History and strategy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Steven J. Kahl, Brian S. Silverman, Michael A. Cusumano

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, : Emerald, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4012
• Soggetto topico: Strategic planning; Business planning
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KahlSteven J SilvermanBrian S CusumanoMichael A. <1954->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: FRONT COVER; HISTORY AND STRATEGY; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; THE INTEGRATION OF HISTORY AND STRATEGY RESEARCH; WHAT IS HISTORICAL RESEARCH?; HOW CAN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY RESEARCH INFORM EACH OTHER?; STRUCTURE OF THIS VOLUME; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART I: HISTORY, STRATEGY, AND INNOVATION; ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF WI-FI; IT STARTED WITH SPECTRUM POLICY; STANDARD COMMITTEES AND THEIR DESIGNS; EMBEDDING THE DESIGN IN PRODUCTS; INTERPLAY BETWEEN DIRECTED AND UNDIRECTED EXPERIMENTS; EXPENDITURE ON EXPERIMENTS AND CREATING VALUE ; INDUSTRY-WIDE BENEFITSSPREADING LESSONS; SUMMING UP: ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS IN A COMPLEX WORLD; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; PLATFORMS VERSUS PRODUCTS: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE LITERATURE AND HISTORY; INTRODUCTION; USE OF THE TERM ''PLATFORM''; PRODUCT VERSUS PLATFORM: APPLE AND SONY; STRATEGIC EVOLUTION: THE TRANSFORMATION OF APPLE; PLATFORM, PRODUCT, OR BOTH?; LESSONS FROM HISTORY; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; HOW APPLE MAKES MONEY; HOW MICROSOFT MAKES MONEY; PATENT POOLS: LICENSING STRATEGIES IN THE ABSENCE OF REGULATION; ARCHIVAL SOURCES ON LICENSING ; LICENSING STRATEGIES IN THE ABSENCE OF REGULATIONCONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II: HISTORY AND INDUSTRY EVOLUTION: CONVERGENCE, DIVERGENCE, AND INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND; MARRYING HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN STRATEGY RESEARCH; INTRODUCTION; STRATEGY AS HISTORICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE; OUTLINING A COMPARATIVE INDUSTRY STUDY PROJECT; PRELIMINARY SKETCHES OF FRAMEWORK; THOUGHTS ON THE PROCESS; DISCUSSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES ; THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS MODELS AND THE LEGITIMIZATION OF UNIVERSAL CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY: EXPLORING THE CONTESTED TERRAIN WHERE HISTORY AND STRATEGY MEETHISTORY-FRIENDLY STRATEGY RESEARCH; INDUSTRY RECIPES, STRATEGIC GROUPS, BUSINESS MODELS, AND THE NATURE OF COMPETITION; THE EMERGENCE AND GROWTH OF THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT CARDS INDUSTRY; NOTES; REFERENCES; STRATEGY FOLLOWED STRUCTURE: MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AND THE CREATION OF A MARKET FOR ''STRATEGY,'' 1950-2000; THE EARLY HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING; THE PROPHETS (AND PROFITS) OF THE MULTIDIVISIONAL STRATEGY ; THE STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVE FOR CONSULTINGTHE STRATEGY OF THE STATE: THE EUROPEAN MARKET FOR CONSULTANTS; STRATEGY AS LEGITIMACY: RETURNING TO THE ROOTS OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING; STRATEGY AS AN AUDIT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; EMBEDDING STRATEGY IN MARKETS; NOTES; REFERENCES; STRATEGY, IDEOLOGY, AND STRUCTURE: THE POLITICAL PROCESSES OF INTRODUCING THE M-FORM IN TWO DUTCH BANKS; INTRODUCTION; REVIEWING AND ADVANCING THE LITERATURE; METHOD, CASES, DATA; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS AND MAJOR FINDINGS; SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES ; PART III: ANALYTIC NARRATIVES: HISTORICAL NARRATIVE MEETS ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
• Sommario/riassunto: In this volume, strategy scholars, business historians, and economic historians are brought together to develop a volume that explores the complementarities of approaches.
• Titolo autorizzato: History and strategy
• ISBN: 1-283-58873-0; 9786613901187; 1-78190-025-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464962603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in strategic management ; ; v. 29.