Organization Studies articles from September 2001

Organization Studies archives from September 2001

Minimal structures: From jazz improvisation to product innovation.
September 1, 2001... Abstract This paper demonstrates how the art form jazz improvisation can be applied to organizational innovative activities, focusing specifically on product innovation. In the past, the literature on product innovation focused on...

Institutions and innovation: The legal environment of innovating firms.
September 1, 2001... Abstract The literature on 'national systems of innovation' emphasizes that the innovative capacity of nations depends on their institutions. This paper investigates the influence of an ideal-typical institution, law and regulations, on...

On the shape of verbal networks in organizations (*).
September 1, 2001... Abstract Almost without exception, organizations contain a pyramid-shaped formal hierarchy of some sort. It is also known that organizations harbour frequent informal relations that do not necessarily follow patterns set by the formal...

Cooperation contracts between embedded firms (*).
September 1, 2001... Abstract Successful inter-firm cooperations require that the participating partners mitigate potential opportunistic behaviour. Contractual commitments are one management mechanism to achieve stable mutual cooperation. However, the...

Organizational climate similarity and performance: International joint ventures in Russia (*).
September 1, 2001... Abstract This study examines how organizational climate dissimilarity between parent firms and the joint venture organization (JVO) affects joint venture performance. Data were obtained from interviews with the general manager of 40 IJVs...

David knights and Hugh Willmott: Management Lives. Power and Identity in Work Organizations. (Book Reviews).
September 1, 2001... 1999, London: Sage. 174 pages. Management discourses, particularly those emanating from the public sector in the United Kingdom, have tended to be dominated by reductionist, performance-orientated criteria. These constructions of...

Martin Parker: Organizational Culture and Identity. (Book Reviews).
September 1, 2001... 2000, London: Sage. 266 pages. This is a well-written book which, because of its historical-sociological perspective, invites debate rather than evaluation. The nice thing about (organizational) culture (OC) is that everybody uses the word...

Ed Clark and Anna Soulsby: Organizational Change in Post Communist Europe. (Book Reviews).
September 1, 2001... Bert M. Sadowski 1999, London and New York: Routledge. 249 pages. In the 1997 transition report, Enterprise Performance and Growth, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) recognized that organizational changes in...

Grahame Dowling: Creating corporate reputations. identity, image and performance. (Book Notes).
September 1, 2001... 2000, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 299 pages. This book by Grahame Dowling outlines how high-status companies become corporate super brands, thereby presenting managers with a framework to proactively enhance their corporation's desired...

Jerry W. Gilley Ann Maycunich: Organizational learning performance and change. An introduction to strategic human resource development. (Book Notes).
September 1, 2001... 2000, Oxford: Perseus Publishing. 488 pages. From an integrative perspective of learning, performance and change, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of Strategic Human Resource Development. On the basis of recent...

A. Collin and R.A. Young (ed.): The future of career. (Book Notes).
September 1, 2001... 2000, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 321 pages. The Future of Career explores a wide variety of topics ranging from the changing contexts of career, individual career experiences, women's careers, multicultural issues and...

Errata.
September 1, 2001... A number of keying errors escaped our normal checking process on pps. 379-382 of this volume--issue 22-2. On p. 379, 10 lines up and after the quotation, the first part of the next sentence is missing. The sentence should read 'Two pages later,...

'The odyssey of organizing': 17th EGOS colloquium, Lyon 5-7 July 2001. (EGOS Notes).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The 17th EGOS Colloquium, 'The Odyssey of Organizing', was hosted by E.M. Lyon Graduate School of Management, University Lyon 2 and University Lyon 3. This year, 1066 delegates from 35 countries participated in the meeting, 78 percent from...

A catalyst for intellectual and social capital in Asia Inc.: 2nd Asia academy of management conference in Singapore. (Other Reports and Notices).
September 1, 2001... Following Asia's strong economic development, the organization of intangible capital creation in Asia is improving through a dedicated professional management association, multiple research outlets, and diversified research activities. The...