Business strategy Books

Book SynopsisThe field of strategy science has grown in both the diversity of issues it addresses and the increasingly interdisciplinary approaches it adopts in understanding the nature and significance of problems that are continuously emerging in the world of human endeavor. These newer kinds of challenges and opportunities arise in all forms of organizations, encompassing private and public enterprises, and with strategies that experiment with breaking the traditional molds and contours. The field of strategy science is also, perhaps inevitably, being impacted by the proliferation of hybrid organizations such as strategic alliances, the upsurge of approaches that go beyond the customary emphasis on competitiveness and profit making, and the intermixing of time-honored categories of activities such as business, industry, commerce, trade, government, the professions, and so on. The blurring of the boundaries between various areas and types of human activities points to a need for academic research to address the consequential developments in strategic issues. Hence, research and thinking about the nature of issues to be tackled by strategy science should also cultivate requisite variety in issues recognized for research inquiry, including the conceptual foundations of strategy and strategy making, and the examination of the critical roles of strategy makers, strategic thinking, time and temporalities, business and other goal choices, diversity in organizing modes for strategy implementation, and the complexities of managing strategy, to name a few. This book series on Research in Strategy Science aims to provide an outlet for ideas and issues that publications in the field do not provide, either expressly or adequately, especially as regards the comprehensive coverage deserved by certain emerging areas of interest. The topics of the volumes in the series will keep in view this objective to expand the research areas and theoretical approaches routinely found in strategy science, the better to permit expanded and expansive treatments of promising issues that may not sufficiently align with the usual research coverage of publications in the field. Cultural Values in Strategy and Organization contains contributions by leading scholars on the role of cultural values in the field of strategy science research. The 11 chapters in this volume cover the topics of ecological organizing and evolving cultural values, corporate cultural responsibility, cultural integration in mergers and acquisitions, culture and paradoxical frames, cultural values in the fair trade market, national culture and legitimacy, family businesses as values-driven organizations, cultural intelligence of executives, building an alliance culture, personal values of civil engineers and architects, and cultural characteristics of Chilean and Brazilian workforces. The chapters collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the role of cultural values in strategy and organization.

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Book SynopsisManaging the Partners in Strategic Alliances is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Managing the Partners in Strategic Alliances contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 14 chapters in this volume deal with significant issues relating to the management of the partners in strategic alliances. These issues run the gamut from deterring deceitful behaviors, partner selection and control, interpartner learning, harmony, negotiation, tensions, and diversities, to partner management and alliance performance. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on managing the partners in strategic alliances.

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic provides an illustration of how chaotic changes to large systems are caused by small, seemingly insignificant environmental events such as the initial case(s) of COVID-19 in China. From this small starting point for the pandemic, there have been (and continue to be) millions of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent trying to alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. World government and corporate leaders are striving to deal with this pandemic, but uncertainty is felt across the globe. Unprecedented strategies (e.g., the United States government's multi-trillion-dollar stimulus package (s)) have been used to halt the spread of COVID-19.These small events cascade throughout larger and larger systems leading to unforeseeable consequences. Organizations must experiment and make decisions on how to react. Decisions must be made and implemented to see what the effects of these decisions are.The chapters in this volume provide important insights for all organizations during this time of crisis. The chapters express bottomup and top-down approaches to a crisis-initiating environmental change by organizations. The chapters provide insight into the way organizations perceive the effect of COVID-19 as 1) a permanent or transitory change in the organization's environment; and 2) as a crisis or opportunity. Taken together, the chapters provide both scientists and practitioners with a starting point for understanding the impact of COVID-19 on organizational theory and on management practice for readers.

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic provides an illustration of how chaotic changes to large systems are caused by small, seemingly insignificant environmental events such as the initial case(s) of COVID-19 in China. From this small starting point for the pandemic, there have been (and continue to be) millions of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent trying to alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. World government and corporate leaders are striving to deal with this pandemic, but uncertainty is felt across the globe. Unprecedented strategies (e.g., the United States government's multi-trillion-dollar stimulus package (s)) have been used to halt the spread of COVID-19.These small events cascade throughout larger and larger systems leading to unforeseeable consequences. Organizations must experiment and make decisions on how to react. Decisions must be made and implemented to see what the effects of these decisions are.The chapters in this volume provide important insights for all organizations during this time of crisis. The chapters express bottomup and top-down approaches to a crisis-initiating environmental change by organizations. The chapters provide insight into the way organizations perceive the effect of COVID-19 as 1) a permanent or transitory change in the organization's environment; and 2) as a crisis or opportunity. Taken together, the chapters provide both scientists and practitioners with a starting point for understanding the impact of COVID-19 on organizational theory and on management practice for readers.

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Book SynopsisManaging Interpartner Cooperation in Strategic Alliances is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Managing Interpartner Cooperation in Strategic Alliances contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 12 chapters in this volume deal with significant issues relating to the management of interpartner cooperation in strategic alliances. These issues run the gamut covering legitimation, competition- cooperation angst, coopetition, identity bridging role of trust, linkages between trust and contract, multipartner innovation, R&D collaboration, knowledge flows, open innovation, paradoxes of cooperation, partner diversity, and whether or not to cooperate. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on managing interpartner cooperation in strategic alliances.

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Book SynopsisManaging Interpartner Cooperation in Strategic Alliances is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Managing Interpartner Cooperation in Strategic Alliances contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 12 chapters in this volume deal with significant issues relating to the management of interpartner cooperation in strategic alliances. These issues run the gamut covering legitimation, competition- cooperation angst, coopetition, identity bridging role of trust, linkages between trust and contract, multipartner innovation, R&D collaboration, knowledge flows, open innovation, paradoxes of cooperation, partner diversity, and whether or not to cooperate. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on managing interpartner cooperation in strategic alliances.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is part of the ongoing collaboration between the RMC series and the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR), a French intervention-research think tank co-directed by Henri Savall and Véronique Zardet. Building on an earlier collaboration on the ISEOR approach – Socio-Economic Intervention in Organizations: The Intervener-Researcher and the SEAM Approach to Organizational Analysis (IAP, 2007) – Buono and Savall bring together over 30 talented intervener-researchers to explore and examine the ongoing evolution of the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM).This volume revisits the application of SEAM in the context of intervention challenges in the wake of the recent economic crisis and the disruptivechange that has taken hold across the world. The basic foundation of SEAM – built on the idea of strategic patience, the need to undertake holistic intervention in organizations, and the challenge to get organizational members to listen to themselves (through what they refer to as the mirror effect) – has remained the same. In response to economic and organizational pressures in the current environment, however, there has been a concomitant emphasis on helping client organizations achieve short-term results while still maintaining focus on the long term. Many ideas that have become part of the current discourse within ISEOR today were not as explicitly addressed in the initial volume – from the destructive effect of the Taylorism-Fayolism-Weberism (TFW) virus, to the need to focus on ways to ensure the sustainability of a SEAM intervention, the growing importance of collaborative interactions between external and internal consultants, and the growing importance of cocreating knowledge with client firms and organizations.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is part of the ongoing collaboration between the RMC series and the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR), a French intervention-research think tank co-directed by Henri Savall and Véronique Zardet. Building on an earlier collaboration on the ISEOR approach – Socio-Economic Intervention in Organizations: The Intervener-Researcher and the SEAM Approach to Organizational Analysis (IAP, 2007) – Buono and Savall bring together over 30 talented intervener-researchers to explore and examine the ongoing evolution of the Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM).This volume revisits the application of SEAM in the context of intervention challenges in the wake of the recent economic crisis and the disruptivechange that has taken hold across the world. The basic foundation of SEAM – built on the idea of strategic patience, the need to undertake holistic intervention in organizations, and the challenge to get organizational members to listen to themselves (through what they refer to as the mirror effect) – has remained the same. In response to economic and organizational pressures in the current environment, however, there has been a concomitant emphasis on helping client organizations achieve short-term results while still maintaining focus on the long term. Many ideas that have become part of the current discourse within ISEOR today were not as explicitly addressed in the initial volume – from the destructive effect of the Taylorism-Fayolism-Weberism (TFW) virus, to the need to focus on ways to ensure the sustainability of a SEAM intervention, the growing importance of collaborative interactions between external and internal consultants, and the growing importance of cocreating knowledge with client firms and organizations.

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Book SynopsisStrategic Alliances for SME Development is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Strategic Alliances for SME Development contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 12 chapters in this volume deal with the increasingly significant role of strategic alliances in the development of SMEs, covering such diverse topics as management capability and internationalization of alliance portfolios, building alliances, development drivers, founder ties, competitive edge, strategic alignment, technology and innovative firms, and temporary project alliances. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the role of strategic alliances for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Book SynopsisStrategic Alliances for SME Development is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Strategic Alliances for SME Development contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 12 chapters in this volume deal with the increasingly significant role of strategic alliances in the development of SMEs, covering such diverse topics as management capability and internationalization of alliance portfolios, building alliances, development drivers, founder ties, competitive edge, strategic alignment, technology and innovative firms, and temporary project alliances. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the role of strategic alliances for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Book SynopsisAs a follow-up to a 2010 volume on organizational change-related consulting, the book continues to push our thinking about the dynamics involved in consulting with change leaders and intervening in the change process. Consulting for organizational change is a special type of consultation, with its own complex set of conditions and needs for a broad range of skills and competencies, which include distinct needs for the client-consultant relationship, superior consulting/facilitation skills, an expertise in human and organizational systems, and, as emphasized in the volume, the masterful “use of self.” As with our prior edited collection, this volume is a joint publication in the Research in Management Consulting and Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change book series. The dual focus is intended to reflect the importance of quality consulting for change across both the management consulting and Organization Development (OD) fields. It follows a long history of interest in how consulting affects organization change, what works, and, perhaps most importantly for generating theory and insight into the change process, why it works. The book contains fourteen chapters that frame the changing nature of the organizational change challenge, explore the use of self in intervening in organizations, and examine different change frameworks and perspectives, sharing various reflections and personal insights into the underlying challenges of consulting to bring about organizational change. Our underlying goal is to advance the theory and practice of effective organizational change consultation, stimulating thinking and discussion among change practitioners and researchers so that this work and profession continue to grow and evolve.Trade Review“Consultation for Organization Change Revisited offers a clear map of the dominant thinking about how consultants intervene to help organizations create an alternative future. It nicely answers the question of ""What is Organization Development."" It also has a memory so that you see the arc of the field over time, which gives an important perspective. Organization change is complicated work, this book makes it clearer.” - Peter Block, Author of Flawless Consulting.Table of Contents Introduction, David W. Jamieson, Robert C. Barnett, and Anthony F. Buono. PART I: THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. Improving the Effectiveness of Planned Organizational Change, Robert C. Barnett and Nancy Weidenfeller. A New View of Organization Development and Change Competencies: The Engage and Learn Model, Christopher G. Worley and Susan Albers Mohrman. Adaptive Action: Changing Change Consulting, Glenda H. Eoyang. Reframing the Resistance-Commitment Paradigm, Ron Koller. Supporting Leaders in Transition: A Peripheral View, Steven V. Manderscheid and Jean Ertel Davidson. PART II: THE USE OF SELF. The Critical Role of Use of Self in Organization Development Consulting Practice, Leslie L. McKnight and David W. Jamieson. Mindfulness Based Consulting, William T. Brendel. Consulting on a Tightrope: Meeting Client Requirements as a Balancing Act, Eric Sanders. A Change Agent Compass for System Transformation: Harnessing the Use of Self, Aremin Hacobian. Knowing Yourself as a Change Agent: A Validated Test Based on a Colorful Theory of Change, Léon de Caluwé and Hans Vermaak. PART III: CONSULTING SKILLS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. Consulting In-the-Moment for Change, Robert J. Marshak. Using Causal Loop Diagrams to Deal With Complex Issues: Mastering an Instrument for Systemic and Interactive Change, Hans Vermaak. The Infinite Power of Polarities, Jean Ertel Davidson. Materializing the Organization: The Role of Change Consultants in Processes of Objectification, Irene Skovgaard Smith

