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The red queen among organizations : how competitiveness evolves /

There's a scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass in which the Red Queen, having just led a chase with Alice in which neither seems to have moved from the spot where they began, explains to the perplexed girl: "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnett, William P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:There's a scene in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass in which the Red Queen, having just led a chase with Alice in which neither seems to have moved from the spot where they began, explains to the perplexed girl: "It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place." Evolutionary biologists have used this scene to illustrate the evolutionary arms race among competing species. William Barnett argues that a similar dynamic is at work when organizations compete, shaping how firms and industries evolve over time. Barnett examines the effects--and unforeseen perils--of competing
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 279 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-273) and index.
ISBN:9781400824489
1400824486