Stability and Change in High-Tech Enterprises : Organisational Practices in Small to Medium Enterprises

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Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks ; v.No.15

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Cover; Stability and Change in High-Tech Enterprises; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Objectives; Routines, structure, agency and culture; The research process; 2 The theoretical framework; Introduction; Culture and the value of interpretative approaches; Change processes; Routines; The interrelationship of structure and agency; Analysing technology; 3 Research methods; Introduction; The selection of research sites; The interviews; Reflections on method; 4 Digital: the evolution of new routines; Introduction

The creation or evolution of a new routine?The product portfolio; The culture at Digital; Did technology drive the changes?; In summary; 5 The National Extension College: strategic routines; Introduction; The strategic routine; What meanings lie behind the strategic routine?; Financial imperatives; The physical environment; The implications of technological change; Networking again; Summary; 6 Unipalm-Pipex: change as routine; Introduction; Change as routine; Conclusions; 7 Chadwyck-Healey: change, routines and cultural contrasts; Introduction; Change and cultural meanings at Chadwyck-Healey

Agency, structure and routinesTechnology as a constitutive element; Unipalm-Pipex and Chadwyck-Healey: contrast and comparison; 8 Concluding remarks; Introduction; Objectives revisited; Explanations and evidence; Bibliography; Index

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