Business strategy Books

Book SynopsisFast track route to understanding the business of angel investing Covers the key areas of angel investing from understanding theinefficiencies of the marketplace and the evolution of the industryto developing a successful angel investing practice Examples and lessons from some of the world's most activeprivate equity marketplaces, including the United States, Europe,Asia, the Middle East, and Australia. Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensiveresources guideTable of ContentsIntroduction to Express Exec Introduction Definition of Terms Evolution The E-Dimension of Private Market Finance The Global Dimension The State of the Art Case Studies Glossary Resources Ten Steps to Angel Investing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Index

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Book SynopsisFast track route to successful innovation in a digital world Covers the key areas of e-innovation, from planning for continuous change and trend forecasting to e-innovation processes and distributed innovation Examples and lessons from some of the world's most innovative businesses, including Napster, Cybiko, RedHat, Handspring and Sony, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Eric S. Raymond, James F. Moore, Leonard Fuld, Robert G. Cooper, Peter Small, Bruce Kogut and Anca Meitu Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guideTable of ContentsIntroduction to Express Exec Introduction to E-Innovation Definition of terms: What is E-Innovation? The Evolution of E-Innovation The E-Dimension: E-Innovation The Global Dimension The State of the Art E-Innovation in Practice A Glossary of E-Innovation Key Concepts and Resources Ten Steps to Making E-Innovation Work Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Index

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Book SynopsisFast track route to rock-solid business plans Covers key areas of business planning from understanding why a plan is necessary and what issues it should address to compiling the plan and using it to direct the business and ensure goals are met. Includes the low-down on key planning aids such as swot analysis, the Boston and Ansoff matrices, and practical examples and advice drawn from banks and accounting firms as well as business practitioners and gurus such as Philip Kotler Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guideTable of ContentsIntroduction to Express Exec Introduction What is Business Planning? The Evolution of Business Planning The E-Dimension The Global Dimension The State of the Art In Practice Key Concepts and Thinkers Resources Ten Steps to Successful Business Planning Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisFast track route to understanding and managing the future. Covers all the key aspects of future proofing, from identifying alternative scenarios and tracking technology change to developing a blueprint for action and communicating it within the organization Examples and lessons from benchmark businesses, including ABB, Shell and Anglo American, and ideas from the smartest thinkers including Gary Hamel, Peter Senge and Chris Argyris Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers. ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need: 01 Innovation 02 Enterprise 03 Strategy 04 Marketing 05 Finance 06 Operations and Technology 07 Organizations 08 Leading 09 People 10 Life and Work ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.Table of ContentsIntroduction to Express Exec Introduction to Future Proofing An Introduction to The Concepts The Evolution of Future Proofing The E-Dimension: Future Proofing The Global Dimension The State of the Art In Practice: How Companies Tackle Planning Key Concepts and Thinkers Resources Making It Work Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisFast track route to mastering effective leadership styles Covers the key areas of leadership styles, from developing a style to suit the situation and organizational type to cross-cultural issues and the new interest in 'servant leadership' Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful leaders, including David Simon and John Browne, Konosuke Matsushita and Herb Kelleher, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Manfred Kets de Vries, Ed Schein, Gareth Jones and Bob Goffee, Ken Blanchard and John Adair Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guideTable of ContentsIntroduction to Express Exec Introduction What are Leadership Styles? Evolution of Leadership Styles The E-Dimension The Global Dimension The State of the Art In Practice Key Concepts and Thinkers Resources Ten Steps to Making Leadership Styles Work Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisFast track route to creating lasting business value through the entrepreneurial management of start-ups, buy-outs and corporate ventures Covers the key areas of enterprise, from understanding entrepreneurial management and aligning the interests of investors and entrepreneurs to choosing your exit route and maximizing your return Examples and lessons from some of the world's most enterprising companies, including Michael Bloomberg's recipe for selling your way to the top, Jurgen Klein's Jurlique and Sherry Leigh Coutou's Interactive Investor International. Plus ideas from the smartest thinkers and practitioners including Max Boisot, Neil Churchill, Peter Drucker, Josh Lerner, Will Schmidt and Howard Stevenson Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guideTable of ContentsIntroduction to Express Exec Introduction to Enterprise Definition of Terms: What is Enterprise? Evolution of Enterprise The E-Dimension The Global Dimension The State of the Art In Practice: Enterprise Success Stories Key Concepts and Thinkers Resources Ten Steps to Making Enterprise Work Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Index

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Book SynopsisThere never has been a time when changes in taste, social outlook and lifestyle have been faster and more fundamental. Coolsearch shows that the revolution that is going on inside the workplace and that which is taking place in the marketplace are two sides of the same coin. Traditional divisions between work and play and between home and the office are being eroded. Twenties-somethings are using their mastery of new technology to transform product development, marketing and merchandising as consumers and ideas generation and decision making as workers. But how can older companies with deeper vested interests and complex hierachies keep in touch with the needs generated by the new generation? Syrett and Lammiman show how street-wise market research, better use of technology, shorter decision making hierarchies, corporate venturing and bottom up leadership has helped a variety of seeming dinosaurs get abreast of the trends. Stories and case studies of companies such as IKEA, GMT, 3M, and L'Oreal and their championing the latest trends and thinking are throughout the book. Coolsearch draws on original research by the authors on how new ideas are inspired and shaped in organisations as well as on interviews with leading thinkers in innovation including London Business School's Costas Markides, Strategos's Gary Hamel and Insead's W Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.Trade Review?? a stimulatingly original book that goes far beyond previous analyses of youth phenomena such as Generation X and Generation Y.? (Director, May 2004) ?? one of its strengths is its practicality.? (Independent on Sunday, 16 May 2004) ??fascinating book..? (Professional Manager, September 04)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. PART ONE. 1. Cool Beginnings. 2. The Provenance of Cool. 3. Outside Cool. 4. Inside Cool. 5. Crux. PART TWO. 6. Cool Leadership. 7. Managing Cool. 8. Brainstorming Cool. 9. Branding Cool. Summary. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisCorporate Vices uncovers the real performance gap in modern corporations between good business practice that builds companies, and bad corporate habits that eventually bring them down. It builds a detailed picture of how wayward corporations often try too hard, think too little, and forget too much. And it offers a sharp contrast with companies, large and small, that are good businesses, and how they manage to stay that way. Looking behind the headlines of spectacular corporate disasters, such as Enron and Marconi, as well as corporations that are under pressure and going nowhere, Corporate Vices identifies the common theme of badly run companies, that they fail to realise, or just forget, the importance of business basics, such as productivity, as they explore ever more sophisticated and expensive ways of satisfying other more immediate, like keeping cash profits high to satisfy shareholders - even at the expense of productivity. Corporate Vices explores the complex roots and the story of how corporations have allowed themselves to turn business logic on its head with such ease. Corporate Vices puts an alternative way of running companies on the table in its many examples of good businesses. These are companies that manage to keep their eye on the ball, even at a price: not achieving corporate glory, turning down the latest technology, and opportunities to enter new markets. Most of all, Corporate Vices makes it clear how to spot the difference, and then to fix it. It asks the questions, which everyone stuck in a bad company can't seem to answer, like, * Where did we start to go wrong? * What does the CEO think he's doing? * Why can't anyone make a decision any more? * Whose idea was this merger?Trade Review"…he does address repeatedly, and in all aspects, the core question many have asked for 15 years…" (The Guardian, 2 November 2002) "…overall this is a very enjoyable book to read…if the book gets you thinking about your own excesses it can’t be a bad thing…" (Ps.advisor) "…A hard hitting and uncompromising style. Self-tests that challenge the way you view your business and make you question your own practises. A positive tone that encourages you not to make the same mistakes…" (Internet Works, January 2003) 'The book is an addictive read...' (Venture, March 2003) "…He offers practical and thoughtful solutions…Buy it…" (Marketing Is Everything Vol. 1, No. 2, 2003)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making a Killing. 1 The Wrong Numbers. 2 Controlling Interest. 3 Paying for Talent. 4 Are You Motivated Yet? 5 Advertising Advertising. 6 Shortcuts. 7 Mis-calculated Risks. 8 Big IT. 9 Looking Good. 10 Better Times. Index.

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Book SynopsisThousands of brilliant business ideas are launched into the world of work every day. But how can business leaders know which ideas are the ones that will really drive the business full steam ahead? From scientific management to knowledge management and from the agile organization to the virtual organization, Des Dearlove describes each idea, shows how it has been applied practically and gives alternative interpretations and definitions from the sceptics.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Action Learning. Activity-Based Costing. Adhocracy. Agility. Balanced Scorecard. Benchmarking. Boston Matrix. Branding. Broadbanding. Burnout. Channel Management. Core Competencies. Core Values. Crisis Management. Decision Theory. Discounted Cash Flow. Downsizing. E-Commerce. Emotional Intelligence. Employability. Empowerment. Four Ps of Marketing. Game Theory . Hoshin Kanri. Intellectual Capital. Interim Management. Just-in-Time (JIT) (Kanban). Kaizen (Quality Circles). Knowledge Management. Leadership. Lean Production . The Learning Organization. The Managerial Grid. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Matrix Model. Mentoring. Outsourcing. Porter's Five Competitive Forces. The Psychological Contract. Re-Engineering . Relationship Marketing. Scenario Planning. Scientifi c Management. Seven S Framework. The Shamrock Organization. Shareholder Value. Strategic Infl ection Point. Strategic Management. Succession Planning. Supply Chain Management. Team-Working. Theories X and Y (and Z). Thought Leadership. TQM and the Quality Movement. 360-Degree Feedback. Time-Based Competition. The Transnational Corporation. Value Innovation. The Virtual Organization. Appendix. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe stories of the people captured on the pages within are anything but ordinary. Like you, they had to start somewhere. But it's not what you do or where you start, but how you do it. It wasn't through maintaining the daily grind (for themselves or others) that got them to the top. It was by building their dreams and doing business in a way that no other had done before them. These Dream Merchants and Howboys live in the Business Icon Hall of Fame in the Sky (ok so maybe one day this will exist). But before they got there they lived somewhere very different. They lived in the land of complete Nutterdom. Retired CEO of Burger King and Fortune turn-around champion, Barry Gibbons, introduces you to this world. Gibbons brings together some of the most famous names in business today. He takes us on a whirlwind tour of the careers, lives and crazy decisions of nutters - from Walt Disney and Michael Dell to Luciano Benetton and Anita Roddick. All of them made decisions that seemed odd, crazy or downright weird. But they worked. Gibbons, a distinguished madman himself, keeps you hooked with his humour and wit, but never straying from the point of it all. That we can learn from these mavericks. That we can put a little madness into our daily grind. Heck yeh. Steal their ideas! Why should they be famous and not you? Dream Merchants and Howboys may just be the most unconventional business book ever written and firmly cements Gibbons' reputation as the P.J. O'Rourke of business.Table of ContentsPrologue. Introduction. i. In the beginning. ii. Genesis. iii. Genesis too. iv. What should leaders do? v. Dream Merchants. vi. HowBoys. DREAM MERCHANTS & HOWBOYS. 1. Luciano Benetton. 2. James Dyson. 3. Michael Dell. 4. Anita Roddick. 5. Inspiration. 6. Walt Disney. 7. Steve Case. 8. Tribute to the Unknown Nutter. 9. Jürgen Schrempp. 10. Richard Branson. 11. Roberto Goizueta. 12. Steve Jobs. 13. Herb Kelleher. 14. Howard Schultz. 15. Conclusion: Can it Work for You? Sources and Further Reading. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe fast track route to understanding and implementing the balanced scorecard in your business. It covers the key aspects of the balanced scorecard, from using it to develop the company's strategy and relating it to existing control systems to setting goals and monitoring progress. It gives examples and lessons from some of the worlds most successful businesses, including Ricoh, Xerox and Ericsson Enterprise and ideas from the smartest thinkers including Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton. It includes and glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.Table of Contents01 Introduction to the Balanced Scorecard 1 02 Definition of Terms: What is a Balanced Scorecard? 5 03 Evolution 13 04 The E-Dimension 23 05 The Global Dimension 33 06 The State of the Art 41 07 In Practice 59 08 Key Concepts and Thinkers 77 09 Resources 89 10 Ten Steps to Making Balanced Scorecards Work 97 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 107 Index 111

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate purpose of developing a business plan is to have a successful business. In the long run, it is fruitless to write a business plan that can raise the funds you seek if your enterprise is so poorly conceived it is bound to fail. So a successful business plan should address the long-term needs of your business and devise strategies that enhance both the overall performance of your company and your personal satisfaction. Table of contents: Section I Starting the Process The Successful Business Getting Your Plan Started Making Your Plan Compelling Section II Business Plan Components The Executive Summary Company Description Industry Analysis & Trends Target Markets Competition Strategic Position & Risk Assessment Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy Operations Technology Plan Management & Organisation Community Involvement & Social Responsibility Development, Milestones & Exit Plan The Financials The Plan's Appendix Section III Putting the Plan to Work Preparing, Presenting & Sending Out Your Plan Looking for Money Using Your Plan for Classes & Competitions Internal Planning for Existing Businesses & Corporations Time Saving Tips Section IV Special Considerations Considerations for Internet, "e-businesses" Considerations for Retailers Considerations for Manufacturers Considerations for Service Businesses Section V Reference Outline of a Business Plan Business Terms Glossary Funding Sources Research Sources Entrepreneur's SourcesTable of ContentsAbout the Author About the Contributors Acknowledgments Foreword Foreword to the Fourth Edition How to Use This Book Introduction Section I Starting the Process Chapter 1 The Successful Business 1 Chapter 2 Getting Your Plan Started 13 Chapter 3 Making Your Plan Compelling 35 Section II Business Plan Components Chapter 4 The Executive Summary 47 Chapter 5 Company Description 59 Chapter 6 Industry Analysis & Trends 73 Chapter 7 Target Market 87 Chapter 8 Competition 103 Chapter 9 Strategic Position & Risk Assessment 119 Chapter 10 Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy 133 Chapter 11 Operations 155 Chapter 12 Technology Plan 181 Chapter 13 Management & Organization 189 Chapter 14 Community Involvement & Social Responsibility 211 Chapter 15 Development, Milestones, & Exit Plan 221 Chapter 16 The Financials 237 Chapter 17 The Plan's Appendix 283 Section III Putting the Plan to Work Chapter 18 Preparing, Presenting, & Sending Out Your Plan 289 Chapter 19 Looking for Money 299 Chapter 20 Using Your Plan for Classes & Competitions 315 Chapter 21 Internal Planning for Existing Businesses & Corporations 327 Chapter 22 Time Saving Tips 337 Section IV Special Considerations Chapter 23 Considerations for Internet, "e-businesses" 343 Chapter 24 Considerations for Retailers 363 Chapter 25 Considerations for Manufacturers 369 Chapter 26 Considerations for Service Businesses 375 Chapter 27 Business Planning in a Weak (or Strong) Economy 381 Section V Reference Outline of a Business Plan 391 Business Terms Glossary 395 Funding Sources 399 Research Sources 404 Entrepreneurs' Sources 411 Index 415 Income Statement, Annual 276 Cash-Flow Projection 278 Balance Sheet 280 Sources & Uses of Funds 281 Assumption Sheet 282

