ABSTRACT

Efficient technological strategy is an increasingly important element in industrial profitability. An understanding of networks – the formal and informal web of contacts between suppliers, producers and customers – is vital to the application of such strategy. In this book, first published in 1989, Håkan Håkansson brings together theory and practice to provide the first comprehensive and detailed study of technological development in companies, and the associated interactions with other companies and organizations. This book is ideal for students of business.

chapter Chapter One|14 pages

Technological development and the company

chapter Chapter Two|14 pages

The company in a network

chapter Chapter Four|7 pages

Empirical study

chapter Chapter Five|14 pages

Corporate network behaviour

chapter Chapter Seven|9 pages

Corporate activities and network behaviour

chapter Chapter Ten|21 pages

Network analysis for corporate management

chapter Chapter Eleven|21 pages

Network analysis for industrial policy