Rethinking Strategy
1st Edition
Published on 9. January 2001
336 pages
978-1-4129-3375-9 (ISBN)
Description
`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.
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.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sage Publications Ltd (Digital)
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-3375-9 (9781412933759)
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Henk W. Volberda | Tom Elfring
Rethinking Strategy
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01/2001
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Rethinking Strategy
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01/2001
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
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Persons
Henk W. Volberda is Professor of Strategy & Innovation at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam.
Content
PART ONE: THEORY, SCHOOLS AND PRACTICE
Schools of Thought in Strategic Management - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda
Fragmentation, Integration or Synthesis
Business Policy and Strategy as a Professional Field - J C Spender
Commentary - Henry Mintzberg
Thoughts on Schools
PART TWO: INTEGRATION EFFORTS IN THE FIELD
Complexity and Multiple Rationalities in Strategy Processes - Patrick Regn[ac]er
The Role of the Strategist - Thomas Ericson, Anders Melander and Leif Melin
What Makes Time Strategic? - Frans A J van den Bosch
Fragmentation in Strategic Management - Patrice Cooper
Commentary - Paul J H Schoemaker
The Elusive Search for Integration
PART THREE: THE BOUNDARY SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A BOUNDARY DECISION
Overview - Nicolai J Foss
The Boundary School
Managing beyond Boundaries - Christian Koenig and Gilles van Wijk
The Dynamics of Trust in Alliances
Strategic Alliances - Janine Stiles
Commentary - Charles Baden-Fuller
The Boundary Decision in Strategy
PART FOUR: THE DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A COLLECTIVE LEARNING PROCESS TO DEVELOP DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCES
Overview - Ron Sanchez
Building Blocks for Strategy Theory: Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Competences
Modularity and Dynamic Capabilities - Ron Sanchez and Joseph T Mahoney
Strategic Learning in a Knowledge-Intensive Organization - Paula Kirjavainen
Commentary - Howard Thomas
The State of Art of the Dynamic Capabilities School
PART FIVE: THE CONFIGURATIONAL SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A DECISION OF TRANSITION FROM ONE ARCHETYPE TO ANOTHER
Overview - Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel
Researching Configuration
A Framework for a Managerial Understanding of Strategy Development - Andy Bailey and Gerry Johnson
Strategy Configurations in the Evolution of Markets - Michael W Lawless
Commentary - Johannes M Pennings
Configurations and the Firm in Current Strategic Management
PART SIX: NEW DIRECTIONS IN STRATEGY: WAYS TO SYNTHESIZE
Multiple Futures of Strategy Synthesis - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda
Shifting Boundaries, Dynamics Capabilities and Strategy Configurations
Schools of Thought in Strategic Management - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda
Fragmentation, Integration or Synthesis
Business Policy and Strategy as a Professional Field - J C Spender
Commentary - Henry Mintzberg
Thoughts on Schools
PART TWO: INTEGRATION EFFORTS IN THE FIELD
Complexity and Multiple Rationalities in Strategy Processes - Patrick Regn[ac]er
The Role of the Strategist - Thomas Ericson, Anders Melander and Leif Melin
What Makes Time Strategic? - Frans A J van den Bosch
Fragmentation in Strategic Management - Patrice Cooper
Commentary - Paul J H Schoemaker
The Elusive Search for Integration
PART THREE: THE BOUNDARY SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A BOUNDARY DECISION
Overview - Nicolai J Foss
The Boundary School
Managing beyond Boundaries - Christian Koenig and Gilles van Wijk
The Dynamics of Trust in Alliances
Strategic Alliances - Janine Stiles
Commentary - Charles Baden-Fuller
The Boundary Decision in Strategy
PART FOUR: THE DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A COLLECTIVE LEARNING PROCESS TO DEVELOP DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCES
Overview - Ron Sanchez
Building Blocks for Strategy Theory: Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Competences
Modularity and Dynamic Capabilities - Ron Sanchez and Joseph T Mahoney
Strategic Learning in a Knowledge-Intensive Organization - Paula Kirjavainen
Commentary - Howard Thomas
The State of Art of the Dynamic Capabilities School
PART FIVE: THE CONFIGURATIONAL SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A DECISION OF TRANSITION FROM ONE ARCHETYPE TO ANOTHER
Overview - Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel
Researching Configuration
A Framework for a Managerial Understanding of Strategy Development - Andy Bailey and Gerry Johnson
Strategy Configurations in the Evolution of Markets - Michael W Lawless
Commentary - Johannes M Pennings
Configurations and the Firm in Current Strategic Management
PART SIX: NEW DIRECTIONS IN STRATEGY: WAYS TO SYNTHESIZE
Multiple Futures of Strategy Synthesis - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda
Shifting Boundaries, Dynamics Capabilities and Strategy Configurations
