FRONT COVER -- A FOCUSED ISSUE ON COMPETENCE PERSPECTIVES ON NEW INDUSTRY DYNAMICS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE FOCUSED ISSUE ON NEW INDUSTRY DYNAMICS -- ARCHITECTING ORGANIZATIONS: A DYNAMIC STRATEGIC CONTINGENCY PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION --...

Includes papers that offer a review of inter-organizational relations in alternative approaches to the creation and management of competences. This volume offers an integrative approach to strategy and management theory, research, and practice.

This volume explores ways in which an organization's existing competences can be enhanced as sources of competitive advantage - either enduring or intendedly transitional. Competence enhancing activities considered include political lobbying to extend the lifetime and value of a firm's...