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SAGE PUBLISHING Rethinking Strategy First Edition 2001 Edition by Volberda
`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 QuarterlyThis 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 ONE: THEORY, SCHOOLS AND PRACTICESchools of Thought in Strategic Management - Tom Elfring and Henk W VolberdaFragmentation, Integration or SynthesisBusiness Policy and Strategy as a Professional Field - J C SpenderCommentary - Henry MintzbergThoughts on SchoolsPART TWO: INTEGRATION EFFORTS IN THE FIELDComplexity and Multiple Rationalities in Strategy Processes - Patrick Regn[ac]erThe Role of the Strategist - Thomas Ericson, Anders Melander and Leif MelinWhat Makes Time Strategic? - Frans A J van den BoschFragmentation in Strategic Management - Patrice CooperCommentary - Paul J H SchoemakerThe Elusive Search for IntegrationPART THREE: THE BOUNDARY SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A BOUNDARY DECISIONOverview - Nicolai J FossThe Boundary SchoolManaging beyond Boundaries - Christian Koenig and Gilles van WijkThe Dynamics of Trust in AlliancesStrategic Alliances - Janine StilesCommentary - Charles Baden-FullerThe Boundary Decision in StrategyPART FOUR: THE DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A COLLECTIVE LEARNING PROCESS TO DEVELOP DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCESOverview - Ron SanchezBuilding Blocks for Strategy Theory: Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and CompetencesModularity and Dynamic Capabilities - Ron Sanchez and Joseph T MahoneyStrategic Learning in a Knowledge-Intensive Organization - Paula KirjavainenCommentary - Howard ThomasThe State of Art of the Dynamic Capabilities SchoolPART FIVE: THE CONFIGURATIONAL SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A DECISION OF TRANSITION FROM ONE ARCHETYPE TO ANOTHEROverview - Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph LampelResearching ConfigurationA Framework for a Managerial Understanding of Strategy Development - Andy Bailey and Gerry JohnsonStrategy Configurations in the Evolution of Markets - Michael W LawlessCommentary - Johannes M PenningsConfigurations and the Firm in Current Strategic ManagementPART SIX: NEW DIRECTIONS IN STRATEGY: WAYS TO SYNTHESIZEMultiple Futures of Strategy Synthesis - Tom Elfring and Henk W VolberdaShifting Boundaries, Dynamics Capabilities and Strategy Configurations