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Book SynopsisGlobalization, the information technology revolution, individualization and other processes in contemporary society all impact on organizations. Organizational actors are recognizing the need to make sense of these permutations, reconstruct their identities and positions and find ways of coping with the complexity of relationships within and between organizations. This book analyses the framework of these organizational relationships and the dynamics of identity formation and bonding on several levels.Organizational practices, managerial and professional coping strategies are all explored within the context of shifting inter-organizational relationships. The findings, which are presented by an international team of contributors, are complex and demonstrate continuities as well as discontinuities. The authors analyse the way in which organizational actors, such as managers, information technology specialists, creative professionals and academic researchers make sense of the social transformations in the networking age and their impact on organizations. The organizational settings which are studied include armies, universities, non-governmental organizations, information technology development houses, telecom operators and organizations in the food production chain.This multi-disciplinary book will appeal to a wide-ranging audience of scholars, practitioners and consultants across various fields including organization and management studies, industrial relations, social psychology, work and organization psychology and sociology, HRM and employment relationships.Trade Review'I endorse this book as a general guide for anyone working to achieve results in or through organizations. . . It is an approachable yet scholarly work based on empirical exploration with wisdom for individuals, groups and organizations on an advanced range of topics. I found it valuable and recommend it highly.' -- Avis Austen, The Leadership and Organization Development JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Organizational Relationships in the Networking Age: An Introduction Part I: The Framing of Organizational Relationships 2. Commitment and Community in Organizations 3. The Performance Nature of Identification: Modes of Management and Actors at Work 4. The Critical Edge of Individualization: About the ‘Culturing’ of Service Delivery and the Performance of Privacy 5. Ideology, Consensus and Organizational Effectiveness in a Fragmenting Society: Western Combatants in the Second World War Part II: Personal Coping Strategies of Organizational Actors 6. Management as a Dead End: How Managers Survive in a Culturally Complex Environment 7. The Discursive Constructions of Performing Professionals 8. Identity Creation in Temporary and Scattered Work Practices in a Relational Perspective 9. Identity Construction and Commitments of Graphic Designers Part III: Shifting Inter-Organizational Relationships and Identity Formation 10. The Construction of Identity in a Fragmenting Telecom Operator 11. Identities and Relationships in the Theatre of the Dotcom Industries 12. Changing Identities of European Farmers 13. Biotechnology: The Production of New Identities 14. Organizational Relationships in the Networking Age: A Concluding Analysis Index

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Book SynopsisStrategic Business Alliances examines key issues in the analysis, management and performance of international joint ventures using a sample of UK-European equity joint ventures. The authors consider the viewpoint of all configurations of the international joint venture - UK parent, European parent and joint venture management. Factors discussed include motives for formation, partner selection criteria, joint venture management, and control and performance, all of which have been identified in the literature as the core dimensions of joint venture activity.The book also explores the emerging issue of learning in strategic alliances, as well as the sensitive question of cultural differences in the mix of factors that surround the complexities of modern international joint ventures. Empirical evidence examined by the authors suggests that learning and cultural differences are vital elements in the operation and performance of these ventures.Given that inter-firm collaborative activity in an increasingly globalised world economy is a crucial aspect of the strategy of many firms, this book will be invaluable to students, researchers and academics with an interest in international business and strategic management. Managers and practitioners who require insight into the core dimensions of international joint venture activity will also find this book very useful.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: What do we Know About International Joint Ventures? 2. Strategic Motives and Performance 3. The Nature of Partner Selection 4. Management Control 5. Decision-Making Autonomy 6. Learning to Manage International Joint Ventures 7. Partnering Skills and Cross-Cultural Issues 8. Performance Assessment in IJVs: The Relationship Between Subjective and Objective Methods and the Influence of Culture 9. Culture and the Management of IJVs 10. Summary and Conclusions Appendix 1. Research Methods and Sample Characteristics Appendix 2. Case Vignettes: Outlines of the Sample IJVs References Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative new collection of previously published articles provides a solid and broad-minded overview of the field of strategic management in business studies. It includes the seminal writings of the leading scholars in the field, and covers six different schools of thought on the nature of business strategy. While the field is only 40 years old, there is now an enormous body of literature for a student of strategic management to get to grips with. This book pulls together the relevant strands of thinking to provide all the critical readings in a single source. Also included is an introduction written by Julian Birkinshaw, one of the leading figures in the field.The book will be essential reading for students of business. For MBA students it provides a definitive overview of the key bodies of thinking that have shaped the field. For PhD students it provides an invaluable starting point for their research by pulling together the contemporary and classical writings in their field of interest.Trade Review'This is a first-class collection of important articles on strategy by a "Who's Who" of leading thinkers in the field. The accessibility and insights of the selected pieces make this well organized two-volume collection an absolutely indispensable resource for any scholar or practitioner who wants to understand the field of strategy in a fast-changing world.' -- Christopher A. Bartlett, Harvard Business School, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Julian Birkinshaw PART I COMPETITIVE STRATEGY 1. R.E. Caves and M.E. Porter (1977), ‘From Entry Barriers to Mobility Barriers: Conjectural Decisions and Contrived Deterrence to New Competition’ 2. Michael E. Porter (1981), ‘The Contributions of Industrial Organization To Strategic Management’ 3. Michael E. Porter (1979), ‘How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy’ 4. Michael E. Porter (1996), ‘What is Strategy?’ 5. Richard E. Caves and Pankaj Ghemawat (1992), ‘Identifying Mobility Barriers’ 6. Alan I. Murray (1988), ‘A Contingency View of Porter’s “Generic Strategies”’ 7. Karel Cool and Ingemar Dierickx (1993), ‘Rivalry, Strategic Groups and Firm Profitability’ 8. John McGee and Howard Thomas (1986), ‘Strategic Groups: Theory, Research and Taxonomy’ 9. Carl Shapiro (1989), ‘The Theory of Business Strategy’ 10. Garth Saloner (1991), ‘Modeling, Game Theory, and Strategic Management’ 11. Avinash Dixit (1980), ‘The Role of Investment in Entry-Deterrence’ 12. Marvin B. Lieberman and David B. Montgomery (1988), ‘First-Mover Advantages’ PART II THE RESOURCE-BASED VIEW 13. Richard P. Rumelt (1991), ‘How Much Does Industry Matter?’ 14. Birger Wernerfelt (1984), ‘A Resource-based View of the Firm’ 15. S.A. Lippman and R.P. Rumelt (1982), ‘Uncertain Imitability: An Analysis of Interfirm Differences in Efficiency under Competition’ 16. Ingemar Dierickx and Karel Cool (1989), ‘Asset Stock Accumulation and Sustainability of Competitive Advantage’ 17. Jay B. Barney (1986), ‘Strategic Factor Markets: Expectations, Luck, and Business Strategy’ 18. Jay Barney (1991), ‘Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage’ 19. Raphael Amit and Paul J.H. Schoemaker (1993), ‘Strategic Assets and Organizational Rent’ 20. Margaret A. Peteraf (1993), ‘The Cornerstones of Competitive Advantage: A Resource-based View’ 21. C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel (1990), ‘The Core Competence of the Corporation’ 22. George Stalk, Philip Evans and Lawrence E. Shulman (1992), ‘Competing on Capabilities: The New Rules of Corporate Strategy’ 23. David J. Teece, Gary Pisano and Amy Shuen (1997), ‘Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management’ PART III CORPORATE STRATEGY 24. Benjamin Klein, Robert G. Crawford and Armen A. Alchian (1978), ‘Vertical Integration, Appropriable Rents, and the Competitive Contracting Process’ 25. Kirk Monteverde and David J. Teece (1982), ‘Supplier Switching Costs and Vertical Integration in the Automobile Industry’ 26. David J. Teece (1982), ‘Towards an Economic Theory of the Multiproduct Firm’ 27. Richard P. Rumelt (1982), ‘Diversification Strategy and Profitability’ 28. Cynthia A. Montgomery (1994), ‘Corporate Diversification’ 29. Constantinos Markides and Peter J. Williamson (1994), ‘Related Diversification, Core Competences and Corporate Performance’ 30. Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1991), ‘The Functions of the HQ Unit in the Multibusiness Firm’ 31. David J. Collis and Cynthia A. Montgomery (1998), ’Creating Corporate Advantage’ 32. Michael Goold and Andrew Campbell (1998), ’Desperately Seeking Synergy’ 33. Andrew Campbell, Michael Goold and Marcus Alexander (1995), ‘Corporate Strategy: The Quest for Parenting Advantage’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I THE STRATEGY PROCESS 1. Robert A. Burgelman (1983), ‘A Model of the Interaction of Strategic Behavior, Corporate Context, and the Concept of Strategy’ 2. James Brian Quinn (1978), ‘Strategic Change: “Logical Incrementalism”’ 3. Richard T. Pascale (1984), ‘Perspectives on Strategy: The Real Story Behind Honda’s Success’ 4. Henry Mintzberg and James A. Waters (1985), ‘Of Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent’ 5. Sumantra Ghoshal and Christopher A. Bartlett (1994), ‘Linking Organizational Context and Managerial Action: The Dimensions of Quality of Management’ 6. William Ocasio (1997), ‘Towards an Attention-based View of the Firm’ PART II INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND RENEWAL 7. W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne (1997), ‘Value Innovation: The Strategic Logic of High Growth’ 8. Constantinos Markides (1997), ‘Strategic Innovation’ 9. Clayton M. Christensen and Joseph L. Bower (1996), ‘Customer Power, Strategic Investment, and the Failure of Leading Firms’ 10. Gary Hamel (1999), ‘Bringing Silicon Valley Inside’ 11. Wesley M. Cohen and Daniel A. Levinthal (1990), ‘Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation’ 12. Dorothy Leonard-Barton (1992), ‘Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities: A Paradox in Managing New Product Development’ 13. Michael L. Tushman and Phillip Anderson (1986), ‘Technological Discontinuities and Organizational Environments’ 14. Rebecca M. Henderson and Kim B. Clark (1990), ‘Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms’ 15. James G. March (1991), ‘Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning’ 16. Elaine Romanelli and Michael L. Tushman (1994), ‘Organizational Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium: An Empirical Test’ 17. C.K. Prahalad and Richard A. Bettis (1986), ‘The Dominant Logic: A New Linkage Between Diversity and Performance’ 18. Larry E. Greiner (1972), ‘Evolution and Revolution as Organizations Grow’ 19. Bruce Kogut and Udo Zander (1992), ‘Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology’ PART III GLOBAL STRATEGY 20. Raymond Vernon (1966), ‘International Investment and International Trade in the Product Cycle’ 21. Raymond Vernon (1979), ‘The Product Cycle Hypothesis in a New International Environment’ 22. John H. Dunning (1980), ‘Toward an Eclectic Theory of International Production: Some Empirical Tests’ 23. David J. Teece (1981), ‘The Multinational Enterprise: Market Failure and Market Power Considerations’ 24. Michael E. Porter (1986), ‘Changing Patterns of International Competition’ 25. George S. Yip (1989), ‘Global Strategy… In a World of Nations?’ 26. Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (1987), ‘Managing across Borders: New Strategic Requirements’ 27. Sumantra Ghoshal (1987), ‘Global Strategy: An Organizing Framework’ 28. Julian Birkinshaw, Allen Morrison and John Hulland (1995), ‘Structural and Competitive Determinants of a Global Integration Strategy’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the scope, breadth and depth of innovation in small firms, the authors of this book employ a rich array of survey data to analyze the operating characteristics of dynamic small-firm populations. They investigate the strategies and activities that small firms pursue at different stages in their lifecycles and in different competitive environments, as well as which business skills are associated with survival, innovation, growth and high performance. John Baldwin and Guy Gellatly find that the strategic decisions young firms make play a critical role in determining their odds for survival and growth. New small firms survive by developing a core set of business skills - skills related inter alia to management, human resources, marketing and financing. Advanced innovation capabilities related to R&D and technology set high-performance firms apart from other businesses. Industry-level differences in product lifecycle, production activity, competitive intensity and the science base all influence the nature of small-firm innovation. Unique features of this volume include: comprehensive strategic profiles representative of small-firm populations information from business surveys and administrative data sources for a better understanding of how strategies and activities relate to firm performance an exploration of how small-firm strategies and activities vary across a diverse range of operating environments - from manufacturing to services to science-based environments. Researchers and students interested in small firms and entrepreneurship will benefit from the wealth of new data that investigates relationships between business strategies, innovation and performance. Those interested in industrial organization, innovation and firm turnover will appreciate the new data on how small-firm strategies vary in different competitive environments and at different stages of the entry and exit process.Trade Review'. . . the book may be admired for its statistical correctness and integration of multiple data sources.' -- Martin Perry, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Importance of New Firms 3. Strategies Pursued by Successful Entrants 4. The Breadth of Innovation is Successful Entrants 5. Analysis of New-Firm Survival 6. Innovation: The Key to Success in Small and Medium-sized Firms 7. Exit 8. Innovator Types in Small and Medium-sized Firms 9. The Competitive Environment and Innovation in Dynamic Service Industries 10. Do New Firms in Science-Based Industries Differ from Entrants in Other Industries? 11. Strategic Capabilities in Innovative Manufacturing Firms: A Comparison of Small to Large Firms 12. Financing Innovation in New Small Firms 13. Lessons References Index

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Book SynopsisEven though it can be argued that affiliate marketing is an old phenomenon, in a rapidly changing online business environment, it is still a new and developing business area. This highly topical book contains a thorough analysis of affiliate marketing, including theoretical and practical considerations.Strategic Affiliate Marketing acts as a unique guide for both practitioners and academics on how to approach affiliate marketing. The authors explain the core values as well as challenging and combining established marketing theories in the light of new online marketing activities, taking into account the characteristics of the Internet and interactions among various participants and agents. Rather than arguing the rights and wrongs in absolute terms, this book presents a strategy for engaging in affiliate marketing. The authors also examine what considerations should be taken into account before doing so, as well as investigating how to optimise resources once fully active in this area.This fascinating book focuses on how to build long term relationships with online partners, while gaining value and optimising resources. As such, it will be of special interest to academics and students of management, marketing and business. Online advertisers and online media will also find this a valuable tool with which to understand the potential of their online return of investment.Trade Review'The book tackles a new business logic with 'refreshing' assumptions and 'valued creation' in itself. . .' -- Luiz Moutinho, University of Glasgow, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Basics of Internet Marketing 1. Internet – A New Marketing Arena 2. Understanding Internet Customers Part II: What is Affiliate Marketing? 3. Affiliate Marketing Networks 4. Value Creation in Affiliate Marketing Part III: Strategic Considerations 5. Affiliate Considerations 6. Marketer Considerations 7. Explanation Model References Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume is the imaginative outcome of several international strategy scholars who have cultivated original research on the broad relationship between strategic capabilities and knowledge transfer at both intra- and inter-organizational levels.This innovative book explores, in depth, the role that strategic capabilities play in facilitating or preventing knowledge transfer in both firm and interfirm environments. As regards the relationships between strategic capabilities and the transfer of knowledge, the research encompasses different levels of analysis (e.g., the firm, the interorganizational network, the industry), different theoretical lenses (e.g., the resource-based view, the knowledge-based view, the evolutionary perspective, transaction cost economics, the cognitive theory) and different methodological stances (conceptual, empirical, case based).Strategic Capabilities and Knowledge Transfer Within and Between Organizations is an illuminating and cohesive book which will appeal to scholars and researchers of management and business strategy as well as practitioners such as managers and consultants.Trade Review'Overall, the chapters in this impressive book advance a strongly dynamic perspective on the relationship of knowledge to competitive advantage. Peter Drucker's famous proposition that knowledge is now the dominant source of competitive advantage stands intact, but this book provides an important gloss on it. Durable advantage (if achievable at all) ultimately depends on strength at the meta-level of organizational knowledge, the knowledge required to manage knowledge effectively. The studies reported here are a valuable platform for future research on this key proposition.' -- From the preface by Sidney G. Winter'This eclectic collection of papers offers specific and in-depth insights on the complex process of intra- and inter-organizational knowledge transfer. Surely a precious vademecum for strategic management scholars that would like to know more about knowledge transfer.' -- Andrea Prencipe, University G. d'Annunzio, Italy and SPRU, University of Sussex, UK'A remarkably insightful collection of contributions, combining the strategy capability and the knowledge creation and sharing perspectives. Very useful reading for the serious scholar.' -- Yves L. Doz, INSEAD, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Sidney G. Winter 1. Introduction: Strategic Capabilities and Knowledge Transfer Within and Between Organizations Part I: Strategic Capabilities and Knowledge Transfer: Perspectives from Firm and Industry Heterogeneity 2. Managing Heterogeneity, Allocative Balance, and Behavioral and Technology Concerns in Competitive and Cooperative Inter-firm Relationships 3. Digital Economy and Sustained Competitive Advantage in the Tourism Industry 4. Transferring Organizational Capabilities Across Transient Organizations: Evidence from Hollywood Filmmaking 5. Knowledge Transfer as a Key Process for Firm Learning: The Role of Local Institutions in Industrial Districts Part II: Strategic Capabilities and Knowledge Transfer: Perspectives from Evolution, Learning, and Networks 6. Coupling Combinative and Relational Capabilities in Interorganizational Best Practice Transfer: An Evolutionary Perspective 7. Heuristics and Network Position: A Cognitive and Structural Framework on Innovation 8. Developing Dynamic Capabilities with IT 9. On the Relationship Between Knowledge, Networks, and Local Context Part III: Strategic Capabilities and Knowledge Transfer: Perspectives from Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances 10. Knowledge Transfer in Mergers and Acquisitions: How Frequent Acquirers Learn to Manage the Integration Process 11. Merger and Acquisition Integration: The Influence of Resources 12. Acquisition Integration at Siemens Mobile Phones: Applying a Resource-based Perspective 13. The Determinants of Inter-Partner Learning in Alliances: An Empirical Study in e-Commerce 14. Deliberate Learning in Corporate Acquisitions: Post-Acquisition Strategies and Integration Capability in US Bank Mergers 15. Beyond this Book: A Proposed Research Agenda Index

