Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments

1. Understanding Organizations in Complex, Emergent and Uncertain Environments: An Introduction
Anabella Davila, Marta M. Elvira

Part I. Complex Organizational Environments and Governance

2. How Organizations Engage with External Complexity: A Political Action Perspective
John Child, Suzana B. Rodrigues

3. The Social Dimension of Boards’ Role in Better Corporate Governance
Coral Ingley, Morina Rennie, Jens Mueller, D. D. Warrick, Ljiljana Erakovic

4. Promoting Leadership in Governance and Governance in Leadership: Towards a Supportive Research Agenda
Ljiljana Erakovic, Brad Jackson

5. SME Adoption of Environmental Management Practices: Four Exploratory Case Studies
Ronald C. Beckett

Part II. Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship in Complex Environments

6. Engaging Small Businesses in Innovation: Building Absorptive Capacity through ‘R&D Clubs’
Paul K. Couchman, Ronald C. Beckett

7. Exploring the Determinants and Dimensionality of SME e-Collaboration Trust
Lois Burgess, Belinda Parrish, Michael Jones, Lorenzo Seritti

8. Exploring Managerial Perceptions of the Innovation Process in Mexico
Daniel Maranto, Luis Garcia-Calderon, Javier Reynoso

9. The Role of Physical Space and Information Technologies in Knowledge Transfer Processes within SMEs
Laura Zapata-Cantu, José Luis Pineda, Diego A. Rodríguez Lozano

10. The Motivation and Management of Highly Specialized Creative Employees
Helle Hedegaard Hein

11. From Life in Cages to Life in Projects: Metaphors for Moderns
Stewart Clegg, Carmen Baumeler

Keywords: Business and Management, Sustainability Management, Management, Organization, Business Strategy/Leadership, Economics, general, Behavioral/Experimental Economics