Rethinking strategy / edited by Henk W. Volberda and Tom Elfring.

ISBN:

9781412933759

9780761956440

9780761956457

9781446217818

9781280369513

Title:

Rethinking strategy / edited by Henk W. Volberda and Tom Elfring.

Author:

Volberda, Henk Wijtze, 1964-

Publication Information:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2001.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Schools of thought in strategic management : fragmentation, integration or synthesis / Business policy and strategy as a professional field / Thoughts on schools : commentary / Complexity and multiple rationalities in strategy processes / The role of the strategist / What makes time strategic? / Fragmentation in strategic management / The elusive search for integration : commentary / The boundary school : overview / Managing beyond boundaries : the dynamics of trust in alliances / Strategic alliances / The boundary decision in strategy : commentary / Building blocks for strategy theory : resources, dynamic capabilities and competences : overview / Modularity and dynamic capabilities / Strategic learning in a knowledge-intensive organization / The state of art of the dynamic capabilities school : commentary / Researching configuration : overview / A framework for a managerical understanding of strategy development / Strategy configurations in the evolution of markets / Configurations and the firm in current strategic management : commentary / Muliptle futures of strategy synthesis : shifting boundaries, dynamic capabilites and strategy configurations

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Subject Term:

Strategic planning.

Added Author:

Volberda, Henk Wijtze, 1964-

Elfring, Tom, 1957-

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2001

Publication Information:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2001.

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`Readers interest in an overview of important aspects of the strategy field will find this book a helpful volume to add to their shelves′ - Administrative Sciences Quarterly

This is a new overview of the strategy field, with internationally renowned contributors summarizing the latest directions and developments in strategic management theory in the context of their theoretical roots in economics, organization theory, and systems theory.

The contributors outline the most promising new directions on the basis of a systemic treatment of paradigms or schools of thought in strategy: redrawing firm boundaries, developing dynamic capabilities and discovering viable strategy configurations.

The volume will be an invaluable companion to advanced courses in strategy and management, used as a reader alongside case material and field studies. As well as providing a summary and evaluation of the different schools of thought in strategy, the volume offers a synthesis of the American and European approaches.

Part 1 Theory, Schools and Practice

Schools of Thought in Strategic ManagementTom Elfring and Henk W Volberda

Fragmentation, Integration or Synthesis

Business Policy and Strategy as a Professional FieldJ C Spender

CommentaryHenry Mintzberg

Thoughts on Schools

Part 2 Integration Efforts in The Field

Complexity and Multiple Rationalities in Strategy ProcessesPatrick Regn[ac]er

The Role of the StrategistThomas Ericson and Anders Melander and Leif Melin

What Makes Time Strategic?Frans a J van den Bosch

Fragmentation in Strategic ManagementPatrice Cooper

CommentaryPaul J H Schoemaker

The Elusive Search for Integration

Part 3 The Boundary School: Strategy as a Boundary Decision

OverviewNicolai J Foss

The Boundary School

Managing beyond BoundariesChristian Koenig and Gilles van Wijk

The Dynamics of Trust in Alliances

Strategic AlliancesJanine Stiles

CommentaryCharles Baden-Fuller

The Boundary Decision in Strategy

Part 4 The Dynamic Capabilities School: Strategy as a Collective Learning Process to Develop Distinctive Competences

OverviewRon Sanchez

Building Blocks for Strategy Theory: Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Competences

Modularity and Dynamic CapabilitiesRon Sanchez and Joseph T Mahoney

Strategic Learning in a Knowledge-Intensive OrganizationPaula Kirjavainen

CommentaryHoward Thomas

The State of Art of the Dynamic Capabilities School

Part 5 The Configurational School: Strategy as a Decision of Transition From One Archetype to Another

OverviewHenry Mintzberg and Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel

Researching Configuration

a Framework for a Managerial Understanding of Strategy DevelopmentAndy Bailey and Gerry Johnson

Strategy Configurations in the Evolution of MarketsMichael W Lawless

CommentaryJohannes M Pennings

Configurations and the Firm in Current Strategic Management

Part 6 New Directions in Strategy: Ways to Synthesize

Multiple Futures of Strategy SynthesisTom Elfring and Henk W Volberda

Shifting Boundaries, Dynamics Capabilities and Strategy Configurations

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