TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johannes M Pennings
AU  - Filippo Carlo Wezel
TI  - Human Capital, Inter-Firm Mobility and Organizational Evolution
SN  - 9781845427573
U1  - 331.11 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cheltenham, UK ; 
PB  - Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar
N1  - CONTENTS:

PART - I
Theoretical and empirical foundations --
The role of individual conduct in macro-organizational theory --
Partnership as a major type of organization form --

PART -II
The intangible asset of human-intensive organizations --
Social capital of organizations : conceptualization, level of analysis and performance implications --
Human capital, social capital and firm dissolution --
Mimicry and the market : adoption of a new organizational form --
Mergers and acquisitions : strategic and organizational fit --

PART - III

The role of individual mobility for organizational behavior and performance --
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in founding patterns --
Heterogeneity shifts due to member mobility : new insights on demographic diversity and organizational survival --
Competitive consequences of routine spillovers due to interfirm mobility --
In conclusion : micro behaviors as inducements for firm and sector evolution --

References --
Index
N2  - he authors of this fascinating and original work contend that by analysing the conduct of organization members, a great deal can be learnt about firm behaviour and about the cooperative and competitive forces that underlie industry evolution.
ER  -