Computational analysis of firms' organization and strategic behaviour

edited by Edoardo Mollona

Management and organization theories have, in the years, developed rich methodological paraphernalia to test hypotheses. This book addresses possible applications of computer simulation to theory building in management and organizational theory

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Year of publication:	2010
Other Persons:	Mollona, Edoardo (contributor)
Publisher:	New York : Routledge
Subject:	Theorie \| Theory \| Unternehmensorganisation \| Business organization \| Strategisches Management \| Strategic management
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xix, 327 p) ill
Series:	Routledge research in organizational behaviour and strategy ; 6 Routledge Research in Strategic Management Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Boxes; Tables; Preface; Part I Why and How: Using Computer Simulation for Theory Development in Social Sciences; 1 The Use of Computer Simulation in Strategy and Organization Research; 2 Computational Modeling and Social Theory-The Dangers of Numerical Representation; 3 Devices for Theory Development: Why Using Computer Simulation If Mathematical Analysis Is Available?; 4 Mix, Chain and Replicate-Methodologies for Agent-Based Modeling of Social Systems; Part II Computer Simulation for Theory Development in Strategy and Organization Theory 5 The Dynamics of Firm Growth and Resource Sharing in Corporate Diversifi cation6 Revisiting Porter's Generic Strategies for Competitive Environments Using System Dynamics; 7 Rivalry and Learning among Clustered and Isolated Firms; 8 Organization and Strategy in Banks; 9 Changing Roles in Organizations: An Agent-Based Approach; 10 Rationality Meets the Tribe: Recent Models of Cultural Group Selection; Part III How to Build Agent-Based Computer Models of Firms 11 An Agent-Based Methodological Framework to Simulate Organizations or the Quest for the Enterprise: jES and jESOF, Java Enterprise Simulator and Java Enterprise Simulator Open Foundation12 From Petri Nets to ABM: The Analysis of the Enterprise's Process to Model the Firm; Contributors; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-415-47602-X ; 0-203-85009-2 ; 978-0-415-47602-7 ; 978-0-203-85009-1 ; 978-0-415-47602-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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