{"product_id":"managing-in-the-modular-age-isbn-9780631233152","title":"Managing in the Modular Age","description":"This book brings together seminal articles by leading scholars of technological and organizational systems, exploring the impact of 'modularity'. Modularity refers to an ability to take apart and put together differenct products and networks, or to 'mix and match' components in order to meet different user specifications. This is of key importance today where new systems such as the World Wide Web and many areas of the computer industry depend on it. The volume pulls together and defines an exciting new area of inquiry: into how our 'modular age' is reshaping the business eco-system.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from leading scholars of technology and organization\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eModularity refers to an ability to take apart and put together different products and systems, or to 'mix and match' components in order to meet different user specifications.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsolidates and defines an area of inquiry that is becoming increasingly important with the development of web-based and 'network' industries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSensitizes readers to the complexity of issues surrounding new modular products and systems created by e-business\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages readers to make connections among different levels and disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInitiates a debate around issues of modularity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a commentary co-authored by the late Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon to whom the book is dedicated.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Acknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Managing in The Modular Age: Architectures, Networks and Organizations. (R. Garud, A. Kumaraswamy, R. Langlois).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Overview.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Architecture of Complexity. (H. A. Simon).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary. (M. Augier and H. A. Simon).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Technological and Organizational Designs to Achieve Economies of Substitution. (R. Garud and A. Kumaraswamy).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Networks And Innovation In A Modular System: Lessons From The Microcomputer And Stereo Component Industries. (R. N. Langlois and P. L. Robertson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Modularity And Architectures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Role of Product Architecture in the Manufacturing Firm. (K. Ulrich).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Managing in an Age of Modularity. (C. Y. Baldwin and K. B. Clark).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Towards a General Modular Systems Theory and Its Application to Interfirm Product Modularity. (M. A. Schilling).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Networks And Standards.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Economics of Networks. (N. Economides).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Art of Standards Wars. (C. Shapiro and H. R. Varian).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Field-Level And Organizational Dynamics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Dynamics of Organizational Communities and Technological Bandwagons: An Empirical Investigation of Community Evolution in the Microprocessor Market. (J. Wade).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Dominant Designs, Technological Cycles and Organizational Outcomes. (M. L. Tushman and J. P. Murmann).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary. (G. Westerman and M. L. Tushman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Modularity, Flexibility and Knowledge Management in Product and Organizational Design. (R. Sanchez and J. T. Mahoney).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommentary. (R. Sanchez).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This is a very topical issue… and this reader will be very welcome.… The list of people that the editors have lined up is simply outstanding. Their work in this area and their updates will be invaluable.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Peter Karnoe, Copenhagen Business School\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The selection of readings is good, and it is pertinent: modularity is becoming an increasingly important subject.\" \u003ci\u003eProfessor Max Boisot, ESADE, Spain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRaghu Garud\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University. Besides authoring many articles on modularity that have been published in leading management journals, Raghu has co-edited and co-authored several books, including \u003ci\u003ePath Dependence and Creation\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Innovation Journey\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eTechnological Innovation: Oversights and Foresights\u003c\/i\u003e (1997). He was Program Chair for the Technology and Innovation Management Division for the 2001 Academy of Management meetings. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArun Kumaraswamy\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Management at the School of Business – Camden, Rutgers University. He has published several papers on modularity and standards in journals such as the \u003ci\u003eAcademy of Management Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethe Strategic Management Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard N. Langlois\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including \u003ci\u003eFirms, Markets, and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). His history of the microcomputer industry won the Newcomen Award as the best article in \u003ci\u003eBusiness History Review\u003c\/i\u003e in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e  There is increasing interest in modularity in the midst of our ongoing electronic revolution. To understand the implications of modularity across technological, organizational, and institutional contexts, the editors have brought together in one place seminal articles on architectures, networks, and organizations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese articles address modularity from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and from multiple levels of analyses. The applicability of original insights to contemporary business environments as well as updates are summarized in fresh commentaries by each author.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe volume itself is designed to be modular. At the same time, it has been designed to highlight key interdependencies across the concepts of modularity, networks, architectures, and organizations. Readers are encouraged to make connections among different domains and to formulate new research questions and hypotheses.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book includes a commentary co-authored by the late Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon, to whom the book is dedicated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989565456613,"sku":"NP9780631233152","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631233152.jpg?v=1761784619","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/managing-in-the-modular-age-isbn-9780631233152","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}