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Book SynopsisAs a follow-up to a 2010 volume on organizational change-related consulting, the book continues to push our thinking about the dynamics involved in consulting with change leaders and intervening in the change process. Consulting for organizational change is a special type of consultation, with its own complex set of conditions and needs for a broad range of skills and competencies, which include distinct needs for the client-consultant relationship, superior consulting/facilitation skills, an expertise in human and organizational systems, and, as emphasized in the volume, the masterful “use of self.” As with our prior edited collection, this volume is a joint publication in the Research in Management Consulting and Contemporary Trends in Organization Development and Change book series. The dual focus is intended to reflect the importance of quality consulting for change across both the management consulting and Organization Development (OD) fields. It follows a long history of interest in how consulting affects organization change, what works, and, perhaps most importantly for generating theory and insight into the change process, why it works. The book contains fourteen chapters that frame the changing nature of the organizational change challenge, explore the use of self in intervening in organizations, and examine different change frameworks and perspectives, sharing various reflections and personal insights into the underlying challenges of consulting to bring about organizational change. Our underlying goal is to advance the theory and practice of effective organizational change consultation, stimulating thinking and discussion among change practitioners and researchers so that this work and profession continue to grow and evolve.Trade Review“Consultation for Organization Change Revisited offers a clear map of the dominant thinking about how consultants intervene to help organizations create an alternative future. It nicely answers the question of ""What is Organization Development."" It also has a memory so that you see the arc of the field over time, which gives an important perspective. Organization change is complicated work, this book makes it clearer.” - Peter Block, Author of Flawless Consulting.Table of Contents Introduction, David W. Jamieson, Robert C. Barnett, and Anthony F. Buono. PART I: THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. Improving the Effectiveness of Planned Organizational Change, Robert C. Barnett and Nancy Weidenfeller. A New View of Organization Development and Change Competencies: The Engage and Learn Model, Christopher G. Worley and Susan Albers Mohrman. Adaptive Action: Changing Change Consulting, Glenda H. Eoyang. Reframing the Resistance-Commitment Paradigm, Ron Koller. Supporting Leaders in Transition: A Peripheral View, Steven V. Manderscheid and Jean Ertel Davidson. PART II: THE USE OF SELF. The Critical Role of Use of Self in Organization Development Consulting Practice, Leslie L. McKnight and David W. Jamieson. Mindfulness Based Consulting, William T. Brendel. Consulting on a Tightrope: Meeting Client Requirements as a Balancing Act, Eric Sanders. A Change Agent Compass for System Transformation: Harnessing the Use of Self, Aremin Hacobian. Knowing Yourself as a Change Agent: A Validated Test Based on a Colorful Theory of Change, Léon de Caluwé and Hans Vermaak. PART III: CONSULTING SKILLS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. Consulting In-the-Moment for Change, Robert J. Marshak. Using Causal Loop Diagrams to Deal With Complex Issues: Mastering an Instrument for Systemic and Interactive Change, Hans Vermaak. The Infinite Power of Polarities, Jean Ertel Davidson. Materializing the Organization: The Role of Change Consultants in Processes of Objectification, Irene Skovgaard Smith

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Book SynopsisGovernance Issues in Strategic Alliances is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Governance Issues in Strategic Alliances contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 10 chapters in this volume deal with significant issues relating to the governance of strategic alliances. These issues range from governance structure choices under diverse conditions of uncertainty, risks, controls, and resources, to the effects of governance decisions on asset protection, cooperative relationships, internal tensions, and culture management. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the issues of governance in strategic alliances.

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Book SynopsisGovernance Issues in Strategic Alliances is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances.Governance Issues in Strategic Alliances contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 10 chapters in this volume deal with significant issues relating to the governance of strategic alliances. These issues range from governance structure choices under diverse conditions of uncertainty, risks, controls, and resources, to the effects of governance decisions on asset protection, cooperative relationships, internal tensions, and culture management. The chapters contain empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the issues of governance in strategic alliances.

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Book SynopsisBehavioral strategy continues to attract increasing research interest within the broader field of strategic management. Research in behavioral strategy has clear scope for development in tandem with such traditional streams of strategy research that involve economics, markets, resources, and technology. The key roles of psychology, organizational behavior, and behavioral decision making in the theory and practice of strategy have yet to be comprehensively grasped. Given that strategic thinking and strategic decision making are importantly concerned with human cognition, human decisions, and human behavior, it makes eminent sense to bring some balance in the strategy field by complementing the extant emphasis on the “objective’ economics-based view with substantive attention to the “subjective” individual-oriented perspective. This calls for more focused inquiries into the role and nature of the individual strategy actors, and their cognitions and behaviors, in the strategy research enterprise. For the purposes of this book series, behavioral strategy would be broadly construed as covering all aspects of the role of the strategy maker in the entire strategy field. The scholarship relating to behavioral strategy is widely believed to be dispersed in diverse literatures. These existing contributions that relate to behavioral strategy within the overall field of strategy has been known and perhaps valued by most scholars all along, but were not adequately appreciated or brought together as a coherent sub-field or as a distinct perspective of strategy. This book series on Research in Behavioral Strategyi will cover the essential progress made thus far in this admittedly fragmented literature and elaborate upon fruitful streams of scholarship. More importantly, the book series will focus on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for the growing scholarship in behavioral strategy. In particular, the volumes in the series will cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models (dealing with all behavioral aspects), significant practical problems of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series will also include comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with potential for wider application of behavioral strategy. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series will seek to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that will enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the subject of behavioral strategy.Decision Making in Behavioral Strategy contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of behavioral strategy research. The 10 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant issues relating to the decision making processes, practices, and perspectives in the field of behavioral strategy, covering diverse topics such as failures in acquisitions, entrepreneurs under ambiguity, metacognition, neural correlates of emotion, knowledge flows, behavioral responses, business modeling, and alliance capability. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on decision making in behavioral strategy.

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Book SynopsisBehavioral strategy continues to attract increasing research interest within the broader field of strategic management. Research in behavioral strategy has clear scope for development in tandem with such traditional streams of strategy research that involve economics, markets, resources, and technology. The key roles of psychology, organizational behavior, and behavioral decision making in the theory and practice of strategy have yet to be comprehensively grasped. Given that strategic thinking and strategic decision making are importantly concerned with human cognition, human decisions, and human behavior, it makes eminent sense to bring some balance in the strategy field by complementing the extant emphasis on the “objective’ economics-based view with substantive attention to the “subjective” individual-oriented perspective. This calls for more focused inquiries into the role and nature of the individual strategy actors, and their cognitions and behaviors, in the strategy research enterprise. For the purposes of this book series, behavioral strategy would be broadly construed as covering all aspects of the role of the strategy maker in the entire strategy field. The scholarship relating to behavioral strategy is widely believed to be dispersed in diverse literatures. These existing contributions that relate to behavioral strategy within the overall field of strategy has been known and perhaps valued by most scholars all along, but were not adequately appreciated or brought together as a coherent sub-field or as a distinct perspective of strategy. This book series on Research in Behavioral Strategyi will cover the essential progress made thus far in this admittedly fragmented literature and elaborate upon fruitful streams of scholarship. More importantly, the book series will focus on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for the growing scholarship in behavioral strategy. In particular, the volumes in the series will cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models (dealing with all behavioral aspects), significant practical problems of strategy formulation, implementation, and evaluation, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series will also include comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with potential for wider application of behavioral strategy. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series will seek to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that will enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the subject of behavioral strategy.Decision Making in Behavioral Strategy contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of behavioral strategy research. The 10 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant issues relating to the decision making processes, practices, and perspectives in the field of behavioral strategy, covering diverse topics such as failures in acquisitions, entrepreneurs under ambiguity, metacognition, neural correlates of emotion, knowledge flows, behavioral responses, business modeling, and alliance capability. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on decision making in behavioral strategy.

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Book SynopsisThe Little Black Book of Business Writing is for everyone who writes for business purposes, in the commercial world, the private sector, the trades and the professions. Mark Tredinnick and Geoff Whyte help readers write the kinds of documents that confront them most days at work – letters, emails, web writing, reports, minutes, tenders, ministerials, board papers, media releases, newsletters, marketing documents, policy proposals, business cards, newsletters, position descriptions, job ads, notes to financial statements, instruction and safety manuals, speeches, presentations and various kinds of technical papers. The Little Black Book of Business Writing helps people write at work with economy, impact and efficiency.

