{"product_id":"creating-value-through-skillbased-strategy-and-entrepreneurial-leadership-9780080434445","title":"Creating Value through SkillBased Strategy and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooks 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 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","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399819075927,"sku":"9780080434445","price":107.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creating-value-through-skillbased-strategy-and-entrepreneurial-leadership-9780080434445","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}