Strategic Networks: Learning to Compete (Strategic Management Society) [Hardcover]

Michael Gibbert (Editor), Thomas Durand (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1405135859 | ISBN-13: 978-1405135856 | Publication Date: January 9, 2007 | Edition: 1

This book explores the creation of 'learning networks' and sheds light on how they function:- real versus virtual forms of interaction, collaboration versus competition in the learning process, and joint value creation versus individual value appropriation in networks.

Written by international experts in the field of global strategy.

Contributions have been selected for their insights and interdependence between organizational learning and networks.

Looks at topics such as real versus virtual forms of interaction, collaboration versus competition in the learning process, and joint value creation versus individual value appropriation in networks.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

One of the most fundamental processes in business competition is inter-organizational learning. To create and distribute value across organizational boundaries companies need to learn from their competitors. Increasingly it is clear that the learning process depends on the creation of a complex set of networks across organizations. This book explores the creation of 'learning networks' and sheds light on how they function:- real versus virtual forms of interaction, collaboration versus competition in the learning process, and joint value creation versus individual value appropriation in networks. The contributing authors are leading international experts in the field of global strategy whose chapters have been selected for their insights into the interdependence between organizational learning and networks.

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One of the most fundamental processes in business competition is inter-organizational learning. To create and distribute value across organizational boundaries companies need to learn from their competitors. Increasingly it is clear that the learning process depends on the creation of a complex set of networks across organizations. This book explores the creation of 'learning networks' and sheds light on how they function:- real versus virtual forms of interaction, collaboration versus competition in the learning process, and joint value creation versus individual value appropriation in networks.

The contributing authors are leading international experts in the field of global strategy whose chapters have been selected for their insights into the interdependence between organizational learning and networks.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (January 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405135859
• ISBN-13: 978-1405135856
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.9 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,147,001 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)