity orientated particularly towards the outside world -- A hybrid model -- Notes -- III. Capacity building -- The third task -- The significance of dynamic local and regional settings -- An illustrative case, the biotec cluster of Uppsala -- The third task as a set of means. The scholar's exemption -- Academic entrepreneurship and commercialisation of scientific ideas -- Industrial research institutes and the so-called CONNECT -- Science parks -- Offices of collaboration -- The third task as interactive knowledge formation -- Action learning -- Action research -- Criticism of action research -- Conclusions -- References -- Linking workplace innovation and regional development -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regions as focal points for innovation -- 3. The workplace as a site of innovation -- Problems of innovation -- The limitations of consultancy -- 4. Companies within their regional context -- Networking as public policy -- 5. Towards the stakeholder university -- Resourcing regional innovation -- Constraints -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Obstacles to organisational learning in Trade Unions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Regional and national policy development -- 3. Internal dynamics and union competence development -- 4. Analysis -- Building up internal union networks -- Developing and using external networks -- Competences of regional union officers -- Notes -- References -- Globalisation and regionalisation -- 1. Theoretical premises, method, empirical basis -- 2. Origin and structure of regional networks -- 3. Globalisation, economic development and cluster formation - An inter-regional comparison -- 3.1. Regional development aid in practice -- 3.2. Limitations of regional economic development aid -- 3.3. Regional economic development aid and the role of the Trade Unions -- 4. Radical structural change, employment relations and the Trade Unions' representation crisis -- 5. What are social scientists able to achieve? -- References -- Moving beyond rhetoric -- A dramatic change in the workplace? -- Why does the curtain come down early on change processes? -- Theatre as metaphor: Performing a script or writing the play?. Theatre for organisational transformation -- Forum theatre -- Improvisation - The organisation's `instant coffee' for idea generation? -- From actor to film-maker - Other methods of stimulating dialogue and change -- Performing regions? -- Some conclusions on the application of creative methods -- Notes -- References -- IV. The policy framework -- Regional workplace forums for the modernisation of work -- Introduction -- Initiatives -- The lack of capacity -- a. Limited awareness amongst policy makers and social partners -- b. Too few opportunities to share good policy practice between member states -- c. Weak policy frameworks at national and/or regional levels -- d. A lack of appropriate institutions capable of designing and delivering appropriate measures -- e. Poor networking between key actors -- f. Underdeveloped roles and responsibilities of social partners, universities and business support organisations -- The missing link -- Identifying gaps -- a. The UK -- b. France -- c. Other member states -- Recommendations -- a. Raising the profile of the European Employment Strategy -- b. New forms of work organisation -- c. Diffusion mechanisms -- d. Regional workplace forums -- Appendices -- Annotated bibliography -- References -- Integrating workplace development policy and innovation policy: A challenging task -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Comparison of the FWDP and Finnish innovation policy -- 2.1. Finnish Workplace Development Programme (FWDP) -- 2.2. Finnish innovation policy in the 1990s -- 2.3. Pursued innovation -- 2.4. Innovation policy approach -- 2.5. Innovation strategies -- 3. From project-level learning to learning networks -- 4. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- The UK Work Organisation Network -- Introduction: The legacy -- New beginnings -- Towards an eventual national policy framework? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index. The series DIALOGUES ON WORK AND INNOVATION. |
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| Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2003 | ||
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Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre
| Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 352.3/67 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Eymeri-DouzansJean-Michel
PierreJon |
| Collana | Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science |
| Soggetto topico |
Organizational change - Europe
Administrative agencies - Europe - Reorganization Civil service reform - Europe Organizational change Administrative agencies - Reorganization Civil service reform Comparative government |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-37922-8
9786613379221 0-203-82033-9 1-136-74950-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Administrative reforms in practice: trajectories, strategies, acclimatizations -- pt. 2. The unanticipated impact of administrative reforms: a challenge to democracy?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461515403321 |
| London : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre
| Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 352.3/67 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Eymeri-DouzansJean-Michel
PierreJon |
| Collana | Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science |
| Soggetto topico |
Organizational change - Europe
Administrative agencies - Europe - Reorganization Civil service reform - Europe Organizational change Administrative agencies - Reorganization Civil service reform Comparative government |
| ISBN |
1-136-74949-7
1-283-37922-8 9786613379221 0-203-82033-9 1-136-74950-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Administrative reforms in practice: trajectories, strategies, acclimatizations -- pt. 2. The unanticipated impact of administrative reforms: a challenge to democracy?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789901103321 |
| London : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre
| Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 352.3/67 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Eymeri-DouzansJean-Michel
PierreJon |
| Collana | Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science |
| Soggetto topico |
Organizational change - Europe
Administrative agencies - Europe - Reorganization Civil service reform - Europe Organizational change Administrative agencies - Reorganization Civil service reform Comparative government |
| ISBN |
9786613379221
9781136749490 1136749497 9781283379229 1283379228 9780203820339 0203820339 9781136749506 1136749500 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Administrative reforms in practice: trajectories, strategies, acclimatizations -- pt. 2. The unanticipated impact of administrative reforms: a challenge to democracy?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910972501603321 |
| London : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond continuity [[electronic resource] ] : institutional change in advanced political economies / / edited by Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen
