Organizational Leadership: New Studies in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge and Methodology

by Nicolai J. Foss

Overview

Professor Nicolai J. Foss is one of the most well-published and cited European management scholars. He has made important contributions to the study of strategy, organization, and entrepreneurship - for example, breaking new ground in terms of stressing the need for micro foundations and for embedding the study of innovation and knowledge in governance perspectives. This collection of Foss's journal papers articulates his unique view of key issues in the study of organizational leadership. The book provides an opportunity to explore the work of one of the world's most influential academic management scholars. Nicolai J. Foss has, over the past 15 years, increasingly focused on the concept of knowledge. In particular, the growth, management, and use of knowledge are recurrent themes. Applications of this have taken Foss beyond strategic management into innovation and entrepreneurship. A key advantage of the present compilation is that it invites the reader to use Foss's vision to see connections between the represented subject areas: Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, and Methodology. [Subject: Business Management, Organizational Management, Entrepreneurship]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788757434132
Publisher:	Djoef Publishing
Publication date:	12/15/2015
Pages:	502
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Birger Wernerfelt 9

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Volume: Continuity and Shared Themes New Studies on Organizational Leadership Nicolai J. Foss 11

Strategy and the Theory of the Firm

Chapter 2 Why Managers Still Matter Nicolai J. Foss Peter G. Klein MIT Sloan Management Review 56(1): 73-81 (2014) 27

Chapter 3 Managing Joint Production Motivation: The Role of Goal Framing and Governance Mechanisms Siegwart Lindenberg Nicolai J. Foss Academy of Management Review 36: 500-525 (2011) 43

Chapter 4 Microfoundations for Strategy: A Goal-Framing Perspective on the Drivers of Value Creation Nicolai J. Foss Siegwart Lindenberg Academy of Management Perspectives 27: 85-102 (2013) 91

Chapter 5 Combining Purpose with Profits Julian Birkinshaw Nicolai J. Foss Siegwart Lindenberg MIT Sloan Management Review 55 (2): 49-56 (2014) 123

Chapter 6 International Expansion through Flexible Replication: Learning from the Internationalization Experience of IKEA Anna Jonsson Nicolai J. Foss Journal of International Business Studies 42:1079-1102 (2011) 139

Innovation and Knowledge

Chapter 7 Absorbing the Concept of Absorptive Capacity: How to Realize Its Potential in the Organization Field Henk W. Volberda Nicolai J. Foss Marjorie A. Lyles Organization Science 21: 931-951 (2010) 187

Chapter 8 Governing Knowledge Sharing in Organisations: Levels of Analysis, Mechanisms, and Research Directions Nicolai J. Foss Kenneth Husted Snejina Michailova Journal of Management Studies 47: 455-482 (2010) 233

Chapter 9 Linking Customer Interaction and Innovation: The Mediating Role of New Organizational Practices Nicolai J. Foss Keld Laursen Torben Pedersen Organization Science 22: 980-999 (2011) 273

Chapter 10 Encouraging Knowledge sharing among Employees: How Job Design Matters Nicolai J. Foss Dana B. Minbaeva Torben Pedersen Mia Reinholt Human Resource Management 48: 871-893 (2009) 313

Chapter 11 Why A Central Network Position isn't Enough: The Role of Motivation and Ability for Knowledge Sharing in Employee Networks Mia Reinholt Torben Pedersen Nicolai J. Foss Academy of Management Journal 54: 1277-1297 (2011) 345

Entrepreneurship

Chapter 12 Opportunities and New Business Models: Transaction Cost and Property Rights Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Nils Stieglitz Nicolai J. Foss Advances in Strategic Management 26: 67-96 (2009) 387

Chapter 13 The Strategic Organization of the Entrepreneurial Established Firm Nicolai J Foss Jacob Lyngsie Strategic Organization 12: 208-215 (2014) 419

Chapter 14 The Role of External Knowledge Sources and Organizational Design in the Process of Opportunity Exploitation Nicolai J. Foss Jacob Lyngsie Shaker A. Zahra Strategic Management Journal 34:1453-1471 (2013) 431

Chapter 15 How Strategic Entrepreneurship and the Institutional Context Drive Economic Growth Christian Bjørnskov Nicolai Foss Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 7: 50-69 (2013) 465