| Description |
xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part One: Theory, Schools And Practice -- Schools of Thought in Strategic Management - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda -- Fragmentation, Integration or Synthesis -- Business Policy and Strategy as a Professional Field - J C Spender -- Commentary - Henry Mintzberg -- Thoughts on Schools -- Part Two: Integration Efforts In The Field -- Complexity and Multiple Rationalities in Strategy Processes - Patrick Regn[ac]er -- The Role of the Strategist - Thomas Ericson, Anders Melander and Leif Melin -- What Makes Time Strategic? - Frans A J van den Bosch -- Fragmentation in Strategic Management - Patrice Cooper -- Commentary - Paul J H Schoemaker -- The Elusive Search for Integration -- Part Three: The Boundary School: Strategy As A Boundary Decision -- Overview - Nicolai J Foss -- The Boundary School -- Managing beyond Boundaries - Christian Koenig and Gilles van Wijk -- The Dynamics of Trust in Alliances -- Strategic Alliances - Janine Stiles -- Commentary - Charles Baden-Fuller -- The Boundary Decision in Strategy -- Part Four: The Dynamic Capabilities School: Strategy As A Collective Learning Process To Develop Distinctive Competences -- Overview - Ron Sanchez -- Building Blocks for Strategy Theory: Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Competences -- Modularity and Dynamic Capabilities - Ron Sanchez and Joseph T Mahoney -- Strategic Learning in a Knowledge-Intensive Organization - Paula Kirjavainen -- Commentary - Howard Thomas -- The State of Art of the Dynamic Capabilities School -- Part Five: The Configurational School: Strategy As A Decision Of Transition From One Archetype To Another -- Overview - Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel -- Researching Configuration -- A Framework for a Managerial Understanding of Strategy Development - Andy Bailey and Gerry Johnson -- Strategy Configurations in the Evolution of Markets - Michael W Lawless -- Commentary - Johannes M Pennings -- Configurations and the Firm in Current Strategic Management -- Part Six: New Directions In Strategy: Ways To Synthesize -- Multiple Futures of Strategy Synthesis - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda -- Shifting Boundaries, Dynamics Capabilities and Strategy Configurations |
| Summary |
Summarizes the latest directions and developments in strategic management theory, synthesizing American and European approaches |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Strategic planning.
|
| Author |
Elfring, Tom, 1957-
|
|
Volberda, Henk Wijtze, 1964-
|
| LC no. |
2001269385 |
| ISBN |
0761956441 |
|
076195645X paperback |
|