| Beyond continuity [[electronic resource] ] : institutional change in advanced political economies / / edited by Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 290 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 338.5/01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
StreeckWolfgang <1946->
ThelenKathleen Ann |
| Soggetto topico |
Institutional economics
Organizational change - Europe Capitalism - Europe Organizational change - United States Capitalism - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-75595-4
0-19-156677-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453534603321 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond continuity [[electronic resource] ] : institutional change in advanced political economies / / edited by Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen
| Beyond continuity [[electronic resource] ] : institutional change in advanced political economies / / edited by Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 290 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 338.5/01 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
StreeckWolfgang <1946->
ThelenKathleen Ann |
| Soggetto topico |
Institutional economics
Organizational change - Europe Capitalism - Europe Organizational change - United States Capitalism - United States |
| ISBN |
1-383-04261-6
1-280-75595-4 0-19-156677-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782228903321 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Corporate governance, competition, and political parties [[electronic resource] ] : explaining corporate governance change in Europe / / Roger M. Barker
| Corporate governance, competition, and political parties [[electronic resource] ] : explaining corporate governance change in Europe / / Roger M. Barker |
| Autore | Barker Roger M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.42094 |
| Soggetto topico |
Competition - Europe
Corporate governance - Europe Organizational change - Europe Stockholders - Europe |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-38367-1
9786612383670 0-19-157356-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Political Partisanship and the Puzzle of Corporate Governance Change in Europe; 1.1 Why corporate governance matters?; 1.2 Recent developments in European corporate governance; 1.3 Corporate governance and partisanship; 1.4 Plan of the book; 1.5 Chapter Appendix; 2. A Theory of Partisanship and Corporate Governance Change; 2.1 Change in corporate governance outcomes - between blockholder and shareholder models; 2.2 The nature of economic rents; 2.3 Corporate governance and economic rents
2.4 The argument: interaction of partisanship and product market competition3. Alternative Explanations of Corporate Governance: A Critique of the Literature; 3.1 Economic approaches to corporate governance; 3.2 Legal approaches to corporate governance; 3.3 Political approaches to corporate governance; 3.4 Sociological approaches to corporate governance; 3.5 Corporate governance and nondomestic factors; 4. Measuring Change in Corporate Governance; 4.1 Measures of de facto corporate governance behavior; 4.2 Measures of corporate governance regulation 5. The Measurement of Product Market Competition5.1 Real price levels; 5.2 Concentration indices; 5.3 Profit margins; 5.4 Openness to trade; 5.5 Survey measures of competition; 5.6 OECD indices of product market competition; 6. A Panel Data Analysis of Corporate Governance Change; 6.1 The variables; 6.2 Methodology; 6.3 Findings; 7. Robustness and Dynamic Modeling; 7.1 Tests of robustness; 7.2 Dynamic modeling of corporate governance; 8. Qualitative Analysis: Introduction to the Case Studies; 8.1 Rationale for the case studies; 8.2 Choice of country cases 9. The Case of Germany: From Blockholding to Hybrid Corporate Governance Regime9.1 The corporate governance of Deutschland AG; 9.2 Economic rents and German corporate strategy; 9.3 The politics of corporate governance in Germany; 9.4 Explaining corporate governance change in Germany; 10. The Case of Italy: Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same; 10.1 The nature of postwar corporate governance in Italy; 10.2 Reform of Italian corporate governance?; 10.3 EMU and the empowerment of the technocrats; 10.4 Corporate governance reform: partisan politics or elite project? 10.5 Conclusion: economic rents and Italian corporate governance11. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W |
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Barker Roger M
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
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Corporate governance, competition, and political parties [[electronic resource] ] : explaining corporate governance change in Europe / / Roger M. Barker
| Corporate governance, competition, and political parties [[electronic resource] ] : explaining corporate governance change in Europe / / Roger M. Barker |
| Autore | Barker Roger M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xx, 327 p. : ill |
| Soggetto topico |
Competition - Europe
Corporate governance - Europe Organizational change - Europe Stockholders - Europe |
| ISBN |
9780191573569
0191573566 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795859403321 |
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
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The innovating organization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew M. Pettigrew and Evelyn M. Fenton
| The innovating organization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew M. Pettigrew and Evelyn M. Fenton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : SAGE, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/02 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PettigrewAndrew M <1944-> (Andrew Marshall)
FentonEvelyn M |
| Soggetto topico |
Organizational change - Europe
Industrial organization - Europe |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4462-3809-1
0-7619-6434-7 1-280-36996-5 9786610369966 1-4129-3315-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 - Theoretical Perspectives on New Forms of Organizing; Chapter 2 - Integrating a Global Professional Services Organization: The Case of Ove Arup Partnership; Chapter 3 - The Role of Social Mechanisms in an Emerging Network: The Case of the Pharmaceutical network in Coopers & Lybrand Europe; Chapter 4 - ABB: Beyond the Global Matrix towards the Network Multidivisional Organization; Chapter 5 - The Emergence and Development ot Internal Networks and their Impact on Knowledge Flows: The Case of Rabobank Group
Chapter 6 - Hilti AG: Shared Leadership and the Rise of the Communicating OrganizationChapter 7 - New Forms of Organizing through Human Resource Management: The Case of Fremap; Chapter 8 - Integrating the Team-based Structure in the Business Process: The Case of Saab Training Systems; Chapter 9 - Initial Steps on the Path towards New Forms of Organizing: Two Experiences within the Group Aguas de Barcelona; Chapter 10 - Complexities and Dualities in Innovative Forms of Organizing; References; Index |
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