Innovating Organization and Management

Nicolai J. Foss is Professor at the Copenhagen Business School and Professor II at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He was previously Director of the Department of Strategic Management and Globalization at the Copenhagen Business School. Torben Pedersen is Professor of International Business in the Copenhagen Business School's Department of Strategic Management and Globalization. Jacob Pyndt works for Nordea, a leading pan-European bank, where he works on business strategy issues with a primary focus on outsourcing of functions and processes. Majken Schultz is Professor at the Copenhagen Business School and a partner in the Reputation Institute.

'This important book turns the spotlight on management innovation as a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Using detailed case studies of six successful Danish companies, [it] make[s] the case that it is just as important for executives to think creatively about how they work, as they do about the products and services they sell. This book has important practical implications for business people, and it offers a useful new theoretical lens through which academics can understand corporate success.' Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School

• List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; 1. New sources of competitive advantage; 2. Causes of firm success: from resources to organization and management; 3. LEGO: redefining the boundaries; 4. Vestas: the will to win(d); 5. Coloplast: innovating innovation; 6. Chr. Hansen: collaborative forms under private equity ownership; 7. IC Companys: creative genius and commercial attitudes; 8. NKT Flexibles: global sourcing of R and D innovation; 9. Concluding reflections: innovating organization and management to stay competitive; Index.