Knowledge, Options, and Institutions

Bruce Kogut's writing has sketched a theory of human motivation that sees managers as social beings, often altruistic, sometimes as selfish, who care about their colleagues and their status among them. For the first time this book collects together key pieces that show how this view works in application to practical managerial issues, such as technology transfer and licensing, joint ventures as options, and the diffusion of ideas and best practices in the world economy.

Bruce Kogut is the Bernstein Chaired Professor at Columbia University