By: Anabella Davila (Editor), Marta Elvira (Editor), Jacobo Ramirez (Editor), Laura Zapata-Cantu (Editor)

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Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments is organized into two parts. In the first part, the authors unpack the concept of complexity and analyse how organizational governance can contribute to environmental sustainability. A common theme in these chapters is that organizations actively engage with their environments. Consequently, organizational responses are partly the result of iterative processes with the environment, beyond a simple reaction to external demands. Thus, organizations enact their environments. In the book's second part, the chapters focus on concrete managerial practices that facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship at both the organizational and individual levels, especially in the context of small and medium firms (SMEs) which are central to the vitality of most economies. The book ends with a proposal to change conceptual metaphors and build management theories fit for organizations' social reality in complex environments.

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xvi
Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments: An Introduction	p. 1
Complex Organizational Environments and Governance
How Organizations Engage with External Complexity: A Political Action Perspective	p. 13
The Social Dimension of Boards' Role in Better Corporate Governance	p. 45
Promoting Leadership in Governance and Governance in Leadership: Towards a Supportive Research Agenda	p. 68
SME Adoption of Environmental Management Practices: Four Exploratory Case Studies	p. 84
Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship in Complex Environments
Engaging Small Businesses in Innovation: Building Absorptive Capacity through 'R&D Clubs'	p. 109
Exploring the Determinants and Dimensionality of SME e-Collaboration Trust	p. 129
Exploring Managerial Perceptions of the Innovation Process in Mexico	p. 143
The Role of Physical Space and Information Technologies in Knowledge Transfer Processes within SMEs	p. 154
The Motivation and Management of Highly Specialized Creative Employees	p. 167
From Life in Cages to Life in Projects: Metaphors for Moderns	p. 185
Index	p. 207
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ISBN: 9780230290020
ISBN-10: 0230290027
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 240
Published: 17th July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14.3  x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.404