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Book SynopsisA major dilemma for businesses has been the struggle to understand how to adopt and implement proactive environmental practices while meeting the core business objectives of growth and competitive advantage. The international contributors - leading scholars in the field of environmental strategy and management - shed light on this difficult balance as they examine the generation and deployment of capabilities, processes, and routines that help a business develop advanced environmental practices while simultaneously lowering costs and creating differentiation benefits. The first book to gather cutting-edge research on this complex relationship, Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage presents conceptual ideas and empirical findings, as well as a valuable review of extant literature and future directions for researchers. At an organizational level of analysis, the topics covered include the external and internal antecedents of environmental capability-building including public policy, stakeholder engagement, managerial and organizational values, and human resource practices, and the outcomes of such capabilities in terms of environmental innovation. At a macro level, the topics covered include an examination of capabilities that will help organizations detect and prepare for extreme environmental events, and the development of clusters/networks of innovation to tackle sustainability problems that transcend organizational boundaries.Scholars, consultants and managers from business, the public sector, NGOs, international development institutions, and government working at the interface of business and the natural environment will find this book a necessary addition to their library.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Corporate Environmental Strategy and Competitive Advantage: A Review from the Past to the Future 2. Research in Strategic Environmental Management 3. Through the Lens of Managerial Interpretations: Stakeholder Engagement, Organizational Knowledge and Innovation 4. Context and Values: Defining a Research Agenda for Studying Employee Environmental Motivation in Business Organizations 5. Small Firms and Natural Environment: A Resource-based View of the Importance, Antecedents, Implications and Future Challenges of the Relationship 6. Greening Service Organizations: Environmental Management Practices and Performance 7. Environmental Innovation in the Hotel Industry of the Balearic Islands 8. Environmental Management, Quality Management and Firm Performance: A Review of Empirical Studies 9. Competitive Effects from Eco-Manufacturing Strategy: Influencing Factors 10. The Firm-Nature Relationship: Past Experiences and Future Challenges 11. The Siesta is Over: A Rude Awakening from Sustainability Myopia 12. Sustainable Enterprise in Clusters of Innovation: New Directions in Corporate Sustainability Research and Practice 13. Self-Regulation and New Institutions: The Case of the Green Network in Denmark Index

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Book SynopsisEven though it can be argued that affiliate marketing is an old phenomenon, in a rapidly changing online business environment, it is still a new and developing business area. This highly topical book contains a thorough analysis of affiliate marketing, including theoretical and practical considerations.Strategic Affiliate Marketing acts as a unique guide for both practitioners and academics on how to approach affiliate marketing. The authors explain the core values as well as challenging and combining established marketing theories in the light of new online marketing activities, taking into account the characteristics of the Internet and interactions among various participants and agents. Rather than arguing the rights and wrongs in absolute terms, this book presents a strategy for engaging in affiliate marketing. The authors also examine what considerations should be taken into account before doing so, as well as investigating how to optimise resources once fully active in this area.This fascinating book focuses on how to build long term relationships with online partners, while gaining value and optimising resources. As such, it will be of special interest to academics and students of management, marketing and business. Online advertisers and online media will also find this a valuable tool with which to understand the potential of their online return of investment.Trade Review'The book tackles a new business logic with 'refreshing' assumptions and 'valued creation' in itself. . .' -- Luiz Moutinho, University of Glasgow, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Basics of Internet Marketing 1. Internet – A New Marketing Arena 2. Understanding Internet Customers Part II: What is Affiliate Marketing? 3. Affiliate Marketing Networks 4. Value Creation in Affiliate Marketing Part III: Strategic Considerations 5. Affiliate Considerations 6. Marketer Considerations 7. Explanation Model References Index

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Book SynopsisTransformational CEOs questions why some Japanese firms succeeded in the 1990s despite an economy that failed - regardless of the burst of the 'bubble' economy, a number of Japanese companies have maintained or extended their international leadership in particular sectors. The authors argue that whilst some of the reasons for successes are plain common sense - operational effectiveness and superior CEO leadership - some are Japan-specific and point to a break with traditional leadership rationale. Presenting four in-depth case studies, the book shows that newly appointed foreign managers and overseas trained Japanese managers have been instrumental in the success of these corporations and have re-written the rulebook on Japanese management. The behaviour patterns and cognitive processes of successful CEOs in Japanese companies - Nissan and Sony being the most well-known - are examined. From these studies, two different but equally successful leadership approaches have emerged: the Proto-Image of the Firm (PIF) and Profit-Arithmetic (PA). The first involves supporting a business decision by comparing business proposals with the CEO's image of the firm, whilst the second focuses on processing data and information through a mental model that enables identification of profit levers.Providing lessons in leadership, and concluding that transformational leadership requires a choice between two types of mindset (PIF and PA), this book will be invaluable to academics, business consultants, managers and executives with an interest in strategic management and leadership. Scholars of Asian studies will also find the book to be a fascinating read.Trade Review'In management, as in mathematics, learning formulae by heart represents just 5 percent of a solution. You learn how to apply them when faced with a real problem. Only then can you achieve the remaining 95 percent of the solution. Even so, it is important to be trained in the most updated management thinking - to learn the "formulae". In this sense, this book will facilitate capturing the reality, analyzing it, and making sense of it.' -- Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Nissan, President and CEO of Renault'Our interests are, most of the time, driven by the headlines. Recovery in the USA? Boom in China? Opportunity in India? And we jump in these directions. But what is really going on in Japan? Will the headlines one day read: Japan does it again? What can we learn from the leading companies of the third economic power of the world? Kase, Saez and Riquelme's research is extremely timely, reaching us at the right time with their unique analysis of the global champions from Japan.' -- Pedro Nueno, IESE Business School, Spain'It is hard to imagine a more enticing topic: why some Japanese firms succeeded in the 1990s despite an economy that failed. The answers are both common sense - operational effectiveness and CEO leadership - and Japan specific - break with traditions. The lessons about leadership, in particular, have wider relevance for leaders, managers, consultants and academics.' -- Andrew Campbell, Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Robert M. Grant 1. Management Success in Japan 2. Mental Schemes of Successful Transformational CEOs: PIF and PA Approaches 3. Proto-Image of the Firm Approach to Business 4. Profit-Arithmetic Approach to Business 5. Conclusions Annex: Four Case Studies Index

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to understand how sectoral dynamics condition learning and innovation activities within interfirm networks. To do so, a dynamic model of co-evolution at a sectoral level is developed, differentiating between a setting of exploration and exploitation. In analysing this co-evolutionary process, two views on organisation are combined; a competence view and a governance view. This combination of competence and governance yields a more complete view of interfirm relations. Based on this, The Dynamics of Innovation and Interfirm Networks analyses in-depth two Dutch knowledge-intensive industries: multimedia and pharmaceutical biotechnology. The book demonstrates that a general pattern of co-evolution can be identified for both industries. How this co-evolutionary process settles in a specific combination of network structures and coordination mechanisms varies across the two industries. In this way, the book makes an important contribution to explaining why key features of innovation networks vary with exploration and exploitation, as well as across different industries. Academics, specifically those interested in the dynamic interaction between networks and innovation, will find this book of great interest, as will policymakers and management practitionersTrade Review'In the vast and growing literature on networks, this book is extremely timely and addresses the right issues. Victor Gilsing's book is a jewel. It guides us through the maze of networks, with lightness, brilliance and conviction. The book excels in explaining which type of network is best suited to deal with a particular innovation task. This is achieved by providing a clear and thorough theoretical analysis which combines institutional and evolutionary economics, as well as a remarkable empirical analysis based on multimedia and biotechnologies. Gilsing succeeds in further exploring the multiple dimensions of the well known notion of ties between economic units in a network (not only the strength of ties but also the duration, density, frequency), and thus brings a new perspective on the classical notions of exploration and exploitation. We learn that a network in exploitation generally favors a non-dense structure made up of strong ties, whereas the key-question with regard to organizing for exploration is not "how to combine specialization and integration" but rather "how to combine diversity and selection". This book has strong implications for firms when developing a strategy on how to structure their network, where to position such a network and which role it should play. The attempt to acquire an endogenous understanding of the origins of novelty in networks of firms, and to shed light on the mechanisms that generate variety in our economic system is a coup de maître.' -- Patrick Cohendet, the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg (France) and HEC Montreal (Canada), and co-founder and member of the BETA research lab in Strasbourg'This is a path-breaking study on the evolution of knowledge, learning, and innovation within networks of firms. It focuses on the institutions that influence interfirm learning and how networks of firms affect their institutional environment. It studies the implications of these co-evolutionary processes for networks of firms and their coordination, from both a competence and governance perspective. The significant contribution of the study lies in the insight resulting from the dynamic and evolutionary approach to the study of innovation systems, all too rare in the literature. The book combines and applies ideas and concepts from evolutionary economics and social network theory. Case studies of the innovation systems for multimedia and biotechnology in the Netherlands provide useful illustrations. Students of evolution and learning in innovation systems and networks will not want to miss this important work.' -- Bo Carlsson, Case Western Reserve University, US'In the past decades firms have started to realize that strategic alliances and interfirm networks have become a key competitive weapon. In spite of the vast amount of publications on alliances and networks, the specific interaction between sectoral characteristics, learning regimes and innovation networks has been ill understood. This important publication fills this void by providing an original and thorough framework that enables us to understand exploration, exploitation and co-evolution of networks. This work is a must-read for academics and managers alike.'<BR>- Geert Duysters, Eindhoven University of Technology, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Selection by the Institutional Environment 3. Learning Regimes 4. Co-evolution of Institutional Environment and Learning Regimes 5. Implications from the Co-Evolutionary Process 6. Methodology 7. The Dutch Multimedia System of Innovation 8. The Dutch Pharmaceutical Biotechnology System of Innovation 9. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book attempts to shed light on why it is so difficult to develop and maintain successful businesses in the grocery e-commerce arena. Within the last five years, grocery e-commerce has experienced both consistent successes such as Tesco.com and irrevocable failures such as Webvan.com. Niels Kornum and Mogens Bjerre bring key researchers together to investigate the factors contributing to the success of grocery e-commerce, particularly in countries that had the earliest and most extensive experiences in this field: the USA, the UK and Scandinavia.The authors argue that grocery e-commerce is especially difficult to implement because it differs from other types of consumer sales in numerous aspects including low profit margins, low value density of products and high frequency purchases. As well as examining these unique characteristics, the authors present research on consumer behaviour, cross country comparisons and new empirical evidence in order to address the long-term prospects for the survival of grocery e-commerce. Recommendations as to how managers should respond to its challenges are also made. Academics, students and researchers focusing on marketing, consumer behaviour, logistics, e-commerce and business strategy will find this book to be a fascinating read.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Grocery E-Commerce – Consumer Behaviour and Business Strategies: An Introduction 2. Competing for the Online Grocery Customer: The UK Experience 3. To Pay or Not to Pay, That is the Question. Conceptual Model and Empirical Results on Consumers’ View on Home Delivery 4. Household Desires on Home Delivery: An Empirical Study on Attended Reception of Convenience Goods 5. A Comparison of In-Store vs. Online Grocery Customers 6. Understanding Consumer Adoption of Online Grocery Shopping: Results from Denmark and Sweden 7. Behind the Values: Understanding Consumer Behaviour and E-Grocery Business from a Dialectic Culture Perspective 8. Effective E-Grocery Logistics 9. Cost Drivers and Profitability of DC Based Grocery Home Delivery Systems 10. A Reality Check on E-Grocery Delivery Options – The Swedish Case 11. Packaging Trends for E-Commerce Shipments in the United States: A Focus on Perishables! 12. First-Movers in the E-Grocery Sector – A Framework for Analysis 13. Innovative Opportunities and Strategies for Online Transactions 14. The Future of Grocery E-Commerce – Will Business be Able to Meet Customers’ Needs and How? Index

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Book SynopsisBusiness Networks and Strategic Alliances in China addresses how knowledge transfer and innovation are interwoven within complex networks and how social capital contributes to the acquisition of crucial resources and business success in multi-type enterprises in China. The book explains how China's remarkable global economic impact in recent years has developed from foreign investment and that the dominant vehicle for economic development has been the International Joint Venture (IJV) between Chinese manufacturers and overseas enterprises. Strict guidelines on FDI mean that foreign firms have been obliged to form relationships with Chinese organizations. The authors illustrate that as a direct result, the quality and nature of the relations, networks, and alliances forged is crucial for the success of Chinese businesses.A sophisticated empirical, theoretical, comparative and historical guide to understanding the nature of business networks in China is provided by this work. As such, it makes a distinct contribution to the furtherance of evidence-based management theory and practice and will strongly appeal to those with an interest in management, international business and Asian studies.Trade Review'. . . the book can serve as a valuable reference for both novice scholars and experts with an intimate understanding of the business network literature who are interested in the dynamics of China's integration with the global economy.' -- Laixiang Sun, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: PART I: KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 1. Business Networks and Strategic Alliances in China: An Introduction Stewart Clegg, Karen Wang and Mike Berrell 2. The Nature of Power, Control, Trust and Risk in International Joint Ventures: Implications for Relationships and Performance Mike Berrell 3. The Role of Culture in International Business Relations: Pre-knowledge versus Socialization Tactics Jan Selmer 4. Social Capital and Knowledge Transfer between Subsidiaries of Foreign MNCs and Local Organizations: Comparing the Cases of China and Finland Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen and Ingmar Björkman 5. The Adoption of Agency Business Activity, Product Innovation and Performance in Chinese Technology Ventures Haiyang Li and Kwaku Atuahene-Gima 6. Tacit Knowledge and Inter-firm Learning in China Richard Li-Hua and Jian Peng PART II: CHINESE BUSINESS RELATIONS 7. Inter-firm Relations in Business Groups: Group Structure and Firm Performance in China Lisa A. Keister 8. Creating Social Capital as a Competitive (Dis)advantage Heidi Dahles 9. The Contextual Balance of Social Capital within Hierarchical Relations in China: Benefits and Risks Karen Wang 10. Human Capital, Social Capital and Firm Performance in Chinese SMEs Stephen T.T. Teo and Karen Wang 11. Business Networks in China: Legacies and Practice Emanuela Todeva 12. Guanxi and Ethical Business Issues in China Jos Gamble 13. Performance in International Joint Ventures in China: Critical Factors John Child Index

