Create temporary companies design work becomes more and more a feature of the new economy. These design companies to challenge some of the theory of strategic management. Film-making is a long tradition of project-based organization. This article presents an in-depth study of the case of a big-budget movie project, which provides the context for the identification of some paradoxical attributes of project-based businesses. Each of the paradoxes of the problems of the theory of strategic management assumptions about the firm as a permanent place of learning, knowledge and competitive advantage. Conclusions from the movie event demonstrated the importance of human and social capital, which is embodied in the individual free agent career and mobilized in the community of professional and industry practice. "Hide
by Robert J. Defillippi, Michael B. Arthur Source: California Management Review 16 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 1998. Prod. #: CMR104-PDF-ENG
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