The utilization of contingent work, knowledge creation, and competitive advantage

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Contingent work is an increasingly integral part of the world of work, affecting firms' abilities to accumulate knowledge, create value, and establish competitive advantage. Although its growing use reflects a belief that firms can reduce cost structures and increase strategic flexibility, we suggest that in certain contexts, such as dynamic environments, contingent work can be a means of accumulating and creating valuable knowledge. We also discuss implications for other forms of permeable organizational boundaries. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Methods, Analysis, Competition (Economics), Human resource management, Temporary employment, Information management

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Strategy and structure in the multiproduct firm

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This paper focuses on three strategies for realizing economic benefits from the multiproduct firm: vertical integration, related diversification, and unrelated diversification. The paper identifies economic benefits of the strategies and links them with the organizational control requirements necessary to realize these benefits. Organizational and environmental constraints that can inhibit the realization of these benefits also are considered. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Economic aspects, Product management, Diversification in industry, Industrial diversification, Organizational behavior

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The performance of incumbent firms in the face of radical technological innovation

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Some older firms remain in business and incorporate technological changes to increase their profitability just as easily as new young firms do. Maintaining research activities as part of organizational practice can achieve the goal of remaining financially viable.

Research and Testing Services, Scientific Research and Development Services, Management dynamics, Applied Research, Management, Influence, Organizational change, Company business management, Business research

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