Edited by Killian J. McCarthy, Research Associate, University of Groningen, Maya Fiolet, Research Associate, VU University Amsterdam and Wilfred Dolfsma, Professor of Business Management & Organization, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands

• Contents:IntroductionKillian J. McCarthy, Maya Fiolet and Wilfred DolfsmaPART I: WITHIN THE FIRMIntroduction to Part I: Organization Theorists Struggling with a View of Humankind – Power, Ethics and Top Management TeamsSjoerd Beugelsdijk1. Power, and the Destruction of Value in Mergers and AcquisitionsClaire E. Ashton-James, Killian J. McCarthy and Anca Dranca-Iacoban2. Reinforcing Ethical Behavior through Organizational Architecture: A Hypothesized RelationshipRaymond O.S. Zaal3. Industry Differences in Strategic Decision Making of Dutch Top Management TeamsAlexander S. Alexiev, Justin J.P. Jansen, Frans A.J. Van den Bosch and Henk W. VolberdaPART II: BETWEEN FIRMSIntroduction to Part II: New Firms InteractingWilfred Dolfsma and Geert Duysters4. The Multifaceted Effects of Institutions on Firm Strategies and Entrepreneurial ActionsMichael A. Hitt and Tiago Ratinho5. Profiting from Digitally Distributed Cultural Products: The Case of Content Producers in the Video Games IndustryG.J. (Joost) Rietveld6. Serial Acquirers’ Reconfiguration Capability: Moving Beyond Existing Knowledge BoundariesNima Amiryany, Marleen Huysman, Ard-Pieter de Man and Myriam Cloodt7. When Firms do not Benefit from Collaborative Experience: Differences in the Intensity and Nature of Interorganizational RelationshipsAstrid A. ter Wiel and Paul W.L. VlaarPART III: BETWEEN FIRMS AND SOCIETYIntroduction to Part III: Exploring the Logic of Organizational BoundariesPeter Groenewegen8. The Impact of Works Councils on Productivity in Times of ReorganizationSaraï Sapulete, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Annette van den Berg and Yolanda Grift9. Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Non-profit Sector: Recombining Resources to Create Social ValueMaya Fiolet10. Social and Nonprofit Marketing: Issues and Opportunities in Marketing Beyond BusinessCharles B. Weinberg and Hsin-Hsuan Meg LeeIndex

'The emerging knowledge economy is prompting decisive changes in the organization of business firms. Corporate hierarchies flatten under the impact of ICT and the need to delegate decision rights. The boundaries of the firm shrink under the impact of outsourcing and viable relational contracting. However, we still know very little about the mechanics and manifestations of this process. Killian McCarthy, Maya Fiolet, and Wilfred Dolfsma's The Nature of the New Firm breaks new ground in our understanding of changing economic organization. It will appeal not only to theorists of the firm, but also to management scholars and sociologists interested in organization.'

Edited by Killian J. McCarthy, Research Associate, University of Groningen, Maya Fiolet, Research Associate, VU University Amsterdam and Wilfred Dolfsma, Professor of Business Management & Organization, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands

• Contents:IntroductionKillian J. McCarthy, Maya Fiolet and Wilfred DolfsmaPART I: WITHIN THE FIRMIntroduction to Part I: Organization Theorists Struggling with a View of Humankind – Power, Ethics and Top Management TeamsSjoerd Beugelsdijk1. Power, and the Destruction of Value in Mergers and AcquisitionsClaire E. Ashton-James, Killian J. McCarthy and Anca Dranca-Iacoban2. Reinforcing Ethical Behavior through Organizational Architecture: A Hypothesized RelationshipRaymond O.S. Zaal3. Industry Differences in Strategic Decision Making of Dutch Top Management TeamsAlexander S. Alexiev, Justin J.P. Jansen, Frans A.J. Van den Bosch and Henk W. VolberdaPART II: BETWEEN FIRMSIntroduction to Part II: New Firms InteractingWilfred Dolfsma and Geert Duysters4. The Multifaceted Effects of Institutions on Firm Strategies and Entrepreneurial ActionsMichael A. Hitt and Tiago Ratinho5. Profiting from Digitally Distributed Cultural Products: The Case of Content Producers in the Video Games IndustryG.J. (Joost) Rietveld6. Serial Acquirers’ Reconfiguration Capability: Moving Beyond Existing Knowledge BoundariesNima Amiryany, Marleen Huysman, Ard-Pieter de Man and Myriam Cloodt7. When Firms do not Benefit from Collaborative Experience: Differences in the Intensity and Nature of Interorganizational RelationshipsAstrid A. ter Wiel and Paul W.L. VlaarPART III: BETWEEN FIRMS AND SOCIETYIntroduction to Part III: Exploring the Logic of Organizational BoundariesPeter Groenewegen8. The Impact of Works Councils on Productivity in Times of ReorganizationSaraï Sapulete, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Annette van den Berg and Yolanda Grift9. Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Non-profit Sector: Recombining Resources to Create Social ValueMaya Fiolet10. Social and Nonprofit Marketing: Issues and Opportunities in Marketing Beyond BusinessCharles B. Weinberg and Hsin-Hsuan Meg LeeIndex

