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024 7 _a10.1007/b136864
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100 1 _aDekkers, Rob.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _a(R)Evolution
_h[electronic resource] :
_bOrganizations and the Dynamics of the Environment /
_cby Rob Dekkers.
264 1 _aBoston, MA :
_bSpringer US,
_c2005.
300 _aXXX, 522 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aPrologue -- Stagnation and Evolution in Industry -- Evolution as Model for Business Growth -- Research Objectives and Methodology -- Interaction between Organisation and Environment as Evolutionary Process -- Evolutionary Models for Genetic Variation -- Landscape Fitness and Adaptation -- Reference Model and Hypotheses for the Evolution of Organisations -- Concluding Evolutionary Biology -- Technology Management and Innovation -- Process Innovation and Business Process Re-engineering -- Learning Organisation and Knowledge Management -- Preluding the Dynamic Adaptation -- Development of Framework for Dynamic Adaptation -- Application to Strategic Capacity Management -- Case Studies -- Epilogue -- Conclusions -- Recommendations.
520 _aRob Dekker’s (R)Evolution: Organizations and the Dynamics of the Environment investigates the possible changes needed for industrial organizations to adapt to and remain competitive in their ever evolving environment. (R)Evolution’s main area of contribution to these very complex issues is embedded in the work’s ambitious attempt to borrow from evolutionary biology and genetics not only metaphors but also concepts and models to be adapted to the management of business organizations. The work provides us with a comprehensive vision of adaptation and variation in the business community, integrating various intellectual inputs which are based on an evolutionary vision of economic behavior. Using an extensive study of the literature in management science, and applying new models and methodologies in numerous case studies, Dekkers draws many insightful conclusions including the claim that companies often evolve slower than generally expected. Furthermore the research calls into question the effectiveness of the common practice of corporate reorganization. Embracing and merging most major contemporary developments in the theories of change into a comprehensive integrated approach, (R)Evolution is an invaluable resource for researchers specializing in the management of technological change.
650 0 _aBusiness.
650 0 _aManagement.
650 0 _aIndustrial organization.
650 1 4 _aBusiness and Management.
650 2 4 _aManagement.
650 2 4 _aIndustrial Organization.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b136864
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950 _aBusiness and Economics (Springer-11643)
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