Redesigning the firm

The world in which firms compete is now global, increasingly dominated by technology, and rapidly changing. Old organization structures are too inflexible and static to permit firms to remain competitive. In this new book, experts from a major business school, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, explore a range of organizational models that managers can employ to meet the particular needs of their markets. Each chapter offers solutions that are broad-based rather than narrowly focused, and any academic terminology has been removed to make the text easily accessible to managers.

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Introduction : redesigning the firm / Edward H. Bowman and Bruce Kogut -- The anomalies of corporate governance / Edward H. Bowman and Michael Useem -- Sustainable competitive advantage through alliance / Elizabeth E. Bailey and Weijian Shan -- Supplier and buyer networks / Toshihiro Nishiguchi and Erin Anderson -- Product innovation in mature firms / Deborah Dougherty and Morris A. Cohen -- Strategies for product variety : lessons from the auto industry / Marshall Fisher, Anjani Jain and John Paul MacDuffie -- How control systems can support organizational flexibility / Christopher D. Ittner and Bruce Kogut -- The design and redesign of organizational form / Franklin Allen and Peter D. Sherer -- Organizing the global multinational firm / John Farley and Steve Kobrin -- How firms adapt to evolving markets / George S. Day and John R. Kimberly -- Modularity and permeability as principles of design / Bruce Kogut and Edward H. Bowman.