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Book SynopsisThere is great discussion but little consensus on the best measures of organizational performance. This book redresses this imbalance. Measuring Organizational Performance offers a framework with which to better understand the implications of selecting variables for use in both empirical studies and practice where organizational financial performance is the critical issue.Robert Carton and Charles Hofer's book, Measuring Organizational Performance, describes two new measures of shareholder wealth creation that correlate with increases in shareholder value creation in a number of high and low performing firms 500% better than the 'best' of the measures used in the research studies done in the fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management over the past fifty years. The book also provides detailed suggestions on where and how to gather the data needed to calculate both measures. In addition, since these measures use primarily accounting data, they can be used by both researchers and practitioners as proxies for assessing increases in shareholder value for both publicly and privately held firms, including small and family businesses.This exciting and innovative book will find its audience in researchers and scholars at many levels of academe in the fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management, organizational theory and accounting, and finance.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Performance Measurement in Management Literature 3. Perspectives of Organizational Performance and Effectiveness 4. Categories of Performance Measures 5. Performance Measures Used in Research and Practice 6. Measurement Concepts and Implications 7. Developing a Generalizable Model for Measuring Organizational Financial Performance 8. Tests of the Information Content of Individual Measures of Organizational Financial Performance 9. Developing and Testing an Overall Model of Organizational Financial Performance 10. Summary, Conclusions and Implications for Theory and Practice Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHigher education, especially that which is publicly funded, is under increasing scrutiny from politicians and the public as competition in this sector increases. Susanne Warning provides a comprehensive analysis of the strategic positioning of public universities as service providers in a competitive sector.The author develops two distinct theoretical approaches to the analysis of public universities. The first is the concept of strategic groups, originating in management theory. It implies that due to different returns on investment in teaching quality and research quality, heterogeneity will exist in the university sector. The second approach involves a three-stage duopoly game of competition between universities, and is underpinned by the industrial economics literature. Universities in this formal equilibrium model of differentiation position themselves in terms of teaching and research quality in order to attract students. Although the analysis is based on data for German publicly funded universities, however, the author's conclusions offer important insights for all countries where publicly funded universities play a role, particularly in the current climate of shifts towards more competitive university systems.With an exclusive combination of economic analysis and institutional data, this book will prove invaluable for anyone with a particular interest in the economics of higher education.Trade Review'. . . the book offers some interesting insights into the specific position of public universities within an increasingly differentiated higher education system. . . The book addresses interesting research questions with strong relevance to higher education policies.' -- Vincent Carpentier, London Review of Education'The ideas, arguments and the theoretical and empirical tools developed in this book will be useful for further research in the higher education sector not only in Germany but also in rest of the world. Hence, with an exclusive combination of economic analysis and institutional data, this book will prove invaluable for anyone with a particular interest in the area of economics of higher education.' -- Pradeep Kumar Choudhury, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration'A reader not only learns about Germany's system of higher education, but also is provoked into thinking about how product differentiation and strategic positioning increasingly affect the performance of colleges and universities worldwide.' -- John Siegfried, Vanderbilt University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. German Higher Education – Facts and Figures 3. A Review of the Literature 4. Strategic Groups in Higher Education 5. A Model of Competition: Positioning in the University Sector 6. Performance of German Universities: A DEA Approach 7. Teaching and Research as Strategic Variables of German Universities 8. Concluding Remarks Bibliography Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisWith an ever increasing number of relationships between different companies, overseeing a portfolio of strategic alliances has become one of the most challenging tasks for managers. Indeed, the network, rather than the individual firm, has become the most relevant and effective form of organization in the economy. By integrating the most recent academic literature with practical new insights, this book develops a framework that will help both managers and academics to understand the intricate workings of the network economy. The author explores critical issues such as network strategy, network structures, partner selection, network management, and competition in and between networks. By studying the fundamentals of the managerial process, he is able to create a comprehensive and logical overview of successful management in the network economy. He highlights the fact that companies now need to manage whole networks, not just individual alliances, and that the days when firms operated in isolation are over. He also provides a unique and intriguing look at network tactics, demonstrating the tricks and ploys firms use in a network scenario. Throughout the book, interesting case studies are used to illustrate examples of effective network management in leading companies such as Cisco, Glaxo, Microsoft, Nokia and Toyota. This is the first volume to translate theoretical ideas on network management into practical guidelines. It will become an invaluable aid to business people at all levels including CEOs, alliance and strategy managers, and R&D managers. It will also be of immense value to academics interested in networks, innovation management and organisation, and policymakers involved with technology and anti-trust policy.Trade Review'Professor De Man's The Network Economy is a well-written treatise about alliance management, corporate strategy, and organization. . . The book is profusely filled with apt examples and clear illustrations. It is highly recommended for managers and academics who strive to understand the intricate workings of the network economy.' -- Fei Zhang, Communication Research Trends'The book is well written with a logical structure and discusses relevant themes. The author starts with a discussion on the network economy, then offers a strategic perspective at the levels of the network and company, and subsequently proceeds to thematic chapters on network competition and process.' -- Niina Nummela, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation'Professor Ard-Pieter de Man's new book, The Network Economy, is a substantial contribution to the literature on alliance management and, more importantly, an important contribution to the literature on corporate strategy and organization. His analysis is sound, his examples and illustrations, illuminating and the import of his work, profound.' -- William T. Lundberg, The Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, Inc., US'This is an exceptionally well-written and readable book that provides a fascinating insight into this increasingly important subject for the world economy. Professor de Man has not only successfully produced a comprehensive overview and analysis of the diverse literature on networks, but has also contributed a wealth of original commentary. Each element is placed within a logical framework that forms the structure of the book, such that the reader is always aware of the context of any particular detail. The content is a good balance between the theoretical and the practical, meaning this contribution will be of major value to both academic and business audiences.' -- Peter Thurlby, Alliance Management, GlaxoSmithKlineTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. The Network Economy: Past and Present 2. Network Strategy at the Network Level 3. Network Strategy at the Company Level 4. Network Structure: Optimizing the Alliance Portfolio 5. The Network Process: Partnering, Implementation, Management, Change 6. Network Tactics: Moves Against Competitors 7. Networks and Competition 8. The Limits to Networks 9. The Network Economy: Myth and Meaning References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book takes up the challenge of promoting a new understanding of growth and how in business it occurs longitudinally. It offers an alternative and supplementary view that is insightful, reflective and provocative. Mona Ericson looks at business growth in relation to developmental growth, which is in turn connected to the dimension of learning. She describes developmental growth as being exposed by, and manifested in, complex, interconnected human activities that reflect social practice in terms of encounters between people. Extending the process-oriented growth literature that focuses on linear explanation of development and change, the thrust of the argument is that growth is 'lived' and cannot be considered an 'object' that presides over the individual. The concept of business growth as 'lived' growth is explored via a musical metaphor. The fugue is used to capture the dynamics inherent in business growth, asserting itself in themes that constitute multifaceted, interwoven activities affording dynamically varying movements.Underpinning this new approach to business growth with examples from a global company that provides complete packaging solutions, Mona Ericson's unique book will provide a fascinating read for those with an interest in strategy, organization, strategic change, management, growth and international business.Table of ContentsContents: Preface by Leif Melin 1. Growth and Development 2. In the Mosaic of Growth Studies 3. A World of Practice and a Style of Composition 4. Activities, Themes and Voices 5. Broadening of Horizons and Fugal Movements – The Intended Contribution References Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book unveils an invaluable paradigm for companies wishing to create new knowledge. Mitsuru Kodama's new theoretical framework is achieved using a combination of approaches including knowledge sharing, knowledge integration, strategy, organization, corporate culture and leadership.The author presents his new theoretical framework using two models which demonstrate the means for actors both within and outside the company to formulate and implement micro strategies through the structure of dynamic strategic human networks. Detailed case studies are then used to support the theoretical framework. These include specific applications of knowledge innovation from networked strategic communities including large corporations, joint ventures, customer-oriented solution businesses and IT-based management. Research and managerial implications arising from these theoretical frameworks are also explored. Bridging theory and practice and providing international scope, this book will be invaluable to academics and students with an interest in business and management, and to managers in the IT, telecommunications, and electronics industries.Trade Review'In his book Knowledge Innovation, Mitsuru Kodama describes how strategic communities and networked strategic communities in complex organizations serve as catalysts for knowledge innovation in highly competitive environments. Through detailed case studies he demonstrates how Japanese and other Asian companies in the telecommunications, information technology, and related fields, have turned traditional organizational lines inside out that have resulted in breakthroughs in new technologies and products. . . Aimed at the advanced student or manager of complex organizations this important new work offers new models for organization that describe how to leverage knowledge and creativity in the networked business world. Knowledge Innovation is highly recommended for academic libraries at universities with research collections and large public libraries serving researchers and corporate strategists.' -- Ann M. Fiegen, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship'Knowledge Innovation is very suggestive about how firms may be able to gain more from their alliances than they currently are receiving and is a worthwhile read for those practitioners with responsibility for those relationships, and for the academic audience focused specifically on the micro-level management of cross-company relationships.' -- Jamie P. Eggers, Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice'. . . very interesting and thought-provoking. . . The cases are detailed and the scholarship is impressive. . . Academics and practitioners working in either knowledge management or strategic management will find plenty here of value, as would research or dissertation students.' -- John S. Edwards, Knowledge Management Research and PracticeTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Knowledge Innovation 2. Practice-based View of Strategic Management 3. Knowledge Innovation Through Strategic Activity Cycles 4. Dynamic Creation of Networked Strategic Communities 5. Architectural Innovation in Cross-functional Multi-projects 6. Business Innovation Through Joint Ventures Supported by Major Businesses 7. Customer Value Creation Through Knowledge Innovation 8. Customer Value Creation Through Community-based Information Networks 9. The Innovative Leadership of the Community Leader 10. Managerial Implications and Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis important Handbook explores and evaluates dynamic environments and the appropriate strategic responses to them in the 21st century. Drawing together a collection of 29 original chapters, the Handbook makes an invaluable contribution to theory and practice by stimulating disciplined, rigorous and imaginative enquiry into the relationship between strategy and foresight. Leading scholars in the field of strategic management are brought together to offer innovative and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the past, present and future of strategy formation and foresight. In so doing, they challenge research in four key areas: strategy and foresight processes; strategy innovation for the future; understanding the future; and strategically responding to the future.The Handbook of Research on Strategy and Foresight is a comprehensive resource that will be invaluable for academics, students and practitioners interested in this important phenomenon.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Robert Bradley MacKay and Laura A. Costanzo PART I: PROBING THE FUTURE: CULTIVATING STRATEGIC FORESIGHT 1. Redefining Strategic Foresight: ‘Fast’ and ‘Far’ Sight via Complexity Science Bill McKelvey and Max Boisot 2. Anticipating Critique and Occasional Reason: Modes of Reasoning in the Face of a Radically Open Future David Seidl and Dominik van Aaken 3. Strategic Foresight Ajit Nayak 4. The Symbolism of Foresight Processes in Organizations Jan Oliver Schwarz 5. Strategic Foresight: Counterfactual and Prospective Sensemaking in Enacted Environments Robert Bradley MacKay 6. Modal Narratives, Possible Worlds and Strategic Foresight Charles Booth, Peter Clark, Agnès Delahaye-Dado, Stephen Procter and Michael Rowlinson 7. Scenarios as Knowledge Transformed into Strategic ‘Re-presentations’: The Use of Foresight Studies to Help Shape and Implement Strategy Thomas Durand 8. Researching the Organization–Environment Relationship George Burt PART II: FORESIGHT AND ORGANIZATIONAL BECOMING: STRATEGY PROCESS, PRACTICE AND CHANGE 9. Strategizing as Practising: Strategic Learning as a Source of Connection Elena P. Antonacopoulou 10. Improvisational Bricolage: A Practice-based Approach to Strategy and Foresight Miguel Pina e Cunha, João Vieira Da Cunha and Stewart R. Clegg 11. Micro-political Strategies and Strategizing in Multinational Corporations: The Case of Subsidiary Mandate Change Christoph Dörrenbächer and Mike Geppert 12. How Organizational DNA Works David Weir, Craig Marsh and Wilf Greenwood 13. Making Sense of Organizational Becoming: The Need for Essential Stabilities in Organizational Change Ian Colville 14. Agency in Management of Change: Bringing in Relationality, Situatedness and Foresight Ahu Tatli and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 15. The Role of Resources in Institutional Entrepreneurship: Insights for an Approach to Strategic Management that Combines Agency and Institution Julie Battilana and Bernard Leca PART III: SHAPING THE FUTURE: STRATEGIZING AND INNOVATION 16. The Role of Middle Managers in Enabling Foresight Laura A. Costanza and Vicky Tzoumpa 17. Hollow at the Top: (Re)claiming the Responsibilities of Leadership in Strategizing C. Marlene Fiol and Edward J. O’Connor 18. Visions and Innovation Strategy Jonathan Sapsed 19. Innovation through Ambidexterity: How to Achieve the Ambidextrous Organization Constantinos Markides and Wenyi Chu 20. Fast Cycle Capability: A Conceptual Integration V.K. Narayanan 21. Interactions with Customers for Innovation C. Annique Un and Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra 22. Organizational Innovation of the Toyota Group Faith Hatani PART IV: RESPONDING TO THE FUTURE: INTUITION, INERTIA AND STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY 23. The Role of Intuition in Strategic Decision Making Marta Sinclair, Eugene Sadler-Smith and Gerard P. Hodgkinson 24. (Un) Great Expectations: Effects of Underestimations and Self-perception on Performance Rodolphe Durand 25. Strategic Foresight and the Role of Organizational Memory Within a Punctuated Equilibrium Framework Stelios C. Zyglidopoulos and Stephanie W.J.C. Schreven 26. Adaptation, Inertia and the Flexible Organization: A Study of the Determinants of Organizational Flexibility in an Emerging Economy Andrés Hatum and Andrew M. Pettigrew 27. Addressing Path Dependency in the Capabilities Approach: Historicism and Foresight Meet on the ‘Road Less Travelled’ Swapnesh K. Masrani and Peter McKiernan 28. Dynamic Knowledge Creation Taman H. Powell and Howard Thomas 29. Foreseeing the Problem of Conformity in Strategy Teaching, Research and Practice Gregory B. Vit Index