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Book SynopsisInformed by decades of agency experience, Bernard Gauthier prepares aspiring public relations students to think strategically as they plan and create campaigns. Strategic Communication in Canada is structured around the two major phases of developing communication strategy. In the first half of the book, readers will be taken through the main phases of conducting a situation analysis – a prerequisite to developing strategy. In part two, readers will move from raw materials to finished, polished strategy. Readers will then use a planning model to help organize knowledge and draw conclusions.This easy-to-follow text features ten chapters packed with practical advice and study tools such as learning objectives, key terms and concepts, and critical reflection questions. Strategic Communication in Canada is an essential, to-the-point read for students studying public relations and marketing communication; business strategy; and journalism and public affairs.Table of Contents Introduction: Setting the Stage for Strategic Communication Planning PART I: ANALYZING THE SITUATION Chapter One: Identifying the Changes You Seek Chapter Two: Identifying the Key Audiences Chapter Three: Assessing Your Communication Resources Chapter Four: Scanning the External Environment PART II: DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Chapter Five: From Information to Insight Chapter Six: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Strategy Chapter Seven: Opportunities, Threats, and Strategy Chapter Eight: Presenting the Strategy Chapter Nine: From Strategy to Action Plan Chapter Ten: Evaluating Strategic Communication Campaigns Epilogue: Reflecting on Ethics and Strategic Communication Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Case Study Appendix C: Tactic Table Template

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Book SynopsisThe strategy is the best plan opted from a number of plans, in order to achieve the organizational goals and objectives. This book explores the fundamental principles and practices of strategic planning and policy development. It offers practical insights and tools that can help organizations to develop effective strategies and policies that align with their goals and objectives. With its clear and concise writing style and real-world examples, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone involved in strategic planning and policy development.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Strategic Planning Systems Chapter 2 Strategic Thinking: Finding and Developing Unique Opportunities to Create Value for Organization Chapter 3 Strategic Marketing Management Chapter 4 Performance Management Planning and Documentation Chapter 5 Data Collection for Strategic Planning and Policy Formulation Chapter 6 Strategies for Global Marketing Chapter 7 Business Structure and Register Process

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Book SynopsisAs the relationships between employers and workers become more complex in the globalized world, it is crucial to understand the dynamics between global financial and product markets, global production chains, and national and international employment actors and institutions. This book offers a cross-section of country studies, including major economies like the UK, Germany, USA, Brazil, India, Russia, China, and South Africa, along with thematic chapters exploring theoretical approaches, collective representation, and employment regulation. It serves as a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying various disciplines related to employment relations, labor politics, industrial relations, and social policy.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Comparative Employment Relations Chapter 2 The Experience of Work in Comparative Perspective Chapter 3 The Political Economy of Employment Relation Chapter 4 Employment Relation and Economic Performance Chapter 5 Labor Relations: Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management Chapter 6 Employment Relation in a Changing World Economy Chapter 7 The Strategic Level of Labor Relations

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to explain the role of strategic management in diverse enterprises. The planning process is an essential part of conducting business and keeping it afloat from market failures and other factors. This book explains the role of business managers in making a decision based on the scenarios at present and forecasting risk. Modeling a business strategy in an appropriate direction is important, and this book explains the tools needed for performance management. Along with the strategic performance, we tried to give a detailed account of risk management in enterprises. This book serves as a guide to all business management students.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction to Strategic Management Chapter 2 Strategic Planning Chapter 3 Scenario Dependent Strategic Planning Chapter 4 Management Model Chapter 5 Performance Measurement Chapter 6 Measuring Value Drivers in Management Chapter 7 Strategic Performance Chapter 8 Enterprise Risk Management

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Book SynopsisThe Intrapreneur’s Journey: Empowering Employees to Drive Growth is a must-read for any entrepreneur, innovator, manager or senior executive who wants to successfully compete in today’s fast-changing world. Based on the observation that the most under-utilised assets in most organisations are the ideas in their employees’ heads, the authors offer first-hand experience and in-depth analysis on how intrapreneurship powers some of the world’s leading innovative businesses and other types of organisations. The proposition is simple: established organisations see continuous delivery of innovative products, services and processes when they enable teams of entrepreneurial employees to think and behave like start-ups. First published in 2018 for the American market, this new edition builds on the success of the first by including up-to-date discussions and references on the theory and practice of intrapreneurship and innovation, making this an ideal book for students, researchers and professionals in the field. It includes informative examples and case studies ranging from large multinational corporations to small and medium-size enterprises in a primarily pan-African, but globally relevant context. Written in an accessible, easy to read style, this book is entertaining and educational. A key feature is a series of assessments and tools to help implement the book’s Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model in any organisation. These six core components describe what an effective and sustainable internal innovation programme looks like and how to roll it out. Written by practitioners and academics in innovation and intrapreneurship, this book will be a leading practical guide in the market on how to establish a culture of innovation by: • tapping into employees’ passion to drive growth • testing the varied effectiveness of innovation programmes using the Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model • using the key resources to build a sustainable and successful innovation programme in any organisation.Table of ContentsIllustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model Chapter 1: Time and Freedom Chapter 2: A Dedicated Innovation Team Chapter 3: Design Thinking Chapter 4: Open Collaboration Chapter 5: Lean Experimentation Chapter 6: Align for Yes Chapter 7: Integrated Intrapreneurship Conclusion: Sustaining Success Appendices: A. The Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model (for Introduction) B. Time and Freedom Key Resources (for Chapter 1) C. A Dedicated Innovation Team Key Resources (for Chapter 2) D. Design Thinking Key Resources (for Chapter 3) E. Open Collaboration Key Resources (for Chapter 4) F. Lean Experimentation Key Resources (for Chapter 5) G. Align for Yes Key Resources (for Chapter 6) Dramatis Personae Notes References Authors Index

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Book SynopsisThis book series' mission is to provide a forum for critique, commentary, and discussion about key research methodology issues in the strategic management field. Strategic management relies on an array of complex methods drawn from various allied disciplines to examine how managers attempt to lead their firms toward success. With this in mind this sixth volume of the series is built around the theme of 'Building methodological bridges'. Within this overarching theme, this volume includes two subthemes. The first is 'Bridges between macro and micro research' and the second is 'Bridges to stronger designs and analysis'. With authors from an array of backgrounds, including thought leaders from not only strategic management, but also from organizational behavior, human resource management, and entrepreneurship, we are confident that the chapters offered in the current volume will build bridges for the organizational sciences toward greater methodological rigor and creativity.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction: Building Methodological Bridges. Rediscovering the Individual in Strategy: Methodological Challenges, Strategies, and Prospects. Multi-Study Packages in Organizational Science Research. Into the Great Wide Open: Bridging the Micro–Macro Divide in the Organizational Sciences. Templates and Turns in Qualitative Studies of Strategy and Management. Entrepreneurial Mobility. The Revolution with a Solution: All is not Quiet on the Statistical and Methodological Myths and Urban Legends Front. Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Strategic Management Research: Current State and Future Prospects. Strategic Human Resource Staffing and Organization Research: Are they One-Size-Fits-All Endeavors?. Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) Measurement: Evidence for Consensus, Construct Breadth, and Discriminant Validity. Worth a Thousand Words: Photographs As a Novel Methodological Tool in Strategic Management. Building Methodological Bridges. Research Methodology in Strategy and Management. Research Methodology in Strategy and Management. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis volume is designed to renew, stimulate and facilitate discussion about project-based organizations (PBOs) and how they increasingly pervade business dimensions, from R&D and new product development, to the production of complex capital goods and implementation of organizational change across very different industries such as management consulting, engineering or entertainment. Contributors analyze PBOs as firms, units or networks of firms set up to complete a specific assignment, as well as address the evolution from traditional operations-driven project management, to the strategic role of projects in delivering innovation and organizational change, and the implications for research and teaching. The volume brings together scholars with a diverse theoretical background and using a wealth of methodological approaches in studying PBOs. It focuses on theoretical frameworks for understanding PBOs through different lenses, looks at learning at the individual, team and organizational levels in temporary organizational structures, investigates current issues related to projects and networks, and identifies new areas for future research.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. About the Editors. Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management: A Long-Term Research Agenda on Temporary Organizational Forms. Innovation in Complex Products and Systems: Implications for Project-Based Organizing. Varieties of Cooperative Strategy in Project Based Organizing: The Case of International Motion Picture Co-Production. Temporary Modes of Project-Based Organization within Evolving Organizational Forms: Insights from Oticon's Experiment with the Spaghetti Organization. Projects, Paradigms and Predictability. Organizational Learning Implications of Partnering Flexibility in Project-Venture Settings: A Multilevel Framework. Terminating Institutionalized Termination: Why SEMATECH became More than a Temporary System. Project Management: Learning by Violating Principles. Projects, Project Capabilities and Project Organizations. Strategy and Capabilities in the P-form Corporation: Linking Strategic Direction with Organizational Capabilities. Strategic Responses to Standardization: Embrace, Extend or Extinguish?. Shared Leadership Functions in Geographically Dispersed Project Teams. Staying Local or Reaching Globally? Analyzing Structural Characteristics of Project-Based Networks in German Biotech. A Model of. Reconsidering Ambidexterity at the Individual Level: A Social Network Perspective. Toward a Projects as Events Perspective. Institutional Dynamics of Project-Based Creative Organizations: Irving Thalberg and the Hollywood Studio System. Temporary Identities: Hybridity and the Construction of Identities in the U.S. Feature Film Industry. Projects of Passion: Lessons for Strategy from Temporary Art. About the Authors. Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management. Advances in Strategic Management. Advances in Strategic Management. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis is a theory-based text with unique features that distinguish it from other books in the field. The inclusion of a strategic component differentiates it from most other books, but the application of systems theory to recruitment and selection sets this book apart. While it includes mainstream topics such as interviews, job analysis and question types, it is the first text to introduce topics such as crowd sourcing, social networking, Skype and distance interviewing. The inclusion of theory such as similarity/attraction theory, insider/outsider theory, cultural appreciation, body language and interview types for different levels within organisations assist in differentiating this text. It is up to date and addresses issues such as the role of staffing, recruitment and selection in a knowledge-based society. This text also looks at resume preparation and analysis, and explores the challenges facing international applicants seeking employment in other countries.Trade Review"This book captures the essence of attracting and hiring a productive workforce. It presents conceptually strong arguments for effectively incorporating hiring in strategic formulations with excellent embellishments in an easy-to-read fashion - comprising excellent cases and analogies. The content has been eagerly researched and documented, and contains practical advice not only for academia but also for any professional who is concerned with attracting and hiring the best human capital. Throughout the book, the authors never lose sight of the big picture that people are the greatest assets for any organization and identifying, attracting and hiring them is the biggest challenge that confronts businesses worldwide. I have been pleasantly surprised with the eye-to-detail on part of the authors. The content is not only comprehensive but very relevant and contemporary. The readers of this book would be indeed enriched. An excellent resource and a must read for all practitioners and academics interested in garnering the most from strategic recruitment and selection. 'The Handbook of Strategic Recruitment and Selection: A Systems Approach' isn't just a good book - it's THE RIGHT BOOK!" Dr. Debashish Sengupta, Alliance School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore "A long awaited new wave of ideas and significant contribution to Recruitment and Selection." Vijay Kumar Thambimuthu, Qualifications and Assessments International, (QAI) U.K.Table of ContentsCONTENTSLIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES LIST OF REVIEWERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS|ABOUT THE AUTHORS PREFACE PART I STAFFING, THE ORGANISATION AND RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION 1. CHAPTER 1: STAFFING, SYSTEMS AND STRATEGY - Bernard O'Meara 2. CHAPTER 2: THE ORGANISATION - Bernard O'Meara 3. CHAPTER 3: RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PREPARATION - Stanley Petzall 4. CHAPTER 4: COMMUNICATION, BODY LANGUAGE, QUESTIONS AND INTERVIEWS - Stanley Petzall 5. CHAPTER 5: AIDS FOR RECUITMENT AND SELECTION - Bernard O'Meara|PART II APPLICANTS AND CANDIDATES 6. CHAPTER 6: APPLICANTS AND RESUMES - Bernard O'Meara 7. CHAPTER 7: INTERVIEW PREPARATION - Bernard O'Meara 8. CHAPTER 8: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - Bernard O'Meara PART III: JOINING TOGETHER: WHEN NEW EMPLOYEES COMMENCE AT A NEW ORGANISATION 9. CHAPTER 9: A NEW START - Bernard O'Meara 10. CHAPTER 10: RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION COSTS - Bernard O'Meara 11. CHAPTER 11: CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT: THE KAIZEN REQUIREMENT - Bernard O'Meara 12. CHAPTER 12: EVALUATION - Bernard O'Meara REFERENCES APPENDICES A. RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION SUMMARY B. EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION C. STRATEGIES TO ACQUIRE AND RETAIN STAFF D. INTERVIEW GUIDE TEMPLATE E. QUESTION TYPES AND SEQUENCES F. REFERENCE CHECK TEMPLATE G. OUTLINE OF A TARGETED RESUME H. WHERE WE DEVELOP AND DISPLAY HUMAN CAPITAL I. RESUME WRITING WORKSHEET J. RESUME TYPES AND EXAMPLES K. PHONE INTERVIEW SCREENING TEMPLATE GLOSSARY INDEX

