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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
Fragmentation in Strategic Management
Fragmentation in Strategic Management
Confusion regarding the meaning of particular concepts is no stranger to the strategic management literature. Camerer (1985) and Leontiades (1982) spoke of the approaches, checklists or typologies, developed by strategy researchers, which tend to be loosely constructed, ambiguous, fundamentally debatable and difficult to teach. Years later, this discussion continues with entire texts devoted to the issue of defining what strategy is (Whittington, 1993). Indeed, the strategic management literature abounds with differing perspectives on the concept of strategy formation, for example, Fredrickson (1992), Mintzberg (1973a, 1978, 1987a, 1987b, 1990b), Mintzberg et al. (1976), and Mintzberg and Waters (1985). The existence of such varying schools gives rise to the notion that the strategic management field could be described as fragmented ...
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