Jai Press Inc. Competence Perspectives on Managing Interfirm Interactions: 8 (Advances in Applied Business Strategy, 8)

The competence-based perspective on strategy and management emerged in the 1990s as a new approach to developing strategy and management theory and practice. In the past decade, the focus on organizational competences -- and the resources, capabilities, and processes that create competences -- has provided a highly productive "broad church" for theory development, research, and practice in both strategic and general management. Authored by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners working within the competence perspective, the papers in this volume contribute to developing a better theoretical and practical understanding of <IT>interfirm interactions</IT> that significantly affect an organization's competences. The papers present both theoretical developments and empirical research based on a variety of case studies and other research in diverse industrial and geographical contexts. The papers in this volume develop three themes. Part I includes papers that address the key issues of managing activities in an organization's competence building and leveraging processes that <IT>span the boundaries</IT> of two organizations. The papers in Part II investigate the role of <IT>networks and strategic alliances</IT> in competence building and leveraging processes. Part III presents papers that investigate <IT>competitive interactions</IT> between firms in their competence leveraging activities. About the Author Edited by Professor Ron Sanchez