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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE Publications, 2001; London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Publications, , 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 322 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 658.4/012
• Soggetto topico: Strategic planning
• Altri autori: VolberdaHenk Wijtze <1964-> ElfringTom <1957->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references ([286]-316) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- PART I THEORY, SCHOOLS AND PRACTICE -- 1 Schools of Thought in Strategic Management: Fragmentation, Integration or Synthesis -- Tom Elfring and Henk W. Volberda -- 2 Business Policy and Strategy as a Professional Field -- J.-C. Spender -- 3 Thoughts on Schools -- Commentary: Henry Mintzberg -- PART II INTEGRATION EFFORTS IN THE FIELD -- 4 Complexity and Multiple Rationalities in Strategy Processes -- Patrick Regnér -- 5 The Role of the Strategist -- Thomas Ericson, Anders Melander and Leif Melin -- 6 What Makes Time Strategic? -- Frans A.J. van den Bosch -- 7 Fragmentation in Strategic Management -- Patrice Cooper -- 8 The Elusive Search for Integration -- Commentary: Paul J.H. Schoemaker -- PART III THE BOUNDARY SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A BOUNDARY DECISION -- 9 The Boundary School -- Overview: Nicolai J. Foss -- 10 Managing Beyond Boundaries: The Dynamics of Trust in Alliances -- Christian Koenig and Gilles van Wijk -- 11 Strategic Alliances -- Janine Stiles -- 12 The Boundary Decision in Strategy -- Commentary: Charles Baden-Fuller -- PART IV THE DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A COLLECTIVE LEARNING PROCESS TO DEVELOP DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCES -- 13 Building Blocks for Strategy Theory: Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Competences -- Overview: Ron Sanchez -- 14 Modularity and Dynamic Capabilities -- Ron Sanchez and Joseph T. Mahoney -- 15 Strategic Learning in a Knowledge-intensive Organization -- Paula Kirjavainen -- 16 The State of Art of the Dynamic Capabilities School -- Commentary: Howard Thomas -- PART V THE CONFIGURATIONAL SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A DECISION OF TRANSITION FROM ONE ARCHETYPE TO ANOTHER -- 17 Researching Configuration -- Overview: Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel. ; 18 A Framework for a Managerial Understanding of Strategy Development -- Andy Bailey and Gerry Johnson -- 19 Strategy Configurations in the Evolution of Markets -- Michael W. Lawless -- 20 Configurations and the Firm in Current Strategic Management -- Commentary: Johannes M. Pennings -- PART VI NEW DIRECTIONS IN STRATEGY: WAYS TO SYNTHESIZE -- 21 Multiple Futures of Strategy Synthesis: Shifting Boundaries, Dynamic Capabilities and Strategy Configurations -- Tom Elfring and Henk W. Volberda -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Summarising the latest directions and developments in strategic management theory, synthesising American and European approaches, the contributors address topics such as time as a strategic factor, knowledge intensive firms and fragmentation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rethinking strategy
• ISBN: 9786610369515; 9781446217818; 1446217817; 9781280369513; 1280369515; 9781412933759; 1412933757
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970477703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II