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Book SynopsisWith increasing awareness that innovative technology alone is insufficient to make sustainable lifestyles a reality, this book brings into sharp focus the need to create radical new business models. This insightful book provides a theoretically grounded but also realistic account of how the design of business models can be a critical component in the overall transition to sustainability, and one that transcends the usual focus on innovative technology.Weaving together key principles and components for business sustainability, the book highlights five very different pathways to the future for sectors ranging from microbreweries and printing through to clothing, mobility and plastics. Business has only just started the first few tentative steps towards a very different approach to creating and sustaining value, but this book concludes that enormous opportunities will emerge alongside new ways of creating and capturing value.Academics and postgraduate students in the fields of sustainable business, business organizations and industrial ecology will find this book brings a greater understanding of business strategy and structure to the discipline. While traditionally referenced and structured, this academic book is accessibly written with key principles that may also appeal to the consultant community.Contents: Preface 1. Business Models and Sustainability 2. Business Models: A Broad Perspective 3. Examples of Business Model Innovation in General Practice 4. The Principles and Components of Business Models for Sustainability 5. Case Study Sectors for Business Models for Sustainability 6. Conclusions References IndexTrade ReviewBusiness models and sustainability breaks new ground by combining three important insights. First, achieving sustainability requires socio-technical transitions that entail new technologies, production processes, lifestyles, and consumption patterns. Second, firms play crucial roles in mediating between sustainable production and consumption. Third, radical innovations require organizational innovations and new business models. Peter Wells successfully combines these 'big picture' ideas with rich in-depth case studies drawing on years of accumulated expertise. Highly recommended. --Frank W. Geels, University of Manchester, UK and Chairman of the Sustainability Transitions Research NetworkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Business Models and Sustainability 2. Business Models: A Broad Perspective 3. Examples of Business Model Innovation in General Practice 4. The Principles and Components of Business Models for Sustainability 5. Case Study Sectors for Business Models for Sustainability 6. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisRecent surveys of international CEOs confirm that companies increasingly see sustainability as critical to their business strategy. The rigorous academic framework for the field of sustainable business required to respond to this need is now emerging. This book presents important new work in the theory of the sustainable firm, in the application of sustainability principles to key management disciplines, in sustainable business in practice, and in the international challenges that are critical to sustainability demands.Sustainable Business will prove invigorating for both undergraduate and graduate students on business, society and sustainability themed courses. Policymakers and practitioners will find the urgent global sustainability issues and sub-disciplines essential.Contributors: J. Benson, J. Chia, N. Chileshe, N. Evans, E.C. Fein, S.K. Lodhia, S. Pullen, J. Ratnatunga, S. Sandhu, S.R. Sardeshmukh, J. Sawyer, C.M. Scott-Young, M.P. Shanahan, A. Sharp, J. Shen, A. Tziner, V. Waye, G. Wells, L. Wilson, G. Zillante, J. ZuoTrade Review'This is an immensely useful and important book. By applying sustainability theory and practice to all areas of business management for firms of all sizes it has the potential to make a significant difference to the long term viability of businesses and the societies in which they operate.' --Juliet Roper, The University of Waikato, New ZealandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Historical and Emerging Themes in Sustainable Business Geoffrey Wells PART I: THE SUSTAINABLE FIRM 1. Towards an Integrated Conceptual Framework for Corporate Social and Environmental Sustainability Sukhbir Sandhu 2. Developing and Communicating Social Capital for Sustainable Organizations and their Communities Joy Chia 3. The Sustainable Firm as an Ethical Construct Geoffrey Wells PART II: SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 4. Sustainability Accounting and Reporting: An Overview, Contemporary Developments and Research Possibilities Sumit Lodhia 5. Carbon Accounting and Carbon Auditing for Business Janek Ratnatunga 6. Sustainable Marketing in Principle and Practice Anne Sharp 7. Socially Responsible Human Resource Management: A Conceptual Framework Jie Shen and John Benson 8. Examining the Influence of Common Core Virtues in Leader-Member Exchange (LMX): Connecting Virtue-based Leadership Traits to Sustainable Performance in a Moderated Mediation Model Erich C. Fein and Aharon Tziner 9. Strategic Risk Assessment for Pursuing Sustainable Business in the Construction Industry: Diagnostic Models Nicholas Chileshe, Lou Wilson, Jian Zuo, George Zillante and Stephen Pullen PART III: SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IN PRACTICE 10. Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses Shruti R. Sardeshmukh 11. Innovation in Sustainable Business Practices: Greening the Family Firm Christina M. Scott-Young 12. Sustainability in the Retail and Services Sector Janet Sawyer and Nina Evans 13. Appraising Corporate Sustainability of Construction Contractors: Concepts and Approaches Jian Zuo, Lou Wilson, George Zillante, Stephen Pullen and Nicholas Chileshe PART IV: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS 14. International Trade Law, Climate Change and Carbon Footprinting Vicki Waye 15. The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern and Garnaut Reports and their Implications for Business Martin P. Shanahan Index

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Book SynopsisTransgenerational entrepreneurship, as a discipline, examines the processes, resources and capabilities that allow family enterprises to create social and economic value over time in order to succeed beyond the first generation of business owners. While tangible resources such as financial and physical capital are certainly important factors in the long-term success of a family-run business, this book focuses specifically on the role of intangible resources and capabilities, which are less easily quantifiable but equally vital.Drawing insights from in-depth longitudinal studies of twenty-six family firms in twelve countries, the contributors discuss the critical role of intangible assets such as values, virtues, tacit knowledge and learning, professionalization, internal and external social networks, and reputation. Each chapter includes both a case study that serves as a practical illustration of a particular topic as well as a discussion of the theoretical perspectives and broader implications. Featuring both contributors and case studies from across the world, this volume provides a truly global approach to the study of transgenerational entrepreneurship.Professors and students of business and management, entrepreneurship and family business studies will find this book a fascinating addition to their libraries, as will family business owners, consultants and researchers.Contributors: K. Au, N. Auletta, W. Balunywa, J.C.Y. Cheng, M.-G. Chirita, L. Cisneros, E. Clinton, B. Deschamps, R.-L. DeWitt, A. Gimeno, G. González C., A.C. González L., F.H.C. Ho, P. Monteferrante, S. Nagujja, R.S. Nason, D.N. Ntamu, L.E. Orozco C., M.J. Parada, K. Ramachandran, A. Rodriguez, P. Rosa, P. Sharma, P. SiegerTrade ReviewThis book represents a breakthrough in our knowledge of family businesses. You will read some fascinating stories in this book. But it is more than a collection of stories. The authors show you how you can learn from the stories others tell, and the lessons are both positive and negative. Here we are introduced to real family businesses, addressing real problems, both regarding the future of the firm and the relationships among family members. The authors of these chapters show us how theories can be practically applied in understanding and managing the family enterprise. --Frank Hoy, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: The Role of Intangible Resources Robert S. Nason, Ana Cristina González L. and Pramodita Sharma 2. Family Firms and Entrepreneurial Families as Breeding Grounds for Virtues Luz Elena Orozco C. and Gustavo González C. 3. Professionalization of the Family Business: Decision-making Domains Alberto Gimeno and Maria José Parada 4. Transgenerational Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Learning: A Case Study of Associated Engineers Ltd in Hong Kong Jeremy C.Y. Cheng, Florence H.C. Ho and Kevin Au 5. Successful Family Business Ownership Transitions: Leveraging Tacit Knowledge Rocki-Lee DeWitt and Ana Cristina González L. 6. The Role of Social Capital in Succession from Controlling Owners to Sibling Teams Luis Cisneros, Mircea-Gabriel Chirita and Bérangère Deschamps 7. Opportunities and Dilemmas of Social Capital: Insights from Uganda Waswa Balunywa, Peter Rosa, Diana Nandagire Ntamu and Shakilah Nagujja 8. Bridging for Resilience: The Role of Family Business Social Capital in Coping with Hostile Environments Aramis Rodriguez, Nunzia Auletta and Patricia Monteferrante 9. Reputation for What? Different Types of Reputation and their Effect on Portfolio Entrepreneurship Activities Eric Clinton, Robert S. Nason and Philipp Sieger 10. Conclusion: Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: Implications and Conclusions Philipp Seiger, Kavil Ramachandran and Pramodita Sharma Index

