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Doz and Kosonen ask the question, Why do some companies fail to adapt to change, while others thrive on change, disruption, and discontinuity? This book shows business owners how to develop strategic a... More

Enduring scholarly interest in the process of strategy making stems from an abiding assumption that some ways of strategizing are more efficacious than others, and thus lead to higher firm performance in the long run; higher than luck alone would bring. Expressions of interest in and endorsements of... More

While globalization and cutting-edge new technologies can offer spectacular business opportunities, they also pose strategic and logistical obstacles, driving many firms -- even traditional rivals -- to turn to alliances for help. Yet for all their growing importance, alliances still receive the mos... More

Fiercely competitive, Matisse and Picasso engaged in one of the most formidable artistic dialogues of this century. The intense beginning of the relationship between the two artists - from the time they met in 1906 until 1917, when Matisse left for Nice - has already been amply studied, but their co... More

A complete inventory of organic materials and products for civil engineering--from bitumen for roads and geotextiles for retaining walls to membranes for tunnels and reservoir waterproofing--are provided in this resource. Chapters address various types and characterizations of organic materials such... More

What constitutes an event? Propelled by this question, "Sounding the Event" encounters a variety of theories and a host of issues that have implications for not only conceptions of nature and becoming, subject and substance but also practices of time, art and photography. This book explores dialogue... More