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Book SynopsisThis book comprises eighteen cutting edge chapters by emerging scholars in international strategy, offering a variety of fresh perspectives on critical issues that the field will face in the near future. These young scholars have unique and innovative thoughts about international strategy, which are well ahead of the mainstream of international business academics.Various topics are addressed, including the rise of outsourcing and the global spread of research and development activities; structural innovations by multinational firms, with particular attention to organizing for the efficient transfer of knowledge resources within networks of alliances; and new ways of considering the effects of location, focusing on the relative importance of regional clusters and countries and the impact of geographical and cultural distance on international strategies. Stephen Tallman has geared the book to an academic audience, specifically faculty and graduate students in international business, international management, and global strategy. Sophisticated international business practitioners will also find it an interesting read.Trade Review'Stephen Tallman has put together an excellent tome by high-quality emerging scholars that provides cutting edge knowledge on the field of international strategy. The coverage is thorough, including more traditional topics such as the outcomes of internationalization (e.g., performance, innovation, risk reduction) and market entry modes of cross-border M&As and alliances, while also exploring unique and important topics such as investment in global cities and the development of new organizational forms. It is a must read for graduate students and scholars interested in international strategy.'BR>- Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: NEW APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY 1. Peripheral Vision for International Strategy: Exploring Vistas of the Field’s Future Luis Vives and Silviya Svejenova 2. Geographic Diversification: Risk Reduction or Operational Flexibility Seung-Hyun Lee and Chris Changwha Chung 3. Is ‘Do What You Do Best and Outsource the Rest’ an Appropriate Technology Sourcing Strategy? Brent B. Allred and K. Scott Swan 4. Types of Difficulties in Internationalization and their Consequences Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra and C. Annique Un 5. R&D Internationalization: Building Organizational Capabilities to Balance Exploration and Exploitation Gurneeta Vasudeva and Petra Sonderegger 6. Real Options Theory and International Strategic Management Jing Li and Tony W. Tong PART II: NEW ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS FOR MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES 7. International Business Theory, Multinational Enterprise, and New Organizational Forms Jonathan Doh 8. Organizing for Discontinuous Knowledge Flows: A New Perspective on the Management of Knowledge and Innovation in MNCs Björn Ambos and Tina C. Ambos 9. Building and Leveraging Knowledge Capabilities through Cross-border Acquisitions Manuel Portugal Ferreira 10. Non-transitive Decision Making About Partner Selection in International R&D Alliances Dan Li 11. Evolution of Outcomes in International Strategic Alliances Anupama Phene PART III: LOCATION IN THE MODERN GLOBALIZING WORLD 12. Is it all a Matter of Grouping? Examining the Regional Effect in Global Strategy Research Ruth V. Aguilera, Ricardo G. Flores and Paul Vaaler 13. Global Cities and Multinational Corporation Investment Anthony Goerzen 14: Cultural and Institutional Determinants of Agglomeration Robert Salomon and Zheying Wu 15. Local Clusters with Non-local Demand: An Exploratory Study of Small Ethnic Worlds in the Indian IT Industry Florian A. Täube 16. Technology as a Remedy for Political Risks Veneta Andonova 17. The Role of Geographic Distance in FDI Roberto Ragozzino 18. Psychic Distance and Directional Equivalence: A Theoretical Framework Ronaldo Parente, Daniel W. Baack and Victor Almeida Index

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Book SynopsisBy bringing together elements of a radical new approach to the firm based on a biological metaphor of the ecosystem, this unique book extends the limits of existing theories traditionally used to investigate business networks. The book illustrates that like a biological system, a business ecosystem is a non-homogeneous community of entities made up of a large number of interconnected participants with different interests; they depend on each other for their mutual effectiveness and survival, and so are bound together in a collective whole. By applying this new paradigm - labelled the 'digital business ecosystem' - the book goes on to show: methods used by companies to compete and cooperate within their market and technological environment how modern businesses shape this environment through their deliberate actions and investment the ways in which new digital technologies feed into the environment and influence how firms and groups of firms compete and cooperate. Combining scientific depth with a rigorous and multidisciplinary approach, the contributors to this unique work take significant steps in opening up the debate on the digital business ecosystem concept. As such, this book will prove a fascinating resource for academics with an interest in technology and innovation management, economics of innovation, and economics of technological change.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Aldo Romano Preface Michael Hobday Introduction Angelo Corallo, Giuseppina Passiante and Andrea Prencipe PART I: DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS: THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS 1. The Business Ecosystem as a Multiple Dynamic Network Angelo Corallo 2. The Paradigm of Structural Coupling in Digital Ecosystems Paolo Dini and Francesco Nachira PART II: THE ORGANIZATIONAL DIMENSION OF DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS 3. The Quest for New Organizational Forms: The Strange Case of Open Source Software Communities Robert M. Grant 4. From a National to a Metanational Ecosystem: Harnessing the Value of Global Knowledge Diversity Peter J. Williamson PART III: EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS 5. Network of Relationships in the Indian Software Industry: A Novel Business Ecosystem? J. Ramachandran and Sourav Mukherji 6. The Growing Volatility of the Global Economy from a Complex System Perspective Chuan-Leong Lam 7. China and the New Economy: A Case of Convergence? Max Boisot and John Child PART IV: TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS FOR DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS 8. The Management of Intellectual Property in the Digital Business Ecosystem Puay Tang and Jordi Molas-Gallart 9. MAP-STEPS: A Framework for Opportunity Assessment and Development of a Sustainable Business Model for eBusiness Swapan Kumar Majumdar 10. Tools and Frameworks for Digital Business Ecosystems Erik Brynjolfsson, John Quimby, Glen Urban, Marshall Van Alstyne and David Verrill 11. Enabling the Flexible Enterprise – RFID and Smart Devices Robert Laubacher Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of current strategic management issues and demarcates the major investigation strands that are likely to shape the field into the future. The Handbook is the outcome of a far-reaching endeavor including new contributions from highly-reputed experts around the world, outlining the conceptual and empirical advancements and assessing the promises and practical relevance of the competitive strategy field. Looking at key areas such as alliances and innovation, ownership and networks, coopetition and entrepreneurship, multinational and trust management, and firm's financial structures and business models, the book sets a research agenda for the future of competitive strategy research. Gathering various solid branches of investigation that revolve around specific theories and applications (such as the socio-cognitive perspective, the strategy-as-practice view, and the most recent developments in competitive dynamics and the resource-based perspective of the firm), this inspiring and thought-provoking Handbook will provide executives, entrepreneurs, students and scholars in management with many insights into the nature and process of competitive strategy emergence, configuration and development. Contributors: A. Arikan, A. Arino, J.B. Barney, J.A.C. Baum, A. Capasso, R. Casadesus-Masanell, B. Cassiman, S. Castaldo, A. Chintakananda, M.C. Cinici, G.M. D'Allura, G.B. Dagnino, E. Dalpiaz, V. Della Corte, M.C. Di Guardo, R.L.M. Dunbar, R. Faraci, S. Ferriani, I. Filatotchev, N.J. Foss, E. Garcia-Canal, F. Garraffo, A. Giuliani, H.R. Greve, J.R. Harrison, M.A. Hitt, E.T. La Rocca, M. La Rocca, G. Lee, C. Markides, O. Meglio, A. Minichilli, G. Padula, V. Pisano, K. Premazzi, R. Ragozzino, R.K. Reger, P. Regner, J.J. Reuer, J.E. Ricart, V.P. Rindova, G.D. Santangelo, M. Sciarelli, W. Shen, M. Sorrentino, C. Stadler, G. WalkerTrade Review‘T?he Handbook stimulates reflection and helps one to select which avenues to explore, while at the same time preserving a strong link with established ideas.’ -- M@n@gement JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Why a Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy? Giovanni Battista Dagnino PART I: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS 2. What is Competitive Strategy? Origins and Developments of a Relevant Research Area in Strategic Management Vincenzo Pisano and Michael A. Hitt 3. The Genesis of Competitive Strategy: A Historian’s View Christian Stadler 4. Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research: Debates and a Novel View Nicolai J. Foss 5. Young and Growing Research Directions in Competitive Strategy Joel A.C. Baum and Henrich R. Greve PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES INFORMING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH 6. The Role of Resource-based Theory in Strategic Management Studies: Managerial Implications and Hints for Research Jay B. Barney, Valentina Della Corte, Mauro Sciarelli and Asli Arikan 7. The Mind of the Strategist and the Eye of the Beholder: The Socio-cognitive Perspective in Strategy Research Violina P. Rindova, Rhonda K. Reger and Elena Dalpiaz 8. The Management of Growth Strategies in Firm Networks: A Stylized Model of Opportunity Discovery via Network Ties Simone Ferriani and Antonio Giuliani 9. Strategy-as-Practice: Untangling the Emergence of Competitive Positions Patrick Regnér 10. Competitive Dynamics Stimulated by Pioneers’ Technological Innovation: A Theoretical Framework Francesco Garraffo and Gwendolyn Lee PART III: ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH 11. The Evolving Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Competitive Strategy Research Olimpia Meglio and Arturo Capasso 12. Strategic Implications of Alliance Formation and Dynamics: A Comprehensive Review Africa Ariño and Esteban García-Canal 13. Innovation and Technology Management in Competitive Strategy Research Bruno Cassiman and Maria Chiara Di Guardo 14. Corporate Governance Issues in Competitive Strategy Research Igor Filatotchev 15. Entrepreneurial Issues in Competitive Strategy Research Mario Sorrentino 16. Family Business and Competitive Strategy Research Giorgia M. D’Allura and Alessandro Minichilli 17. Multinational Firms and Competitive Strategy Research Grazia D. Santangelo PART IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH 18. The Use of Quantitative Methodologies in Competitive Strategy Research Roberto Ragozzino, Asda Chintakananda and Jeffrey J. Reuer 19. Semiotic Methods and the Meaning of Strategy in Firm Annual Reports Maria Cristina Cinici and Roger L.M. Dunbar 20. The Role and Impact of Computer Simulation Modeling in Competitive Strategy Research J. Richard Harrison and Gordon Walker PART V: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE 21. The Management of Trust in Competitive Strategy Research: Why it is Important and What is New Sandro Castaldo and Katia Premazzi 22. Competing through Business Models Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart 23. Coopetition: Nature, Challenges, and Implications for Firms’ Strategic Behavior and Managerial Mindset Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Maria Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanna Padula 24. Crossing Boundaries between Contemporary Research in Strategy and Finance: Connecting the Firm’s Financial Structure and Competitive Strategy Maurizio La Rocca and Elvira Tiziana La Rocca 25. Does Firm Ownership Matter? Investors, Corporate Governance and Strategic Competitiveness in Privately-held Firms Rosario Faraci and Wei Shen 26. Competitive Strategy Research’s Impact on Practice Costantinos Markides Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents various empirical analyses of cross border strategies adopted by global firms with a particular emphasis on the European and East Asian experiences. It also provides studies of the trends and prospects of regional economic integration, focusing mainly on East Asia. The book addresses the topic of economic integration from both a corporate perspective and a policy perspective.The contributors illustrate the powerful integrative effects of cross border strategies of global firms and their impact on the increasing economic interdependence between countries, as shown for example by production sharing within multinational corporate networks. For their part, governments and policy makers are endeavouring to influence the path of globalisation by means of international cooperation, among which the shaping of regional economic areas is an outstanding one. While Europe still stands unrivalled in terms of its regional integration achievements, East Asian countries are also trying to forge their own path by building preferential trade and investment links on a regional basis. Such attempts are still in their infancy, but they raise some healthy debates to which this edited book makes a valuable contribution.Corporate Strategies in the Age of Regional Integration will appeal to scholars and researchers of economics, business and regional studies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Jong-Kil Kim and Pierre-Bruno Ruffin PART I: CROSS BORDER STRATEGIES OF GLOBAL FIRMS 2. Sectoral Concentration of Foreign Direct Investment in OECD Countries Ysabel Nauwelaerts and Ilke Van Beveren 3. European Integration and Inter-Firm Alliances: Some Evidence from Portuguese Data João Dias and Vítor Magriço 4. Fragmentation in Europe and East Asia: Evidences from International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Data Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura 5. The Determinants of Local Procurements by Japanese Foreign Affiliates: An Estimation of Factor Demand Function Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Shujiro Urata and Yuhong Wei 6. Outsourcing and Skill Upgrading in Japanese Manufacturing: Destination Effects Evidenced from the International Input–Output Tables Iwao Tanaka and Eiichi Nakazawa 7. European Retailing Multinationals: Investment in Asia and Return Effects Marie-Laure Baron 8. Effect of Globalization on Logistics Networks in East Asia Jong-Kil Kim and Jung-Wouk Woo PART II: REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN EAST ASIA AND EUROPE: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS 9. Free Trade Agreements in East Asian Countries: What Has Been Done and Needs to Be Done Jung Taik Hyun and Jin Young Hong 10. A Two-Hub Trading Bloc in East Asia? Lurong Chen 11. Exchange Rate Instability and Trade Integration: The Case of Asia Kang-Soek Lee and Philippe Saucier 12. Economic Power Shift in East Asia and Its Political-Economic Implications Dong-Chon Suh 13. Mutual Trade Potential of Central and Eastern European Countries: Evidence from Hausman–Taylor Estimations Fabienne Boudier-Bensebaa and Olivier Lamotte 14. The Impact of Trade Integration on FDI Flows: Evidence from the EU and ASEAN+3 Seyed Komail Tayebi and Amir Hortamani Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook provides an impressive state-of-the-art overview of the international strategic management field as an area of scholarly inquiry. The great strength of the work is the thoughtfulness of the messages conveyed by the expert team of authors. The implications for future international strategy research and for international management practice are profound and will influence the next generation of scholars in international strategy as well as senior level managers. Corporate executives will continue to operate in a world that is far from flat and will use this volume as a reliable compass, in the form of powerful conceptual frameworks, to navigate uncharted territory in the global economy. The Handbook presents a collection of 24 original research papers that should serve international strategy scholars and reflective MNE managers alike. Contributors: L. Allen-Ford, C.G. Asmussen, G.R.G. Benito, J. Birkinshaw, P. Brugman, P. Buckley, J.P. Doh, A. Eapen, W.G. Egelhoff, T. Galvin, A.S. Gaur, N. Greidanus, B. Grogaard, B.L. Kedia, A. Kolk, R. Krishnan, J. Li, Y. Li, S.M. Lundan, H. Merchant, D. Mukherjee, R. Narula, N.G. Noorderhaven, J. Oetzel, L. Oxelheim, B. Petersen, J. Pinkse, S. Prashantham, T. Randoy, M. Rivera-Santos, C. Rufin, A.M. Rugman, G.D. Santangelo, D. Singh, A. Stonehill, D. Szyliowicz, R.L. Tung, A. Verbeke, L.S. Welch, J. Wolf, H.E. Yildiz, L. Zander, U. ZanderTrade Review’Verbeke and Merchant have assembled a remarkable collection of brand new essays by the who's-who of international business. It will become a standard reference for both junior and senior scholars working in this increasingly important area.’ - Ravi Ramamurtim, Northeastern University, US ’Leading thinkers about the multinational enterprise offer both concise syntheses and critical reflections of the state of the art on international strategic management research. They in particular highlight the potential of internalization theory as a central paradigm for the field, and critically examine pertinent issues such as the complex notion of distance in international business. Refreshingly, they do not shy away from naming flaws in recent work, while offering avenues to improve the quality and impact of future research.’ - Klaus Meyer, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Alain Verbeke and Hemant Merchant PART I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 1. Twenty Key Hypotheses that Make Internalization Theory the General Theory of International Strategic Management Birgitte Grøgaard and Alain Verbeke 2. The End of the Opportunism versus Trust Debate: Bounded Reliability as a New Envelope Concept in Research on MNE Governance Alain Verbeke and Nathan Greidanus 3. The New Eclectic Paradigm and International Business Strategy Sarianna M. Lundan 4. The Multinational Enterprise as a Global Factory Peter Buckley 5. Dynamics of Foreign Operation Modes and their Combinations: Insights for International Strategic Management Gabriel R.G. Benito, Bent Petersen and Lawrence S. Welch 6. Triple Testing the Quality of Multinationality–Performance Research Alain Verbeke and Paul Brugman PART II: STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITIES IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 7. New Ideas about Organizational Design for Modern MNEs William G. Egelhoff and Joachim Wolf 8. Initiative in Multinational Subsidiaries Julian Birkinshaw and Shameen Prashantham 9. Collaboration Across Borders: Benefits to Firms in an Emerging Economy Rekha Krishnan, Niels G. Noorderhaven and Alex Eapen 10. Joint Venture Configurations in Big Emerging Markets Hemant Merchant 11. Building Competitive Advantage in International Acquisitions: Grey Box Conditions, Culture, Status and Meritocracy Udo Zander, Lena Zander and H. Emre Yildiz 12. What Can International Finance Add to International Strategy? Lars Oxelheim, Trond Randøy and Arthur Stonehill PART III: THE IMPLICATIONS OF DISTANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY 13. A New Perspective on the Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Services Firms Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke 14. Foundations of Regional versus Global Strategies of MNEs Christian Geisler Asmussen 15. New Insights on the Role of Location Advantages in International Innovation Rajneesh Narula and Grazia D. Santangelo 16. The Tenuous Link between Cultural Distance and International Strategy: Navigating the Assumptions of Cross-Cultural Research Hemant Merchant, Rosalie L. Tung and Alain Verbeke 17. Institutional Distance and International Strategy Deeksha Singh and Ajai S. Gaur 18. Real Options Theory and International Investment Strategy: Past, Present and Future Jing Li, Yong Li and Alan M. Rugman PART IV: NEW TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 19. Management Research on Emerging Markets: Existing Trends and Future Opportunities Hemant Merchant and Lori Allen-Ford 20. Institutions and International Entrepreneurship Dara Szyliowicz and Tiffany Galvin 21. Offshoring and MNC Strategy Debmalya Mukherjee and Ben L. Kedia 22. Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Strategies and Networks Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín 23. Reconceptualizing the MNE–Development Relationship: The Role of Complementary Resources Jonathan P. Doh and Jennifer Oetzel 24. Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change Strategies Ans Kolk and Jonatan Pinkse Index

