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A market-process approach to corporate coherence

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Nicolai J Foss (Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Jens Frøslev Christensen (Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark)

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We address the notion of corporate coherence recently made prominent by Teece et al. (1994. Understanding corporate coherence: theory and evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 23: 1-30). We argue that the literature is confused on the meaning of this notion (and similar notions) along a number of dimensions. Drawing on insights from market-process theories, we propose a dynamic understanding of corporate coherence, an understanding that involves the corporate capacity to strike a favorable balance between the production and exploitation of new knowledge. This argument is elaborated drawing on Austrian economics, evolutionary economics, and post-Marshallian economics. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Volume (Year): 22 (2001)
Issue (Month): 4-5 ()
Pages: 213-226
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  1. Jackie Krafft & Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 2008. "Corporate governance and the governance of knowledge: rethinking the relationship in terms of corporate coherence," Post-Print hal-00203550_v1, HAL. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Nicolai J. Foss, . "Austrian Economics and the Theory of the Firm," IVS/CBS Working Papers 97-3, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School. [Downloadable!]
  3. Jens Frøslev Christensen, 1998. "The Dynamics of the Diversified Corporation and the Role of Central Management of Technology," DRUID Working Papers 98-4, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Jackie Krafft & Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 2005. "The governance of innovative firms: an evolutionary approach," Post-Print hal-00203620_v1, HAL. [Downloadable!]
  6. Michael Dietrich & Jackie Krafft & Jacques-Laurent Ravix, 2008. "Regulation and governance of the firm," Post-Print hal-00203479_v1, HAL. [Downloadable!]
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