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Book SynopsisThis illuminating Handbook presents the state of the art in the scientific field of experience economy studies. It offers a rich and varied collection of contributions that discuss different issues of crucial importance for our understanding of the experience economy. Each chapter reflects diverse scientific viewpoints from disciplines including management, mainstream economics and sociology to provide a comprehensive overview.The Handbook is divided into three subsections to explore progression in the scientific field of experience economy studies. The first section focuses on fundamental debates surrounding the nature and importance of the experience economy. The second section presents more specific topics including innovation, networks and the design of experiences. Finally, the last section explores issues such as cultural events, cuisine, theatre and video games. Moreover, the Handbook gives an insight into how receivers react to experiential elements of experience economy studies.An innovative presentation of experience economics, this is a remarkable collection of new theory and analyses. This book will prove an invaluable resource to researchers and students in management, marketing, psychology and economics.Contributors: Å.E. Andersson, D.E. Andersson, J.O. Bærenholdt, A. Boswijk, L. Chalip, P. Cooke, B.E. Dale, M. Dixon, D. Eide, L. Fuglsang, J.H. Gilmore, B.C. Green, S. Gudiksen, M. Haldrup, G.W. Hallberg, A.H. Hansen, O. Harsløf, F. Holt, J.K. Jacobsen, C. Jantzen, J.F. Jensen, F. Lapenta, J. Larsen, Y.-C. Lin, A. Lorentzen, L. Mossberg, B.T. Nilsen, B.J. Pine II, G. Schulze, A. Snel, F. Sørensen, D. Sundbo, J. Sundbo, C. Svabo, T. Tschang, J. VangTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Experience Economy Jon Sundbo and Flemming Sørensen PART I: EXPERIENCE FUNDAMENTALS 2. The Experience Economy: Past, Present and Future B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore 3. Post-industrial Growth: Experience, Culture or Creative Economies? Anne Lorentzen 4. Defining and Categorizing Experience Industries Berit T. Nilsen and Britt E. Dale 5. The Economic Value of Experience Goods David Emanuel Andersson and Åke E. Andersson 6. The Experience Market Gerhard Schulze 7. Experience as the DNA of a Changed Relationship between Firms and Institutions and Individuals Anna Snel 8. Experiencing and Experiences: A Psychological Framework Christian Jantzen 9. The Power of the Economy of Experiences: New Ways of Value Creation Albert Boswijk PART II: TOPICS 10. IT and Experiences: User Experience, Experience Design and User-experience Design Jens F. Jensen 11. Consumer Immersion: A Key to Extraordinary Experiences Ann H. Hansen and Lena Mossberg 12. Innovation in the Experience Sector Jon Sundbo, Flemming Sørensen and Lars Fuglsang 13. Towards More Intertwined Innovation Types: Innovation through Experience Design Focusing on Customer Interactions Dorthe Eide and Lena Mossberg 14. Entrepreneurship in the Experience Economy: Overcoming Cultural Barriers Lars Fuglsang and Flemming Sørensen 15. Networking in the Experience Economy: Scaffolded Networks between Designed and Emerging Regional Development Dorthe Eide and Lars Fuglsang 16. Experiencing Spatial Design Connie Svabo, Jonas Larsen, Michael Haldrup and Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt 17. The Essential Role of Community in Consumption of a Shared Experience: Lessons from Youth Sport Laurence Chalip, Yen-Chun Lin, B. Christine Green and Marlene Dixon 18. Volunteering and User Creation in Communities of Interests Sune Gudiksen PART III: APPLICATION FIELDS 19. The Social Experience of Cultural Events: Conceptual Foundations and Analytical Strategies Fabian Holt and Francesco Lapenta 20. From Creative Cluster to Innovation Platform: The Rise of the Doctor Who Experience in Creative City Cardiff Philip Cooke 21. Unpacking the Spatial Organization of the US Videogames Industry: Lessons for Research on Experience Industry Clusters Jan Vang and Ted Tschang 22. Concept Experiences and their Diffusion: The Example of the New Nordic Cuisine Jon Sundbo, Donna Sundbo and Jan K. Jacobsen 23. Experiencing Everyday Life Anew: Applied Theatrical and Performative Strategies Gry Worre Hallberg and Olav Harsløf 24. Radical Change in Health Care to Achieve Superior Patient Experience Albert Boswijk Index

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Book SynopsisIn this unique book, Peter-J. Jost provides a comprehensive economic-psychological approach for successfully managing employees. Based on the analysis of the employee?s individual work behavior, he illustrates that instead of treating employees as input elements of production, and managing and controlling their work, organizations need to motivate their employees to act in the interest of the firm and in accordance with its goals. The author considers the employee as the ?building block? holding economic organizations together, and outlines how their personal circumstances, behavior and working conditions affect motivation. The influence of individual decision-making processes and psychological factors on behavior in the workplace is also discussed. Theoretical insights are underpinned by a range of case studies, and the impact of inadequate leadership on firms is highlighted. Motivation problems within organizations are evaluated and potential solutions prescribed. This book will prove an insightful and fascinating read for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to develop a deeper understanding of the myriad factors that affect the motivation of employees within an organization.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Employee as Basic Building Block of Economic Organizations 1. Individual Differences between Employees 2. Economic-Psychological Behavior Part II: The Behavior in Organizations 3. Judgment of the Work Situation 4. The Psychology of Work Behavior Part III: Organizations and the Role of Motivation 5. The Economic Analysis of the Motivation Problem 6. Managing the Work Behavior Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDaniel Cahoy and Lynda Oswald have brought together some of the country's most prominent patent scholars outside the legal discipline. From the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to recent court cases from the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, this timely, informative and well-edited volume examines the latest changes in US patent law and their impact on business strategy. The book is a must-read for anybody who wants to learn more deeply about the ever-increasing role of patents in the business environment.'>- Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School, USWithin the complex global economy, patents function as indispensable tools for fostering and protecting innovation. This fascinating volume offers a comprehensive perspective on the US patent system, detailing its many uses and outlining several critical legislative, administrative and judicial reforms that impact business strategy.The expert contributors to this book provide an overview of how the US patent system functions today and describe how recent changes affect firms and individual inventors. Topics discussed include the drivers of intellectual property policy; recent revisions to the patent application process in terms of the new first-to-file regime, inequitable conduct, and allowable subject matter; and changes to patent enforcement and infringement related to the Federal Circuit's special role and post-grant review. Contributors address recent legislation such as the 2011 America Invents Act, which enacted some of the most significant patent reforms in decades.This examination of the US patent system highlights some of the most important issues for business. It will serve as an important tool for both policymakers and business leaders, and will also interest students and professors of business and management studies, innovation studies and business law.Contributors: C. Aceves, T.L. Anenson, D.L. Baumer, R.C. Bird, D.R. Cahoy, W.M. Chumney, J. Gehman, D.M. Gitter, Z. Lei, G. Mark, S.J. Marsnik, D. Orozco, L.J. Oswald, R.B. Sawyers, R.E. ThomasTrade Review‘Daniel Cahoy and Lynda Oswald have brought together some of the country’s most prominent patent scholars outside the legal discipline. From the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act to recent court cases from the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, this timely, informative and well-edited volume examines the latest changes in US patent law and their impact on business strategy. The book is a must-read for anybody who wants to learn more deeply about the ever-increasing role of patents in the business environment.’ -- Peter K. Yu, Drake University, Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: INFLUENCES ON PATENT POLICY 1. Coalition Formation and Battles to Effect Intellectual Property Policy Change in the Age of ACTA, AIA and the SHIELD Act Robert E. Thomas and Cassandra Aceves 2. Administrative Patent Levers in the Software, Biotechnology and Clean Technology Industries David Orozco PART II: REVISIONS TO PATENT APPLICATION PROCESS 3. The America Invents Act, Patent Priority, and Supplemental Examination Robert C. Bird 4. Inequitable Conduct after Therasense and the America Invents Act T. Leigh Anenson and Gideon Mark 5. The Patenting of a Profession—Accounting in the Crosshairs Wade M. Chumney, David L. Baumer and Roby B. Sawyers PART III: CHANGES TO THE SCOPE OF ENFORCEMENT AND INFRINGEMENT 6. Unexpected Hazards of a Specialized Patent Court: Lessons from Joint Infringement Doctrine Lynda J. Oswald 7. The Transformation of Patents into Information Containment Tools Daniel R. Cahoy, Joel Gehman and Zhen Lei 8. Will the America Invents Act Post-grant Review Improve the Quality of Patents? A Comparison with the European Patent Office Opposition Susan J. Marsnik PART IV: EMERGENCE OF EXCLUSION SYSTEMS BEYOND PATENTS 9. Biopharmaceuticals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Determining the Appropriate Market and Data Exclusivity Periods Donna M. Gitter Index

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Book SynopsisBusiness historians and economic historians frequently contribute to our understanding of strategic management, and strategy scholars often rely on a deep understanding of historical context to make sense of classic strategy issues. Historically, the two sets of scholars have not always communicated with each other as effectively as one might hope. They also have different approaches to methodology and assessment of validity of results, which adds to this 'two solitudes'. In this volume, strategy scholars, business historians, and economic historians are brought together to develop a volume that explores the complementarities of approaches.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Integration of History and Strategy Research Steven J. Kahl, Brian S. Silverman and Michael A. Cusumano Part I: History, Strategy, and Innovation Economic Experiments and the Development of Wi-Fi Shane Greenstein Platforms versus Products: Observations from the Literature and History Michael A. Cusumano Patent Pools: Licensing Strategies in the Absence of Regulation Ryan Lampe & Petra Moser Part II: History and Industry Evolution: Convergence, Divergence, and Institutional Background Marrying History and Social Science in Strategy Research Johann Peter Murmann The evolution of alternative business models and the Legitimization of Universal Credit Card Industry: Exploring the contested terrain where history and strategy meet Huseyin Leblebici Strategy Followed Structure: Management Consulting and the Creation of a Market for 'Strategy,' 1950-2000 Christopher McKenna Strategy, Ideology and Structure: The political processes of introducing the M-form in two Dutch banks Matthias Kipping & Gerarda Westerhuis Part III: Analytic Narratives: Historical Narrative meets Economic and Sociological Theory History in Strategy Research: What, Why, and How? Paul Ingram, Hayagreeva Rao & Brian S. Silverman Audience Structure and the Failure of Institutional Entrepreneurship Steven J. Kahl, JoAnne Yates & Greg Liegel Orphaned Jazz: Short-Lived Startups and the Long-Run Success of Depression-Era Cultural Products Damon J. Phillips

