John Roberts holds the John H. Scully Professorship in Economics, Strategic Management and International Business in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He has published over seventy scholarly articles in academic journals in a variety of areas in economic theory and game theory and their application to problems in industrial competition and management. He has also written numerous case studies of businesses and co-authored the seminal textbook on the economics and management of firms (Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice Hall 1992).

I am aware of no book that does a better job of integrating rigorous economic reasoning with a rich understanding of how firms operate. Economists, sociologists, organization and strategy scholars, as well as practicing managers, can all learn from the insights on strategy and organization contained in this very fine book.

• Preface ; 1. Strategy and Organization ; 2. Key Concepts for Organizational Design ; 3. The Nature and Purpose of the Firm ; 4. Motivation in the Modern Firm ; 5. Organizing for Performance ; 6. Organizing for Growth and Innovation ; 7. Creating the Modern Firm: Management and Leadership Challenges

John Roberts holds the John H. Scully Professorship in Economics, Strategic Management and International Business in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He has published over seventy scholarly articles in academic journals in a variety of areas in economic theory and game theory and their application to problems in industrial competition and management. He has also written numerous case studies of businesses and co-authored the seminal textbook on the economics and management of firms (Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice Hall 1992).

I am aware of no book that does a better job of integrating rigorous economic reasoning with a rich understanding of how firms operate. Economists, sociologists, organization and strategy scholars, as well as practicing managers, can all learn from the insights on strategy and organization contained in this very fine book.

• Preface ; 1. Strategy and Organization ; 2. Key Concepts for Organizational Design ; 3. The Nature and Purpose of the Firm ; 4. Motivation in the Modern Firm ; 5. Organizing for Performance ; 6. Organizing for Growth and Innovation ; 7. Creating the Modern Firm: Management and Leadership Challenges

John Roberts holds the John H. Scully Professorship in Economics, Strategic Management and International Business in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. He has published over seventy scholarly articles in academic journals in a variety of areas in economic theory and game theory and their application to problems in industrial competition and management. He has also written numerous case studies of businesses and co-authored the seminal textbook on the economics and management of firms (Economics, Organization and Management, Prentice Hall 1992).

I am aware of no book that does a better job of integrating rigorous economic reasoning with a rich understanding of how firms operate. Economists, sociologists, organization and strategy scholars, as well as practicing managers, can all learn from the insights on strategy and organization contained in this very fine book.

• Preface ; 1. Strategy and Organization ; 2. Key Concepts for Organizational Design ; 3. The Nature and Purpose of the Firm ; 4. Motivation in the Modern Firm ; 5. Organizing for Performance ; 6. Organizing for Growth and Innovation ; 7. Creating the Modern Firm: Management and Leadership Challenges