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking book provides unique insights into the organisational realities of strategic reconfigurations in uncertain markets, thus advancing the dynamic capability perspective.Dynamic capabilities continue to excite academics. It is a perspective that promises explanations of competitive advantage, but its full potential remains somewhat hidden behind abstract notions. This eloquent volume seeks to overcome the challenge by combining the theory and practice of organisational resource configurations. Joint contributions by expert academics and business executives demystify, but also confirm, elements of the theory. Thus, the book integrates dynamic capabilities with organisational realities as well as with adjacent theories of strategic innovation and entrepreneurship. Strategic Reconfigurations provides a guide to strategic management in turbulent times, for students, researchers, and professionals alike. Business executives in high-velocity markets will find the book invaluable.Trade Review‘In a world of ever increasing talent and ever more rapid creation of new knowledge, and in a world that is growing in complexity by the day, it is truly intriguing to learn of capabilities for success and failure in rapid innovation-based industries. The fusion of academic concepts and empirical insights make this book a source of inspiration for inquiring managers.’ -- Norbert Walter, Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank and CEO of Deutsche Bank Research, Germany‘This volume represents a most welcome and important contribution to the emergent and fast-growing dynamic capabilities view (DCV) of the firm and sustainable competitive advantage. It simultaneously helps to assess critically, integrate with a wide range of other perspectives, broaden the scope, and deepen the conceptual foundations of the DCV. In addition and importantly, it links DCV to, and contrasts it with, managerial practice. The authors’ dispassionate approach is a further plus. The editors have done an excellent job and should be congratulated for this work that should be a must-read.’ -- Christos Pitelis, Reader in International Business and Competitiveness, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword David Teece Introduction Stuart Wall, Carsten Zimmermann, Ronald Klingebiel and Dieter Lange PART I: DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES AND ORGANISATIONAL THEORY 1. Leveraging Dynamic Capabilities: A Contingent Management Control System Approach Ian McCarthy and Brian Gordon 2. The Impact of Opposing Governance Systems on Radical innovation: Insights from the Dynamic Capabilities View Michael Horn and Carsten Zimmermann 3. Shaping the Context for Learning: Corporate Alignment Initiatives, Environmental Munificence and Firm Performance Sebastian Raisch and Florian Hotz 4. The Knowledge-based Perspective on Dynamic Capabilities Aino Kianto and Paavo Ritala PART II: DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES AND STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Strategic Management Theory and the State: Insights from the Dynamic Capabilities View Dan Breznitz and Carsten Zimmermann 6. Resource Acquisition and Venture Survival in the Telecommunications Industry Berna Polat 7. Growth Paths and Economic Success Thomas Hutzschenreuter, Fabian Günther and Johannes Voll 8. Deploying Strategic Initiatives: Further Consideration of the Flexibility–Stability Balance Ronald Klingebiel 9. A Dynamic Capability Framework: Generic Types of Dynamic Capabilities and their Relationship to Entrepreneurship Einar Lier Madsen PART III: DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES IN PRACTICE 10. The Power of Fixed Mobile Convergence: The Changes in the Telecommunications Industry and the Role of Dynamic Capabilities Stefanie Düker, Silvia Boßow-Thies, Philipp Zimmermann and Dieter Lange 11. Strategic Value Chain Redefinitions: Operationalising the Dynamic Capability View Ronald Klingebiel and Dieter Lange Index

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Book SynopsisThis in-depth book explains how institutional changes such as the privatization and liberalization of network industries, for example transport, energy or telecommunications, can frequently be disappointing. The expected benefits such as lower prices, innovation and better services fail to materialize, often because the number of competitors is low. The authors demonstrate how strategic actor behaviour of one or more of the firms involved can help explain these disappointing results. This book elucidates the concept of 'strategic behaviour' and portrays it in real-life examples to aid our understanding of this important phenomenon in terms of policy and organizational decision-making. It clearly demonstrates the adverse effects strategic behaviour can exert on the quality of infrastructure provision after liberalization. The theoretical sections are backed by empirical examples from throughout the world.The unique multidisciplinary approach will ensure a broad readership among students, researchers and policy-makers with an interest in the economics, politics and management of infrastructure and network industries.Trade Review'This book convincingly argues that - from a theoretical point of view - present day network industries offer opportunities for strategic behaviour and that these opportunities are also actually utilized in practice. The authors show that this behaviour can be harmful to the realization of the expected positive effects of institutional changes such as liberalization and privatization (e.g., innovation and lower prices). The authors make their case in a solid theoretical way illustrated with insightful case studies. This book is a must for academics, managers and policy makers in today's network industries.' -- John Groenewegen, Delft University of Technology, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Defining Strategic Behaviour 3. General Breeding Grounds for Strategic Behaviour 4. Recent Trends in Infrastructure-based Sectors 5. The EU–US 2007 Open Skies Treaty 6. Enron by Mark de Bruijne 7. American Telephone and Telegraph Company 8. UMTS Spectrum Auctions in the EU 9. Microsoft 10. Analysis 11. Counterarrangements Index

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book explores the relationship between organizational identity and strategy and proposes a practical strategy making process that helps to avoid the typical pitfalls in strategic change processes. In doing so, the author bridges an important gap in management and strategy literature and explains how to practically link content and process when designing market strategies. A new conceptual framework is also presented which emphasizes the importance and dynamics of organizational identity and corresponding time discrepancies for strategy making.Whilst most strategists use the economically and analytically 'best' strategy as a measure, Olaf Rughase introduces a new measure for strategy making that takes personal feelings, values and aspirations of organizational members into account. Claiming that individually desired organizational identities - which can be seen as individual visions - give direction, motivation and impetus for strategy action and development, he suggests reaching a shared desired organizational identity which should then be taken as a strategy measure. Using rational and analytical factors the shared desired identity is then challenged and evolved until an attainable market strategy that works in practice is reached. In this way he also shows how the organization's customers can be closely connected to organizational identity in practical strategy making.By weaving both practice and theory together, this fascinating book provides a fresh voice on compelling management issues and will be invaluable to academics, researchers, practitioners, consultants and students with an interest in strategic and organizational management.Trade Review'This book exemplifies one of the most complete and rigorous examples of scholarship relative to its subject matter that I have ever seen.' -- Russell L. Ackoff, University of Pennsylvania, US'This is a book written by someone who makes a living from helping organizations make strategy. It is also, though, written by a scholar - someone who has thought hard about the topic and knows what other scholars think. This mix makes a book that is both thorough, well argued, and yet of great significance for consultants and managers. It unashamedly takes an "inside-out" view of strategy making, and this is what makes it so practical. It focuses on what those who manage want to do with their organization, rather than on some notion of what they "should" do. The book takes the field of strategic management forward by bringing theory and practice together - more management writing needs to come from practitioner scholars.' -- Colin Eden, University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business, UK'Olaf Rughase successfully unlocks important insights for creative market strategy development by linking it to central ideas about organizational identity. He provides a compelling theoretical rationale and useful practical process insights for how to induce creative market strategy formation through articulating current desired organizational identities. The book is clearly written, the claims well documented and well illustrated, providing a fresh and useful perspective on how to enable market strategies that work.' -- Jane E. Dutton, University of Michigan, US'In his well-researched book, Olaf Rughase introduces a new element into the concept of strategy which has so far been neglected to a surprising degree: the human factor. Strategy development certainly consists of data research, analysis and synthesis - but after all, it is at least as much driven by fear and hope, will and might, the vision and the experience of the people involved. Only approaches that take this into account can claim any relevance for real-life strategy making. Viewed in this light, Olaf Rughase's book fills a gaping hole in the existing world of strategic thinking.' -- Jorg Fengler, Management Consultancy, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Anne S. Huff Resurrecting the Future of Strategy Consulting by Franz Liebl Introduction 1. Identity as a Blind Spot in Strategy Making 2. What is Organizational Identity? 3. Identity and Strategy: A Dynamic Framework for Connecting the Past with the Future 4. The Impact of Desired Identities: What Does it Mean for Strategy Making in Practice? 5. How to Evolve a Desired and Attainable Market Strategy: Designing a Strategy Making Process 6. Designed Strategy Making in Practice: A Case Study 7. The Impact of Identity: Lessons Learned 8. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisStrategic choices made by entrepreneurs have major consequences for SME performance. This book explores the factors that influence entrepreneurial strategic decisions using a cognitive theoretical framework.The proposed model, based on a dual processing approach, integrates motivation, emotions and information processing modes and is tested in several empirical studies. The results show the model's potential for furthering interesting research agendas in entrepreneurial cognition research. The authors also reveal that entrepreneurial cognitions can be elicited and represented in the form of cognitive maps. The structural complexity of the cognitive maps (cognitive complexity) is an important prerequisite of effective strategic decisions and is a core concept for the advancement of our knowledge in entrepreneurial cognition. The book is an informed and interesting exploration of entrepreneurial cognition with both theoretical and methodological contributions to this field of research.Entrepreneurial Strategic Decision-Making will be of great interest to undergraduate students and academics in the field of entrepreneurship. Policymakers will learn from this book to understand the distinctions between various types of entrepreneurial decision-makers and the way they make strategic decisions.Trade Review'This book is a commendable source of reference for entrepreneurship researchers. It offers insight into a number of focused research accounts that may assist other researchers in their entrepreneurship research proposals and execution. . . the literature review section will be of particular value to such early scholars of the field. The book is highly recommended for postgraduate entrepreneurship students and would be worthy of filling a space on any active entrepreneurship researcher's bookshelf.' -- David Douglas, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decisions Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Petru L. Curseu PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2. The Decision-making Entrepreneur: A Literature Review Petra Gibcus, Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Elissaveta Radulova 3. The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Strategic Decisions Petru L. Curseu, Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and René M. Bakker 4. The Role of Cognitive Complexity in Entrepreneurial Strategic Decision-making Petru L. Curseu PART II: EMPIRICAL STUDIES 5. Strategic Decision-making Processes in SMEs: An Exploratory Study Petru Gibcus and Peter van Hoesel 6. Entrepreneurial Decision Styles and Cognition in SMEs Gerardus J.M. Lucas, Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Petru L. Curseu 7. Entrepreneurial Decision-makers and the Use of Biases and Heuristics Marijn J.J. de Kort and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen 8. Risk, Uncertainty and Stakeholder Involvement in Entrepreneurial Decision-making Jaap van den Elshout and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen 9. Entrepreneurial Experience and Innovation: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Complexity Petru L. Curseu and Dinie Louwers 10. Social Capital, Cognitive Complexity and the Innovative Performance of SMEs Daniëlle G.W.M. van Gestel 11. Cognitive Complexity, Industry Dynamism and Risk Taking in Entrepreneurial Decision-making Sjoerd Bosgra 12. Conclusions: An Outline of ESDM Research Petru L. Curseu and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen References Index

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Book SynopsisFirms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and is the first to provide a coherent evolutionary approach to the ecological strategies of firms. Drawing on insights from organization and management sciences and innovation studies, the author outlines an evolutionary framework enabling a deeper understanding of how firms shape ecological strategies and interact to create inertia or change at the level of systems of production and consumption. This framework is applied to the coffee and automobile production and consumption systems, yielding insight into the complex dynamics through which such systems evolve in dealing with ecological impact. The book advances theoretical insight into business strategies and the natural environment and illuminates the dynamics of production and consumption systems.Scholars, students and practitioners from organization and management sciences, innovation studies and industrial ecology interested in the relationship between business and the natural environment will find this book invaluable.Trade Review'Boons has produced a thoroughly well researched, informed and informative study on creating economic and ecological value. Written for those interested in business and sustainability whether they be academic faculty, students or business people who have both the interest and time, this book will repay some careful and close reading.' -- John Blewitt, Environmental Values'Creating Ecological Value is a timely contribution that matches recent trends in innovation economics suggesting that an evolutionary notion of system innovations and a sector-specific industrial dynamics perspective are a suitable analytical framework for the way in which firms address sustainability challenges through innovation.' -- Marcus Wagner, University of Wurzburg, Germany'We cannot expect to solve the environmental problems we face today by narrowing our focus on single firms. We need to think more systemically. In his book, Creating Ecological Value, Frank Boons takes on this challenge. While his research begins by exploring the diversity of environmental strategies adopted by companies, he moves his analysis next to the level of the production and consumption systems to understand how these strategies shape and alter them. His work considers how the diffusion of strategies and novel approaches can be facilitated but also finds that the systems into which these strategies are imposed are resilient and, at times, resistant to change. He offers plenty of ideas to ponder as we consider how the market system as a whole addresses environmental issues.' -- Andrew J. Hoffman, The University of Michigan, US'Humans as scientists and managers often draw on metaphors to help describe and understand the complex issues they observe or manage. As human activities begin to bump up against the constraints set by natural systems there is a tendency to search for metaphors from natural science - biomimicy or industrial ecology - have been around for some time now. In this book, Frank Boons explores the power of ideas from evolutionary science as metaphor to understand economic systems. This is complex work, but, he does it with skill; remembering that a metaphor is powerful not just in what it explains but even more in what it doesn't serve to explain.' -- Nigel Roome, Free University of Brussels, Belgium and TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. How do Firms Create Ecological Value? 2. Definitions of Ecological Value: Patches of History 3. Technological Change and Strategic Perspectives 4. Elements of Strategic Perspectives and the Internal Dynamics of Firms 5. Shaping Strategic Perspectives through Resource Networks 6. The Coffee PCS 7. The Automobile PCS 8. An Evolutionary Approach Towards the Strategic Perspectives of Firms 9. The Future of Creating Ecological Value Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Research on Strategy Process reveals the current state of the art of strategy process research as a whole as well as emerging research initiatives. It also discusses managerial and organizational factors affecting strategy implementation. Written by a blend of both leading researchers in the field and younger, emerging scholars, this insightful Handbook explores new directions in strategy process research. The authors examine family businesses, non-family firms, educational institutions, and government organizations and provide contextualized accounts of strategy process in specific organizational settings. to provide comprehensive coverage of strategy process, this book will prove inspirational to academics, students and researchers of entrepreneurship and strategic management. Practitioners and consultants will also find this volume thought-provoking.Trade Review’Strategy-making processes matter a great deal. They determine the content, scope and quality of a firm's strategic choices as well as their implementation. Mazzola and Kellermanns rejuvenate research on strategy-making processes by bringing an important set of perspectives together, providing an innovative view of the actors and processes involved in strategy-making processes in diverse settings. The volume highlights the role of imaginative strategy in altering competitive dynamics and creating value. It is an important contribution to the field.’ -- Shaker A. Zahra, University of MinnesotaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Pietro Mazzola and Franz W. Kellermanns PART I: REFLECTIONS 1. The Development of Strategy Process Research and the Most Influential Articles and Authors Ofer H. Azar and David M. Brock 2. Shifting Focus from the Determinants to the Origin: The Foundations of a Dynamic View of Managerial Discretion Ingo Kleindienst and Thomas Hutzschenreuter 3. The Politics of Strategy Process Duane Windsor 4. The Strategic Arena Approach to Strategy Process Research Anders Melander, Leif Melin and Mattias Nordqvist 5. Strategy Process Research and the RBV: Social Barriers to Imitation Patrick Regnér 6. The Feedback Structure of the Strategy Process and Top Management’s Role in Shaping Emerging Strategic Behavior Vittorio Coda and Edoardo Mollona 7. Putting the Manager Back into the Picture: The Value of a Strategy Process Perspective Torsten Schmid, Steven W. Floyd and Bill Wooldridge PART II: DELIBERATE STRATEGIES 8. Making Strategy Work: A Literature Review on the Factors Influencing Strategy Implementation Li Yang, Guo-hui Sun and Martin J. Eppler 9. Five Alternative Approaches to the Strategic Reorientation Process Robert Chapman Wood and Osvald M. Bjelland 10. Managerial Interplay: Linking Intent to Realized Strategy Bill Wooldridge and J. Ignacio Canales 11. Banking on Ambidexterity: A Longitudinal Study of Ambidexterity, Volatility and Performance Amir Sasson and Mario Minoja 12. From Theory to Action: The Story of One Strategy Paul N. Friga PART III: EMERGING STRATEGIES 13. Strategic Initiatives: Past, Present and Future Christoph Lechner and Markus Kreutzer 14. The Risky Prospects of Entrepreneurial Initiatives: Bias Duality and Bias Reversal in Established Firms James J. Chrisman, Alain Verbeke and Erick P.C. Chang 15. Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Driving Force for Corporate Entrepreneurship Esra Memili, G.T. Lumpkin and Gregory G. Dess 16. A Complexity Perspective on Strategic Process Research Terry B. Porter PART IV: SPECIAL TOPICS 17. Strategic Decision Processes in the Realm of Strategic Alliances Jorge Walter 18. A Review of Research Progress in Understanding the Acquisition Integration Process: Building Directions for Future Research Annette L. Ranft, Frank C. Butler and Jennifer C. Sexton 19. Internationalization Process Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra 20. Constructing Power to Drive Strategy Processes in Multinational Firms Markus Venzin 21. Perceptions, Processes and Performance During Organizational Decline Michael R. Braun and Scott F. Latham 22. An Institutional View of Process Strategy in the Public Sector P. Devereaux Jennings, Paul A. Zandbergen and Martin L. Martens 23. Public Sector and Strategic Management: The Case Study at the US Army Corps of Engineers Anil Patel 24. The OODA Loop: A New Strategic Management Approach for Family Business Joseph H. Astrachan, Chester W. Richards, Gaia G. Marchisio and George E. Manners Index

