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Book SynopsisLooks at the process by which leaders, as entrepreneurs and strategists, attempt to build and craft the skill-bases of their firms to best create long-term value for their customers. This book examines the foundations of resource-based approaches to management and strategic thinking, and also presents the case histories of four different firms.
Table of ContentsPart One: Foundations. Introduction: from Resources to Advantage. Research Opportunities, Rationale and Objectives. Resources from the Ground Up: The Foundations of Performance. Part Two: Practice. Preliminary Fieldwork: The Precision Instruments Company. Precision Instruments Re-Cast: Entrepreneurial Leadership and Skill-Based Strategy in a Technologically Complex, Craft-Oriented, Changing Manufacturing Environment. The Custom Cabinets Company: Entrepreneurial Leadership and Skill-Based Strategy in a Technologically Simple, Craft-Oriented, Stable but Cyclical Manufacturing Environment. Hauser Chemical Research, Inc.: Entrepreneurial Leadership and Skill-Based Strategy in a Technologically and Skill-Intensive, 'Marketless' Professional Service Environment. Combustion Engineering, 1982-1990: Entrepreneurial Leadership and Skill-Based Strategy in a Technologically and Skill-Intensive, Changing Service and Manufacturing Environment, in a Corporate Setting. Part Three: Grounded Theory. A Cross Case Analysis of Skill-Based Strategy and Entrepreneurial Leadership: Developing a Grounded Theory from Idiographic Models. Enfolding the Literature to Create a Substantive-Level, Grounded Theory of Skill-Based Strategy and Entrepreneurial Leadership. Specification of a Theory of Value Creation, Skill-Based Strategy and Entrepreneurial Leadership: Providing a Testable Theory. Part Four: Implications for Practice and Theory. Overview of Findings and Implications of the Research. Appendix One: The Macro-Research Design. Appendix Two: Summary of Research Methods by Phase of Research. References. Index