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Book SynopsisThis book series' mission is to provide a forum for critique, commentary and discussion about key methodology issues in the strategic management field. Strategic management relies on an array of complex methods drawn from various allied disciplines to examine how managers attempt to lead their firms toward success. The seventh volume of the series is built around the theme of "West Meets East: Toward Methodological Exchange". Within this overarching theme, this volume consists of two parts. The first is "Developing Quantitative Techniques" and the second is ""Exploring Mixed Research Methods". With authors from an array of country backgrounds, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, Singapore, the UK and the US, this volume will help promote methodological exchange between the West and the East.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction: West Meets East: Toward Methodological Exchange. Using Baseline Models to Improve Theories about Emerging Markets. Strategic Management Research in Emerging Economies: A Lens Model Perspective. Item Response Theory and Construct Measurement in Emerging Markets. Multilevel Modeling for International Management Research. When West Meets East: Methods of Assessing Group Variation in Comparative Emerging Markets Research. Measuring “West Meets East” in Strategic Management Research Using Cultural Consensus Model and Cultural Mixture Model Analyses. Emerging Market Research Opportunities with Agent-Based Simulations. Non-Response in Cross-Cultural Surveys: Reflections on Telephone Survey Interviews with Chinese Managers. Making Strategic Management Research Relevant to Emerging Market Countries. MultiTheoretical Analysis in Organizational and Strategic Configurational Changes: Using Mixed Methods with Multilevel Rules for Innovation. Exploring Different Accounts: Depth Interviews Versus Self-Administered Questionnaires in Strategy and Management Research. West Meets East: Toward Methodological Exchange. Research Methodology in Strategy and Management. Research Methodology in Strategy and Management. Copyright page.

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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 fascinating, close range look at the co-evolution of a Chinese joint venture port operator and the dynamic political and economic environment in which it is embedded demonstrates yet again that in the right hands, theory and practice can and do inform and infuse each other. In the haystack of contemporary China books, this is a precious needle.'- Oded Shenkar, Ohio State University, US'This work is an excellent example of a joint business-academic collaboration on telling the story of how a major business evolved successfully with its environment - an environment in which most businesses have found it difficult to operate and most researchers have found it a challenge to explain. Through meticulous research, the research team explains with solid facts and strong theory how a business influenced its highly complex and ambiguous political environment through developing strategic relationships. This project is a model for conducting relevant research that the management field desperately needs. It is exemplary of engaged scholarship that merges the best of scholarship and practice. Both academics and executives will find this book a treasure of ideas.'- Anne Tsui, Arizona State University, US'The Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution provides an excellent exploration of co-evolution from the perspective of power relations within a hierarchical system. It is relevant not only to firms working within a political environment, but also useful for people working in think tanks and policy analysis. Its treatment of relationship management has universal implications.'- Huijiong Wang, The State Council, PRCOffering insights of unusual richness, this book examines one of the world's most important business environments to determine the way that organizations can develop through interaction with their environments. It fills a gap in our understanding of the evolution of the Chinese business environment and throws light on the theory of co-evolution in order to inspire management practice.Written on the basis of a collaboration between a leading business manager and renowned university scholars, this groundbreaking book makes a significant contribution both to theory and practice of competitive strategy.Contents: Part I: Introduction, Perspective and Method 1. Introduction 2. The Co-evolutionary Perspective 3. Research Design and Methodology Part II: Environment, Evolution and Managerial Initiative 4. Yantian Port and its Changing Environment 5. The Evolution of a World-Class Port 6. Innovations in Management Practice 7. Relationship Management - Creating a Relational Framework Part III: Co-evolution: Theory and Practice 8. Forms of Co-evolution 9. The Political Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution 10. Lessons for Managers Operating in a Complex Environment IndexTrade Review‘This work is an excellent example of a joint business–academic collaboration on telling the story of how a major business evolved successfully with its environment – an environment in which most businesses have found it difficult to operate and most researchers have found it a challenge to explain. Through meticulous research, the research team explains with solid facts and strong theory how a business influenced its highly complex and ambiguous political environment through developing strategic relationships. This project is a model for conducting relevant research that the management field desperately needs. It is exemplary of engaged scholarship that merges the best of scholarship and practice. Both academics and executives will find this book a treasure of ideas.’ -- Anne Tsui, Arizona State University, US and President, Academy of Management 2012‘This book gives full due to two areas which were totally under-researched in earlier work, namely how corporate evolution takes place and how it can proceed within a highly politicized as well as institutionalized environment. The Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution is a remarkable statement of facts, a solid perspective on co-evolution – the way the relationships between YICT and its environments evolved together. It is an invaluable source of data on how a new container terminal became, after an initially difficult period, one of the world top-class ports largely through the initiatives of its management.’ -- Gustaaf De Monie University of Antwerp, Belgium‘There are two reasons for recommending this highly readable book. It offers a careful explanation of how interaction between investors, operating firms, local politicians and central administrators shapes the corporate governance of new Chinese multinationals and their contracts in a highly regulated infrastructure industry such as ports. Based on the outcome of the empirical study of China’s largest container terminal, the book further convincingly argues how the interaction between firms and local politicians or central administrators specifies the missing link in co-evolution theory, namely the mechanism by which firms can convert their demand for a better fitting business environment into corresponding institutional policies. In short the book offers both additional insights into the new business system in China (and suggestions for foreign firms how to better cope with such a system), and the process by which good theory gets refined.’ -- Barbara Krug, Erasmus University, The Netherlands‘The dramatic progress of many societies in recent decades has rested – often without full acknowledgement – on the hybridizing of different business systems, and secondly on the flowing together of the resulting blended organizations with their political social and cultural surroundings. This is nowhere better illustrated than in China’s Pearl River Delta where the long heritage of Hong Kong as a western trading outpost meets the longer heritage of China as a state-dominated society. In this book the co-evolution of the world's largest matrix of transport hubs is analysed in fine detail by another hybrid: that of world class exponents of both organization theory and the practical managing of complexity.’ -- Gordon Redding, INSEAD, France‘This fascinating, close range look at the co-evolution of a Chinese joint venture port operator and the dynamic political and economic environment in which it is embedded demonstrates yet again that in the right hands, theory and practice can and do inform and infuse each other. In the haystack of contemporary China books, this is a precious needle.’ -- Oded Shenkar, Ohio State University, US‘The Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution provides an excellent exploration of co-evolution from the perspective of power relations within a hierarchical system. It is relevant not only to firms working within a political environment, but also useful for people working in think tanks and policy analysis. Its treatment of relationship management has universal implications.’ -- Huijiong Wang, The State Council, PRC‘This is a fascinating book on the interdependencies between business and government within the context of Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT). . . The book will delight academics and academic minded practitioners with an interest in how ports evolve together with their political environment. . . the level of detail in theory development is a delight and will inspire repeat reads for those that wish to take the work further.’ -- Andrew Grainger, International Journal of Maritime HistoryTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction, Perspective and Method 1. Introduction 2. The Co-evolutionary Perspective 3. Research Design and Methodology Part II: Environment, Evolution and Managerial Initiative 4. Yantian Port and its Changing Environment 5. The Evolution of a World-Class Port 6. Innovations in Management Practice 7. Relationship Management – Creating a Relational Framework Part III: Co-evolution: Theory and Practice 8. Forms of Co-evolution 9. The Political Dynamics of Corporate Co-evolution 10. Lessons for Managers Operating in a Complex Environment 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 collection of articles by an internationally recognized team of authors is a welcome addition to the literature on firm growth. The authors, singly and together, have previously made important contributions with regard to frameworks for understanding growth, as well as cutting-edge empirical research on the actual growth process. In this volume, the authors bring previous research up-to-date, providing a critical look at what has been published in the last decade and offering new theoretically informed insights in how and why firms grow.'- Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USThis insightful volume presents a collection of innovative works by two of the leading researchers of firm growth.The studies extend previous research by providing stronger theoretical underpinnings and using longitudinal databases that can separate in time the firms' growth from its presumed causes. They also break new ground by examining different modes of growth, such as sales growth vs. employment growth, and organic growth vs. acquisition-based expansion. Further, the studies investigate the drivers of firm growth and take a critical look at the effects, such as under what circumstances high growth is associated with high profitability.The issue of how firm growth is achieved and managed, and what consequences it has for different stakeholders is both theoretically interesting and practically important. The book will strongly appeal to academics of entrepreneurship, small business management and strategy.Contributors: L. Achtenhagen, G.N. Chandler, P. Davidsson, F. Delmar, J. Fitzsimmons, S. Girma, A. Lockett, A. McKelvie, L. Naldi, H. Patzelt, D.A. Shepherd, P. Steffens, J. WiklundTrade Review‘This collection of articles by an internationally recognized team of authors is a welcome addition to the literature on firm growth. The authors, singly and together, have previously made important contributions with regard to frameworks for understanding growth, as well as cutting-edge empirical research on the actual growth process. In this volume, the authors bring previous research up-to-date, providing a critical look at what has been published in the last decade and offering new theoretically informed insights in how and why firms grow.’ -- Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Per Davidsson and Johan Wiklund PART I: EXPLAINING WHY AND HOW MUCH FIRMS GROW 1. Building an Integrative Model of Small Business Growth Johan Wiklund, Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd 2. Aspiring for, and Achieving Growth: The Moderating Role of Resources and Opportunities Johan Wiklund and Dean A. Shepherd 3. The Effect of Small Business Managers’ Growth Motivation on Firm Growth: A Longitudinal Study Frédéric Delmar and Johan Wiklund PART II: CHANGING THE FIRM GROWTH RESEARCH AGENDA 4. Are We Comparing Apples with Apples or Apples with Oranges? Appropriateness of Knowledge Accumulation Across Growth Studies Dean A. Shepherd and Johan Wiklund 5. Advancing Firm Growth Research: A Focus on Growth Mode Instead of Growth Rate Alexander McKelvie and Johan Wiklund 6. Towards an Integrative Framework for Future Research on Small Firm Growth Per Davidsson, Leona Achtenhagen and Lucia Naldi PART III: A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE GROWTH–PROFIT RELATIONSHIP 7. Growing Profitable or Growing from Profits: Putting the Horse in Front of the Cart? Per Davidsson, Paul Steffens and Jason Fitzsimmons 8. Performance Configurations Over Time: Implications for Growth-and Profit-oriented Strategies Paul Steffens, Per Davidsson and Jason Fitzsimmons PART IV: THEORY-DRIVEN RESEARCH ON SPECIFIC FORMS OF GROWTH 9. Asset Specificity and Behavioral Uncertainty as Moderators of the Sales Growth–Employment Growth Relationship in Emerging Ventures Gaylen N. Chandler, Alexander McKelvie and Per Davidsson 10. Organic and Acquisitive Growth: Re‐examining, Testing and Extending Penrose’s Growth Theory Andy Lockett, Johan Wiklund, Per Davidsson and Sourafel Girma Index