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Book SynopsisThe emergence of platforms is a novel phenomenon impacting most industries, from products to services. Industry platforms such as Microsoft Windows or Google, embedded within industrial ecosystems, have redesigned our industrial landscapes, upset the balance of power between firms, fostered innovation and raised new questions on competition and innovation. Annabelle Gawer presents cutting-edge contributions from 24 top international scholars from 19 universities across Europe, the USA and Asia, from the disciplines of strategy, economics, innovation, organization studies and knowledge management. The novel insights assembled in this volume constitute a fundamental step towards an empirically based, nuanced understanding of the nature of platforms and the implications they hold for the evolution of industrial innovation. The book provides an overview of platforms and discusses governance, management, design and knowledge issues.With a multidisciplinary approach, this book will strongly appeal to academics and advanced students in management, innovation, strategy, economics and design. It will also prove an enlightening read for business managers in IT industries.Trade Review'In her pioneering book Platform Leadership (with Michael Cusumano), Gawer gave us the strategy of building coalitions of customers, suppliers, and complementors. Now, she brings together a number of the leading researchers in the area of platform strategy to give us a book that will be a key reference for both practitioners and academics.' -- Adam Brandenburger, New York University, US'Annabelle Gawer's collected volume of research shows that a vibrant community of scholars has arisen around platforms and innovation. Each of the chapters is first rate, with top researchers offering some of their latest work. This will be an indispensable book for students of innovation and technology management everywhere.' -- Henry Chesbrough, University of California, Berkeley, US'Annabelle Gawer's Platforms, Markets and Innovation is the first serious exploration of the critical but subtle role that platforms play in business, society and our personal lives. As digital technologies penetrate every nook and cranny of the world around us, we rely on platforms to both help us use the new technologies, as well as to organize new markets of innovation that add applications on top of the platforms and make them far more valuable. Dr Gawer's excellent book is designed to help us understand the mysterious nature of platforms. It brings together the insights of twenty-four experts around the world who contributed to the fourteen chapters of the book. Dr Gawer's book is invaluable to anyone trying to understand the nuanced nature of platforms, and their implications for the evolution of innovation in the 21st century.' -- Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM Academy of Technology, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Platforms, Markets and Innovation: An Introduction Annabelle Gawer PART I: PLATFORMS: OVERVIEW 2. The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard 3. Platform Dynamics and Strategies: From Products to Services Annabelle Gawer 4. The Role of Services in Platform Markets Fernando F. Suarez and Michael A. Cusumano 5. How Catalysts Ignite: The Economics of Platform-Based Start-Ups David S. Evans PART II: PLATFORMS: OPEN, CLOSED AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES 6. Opening Platforms: How, When and Why? Thomas R. Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker and Marshall Van Alstyne 7. Platform Rules: Multi-Sided Platforms as Regulators Kevin J. Boudreau and Andrei Hagiu 8. Protecting or Diffusing a Technology Platform: Tradeoffs in Appropriability, Network Externalities, and Architectural Control Melissa A. Schilling 9. Open Platform Development and the Commercial Internet Shane Greenstein PART III: PLATFORMS: MANAGEMENT, DESIGN AND KNOWLEDGE ISSUES 10. Outsourcing of Tasks and Outsourcing of Assets: Evidence from Automotive Supplier Parks in Brazil Mari Sako 11. Platforms for the Design of Platforms: Collaborating in the Unknown Pascal Le Masson, Benoit Weil and Armand Hatchuel 12. Design Rules for Platform Leaders Stefano Brusoni and Andrea Prencipe 13. Detecting Errors Early: Management of Problem Solving in Product Platform Projects Ramsin Yakob and Fredrik Tell 14. The Effect of Technological Platforms on the International Division of Labor: A Case Study of Intel’s Platform Business in the PC Industry Hirofumi Tatsumoto, Koichi Ogawa and Takahiro Fujimoto Index

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Book SynopsisThis research review is an essential guide to the most important research in the area of competitive strategy. This research review contains articles that contribute to the understanding of competitive effects at industry, firm, group and dyad levels and also focuses more deeply on the competitive capabilities of individual firms, including those required to succeed in dynamic competitive environments.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Catherine A. Maritan and Margaret A. Peteraf PART I INDUSTRY VERSUS FIRM-LEVEL EFFECTS 1. Richard P. Rumelt (1991), ‘How Much Does Industry Matter?’ 2. Anita M. McGahan and Michael E. Porter (1997), ‘How Much Does Industry Matter, Really?’ PART II COMPETITION IN INDUSTRIES 3. Marvin B. Lieberman (1987), ‘The Learning Curve, Diffusion, and Competitive Strategy’ 4. Marvin B. Lieberman and David B. Montgomery (1988), ‘First-Mover Advantages’ 5. Richard Makadok (1998), ‘Can First-Mover and Early-Mover Advantages Be Sustained in an Industry with Low Barriers to Entry/Imitation?’ 6. J. Myles Shaver and Fredrick Flyer (2000), ‘Agglomeration Economies, Firm Heterogeneity, and Foreign Direct Investment in the United States’ 7. Brian S. Silverman, Jackson A. Nickerson and John Freeman (1997), ‘Profitability, Transactional Alignment, and Organizational Mortality in the U.S. Trucking Industry’ 8. Tammy L. Madsen and Gordon Walker (2007), ‘Incumbent and Entrant Rivalry in a Deregulated Industry’ 9. Rajshree Agarwal, M.B. Sarkar and Raj Echambadi (2002), ‘The Conditioning Effect of Time on Firm Survival: An Industry Lifecycle Approach’ 10. Tomo Noda and David J. Collis (2001), ‘The Evolution of Intraindustry Firm Heterogeneity: Insights From a Process Study’ PART III COMPETITIVE INTERACTION 11. Ming-Jer Chen, Ken G. Smith and Curtis M. Grimm (1992), ‘Action Characteristics as Predictors of Competitive Responses’ 12. Danny Miller and Ming-Jer Chen (1994), ‘Sources and Consequences of Competitive Inertia: A Study of the U.S. Airline Industry’ 13. Ming-Jer Chen and Donald C. Hambrick (1995), ‘Speed, Stealth, and Selective Attack: How Small Firms Differ from Large Firms in Competitive Behavior’ 14. Ming-Jer Chen (1996), ‘Competitor Analysis and Interfirm Rivalry: Toward a Theoretical Integration’ 15. Joel A.C. Baum and Helaine J. Korn (1996), ‘Competitive Dynamics of Interfirm Rivalry’ 16. Javier Gimeno (1999), ‘Reciprocal Threats in Multimarket Rivalry: Staking Out “Spheres of Influence” in the U.S. Airline Industry’ 17. Colin F. Camerer (1991), ‘Does Strategy Research Need Game Theory?’ 18. Govert Vroom (2006), ‘Organizational Design and the Intensity of Rivalry’ 19. Glenn MacDonald and Michael D. Ryall (2004), ‘How do Value Creation and Competition Determine Whether a Firm Appropriates Value?’ 20. Edward J. Zajac and Max H. Bazerman (1991), ‘Blind Spots in Industry and Competitor Analysis: Implications of Interfirm (Mis)Perceptions for Strategic Decisions’ 21. Marvin B. Lieberman and Shigeru Asaba (2006), ‘Why Do Firms Imitate Each Other?’ 22. Jan W. Rivkin (2000), ‘Imitation of Complex Strategies’ 23. Henrich R. Greve (1996), ‘Patterns of Competition: The Diffusion of a Market Position in Radio Broadcasting’ PART IV COMPETITION AT THE GROUP LEVEL 24. John McGee and Howard Thomas (1986), ‘Strategic Groups: Theory, Research and Taxonomy’ 25. Jay B. Barney and Robert E. Hoskisson (1990), ‘Strategic Groups: Untested Assertions and Research Proposals’ 26. David Dranove, Margaret Peteraf and Mark Shanley (1998), ‘Do Strategic Groups Exist? An Economic Framework for Analysis’ 27. Karel O. Cool and Dan Schendel (1987), ‘Strategic Group Formation and Performance: The Case of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry, 1963–1982’ 28. Karel Cool and Ingemar Dierickx (1993), ‘Rivalry, Strategic Groups and Firm Profitability’ 29. Rhonda K. Reger and Anne Sigismund Huff (1993), ‘Strategic Groups: A Cognitive Perspective’ 30. Margaret Peteraf and Mark Shanley (1997), ‘Getting to Know You: A Theory of Strategic Group Identity’ 31. Joseph F. Porac, Howard Thomas, Fiona Wilson, Douglas Paton and Alaina Kanfer (1995), ‘Rivalry and the Industry Model of Scottish Knitwear Producers’ 32. Danny Miller (1996), ‘Configurations Revisited’ Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I RESOURCES AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 1. Richard P. Rumelt (1984), ‘Towards a Strategic Theory of the Firm’ 2. Richard Reed and Robert J. DeFillippi (1990), ‘Causal Ambiguity, Barriers to Imitation, and Sustainable Competitive Advantage’ 3. Jay Barney (1991), ‘Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage’ 4. Margaret A. Peteraf (1993), ‘The Cornerstones of Competitive Advantage: A Resource-based View’ 5. Raphael Amit and Paul J.H. Schoemaker (1993), ‘Strategic Assets and Organizational Rent’ 6. Joseph T. Mahoney and J. Rajendran Pandian (1992), ‘The Resource-based View Within the Conversation of Strategic Management’ 7. Sidney G. Winter (1995), ‘Four Rs of Profitability: Rents, Resources, Routines, and Replication’ 8. Christine Oliver (1997), ‘Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Combining Institutional and Resource-based Views’ 9. Rebecca Henderson and Iain Cockburn (1994), ‘Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Pharmaceutical Research’ 10. Danny Miller and Jamal Shamsie (1996), ‘The Resource-based View of the Firm in Two Environments: The Hollywood Film Studios from 1936 to 1965’ 11. Russell W. Coff (1999), ‘When Competitive Advantage Doesn't Lead to Performance: The Resource-Based View and Stakeholder Bargaining Power’ 12. Adelaide Wilcox King and Carl P. Zeithaml (2001), ‘Competencies and Firm Performance: Examining the Causal Ambiguity Paradox’ 13. Margaret A. Peteraf and Jay B. Barney (2003), ‘Unraveling the Resource-Based Tangle’ PART II RESOURCE ACQUISITION AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 14. Jay B. Barney (1986), ‘Strategic Factor Markets: Expectations, Luck, and Business Strategy’ 15. Ingemar Dierickx and Karel O. Cool (1989), ‘Asset Stock Accumulation and Sustainability of Competitive Advantage’ 16. Jerker Denrell, Christina Fang and Sidney G. Winter (2003), ‘The Economics of Strategic Opportunity’ 17. Anne Marie Knott, David J. Bryce and Hart E. Posen (2003), ‘On the Strategic Accumulation of Intangible Assets’ 18. Gonçalo Pacheco-de-Almeida, James E. Henderson and Karel O. Cool (2008), ‘Resolving the Commitment versus Flexibility Trade-off: The Role of Resource Accumulation Lags’ 19. Catherine A. Maritan (2001), ‘Capital Investment as Investing in Organizational Capabilities: An Empirically Grounded Process Model’ 20. Giovanni Dosi, Richard R. Nelson and Sidney G. Winter (2000), ‘Introduction: The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities’ 21. Constance E. Helfat and Marvin B. Lieberman (2002), ‘The Birth of Capabilities: Market Entry and the Importance of Pre-History’ 22. Steven Klepper and Kenneth L. Simons (2000), ‘Dominance by Birthright: Entry of Prior Radio Producers and Competitive Ramifications in the U.S. Television Receiver Industry’ 23. Constance E. Helfat and Margaret A. Peteraf (2003), ‘The Dynamic Resource-Based View: Capability Lifecycles’ PART III DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES 24. David J. Teece, Gary Pisano and Amy Shuen (1997), ‘Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management’ 25. Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Jeffrey A. Martin (2000), ‘Dynamic Capabilities: What Are They?’ 26. Maurizio Zollo and Sidney G. Winter (2002), ‘Deliberate Learning and the Evolution of Dynamic Capabilities’ 27. Constance E. Helfat (1997), ‘Know-How and Asset Complementarity and Dynamic Capability Accumulation: The Case of R&D’ 28. Chrisoph Zott (2003), ‘Dynamic Capabilities and the Emergence of Intraindustry Differential Firm Performance: Insights from a Simulation Study’ 29. Constance E. Helfat, Sydney Finkelstein, Will Mitchell, Margaret A. Peteraf, Harbir Singh, David J. Teece and Sidney G. Winter (2007), ‘Dynamic Capabilities Foundations’ 30. David J. Teece (2007), ‘Explicating Dynamic Capabilities: The Nature and Microfoundations of (Sustainable) Enterprise Performance’

