Behavioral Strategy in Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 21. September 2018
296 pages
978-1-78756-349-0 (ISBN)
Description
Behavioral strategy has evolved as a field the last decades both intellectually and institutionally. This volume brings together scholars from several generations that have led and
defined the behavioral approaches in strategy to reflect on the past, present,
and future of behavioral strategy. Thus, rather than seeking empirical
contributions that would fill in research gaps and expand research in specific
domains, we endeavored to: a) represent the diversity of perspectives that
inform behavioral research in strategic management; b) open up a space for
reflection and provocation by scholars who are widely recognized as thought
leaders both in their respective strands of behavioral strategy research, and
in the field as a whole; and c) offer a set of perspectives and directions for
the field of behavioral strategy at a pivotal moment in its evolution.
defined the behavioral approaches in strategy to reflect on the past, present,
and future of behavioral strategy. Thus, rather than seeking empirical
contributions that would fill in research gaps and expand research in specific
domains, we endeavored to: a) represent the diversity of perspectives that
inform behavioral research in strategic management; b) open up a space for
reflection and provocation by scholars who are widely recognized as thought
leaders both in their respective strands of behavioral strategy research, and
in the field as a whole; and c) offer a set of perspectives and directions for
the field of behavioral strategy at a pivotal moment in its evolution.
Reviews / Votes
This book consists of 18 essays by business and other researchers from the US, Asia, and Europe, who examine behavioral approaches to strategic management research. They address the emergence and evolution of the field of behavioral strategy, including alternative conceptions of behavioral strategy, decoupling and intergroup dynamics in behavioral strategy, and the evolution of implicit and explicit behavioral ideas in the field of strategic management; perspectives on behavioral strategizing, focusing on search and sensing, as well as behavioral rationality, agency, and a communitarian view of the firm; and implications for research, normative recommendations, the study of firm performance, and teaching strategies. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
1,00 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78756-349-0 (9781787563490)
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Persons
Mie Augier is an Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA. She has also worked on consulting and strategy for businesses, governments, executive audiences and educational institutions in the USA and abroad on issues relating to faculty development, strategy, curriculum development, leadership development programs, and developing innovations in institutions. Her current research looks at organizational behavior, innovation, culture, strategy, and the history of behavioral social science and management education.
Christina Fang is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business in New York, USA. Her research focuses on the challenges and mechanisms of learning. Current research examines causal attributions of business performance, issues of novelty in technological innovations, and behavioral/strategic implications of learning in the absence of immediate feedback.
Violina Rindova is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Southern California, USA. She teaches and studies strategic innovation - how firms create value, intangible assets, and new market opportunities through unconventional strategies across a variety of industry contexts.
Christina Fang is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business in New York, USA. Her research focuses on the challenges and mechanisms of learning. Current research examines causal attributions of business performance, issues of novelty in technological innovations, and behavioral/strategic implications of learning in the absence of immediate feedback.
Violina Rindova is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Southern California, USA. She teaches and studies strategic innovation - how firms create value, intangible assets, and new market opportunities through unconventional strategies across a variety of industry contexts.
Content
Introduction: Behavioral Strategy: A
Quick Account; Mie Augier, Christina Fang and
Violina RindovaI. The
Field of Behavioral Strategy and Its Evolution
Some
Thoughts on the Development of Disciplines, with Particular Attention to
Behavioral Strategy; James G. March
A
Strategy for Behavioral Strategy: Appraisal of Small, Midsize, and Large Tent
Conceptions of This Embryonic Community; Donald C. Hambrick and
Craig Crossland
Decoupling
and Intergroup Dynamics in Behavioral Strategy, and a More Integrative
Alternative; James D. Westphal
A Behavioral (Simonian) Perspective on (Behavioral) Strategic
Management Research; Mie Augier and Nicholas
Dew
II. Perspectives
on Behavioral Strategy and Strategizing
From
Strategy to Strategic Organization; Daniel A. Levinthal
The
Organizational Foundations of Behavioral Strategy; Phanish Puranam
Where
to Search; Henrich R. Greve
Organizational
Sensing and the Occasions for Strategizing; Sidney G. Winter
Hierarchical Sensing and Strategic Decision Making; Elad Green and Zur
Shapira
Bounded
Rationality, Heuristics, Computational Complexity and Artificial Intelligence; Richard A. Bettis and
Songcui Hu
Romantics,
Mercenaries and Behavioral Rationality; Thomas C. Powell
The Three Minds of the Strategist: Toward an Agentic Perspective on
Behavioral Strategy; Violina P. Rindova and Luis L.
Martins
Praxis, Character and Competence: From a Behavioral to a Communitarian View of
the Firm; Haridimos Tsoukas
III. Behavioral
Strategy in Action
Behavioral Strategy and Strategy Prescription; Philip Bromiley and
Devaki Rau
Behavioral Strategy: An Alternative Account of Superior Profitability? Christina Fang and
Chengwei Liu
Behavior in Behavioral Strategy: Capturing, Measuring, Analyzing; Charlotte Reypens and
Sheen S. Levine
Teaching Strategists to Take Advantage of What Happens; William Starbuck
Epilogue
Confessions of a Behavioral Strategist! Edward J. Zajac
Quick Account; Mie Augier, Christina Fang and
Violina RindovaI. The
Field of Behavioral Strategy and Its Evolution
Some
Thoughts on the Development of Disciplines, with Particular Attention to
Behavioral Strategy; James G. March
A
Strategy for Behavioral Strategy: Appraisal of Small, Midsize, and Large Tent
Conceptions of This Embryonic Community; Donald C. Hambrick and
Craig Crossland
Decoupling
and Intergroup Dynamics in Behavioral Strategy, and a More Integrative
Alternative; James D. Westphal
A Behavioral (Simonian) Perspective on (Behavioral) Strategic
Management Research; Mie Augier and Nicholas
Dew
II. Perspectives
on Behavioral Strategy and Strategizing
From
Strategy to Strategic Organization; Daniel A. Levinthal
The
Organizational Foundations of Behavioral Strategy; Phanish Puranam
Where
to Search; Henrich R. Greve
Organizational
Sensing and the Occasions for Strategizing; Sidney G. Winter
Hierarchical Sensing and Strategic Decision Making; Elad Green and Zur
Shapira
Bounded
Rationality, Heuristics, Computational Complexity and Artificial Intelligence; Richard A. Bettis and
Songcui Hu
Romantics,
Mercenaries and Behavioral Rationality; Thomas C. Powell
The Three Minds of the Strategist: Toward an Agentic Perspective on
Behavioral Strategy; Violina P. Rindova and Luis L.
Martins
Praxis, Character and Competence: From a Behavioral to a Communitarian View of
the Firm; Haridimos Tsoukas
III. Behavioral
Strategy in Action
Behavioral Strategy and Strategy Prescription; Philip Bromiley and
Devaki Rau
Behavioral Strategy: An Alternative Account of Superior Profitability? Christina Fang and
Chengwei Liu
Behavior in Behavioral Strategy: Capturing, Measuring, Analyzing; Charlotte Reypens and
Sheen S. Levine
Teaching Strategists to Take Advantage of What Happens; William Starbuck
Epilogue
Confessions of a Behavioral Strategist! Edward J. Zajac