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Book SynopsisWith increasing awareness that innovative technology alone is insufficient to make sustainable lifestyles a reality, this book brings into sharp focus the need to create radical new business models. This insightful book provides a theoretically grounded but also realistic account of how the design of business models can be a critical component in the overall transition to sustainability, and one that transcends the usual focus on innovative technology.Weaving together key principles and components for business sustainability, the book highlights five very different pathways to the future for sectors ranging from microbreweries and printing through to clothing, mobility and plastics. Business has only just started the first few tentative steps towards a very different approach to creating and sustaining value, but this book concludes that enormous opportunities will emerge alongside new ways of creating and capturing value.Academics and postgraduate students in the fields of sustainable business, business organizations and industrial ecology will find this book brings a greater understanding of business strategy and structure to the discipline. While traditionally referenced and structured, this academic book is accessibly written with key principles that may also appeal to the consultant community.Contents: Preface 1. Business Models and Sustainability 2. Business Models: A Broad Perspective 3. Examples of Business Model Innovation in General Practice 4. The Principles and Components of Business Models for Sustainability 5. Case Study Sectors for Business Models for Sustainability 6. Conclusions References IndexTrade ReviewBusiness models and sustainability breaks new ground by combining three important insights. First, achieving sustainability requires socio-technical transitions that entail new technologies, production processes, lifestyles, and consumption patterns. Second, firms play crucial roles in mediating between sustainable production and consumption. Third, radical innovations require organizational innovations and new business models. Peter Wells successfully combines these 'big picture' ideas with rich in-depth case studies drawing on years of accumulated expertise. Highly recommended. --Frank W. Geels, University of Manchester, UK and Chairman of the Sustainability Transitions Research NetworkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Business Models and Sustainability 2. Business Models: A Broad Perspective 3. Examples of Business Model Innovation in General Practice 4. The Principles and Components of Business Models for Sustainability 5. Case Study Sectors for Business Models for Sustainability 6. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Advances in Trust Research presents new and important developments in trust research.The contributors are all prominent and highly respected experts in the field. Firstly, they provide a contemporary overview of the most crucial issues in current trust research including contracts, innovation and negotiation, trust and control. Thereafter, themes which have gained prominence since the original Handbook are considered, such as trust and the financial crisis, public trust in business, and trust and HRM. The book also explores recent theoretical advances and points the way for future research on trust.The Handbook contributes to an area of key importance to business and society and will appeal to practitioners and students of organization theory, strategy, sociology, organizational psychology and economics.Contributors: R. Bachmann, K.T. Dirks, N. Gillespie, T. Gubler, J.D. Harris, R. Hurley, A.A.C. Keevil, F. Kroeger, R.J. Lewicki, P.P. Li, G. Möllering, J. Nickerson, B. Nooteboom, B. Polin, L. Poppo, R.H. Searle, F. Six, P.W.L. Vlaar, A. Weibel, A.C. Wicks, A. ZaheerTrade Review'Overall, this is an interesting and relevant publication. Central themes of control, monitoring, structure and process intertwine across chapters, making it a coherent, balanced piece of work that reflects the efforts of the trust community to pull towards more convergent conceptualisations and measurement after a number of objections regarding the fragmented nature of prior research.' --Journal of Consumer PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Reinhard Bachmann and Akbar Zaheer PART I: INTERPERSONAL TRUST 1. HRM and Trust, or Trust and HRM? An Underdeveloped Context for Trust Research Rosalind H. Searle 2. The Role of Trust in Negotiation Processes Roy J. Lewicki and Beth Polin PART II: TRUST AND GOVERNANCE: CONTROL, CONTRACT, INNOVATION 3. Trust and Control: The Role of Intrinsic Motivation Antoinette Weibel and Frédérique Six 4. Trust and Contracts: Together Forever, Never Apart? Paul W.L. Vlaar 5. Trust and Innovation Bart Nooteboom PART III: TRUST ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS 6. Origins of Inter-organizational Trust: A Review and Query for Further Research Laura Poppo 7. Inter-cultural Trust and Trust-building: The Contexts and Strategies of Adaptive Learning in Acculturation Peter Ping Li PART IV: SOCIETAL ANALYSIS AND TRUST REPAIR 8. Trust and the Global Financial Crisis Nicole Gillespie and Robert Hurley 9. Public Trust in the Institution of Business Jared D. Harris, Adrian A.C. Keevil and Andrew C. Wicks PART V: THEORETICAL ADVANCES 10. Trust and the Economic Theory of the Firm Jackson Nickerson, Timothy Gubler and Kurt T. Dirks 11. How is Trust Institutionalized? Understanding Collective and Long-term Trust Orientations Frens Kroeger 12. Process Views of Trusting and Crises Guido Möllering Index

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Book SynopsisThis book draws together William B. Gartner's key contributions to entrepreneurship research over the past 25 years. An original introduction by the author offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of his work as it pertains to the development of entrepreneurship as a scholarly field, and the articles demonstrate the many ways in which his research has explored entrepreneurship in relation to individuals, firms, environments, and processes.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction William B. Gartner 1. William B. Gartner (1985), ‘A Conceptual Framework for Describing the Phenomenon of New Venture Creation’, Academy of Management Review, 10 (4), October, 696–706 2. William B. Gartner (1985), ‘Did River City Really Need a Boys’ Band?’, New Management, 3 (1), Summer, 29–34 3. William B. Gartner (1986), ‘The Oz in Organization’, New Management, 4 (1), Summer, 15–21 4. William B. Gartner (1988), ‘”Who Is an Entrepreneur?” Is the Wrong Question’, American Journal of Small Business, 12 (4), Spring, 11–32 5. Jerome Katz and William B. Gartner (1988), ‘Properties of Emerging Organizations’, Academy of Management Review, 13 (3), July, 429–41 6. William B. Gartner, Terence R. Mitchell and Karl H. Vesper (1989), ‘A Taxonomy of New Business Ventures’, Journal of Business Venturing, 4 (3), May, 169–86 7. Donald A. Duchesneau and William B. Gartner (1990), ‘A Profile of New Venture Success and Failure in an Emerging Industry’, Journal of Business Venturing, 5 (5), September, 297–312 8. William B. Gartner (1990), ‘What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Entrepreneurship?’, Journal of Business Venturing, 5 (1), January, 15–28 9. William B. Gartner, Barbara J. Bird and Jennifer A. Starr (1992), ‘Acting As If: Differentiating Entrepreneurial from Organizational Behavior’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 16 (3), Spring, 13–31 10. William B. Gartner (1993), ‘Words Lead to Deeds: Towards an Organizational Emergence Vocabulary’, Journal of Business Venturing, 8 (3), May, 231–9 11. Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Kelly G. Shaver and William B. Gartner (1995), ‘A Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Factors Influencing Start-Up Behaviors and Success at Venture Creation’, Journal of Business Venturing, 10 (5), September, 371–91 12. Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner and Paul D. Reynolds (1996), ‘Exploring Start-Up Event Sequences’, Journal of Business Venturing, 11 (3), May, 151–66 13. William B. Gartner, Jennifer A. Starr and Subodh Bhat (1999), ‘Predicting New Venture Survival: An Analysis of “Anatomy of a Start-Up” Cases from Inc. Magazine’, Journal of Business Venturing, 14 (2), March, 215–32 14. Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver and Elizabeth J. Gatewood (2003), ‘The Career Reasons of Nascent Entrepreneurs’, Journal of Business Venturing, 18 (1), January, 13–39 15. William B. Gartner, Nancy M. Carter and Gerald E. Hills (2003), ‘The Language of Opportunity’, in Chris Steyaert and Daniel Hjorth (eds), New Movements in Entrepreneurship, Chapter 7, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 103–24 16. Jianwen Liao and William B. Gartner (2006), ‘The Effects of Pre-venture Plan Timing and Perceived Environmental Uncertainty on the Persistence of Emerging Firms’, Small Business Economics, 27 (1), August, 23–40 17. W.B. Gartner (2006), ‘A “Critical Mess” Approach to Entrepreneurship Scholarship’, in Entrepreneurship Research: Past Perspectives and Future Prospects published in Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 3 (2), 213–22 18. William B. Gartner (2007), ‘Entrepreneurial Narrative and a Science of the Imagination’, Journal of Business Venturing, 22 (5), September, 613–27 19. William B. Gartner and Candida G. Brush (2007), ‘Entrepreneurship as Organizing: Emergence, Newness, and Transformation’, in Mark P. Rice and Timothy G. Habbershon (eds), Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Growth, Volume 2, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1–20 20. William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver and Jianwen (Jon) Liao (2008), ‘Opportunities as Attributions: Categorizing Strategic Issues from an Attributional Perspective’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2 (4), December, 301–15 21. William B. Gartner (2010), ‘A New Path to the Waterfall: A Narrative on a Use of Entrepreneurial Narrative’, International Journal of Small Business, 28 (1), February, 6–19 Conclusion: An ‘EntreFesto’ William B. Gartner

