Organization Studies articles from January 2001

Organization Studies archives from January 2001

Competition between Alliance Blocks: The Case of the RISC Microprocessor Technology.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Competition between alliance blocks is a new form of rivalry: groups of firms link together for a common purpose by means of strategic alliances, and competition between alliance blocks is superimposed on competition between...

Cuban-American Entrepreneurs: Chance, Complexity and Chaos [*].
January 1, 2001... Abstract Bouchikhi (1993) introduces themes from chaos and complexity theory to gain an understanding about chance in entrepreneurship. We expand on these themes using an example from the Cuban immigrants to South Florida to increase the...

Making Newsmakers: Conversational Identity at Work.
January 1, 2001... Abstract This paper focuses on a single event in an organization -- a meeting about the news bills and their presumed sales effects on a Swedish evening newspaper. The paper has three purposes. One is (strictly) empirical and shows in...

The Organization of Charisma: Promoting, Creating, and Idealizing Self.
January 1, 2001... Stuart J. M. Weierter [*] Abstract This paper focuses on charisma made possible by organization. For such charisma to emerge, two conditions are necessary. The first condition is that potential members perceive in the organization,...

'Doing' Organizational Culture in the Saturn Corporation.
January 1, 2001... Sandra Lorean [*] Abstract As we break loose from an urban-industrial way of life and become engulfed in technological, information-based worlds, this dramatic shift in reality pushes many of us towards feelings of intense crisis. The...

Patterns of Interactive Learning in a High-tech Region [*].
January 1, 2001... Abstract This paper aims at developing a theoretical framework that explains levels of interactive learning. Interactive learning is defined as the exchange and sharing of knowledge resources conducive to innovation between an innovator...

J. Rogers Hollingsworth and Robert Boyer (eds.): Contemporary Capitalism: The Embeddedness of Institutions.(Review)
January 1, 2001... 1997, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 493 pages. Fifteen leading scholars confront three critical questions in the organizational sciences: How do embeddedness and the institutional structures of capitalism shape the behaviour and...

W. Richard Scott, Martin Ruef, Peter J. Mendel, and Carol R. Caronna: Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations. From Professional Dominance to Managed Care.(Review)
January 1, 2001... 2000, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 427 pages. Change is a tempting theme in organization theory. Every organization perspective has to account for change and develop a set of propositions which provide a rationale for change....

Henk W. Volberda: The Flexible Firm. How to Remain Competitive.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Strategic management and organization theory have stressed adaptive organization as being central to organization longevity and survival in the long run. Yet much of the empirical literature in organization studies and strategic management...

Robert E. Cole and W. Richard Scott (eds.): The Quality Movement and Organization Theory.(Review)
January 1, 2001... 2000, Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage. 425 pages. 'This book is devoted to exploring the linkages between organization theory and research and the new ideas and practices related to quality improvement that spread across many types...

Stephen Whitehead and Roy Moodley (eds.): Transforming Managers. Gendering Change in the Public Sector.(Review)
January 1, 2001... 1999, London: UCL Press. 239 pages. Since the seventies, several theoretical feminist movements have analyzed the world of labour and underscored the masculine culture dominance in organizations, as well as the numerical superiority of men...

Gilbert Probst, Steffen Raub and Kai Romhardt: Managing Knowledge - Building Blocks for Success.(Review)
January 1, 2001... 2000, Chichester: Wiley. 360 pages. Managing Knowledge is an extensive overview of the most important ideas, tools and current applications of knowledge management. The authors rely on an innovative 'building block' approach and provide a...

David B. Audretsch and Roy Thurik: Innovation, Industry Evolution, and Employment.(Review)
January 1, 2001... 1999, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 321 pages. This book argues that traditional approaches to creating employment and economic growth failed in the 1990s, and that a new understanding of what creates jobs and drives growth has...

John Garrick and Carl Rhodes: Research and Knowledge at Work -- Perspectives, Case Studies and Innovative Strategies.(Review)
January 1, 2001... 2000, London: Taylor and Francis. 285 pages. How can we make sense of the complexities of research in the workplace? What is 'working knowledge' and how is it being shaped and managed? Rejecting the idea that there are ready-made solutions...

A Questionnaire on EGOS Membership.
January 1, 2001... Who are the 'Egosians'? What are their research interests? What do they think about EGOS initiatives? What are their expectations for future development? These are unavoidable questions for anyone who is interested in the future of an...

Organization Studies in the Czech Republic.
January 1, 2001... At the beginning of the 90s, when the process of transition from a centrally planned to a free market system got underway in the Czech Republic, the main focus of scientific and research activities changed substantially. In a centrally...