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Strategy and Structure
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Dynamic capabilities and strategic management
TL;DR: The dynamic capabilities framework as mentioned in this paper analyzes the sources and methods of wealth creation and capture by private enterprise firms operating in environments of rapid technological change, and suggests that private wealth creation in regimes of rapid technology change depends in large measure on honing intemal technological, organizational, and managerial processes inside the firm.
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Theory Building From Cases: Opportunities And Challenges
TL;DR: The research strategy of theory building from cases, particularly multiple cases, involves using one or more cases to create theoretical constructs, propositions, and/or midrange theory from case-based, empirical evidence.
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Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review agency theory, its contributions to organization theory, and the extant empirical work and develop testable propositions and conclude that agency theory offers unique insight into information systems, outcome uncertainty, incentives, and risk.
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Comparative Economic Organization: The Analysis of Discrete Structural Alternatives
TL;DR: Williamson as discussed by the authors combines institutional economics with aspects of contract law and organization theory to identify and explicate the key differences that distinguish three generic forms of economic organization-market, hybrid, and hierarchy.
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The myopia of learning
TL;DR: The imperfections of learning are not so great as to require abandoning attempts to improve the learning capabilities of organizations, but that those imperfections suggest a certain conservatism in expectations.
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Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
TL;DR: A good deal of space has been devoted to top management and to the relationships between structure and strategy - topics that are not commonly considered in a book on management as mentioned in this paper, and that which every manager needs to know has been included in Drucker's book.
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Managing Organizational Performance
TL;DR: A practical guide to planning, measuring, and controlling performance at all organizational level is presented in this paper, which includes charts, worksheets, questionnaires, and forms, as well as special resources such as charts, WSHs, and questionnaires.