Edited by Mario Morroni, Department of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy

'In this reputable book Professor Morroni has constructed an insightful framework of three decisive factors for organizational coordination: capabilities, transaction, scale-scope. Based on these, he has knitted a splendid tapestry of theoretical and empirical information. This collection must be a standard for the theory of the firm.'

• Contents:1. Introduction: Organizational Variety and Economic PerformanceMario MorroniPART I: THEORETICAL ASPECTS2. The Stakeholder Corporate Governance View RevisitedMirella Damiani3. The Governance of the Knowledge-Intensive Firm in an Industry Life Cycle ApproachJackie Krafft and Jacques-Laurent Ravix 4. Types of Complementarity, Combinative Organization Forms and Structural Heterogeneity: Beyond Discrete Structural AlternativesAnna Grandori and Santi Furnari5. Oliver Williamson and the Logic of Hybrid OrganizationsClaude Ménard6. Organization of Firms, Knowing Communities and Limits of Networks in a Knowledge-Intensive ContextPatrick Cohendet and Patrick LlerenaPART II: APPLIED ANALYSES7. Short-term Gain, Long-term Pain? Implications of Outsourcing for Organizational Innovation and ProductivityAndreas Reinstaller and Paul Windrum8. The General Profile of the Outsourcing Firm: Evidence for a Local Production System of Emilia RomagnaMassimiliano Mazzanti, Sandro Montresor and Paolo Pini9. Technical Capital and Social Capital in Outsourcing Networks: Complements or Substitutes?Rafael Pardo and Ruth Rama10. Manufacturing Abroad While Making Profits at Home: The VenetoFootwear and Clothing IndustryCarlo Gianelle and Giuseppe TattaraIndex

Edited by Mario Morroni, Department of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy

'In this reputable book Professor Morroni has constructed an insightful framework of three decisive factors for organizational coordination: capabilities, transaction, scale-scope. Based on these, he has knitted a splendid tapestry of theoretical and empirical information. This collection must be a standard for the theory of the firm.'

• Contents:1. Introduction: Organizational Variety and Economic PerformanceMario MorroniPART I: THEORETICAL ASPECTS2. The Stakeholder Corporate Governance View RevisitedMirella Damiani3. The Governance of the Knowledge-Intensive Firm in an Industry Life Cycle ApproachJackie Krafft and Jacques-Laurent Ravix 4. Types of Complementarity, Combinative Organization Forms and Structural Heterogeneity: Beyond Discrete Structural AlternativesAnna Grandori and Santi Furnari5. Oliver Williamson and the Logic of Hybrid OrganizationsClaude Ménard6. Organization of Firms, Knowing Communities and Limits of Networks in a Knowledge-Intensive ContextPatrick Cohendet and Patrick LlerenaPART II: APPLIED ANALYSES7. Short-term Gain, Long-term Pain? Implications of Outsourcing for Organizational Innovation and ProductivityAndreas Reinstaller and Paul Windrum8. The General Profile of the Outsourcing Firm: Evidence for a Local Production System of Emilia RomagnaMassimiliano Mazzanti, Sandro Montresor and Paolo Pini9. Technical Capital and Social Capital in Outsourcing Networks: Complements or Substitutes?Rafael Pardo and Ruth Rama10. Manufacturing Abroad While Making Profits at Home: The VenetoFootwear and Clothing IndustryCarlo Gianelle and Giuseppe TattaraIndex

Edited by Mario Morroni, Department of Economics, University of Pisa, Italy

'In this reputable book Professor Morroni has constructed an insightful framework of three decisive factors for organizational coordination: capabilities, transaction, scale-scope. Based on these, he has knitted a splendid tapestry of theoretical and empirical information. This collection must be a standard for the theory of the firm.'

• Contents:1. Introduction: Organizational Variety and Economic PerformanceMario MorroniPART I: THEORETICAL ASPECTS2. The Stakeholder Corporate Governance View RevisitedMirella Damiani3. The Governance of the Knowledge-Intensive Firm in an Industry Life Cycle ApproachJackie Krafft and Jacques-Laurent Ravix 4. Types of Complementarity, Combinative Organization Forms and Structural Heterogeneity: Beyond Discrete Structural AlternativesAnna Grandori and Santi Furnari5. Oliver Williamson and the Logic of Hybrid OrganizationsClaude Ménard6. Organization of Firms, Knowing Communities and Limits of Networks in a Knowledge-Intensive ContextPatrick Cohendet and Patrick LlerenaPART II: APPLIED ANALYSES7. Short-term Gain, Long-term Pain? Implications of Outsourcing for Organizational Innovation and ProductivityAndreas Reinstaller and Paul Windrum8. The General Profile of the Outsourcing Firm: Evidence for a Local Production System of Emilia RomagnaMassimiliano Mazzanti, Sandro Montresor and Paolo Pini9. Technical Capital and Social Capital in Outsourcing Networks: Complements or Substitutes?Rafael Pardo and Ruth Rama10. Manufacturing Abroad While Making Profits at Home: The VenetoFootwear and Clothing IndustryCarlo Gianelle and Giuseppe TattaraIndex