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Corporate Governance, Organization and the Firm: Co-operation and Outsourcing in the Global Economy
Edited by Mario Morroni, Introduction
Essays by M. Damiani; J. Krafft and J.L. Ravix; A. Grandori and S. Furnari; C. Ménard; P. Cohendet and P. Llerena; A. Reinstaller and P. Windrum; M. Mazzanti, S. Montresor and P. Pini; R. Pardo and R. Rama; C. Gianelle and G. Tattara forthcoming Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, February 2009 in New Perspectives on the Modern Corporation series ISBN – 978-1-84720-820-0
Link: www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=13090
The chapters of this book are derived from papers first presented at the international workshop on 'Internal Organization, Cooperative Relationships among Firms and Competitivness', Lucca, January 2007.
The present selection contains the papers having direct relevance to the current debate on the emergent variety of organizational forms. In recent years, applied studies have shown widespread, profound and increasing heterogeneity across firms in terms of their strategy, organization arrangement and performance. This book investigates the diversity of business firms, offering a picture of the different organizational settings they adopt in their endeavour to cope with increasing competitive pressure. The book addresses critical theoretical issues surrounding corporate governance, organizational design and cooperative relations among firms. Moreover, it provides new evidence on the various forms of outsourcing that are playing an increasingly important role as a consequence of globalization. The contributions collected in this book stress the emergence of a trend towards a reorganization of production that can enhance the transmission, development and maintenance of knowledge in order to sustain long-run competitive advantage.