How Firms Really Work

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How Firms Really Work

A Social Sciences Perspective

Management and management techniques

Author: Cliff Bowman

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Language: English

Published by: De Gruyter

Published on: 30th March 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9783112226261


How Firms Really Work

To perform effectively in any leadership position in a firm you need to first understand how firms actually work. This book, built on three decades of thinking, researching, and engaging with practitioners, sets out an integrated social science perspective that takes as its starting point that all firms are complex open systems.

How Firms Really Work explores a wide range of topics related to The firm's value system, transformation risk and the role of knowhow in the value creation process

The firm's lifecycle including co-evolution of firms and markets

Managing hybrid configurations

The impact of technology on value creation and value capture

With its extensive use of figures and case examples to illustrate its points, this book offers a comprehensive yet broad perspective on the reality of modern firms. Scholars, researchers, and students will find the bringing together of previously unconnected bodies of knowledge into a coherent account of the birth and development of a firm to be very insightful, while professionals armed with the book's perspectives will be able to assume leadership positions with more confidence.

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