'The emerging knowledge economy is prompting decisive changes in the organization of business firms. Corporate hierarchies flatten under the impact of ICT and the need to delegate decision rights. The boundaries of the firm shrink under the impact of outsourcing and viable relational contracting. However, we still know very little about the mechanics and manifestations of this process. Killian McCarthy, Maya Fiolet, and Wilfred Dolfsma's The Nature of the New Firm breaks new ground in our understanding of changing economic organization. It will appeal not only to theorists of the firm, but also to management scholars and sociologists interested in organization.'

Edited by Killian J. McCarthy, Research Associate, University of Groningen, Maya Fiolet, Research Associate, VU University Amsterdam and Wilfred Dolfsma, Professor of Business Management & Organization, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands

• Contents:IntroductionKillian J. McCarthy, Maya Fiolet and Wilfred DolfsmaPART I: WITHIN THE FIRMIntroduction to Part I: Organization Theorists Struggling with a View of Humankind – Power, Ethics and Top Management TeamsSjoerd Beugelsdijk1. Power, and the Destruction of Value in Mergers and AcquisitionsClaire E. Ashton-James, Killian J. McCarthy and Anca Dranca-Iacoban2. Reinforcing Ethical Behavior through Organizational Architecture: A Hypothesized RelationshipRaymond O.S. Zaal3. Industry Differences in Strategic Decision Making of Dutch Top Management TeamsAlexander S. Alexiev, Justin J.P. Jansen, Frans A.J. Van den Bosch and Henk W. VolberdaPART II: BETWEEN FIRMSIntroduction to Part II: New Firms InteractingWilfred Dolfsma and Geert Duysters4. The Multifaceted Effects of Institutions on Firm Strategies and Entrepreneurial ActionsMichael A. Hitt and Tiago Ratinho5. Profiting from Digitally Distributed Cultural Products: The Case of Content Producers in the Video Games IndustryG.J. (Joost) Rietveld6. Serial Acquirers’ Reconfiguration Capability: Moving Beyond Existing Knowledge BoundariesNima Amiryany, Marleen Huysman, Ard-Pieter de Man and Myriam Cloodt7. When Firms do not Benefit from Collaborative Experience: Differences in the Intensity and Nature of Interorganizational RelationshipsAstrid A. ter Wiel and Paul W.L. VlaarPART III: BETWEEN FIRMS AND SOCIETYIntroduction to Part III: Exploring the Logic of Organizational BoundariesPeter Groenewegen8. The Impact of Works Councils on Productivity in Times of ReorganizationSaraï Sapulete, Arjen van Witteloostuijn, Annette van den Berg and Yolanda Grift9. Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Non-profit Sector: Recombining Resources to Create Social ValueMaya Fiolet10. Social and Nonprofit Marketing: Issues and Opportunities in Marketing Beyond BusinessCharles B. Weinberg and Hsin-Hsuan Meg LeeIndex

'The emerging knowledge economy is prompting decisive changes in the organization of business firms. Corporate hierarchies flatten under the impact of ICT and the need to delegate decision rights. The boundaries of the firm shrink under the impact of outsourcing and viable relational contracting. However, we still know very little about the mechanics and manifestations of this process. Killian McCarthy, Maya Fiolet, and Wilfred Dolfsma's The Nature of the New Firm breaks new ground in our understanding of changing economic organization. It will appeal not only to theorists of the firm, but also to management scholars and sociologists interested in organization.'