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative collection, edited by a leading academic in the field of international and global strategy, brings together seminal papers published in the past 30 years. Areas covered in this important volume include the emergence of a global village, the advantages of a global strategy and the challenges of implementing it. This book, along with an original introduction by Professor Pedersen, will be of immense value to researchers, students and practitioners interested in international and global strategy. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Torben Pedersen PART I THE EMERGENCE OF A GLOBAL VILLAGE 1. Theodore Levitt (1983), ‘The Globalization of Markets’ 2. Kenichi Ohmae (1989), ‘Managing in a Borderless World’ 3. Pankaj Ghemawat (2003), ‘Semiglobalization and International Business Strategy’ 4. Alan M. Rugman and Alain Verbeke (2004), ‘A Perspective on Regional and Global Strategies of Multinational Enterprises’ 5. Kwok Leung, Rabi S. Bhagat, Nancy R. Buchan, Miriam Erez and Cristina B. Gibson (2005), ‘Culture and International Business: Recent Advances and their Implications for Future Research’ 6. Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Mary M. Maloney and Shalini Manrakhan (2007), ‘Causes of the Difficulties in Internationalization’ PART II ADVANTAGES OF A GLOBAL STRATEGY 7. Sumantra Ghoshal (1987), ‘Global Strategy: An Organizing Framework’ 8. Stephen B. Tallman (1992), ‘A Strategic Management Perspective on Host Country Structure of Multinational Enterprises’ 9. Christopher H. Lovelock and George S. Yip (1996), ‘Developing Global Strategies for Service Businesses’ 10. Tarun Khanna and Krishna Palepu (1997), ‘Why Focused Strategies May Be Wrong for Emerging Markets’ 11. Tony S. Frost (2001), ‘The Geographic Sources of Foreign Subsidiaries’ 12. C.K. Prahalad and Allen Hammond (2002), ‘Serving the World’s Poor, Profitably’ 13. Peter J. Buckley and Pervez N. Ghauri (2004), ‘Globalisation, Economic Geography and the Strategy of Multinational Enterprises’ 14. Ravi Aron and Jitendra V. Singh (2005), ‘Getting Offshoring Right’ 15. Ram Mudambi (2008), ‘Location, Control and Innovation in Knowledge-Intensive Industries’ 16. Christian Geisler Asmussen, Torben Pedersen and Charles Dhanaraj (2009), ‘Host-Country Environment and Subsidiary Competence: Extending the Diamond Network Model’ PART III CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING A GLOBAL STRATEGY 17. Yves L. Doz (1980), ‘Strategic Management in Multinational Companies’ 18. Gunnar Hedlund (1986), ‘The Hypermodern MNC – A Heterarchy?’ 19. Sumantra Ghoshal and Christopher A. Bartlett (1990), ‘The Multinational Corporation as an Interorganizational Network’ 20. W. Chan Kim and Renée A. Mauborgne (1993), ‘Effectively Conceiving and Executing Multinationals’ Worldwide Strategies’ 21. Gunnar Hedlund (1994), ‘A Model of Knowledge Management and the N-Form Corporation’ 22. Harry G. Barkema, Oded Shenkar, Freek Vermeulen and John H.J. Bell (1997), ‘Working Abroad, Working with Others: How Firms Learn to Operate International Joint Ventures’ 23. Julian Birkinshaw and Neil Hood (1998), ‘Multinational Subsidiary Evolution: Capability and Charter Change in Foreign-Owned Subsidiary Companies’ 24. Tatiana Kostova and Srilata Zaheer (1999), ‘Organizational Legitimacy Under Conditions of Complexity: The Case of the Multinational Enterprise’ 25. Anil K. Gupta and Vijay Govindarajan (2000), ‘Knowledge Flows Within Multinational Corporations’ 26. Anil K. Gupta and Vijay Govindarajan (2000), ‘Managing Global Expansion: A Conceptual Framework’ 27. Timothy M. Devinney, David F. Midgley and Sunil Venaik (2000), ‘The Optimal Performance of the Global Firm: Formalizing and Extending the Integration-Responsiveness Framework’ 28. D. Minbaeva, T. Pedersen, I. Björkman, C.F. Fey and H.J. Park (2003), ‘MNC Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and HRM’ 29. Morten T. Hansen and Bjørn Løvås (2004), ‘How do Multinational Companies Leverage Technological Competencies? Moving from Single to Interdependent Explanations’ 30. John Cantwell and Ram Mudambi (2005), ‘MNE Competence-Creating Subsidiary Mandates’ 31. Orly Levy, Schon Beechler, Sully Taylor and Nakiye A. Boyacigiller (2007), ‘What We Talk About When We Talk About “Global Mindset”: Managerial Cognition in Multinational Corporations’

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Book SynopsisWhich strategy making approach works best in a crisis? In current literature, the recommendations oscillate between prediction, control, and practice, but this unique book focuses specifically on strategy making in a crisis. In a crisis, the business landscape is neither stable nor predictable, resources are scarce rather than abundant, customers disappear and shareholders revolt, all of which can make prediction and control very difficult. Drawing on evidence from philosophy, and on a multi-year case study of a major multinational, Michael Gibbert points to three different kinds of imaginations and proposes a three-step model for imaginative strategy making. Introducing new topics on this subject, Strategy Making in a Crisis will strongly appeal to top-level managers, including corporate development departments, and business-unit level strategy. Postgraduate students will also receive ideas for their own theses, not only from the content, but also from the approach - which is deductive and integrates management theories using social science literature - and methodology.Trade Review'Michael Gibbert presents a thoughtful theoretical framework allowing readers to critically think about imaginations related to strategy-making. His research is based on a highly complex case and diversified context allowing us to understand the use of different theories in an integrated way.' -- - Gilbert Probst, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland'Putting imagination center stage in strategy making is a long overdue perspective, one that can renew the field. Michael Gibbert makes an important contribution through this integrative framing.' -- - Yves Doz, INSEAD, France'If you can't imagine the future of your company, how are you supposed to shape it? This book helps appreciate and execute imaginative strategy making.' -- - Martin Hoegl, WHU Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Imaginative Strategy Making: Existing Frameworks 3. The Three Imaginations Step by Step 4. The Three Imaginations in Practice 5. Conclusions and Implications References Index

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Book SynopsisThe evolving field of strategy process has witnessed many developments in recent years and attracted the attention of leading academics. Professor Olk, in this authoritative volume, has selected seminal papers which consider a number of important issues regarding strategy process. Beginning with a general overview, this indispensible collection covers important topics including stage models, goal oriented models, methodology and future direction. This timely volume, with an original introduction by the editor, is particularly well suited for scholars and students in the areas of strategy process and strategic management.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Paul Olk PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Moshe Farjoun (2002), ‘Towards an Organic Perspective on Strategy’ 2. James W. Fredrickson (1983), ‘Strategic Process Research: Questions and Recommendations’ 3. Anne S. Huff and Ronda Kay Reger (1987), ‘A Review of Strategic Process Research’ 4. Henry Mintzberg and Joseph Lampel (1999), ‘Reflecting on the Strategy Process’ 5. Andrew H. van de Ven (1992), ‘Suggestions for Studying Strategy Process: A Research Note’ PART II STAGE MODELS 6. V.K. Narayanan and Liam Fahey (1982), ‘The Micro-Politics of Strategy Formulation’ 7. Bill Wooldridge and Steven W. Floyd (1989), ‘Strategic Process Effects on Consensus’ 8. Yves L. Doz, Paul M. Olk and Peter Smith Ring (2000), ‘Formation Processes of R&D Consortia: Which Path to Take? Where Does it Lead?’ 9. Charles I. Stubbart and Roger D. Smalley (1999), ‘The Deceptive Allure of Stage Models of Strategic Processes’ PART III GOAL ORIENTED MODELS 10. James Brian Quinn (1981), ‘Formulating Strategy One Step at a Time’ 11. Henry Mintzberg and James A. Waters (1982), ‘Tracking Strategy in an Entrepreneurial Firm’ 12. David E.W. Marginson (2002), ‘Management Control Systems and their Effects on Strategy Formation at Middle-Management Levels: Evidence from a U.K. Organization’ 13. Peter Smith Ring and Andrew H. van de Ven (1994), ‘Developmental Processes of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships’ PART IV DIALECTICAL MODELS 14. Andrew M. Pettigrew (1987), ‘Context and Action in the Transformation of the Firm’ 15. John Hendry (2000), ‘Strategic Decision Making, Discourse, and Strategy as Social Practice’ 16. Patrick Regnér (2003), ‘Strategy Creation in the Periphery: Inductive Versus Deductive Strategy Making’ 17. Alfred Marcus and Donald Geffen (1998), ‘The Dialectics of Competency Acquisition: Pollution Prevention in Electric Generation’ PART V EVOLUTIONARY AND SELECTION MODELS 18. Robert A. Burgelman (1983), ‘A Process Model of Internal Corporate Venturing in the Diversified Major Firm’ 19. Robert A. Burgelman (1991), ‘Intraorganizational Ecology of Strategy Making and Organizational Adaptation: Theory and Field Research’ 20. Tomo Noda and Joseph L. Bower (1996), ‘Strategy Making as Iterated Processes of Resource Allocation’ 21. Bjorn Lovas and Sumantra Ghoshal (2000), ‘Strategy as Guided Evolution’ PART VI METHODOLOGY 22. Andrew M. Pettigrew (1990), ‘Longitudinal Field Research on Change: Theory and Practice’ 23. Peter R. Monge (1990), ‘Theoretical and Analytical Issues in Studying Organizational Processes’ 24. Brian T. Pentland (1999), ‘Building Process Theory with Narrative: From Description to Explanation’ 25. Jane E. Dutton and Stephen A. Stumpf (1991), ‘Using Behavioral Simulations to Study Strategic Processes’ PART VII FUTURE DIRECTION 26. Thomas Hutzschenreuter and Ingo Kleindienst (2006), ‘Strategy-Process Research: What Have We Learned and What is Still to be Explored’ 27. Harry Sminia (2009), ‘Process Research in Strategy Formation: Theory, Methodology and Relevance’

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Book SynopsisAs an original strategic management perspective, coopetition has hitherto been underexploited in analysing contemporary firm strategies and behaviours and, more generally, managerial practices and processes. This innovative book provides both theoretical insights and empirical evidence on coopetition.Coopetition shows great interpretive and normative potential and is likely to be an increasingly important tool. This book is one of the first key contributions in shaping and systematizing a novel coopetition agenda in the field of strategy. The book argues that coopetition is neither an extension of competition theory, nor an extension of cooperative theory. It is in fact a specific and distinctive research object, which calls for dedicated theoretical investigation to develop questions for theory, method, and managerial practice.This book provides both practitioners and academic scholars with a milestone that brings together an active community of researchers expressly mobilized around the creative in-depth scrutiny of coopetition. It will greatly appeal to researchers, scholars, and graduate students of management, business strategy competitive dynamics, and international business, as well as practitioners such as managers and consultants.Trade Review‘This book provides a diverse set of perspectives on the topic. It is very useful reading for anyone interested in understanding coopetition in multiple contexts.’ -- Devi R. Gnyawali, Virginia Tech, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction – Coopetition Strategies: Towards a New Form of Inter-organizational Dynamics? Saïd Yami, Sandro Castaldo, Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Frédéric Le Roy and Wojciech Czakon PART I: THE EMERGENCE AND RELEVANCE OF COOPETITION STRATEGY 1. Coopetition: New Ideas for a New Paradigm Maria Bengtsson, Jessica Eriksson and Joakim Wincent 2. The Promise of Coopetition as a New Theoretical Perspective in Strategic Management Marco Galvagno and Francesco Garraffo 3. Emerging Coopetition: An Empirical Investigation of Coopetition as Inter-organizational Relationship Instability Wojciech Czakon 4. Learning in Coopetitive Environments Philippe Baumard PART II: COOPETITION STRATEGY IN MULTIPLE CONTEXTS 5. Coopetitive Value Creation in Entrepreneurial Contexts: The Case of AlmaCube Giovanni Battista Dagnino and Marcello Mariani 6. The Role of Architectural Players in Coopetition: The Case of the US Defense Industry Colette Depeyre and Hervé Dumez 7. Exploring How Third-Party Organizations Facilitate Coopetition Management in Buyer–Seller Relationships Sandro Castaldo, Guido Möllering, Monica Grosso and Fabrizio Zerbini 8. Coopetition Among Nature-based Tourism Firms: Competition at Local Level and Cooperation at Destination Level Ossi Pesämaa and Per-Erik Eriksson PART III: COOPETITION STRATEGIES AT THE AGGREGATE LEVEL 9. Coopetition Within an Oligopoly: Impacts of a Disruptive Strategy Pierre Roy and Saïd Yami 10. Strategic Management of Coopetitive Relationships in CoPS-Related Industries Thomas Herzog 11. Coopetition Dynamics in Convergent Industries: Designing Scope Connections to Combine Heterogeneous Resources Fabio Ancarani and Michele Costabile 12. Successful Strategy for Challengers: Competition or Coopetition with Dominant Firms? Frédéric Le Roy and Patrice Guillotreau Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book focuses on the link between different types of culture (national, corporate, professional) and the success of strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Over the past decades we have seen a significant increase in the number of strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Despite this proliferation many recent studies have reported high failure rates. This failure is often attributed to cultural differences between partners, which has led to a growing body of literature on the subject. To date, most of these studies have focused on national and corporate culture, whereas this book also places particular emphasis on the importance of culture at the professional level. The authors clearly show that all three levels of culture may have a profound impact upon the ultimate success or failure of alliances, mergers and acquisitions. Researchers in the field of international business, strategic management, and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions will find this book to be of invaluable interest. Managers in multinational corporations and international business students should also not be without this important resource.Trade Review‘Organizational flirts and marriages - alliances, mergers and acquisitions - are dramatic examples of how soft cultures can produce hard facts of success or failure. Decisions born from human vanity can lead to destruction of human capital. The chapters selected by Ulijn, Duysters and Meijer illustrate the many facets of organizational family life for the scholar and, hopefully, for the decision-maker who considers another move.’ -- Geert Hofstede, author of Culture’s ConsequencesTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Filling the Gap in Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions Cary L. Cooper Culture, Strategic Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions: An Introduction Elise Meijer, Geert Duysters and Jan Ulijn 1. Strategic Alliances and Culture in a Globalizing World Rajesh Kumar and T.K Das 2. Why do International Alliances Fail? Some Insights from Culture and Human Social Biology Gert Jan Hofstede 3. Creating a Supportive Culture for Corporate Entrepreneurship: Balancing Creativity and Discipline for the Development of Radical Innovation by Interfirm Cooperation Bob Walrave, Victor A. Gilsing and Michiel F. de Jager 4. Culture and its Perception in Strategic Alliances: Does it Affect Performance? An Exploratory Study into Dutch–German Ventures Jan Ulijn, Geert Duysters and Jean-Marie Fèvre 5. Cultural Differences and Homogeneity in Strategic Alliances: The Case of Trimo Trebnje (Slovenia) and Trimo VSK (Russia) Metka Tekavčič, Vlado Dimovski, Darja Peljhan and Miha Škerlavaj 6. Strategic Importance of Organizational Culture in the Context of Organizational Growth through Acquisitions: The Case of the Helios Group Nada Zupan and Robert Kaše 7. Cross-border Marriages: Dutch–Japanese and Dutch–American Combinations Frits Grotenhuis 8. Managing Potential Conflicts in a European Banking Alliance in ICT: Study of Intro- and Mutual Perception Combined for a Cultural Fit Jan Eppink, Jan Ulijn and Beatrice van der Heijden 9. Portrait of an Odd-eyed Cat: Cultural Crossing as a Trademark for a Dutch–Thai Strategic Alliance Nantawan Noi Kwanjai and J. Friso den Hertog 10. Resistance to the Transfer of Management Knowledge in International Ventures: Steps Towards a Pathologic Interpretation Gerard Fink and Nigel J. Holden Index

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