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Book SynopsisThis book draws together William B. Gartner's key contributions to entrepreneurship research over the past 25 years. An original introduction by the author offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of his work as it pertains to the development of entrepreneurship as a scholarly field, and the articles demonstrate the many ways in which his research has explored entrepreneurship in relation to individuals, firms, environments, and processes.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction William B. Gartner 1. William B. Gartner (1985), ‘A Conceptual Framework for Describing the Phenomenon of New Venture Creation’, Academy of Management Review, 10 (4), October, 696–706 2. William B. Gartner (1985), ‘Did River City Really Need a Boys’ Band?’, New Management, 3 (1), Summer, 29–34 3. William B. Gartner (1986), ‘The Oz in Organization’, New Management, 4 (1), Summer, 15–21 4. William B. Gartner (1988), ‘”Who Is an Entrepreneur?” Is the Wrong Question’, American Journal of Small Business, 12 (4), Spring, 11–32 5. Jerome Katz and William B. Gartner (1988), ‘Properties of Emerging Organizations’, Academy of Management Review, 13 (3), July, 429–41 6. William B. Gartner, Terence R. Mitchell and Karl H. Vesper (1989), ‘A Taxonomy of New Business Ventures’, Journal of Business Venturing, 4 (3), May, 169–86 7. Donald A. Duchesneau and William B. Gartner (1990), ‘A Profile of New Venture Success and Failure in an Emerging Industry’, Journal of Business Venturing, 5 (5), September, 297–312 8. William B. Gartner (1990), ‘What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Entrepreneurship?’, Journal of Business Venturing, 5 (1), January, 15–28 9. William B. Gartner, Barbara J. Bird and Jennifer A. Starr (1992), ‘Acting As If: Differentiating Entrepreneurial from Organizational Behavior’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 16 (3), Spring, 13–31 10. William B. Gartner (1993), ‘Words Lead to Deeds: Towards an Organizational Emergence Vocabulary’, Journal of Business Venturing, 8 (3), May, 231–9 11. Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Kelly G. Shaver and William B. Gartner (1995), ‘A Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Factors Influencing Start-Up Behaviors and Success at Venture Creation’, Journal of Business Venturing, 10 (5), September, 371–91 12. Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner and Paul D. Reynolds (1996), ‘Exploring Start-Up Event Sequences’, Journal of Business Venturing, 11 (3), May, 151–66 13. William B. Gartner, Jennifer A. Starr and Subodh Bhat (1999), ‘Predicting New Venture Survival: An Analysis of “Anatomy of a Start-Up” Cases from Inc. Magazine’, Journal of Business Venturing, 14 (2), March, 215–32 14. Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver and Elizabeth J. Gatewood (2003), ‘The Career Reasons of Nascent Entrepreneurs’, Journal of Business Venturing, 18 (1), January, 13–39 15. William B. Gartner, Nancy M. Carter and Gerald E. Hills (2003), ‘The Language of Opportunity’, in Chris Steyaert and Daniel Hjorth (eds), New Movements in Entrepreneurship, Chapter 7, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 103–24 16. Jianwen Liao and William B. Gartner (2006), ‘The Effects of Pre-venture Plan Timing and Perceived Environmental Uncertainty on the Persistence of Emerging Firms’, Small Business Economics, 27 (1), August, 23–40 17. W.B. Gartner (2006), ‘A “Critical Mess” Approach to Entrepreneurship Scholarship’, in Entrepreneurship Research: Past Perspectives and Future Prospects published in Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 3 (2), 213–22 18. William B. Gartner (2007), ‘Entrepreneurial Narrative and a Science of the Imagination’, Journal of Business Venturing, 22 (5), September, 613–27 19. William B. Gartner and Candida G. Brush (2007), ‘Entrepreneurship as Organizing: Emergence, Newness, and Transformation’, in Mark P. Rice and Timothy G. Habbershon (eds), Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Growth, Volume 2, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1–20 20. William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver and Jianwen (Jon) Liao (2008), ‘Opportunities as Attributions: Categorizing Strategic Issues from an Attributional Perspective’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2 (4), December, 301–15 21. William B. Gartner (2010), ‘A New Path to the Waterfall: A Narrative on a Use of Entrepreneurial Narrative’, International Journal of Small Business, 28 (1), February, 6–19 Conclusion: An ‘EntreFesto’ William B. Gartner

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Book SynopsisIn this unique book, Peter-J. Jost provides a comprehensive economic-psychological approach for successfully managing employees. Based on the analysis of the employee?s individual work behavior, he illustrates that instead of treating employees as input elements of production, and managing and controlling their work, organizations need to motivate their employees to act in the interest of the firm and in accordance with its goals. The author considers the employee as the ?building block? holding economic organizations together, and outlines how their personal circumstances, behavior and working conditions affect motivation. The influence of individual decision-making processes and psychological factors on behavior in the workplace is also discussed. Theoretical insights are underpinned by a range of case studies, and the impact of inadequate leadership on firms is highlighted. Motivation problems within organizations are evaluated and potential solutions prescribed. This book will prove an insightful and fascinating read for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to develop a deeper understanding of the myriad factors that affect the motivation of employees within an organization.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Employee as Basic Building Block of Economic Organizations 1. Individual Differences between Employees 2. Economic-Psychological Behavior Part II: The Behavior in Organizations 3. Judgment of the Work Situation 4. The Psychology of Work Behavior Part III: Organizations and the Role of Motivation 5. The Economic Analysis of the Motivation Problem 6. Managing the Work Behavior Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHuman beings create knowledge as a result of interaction with others. This book is devoted to the idea that collective knowledge management can be strategically promoted through these interactions in order to enhance a firm's competitiveness.Haruo H. Horaguchi explores a new perspective of knowledge management as an eco-system, a theory that explains why Japanese multinational enterprises lead the way for innovation in the 21st century. While the concept of personal knowledge through tacit knowing describes how knowledge is understood as input for individuals, the concept of collective knowledge management contributes to the creation of intellectual resources for firms. This book provides a critical assessment of the classic theories of innovation and an intensive empirical study on industrial agglomeration and collective intelligence. It then goes on to offer a new theory of management.This book will appeal to academics and students of business and management, business administration, sociology and organizational behavior. It will also be of great interest to managers and business-owners looking at new methods of promoting knowledge in the workforce.Contents: Preface 1. Knowledge and Capabilities in Business Management: The Risks of Tacit Knowledge 2. Collective Strategy and Collective Knowledge 3. Shared Knowledge 4. Symbiotic Knowledge 5. Local Knowledge 6. Common Knowledge 7. Collective Knowledge and Collective Strategy in the Intelligent Society: Extension for the International Business Strategy IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Knowledge and Capabilities in Business Management: The Risks of Tacit Knowledge 2. Collective Strategy and Collective Knowledge 3. Shared Knowledge 4. Symbiotic Knowledge 5. Local Knowledge 6. Common Knowledge 7. Collective Knowledge and Collective Strategy in the Intelligent Society: Extension for the International Business Strategy Index

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from some of the field’s most influential scholars, this Handbook provides a path forward for students and researchers interested in strategy process research from a middle management perspective. This groundbreaking Handbook both reviews existing theory and explores new ground concerning key issues surrounding middle management’s influence on strategy making.Split into five distinct sections, the book explicates the unit of analysis and presents foundational theories, emerging models, cutting-edge methods, and original empirical research in strategy process research. Contributors with diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives identify and address a wide range of research issues relevant to middle managers’ participation in strategy making, such as social network analysis and video methodology. Standout chapters include one on complex strategic integration by Robert A. Burgelman and one on development of theory by Henry Mintzberg. This Handbook is a must-read for academics interested in strategy process research as it suggests novel research approaches for addressing relevant phenomena and provides an up-to-date review of the extant literature in the area.Trade Review`Floyd and Wooldridge's edited volume is a literal tour de force that guides the reader through the "wilds" of middle manager strategy process research. Chapters from top scholars examine all aspects of this complex field: from reviewing and updating its foundations; to evaluating current conflicts, gaps and methods; to identifying new, insightful theoretical and empirical directions that illuminate exciting paths forward. The Handbook of Middle Management Strategy Process Research is an essential source for newly minted scholars, who should read it straight through, and for "old hands" at strategy process who want the very latest thinking.' -- Richard L. Priem, Texas Christian University, US `It was Steve Floyd and Bill Wooldridge who first established the role of middle managers in strategy as a research field. Now they bring together the field's leading authorities to challenge orthodoxies and propose radically new perspectives and methodologies for research. This collection sets a vigorous and innovative agenda for future research in the field.' --Richard Whittington, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Steven W. Floyd and Bill Wooldridge Part I: The Unit of Analysis 1. The Role of Middle and Top Managers in the Strategy Process Xavier Castañer and Howard Yu 2. Functions of the Mezzanine Anurag Sharma 3. Some Middle Managers are More Influential Than Others: An Approach for Identifying Strategic Influence Bill Wooldridge and Steven W. Floyd Part II: Explorations of Existing Theory 4. The Role of Issue Selling in Effective Strategy Making Susan J. Ashford, Madeline Ong, Gareth D. Keeves 5. Strategy-as-Practice Research on Middle Managers and Sensemaking Juila Balogun and Linda Rouleau 6. Middle Managers’ Emotion Management in the Strategy Process Quy Nguyen Huy and Yidi Guo 7. Middle Managers: The Lynchpins in the Corporate Entrepreneurship Process Donald F. Kuratko Part III: Theoretical Developments 8. Developing Theory about the Development of Theory Henry Mintzberg 9. Complex Strategic Integration at Nike: Strategy Process and Strategy-as-Practice Combined Robert A. Burgelman 10. A Conceptual Framework of Middle Managers’ Strategic Role Flexibility Ruifang Wang, Patrick T. Gibbons, Ciaran Heavey 11. Mintzberg’s Pattern: Middle Managers in Polyphonic Strategy Process Saku Mantere 12. Middle Management Engagement in Strategic Planning Routines: A Mindfulness Perspective Carola Wolf Part IV: Methodological Alternatives 13. Middle Management and Strategy Process: Toward a Pluralistic Theory of Power Torsten Schmid 14. Measuring the Middle: The Use of Social Network Analysis in Middle Management Research David G. Cohen and Sudhir Nair 15. Choreographies We Strategize By: Using Video Methodology in the Study of Embodiment Philip Gylfe Part V: Empirical Explorations 16. A Psychological Perspective on Middle Managers’ Strategic Championing Behavior Nüfer Yasin Ates, Murat Tarakci, Yoojung Ahn, Steven W. Floyd and Bill Wooldridge 17. The Knowledge Brokering Role of Middle Managers: The Case of Hybrid Middle Managers in a Professionalalized Organization Graeme Currie and Nicola Burgess 18. Middle Managers and Corporate Entrepreneurship: Unpacking Strategic Roles and Assessing Performance Implications Johanna Mair 19. The Interface of Top and Middle Managers: Taking Stock and Moving Forward Anneloes M. L. Raes and Koen van Vlijmen Index

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