The Blackwell Handbook Of Strategic Management

by Hitt, Michael A.; Freeman, R. Edward; Harrison, Jeffrey S.

• ISBN13: 9780631218616
• ISBN10: 0631218610
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-05
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This major reference work is distinct from many other handbooks. It provides original contributions from top strategic management scholars rather than pure research reviews or collections of previously published articles. In the original chapters provided by these outstanding strategic management scholars, major ideas and theories relating to their particular areas of expertise are presented. The contributors examine the background on their topic through their own lenses, whilst also introducing new ideas that will influence the future of research in the field. The Handbook is structured into five sections looking at the strategic management process, the theoretical foundations of the field, various types of strategy, human factors, and teaching methods. As a whole, the volume will serve as a critical reference tool for students, scholars and professional managers.

Author Biography

Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Joseph Foster Chair in Business Leadership and the C.W. and Dorothy Conn Chair in New Ventures at Texas A&M University. He is the author and co-author of numerous books and journal articles, and was formerly editor of the Academy of Management Journal and president of the Academy of Management. He has received awards from the American Society of Competitiveness for Outstanding Academic Contributions (1996) and Outstanding Intellectual Contributions (1997) to Competitiveness.

R. Edward Freeman is the Elis and Signe Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia. He has authored and co-authored numerous books and articles. He has received teaching awards at Wharton, Minnesota, and Darden, and research awards from the International Association of Business and Society, and the Social Issues Division of the Academy of Management. He serves on the editorial boards of Business Ethics Quarterly, Business and Society, and others.

Jeffrey S. Harrison is at Cornell University. His work has been published widely in prestigious academic journals, and he is the co-author of several books, including the successful strategic management text, Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders (Second Edition, 1998). He serves on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Journal and Academy of Management Executive.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	viii
List of Tables	ix
Contributors and Editors	x
Acknowledgments	xiv
Introduction	xvi
Part I Origin and Process	1	(94)
Emerging Issues in Strategy Process Research	3	(32)
Gregory G. Dess
G. T. Lumpkin
Strategic Decision-Making	35	(35)
Paul C. Nutt
Strategy Formulation: The Roles of Conversation and Design	70	(25)
Jeanne M. Liedtka
Part II Theoretical Foundations	95	(218)
Strategic Flexibility in the Old and New Economies	97	(27)
Kathryn Rudie Harrigan
The Resource-based View: Origins and Implications	124	(65)
Jay B. Barney
Asli M. Arikan
A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic Management	189	(19)
R. Edward Freeman
John McVea
Towards a Positive Interpretation of Transaction Cost Theory: The Central Roles of Entrepreneurship and Trust	208	(21)
Gareth R. Jones
A Strategic Management Model of Agency Relationships in Firm Governance	229	(30)
Michael H. Lubatkin
Peter J. Lane
William S. Schulze
Risk in Strategic Management Research	259	(30)
Philip Bromiley
Kent D. Miller
Devaki Rau
Corporate Reputations as Economic Assets	289	(24)
Charles J. Fombrun
Part III Strategy Types	313	(178)
Competitive Dynamics Research: Critique and Future Directions	315	(47)
Ken G. Smith
Walter J. Ferrier
Hermann Ndofor
Diversification Strategy Research at a Crossroads: Established, Emerging and Anticipated Paths	362	(22)
Donald D. Bergh
Mergers and Acquisitions: A Value Creating or Value Destroying Strategy?	384	(25)
Michael A. Hitt
R. Duane Ireland
Jeffrey S. Harrison
Strategic Alliances	409	(24)
Andrew C. Inkpen
Restructuring Strategies of Diversified Business Groups: Differences Associated with Country Institutional Environments	433	(31)
Robert E. Hoskesson
Richard A. Johnson
Daphne Yiu
William P. Wan
Global Strategic Management	464	(27)
Stephen Tallman
Part IV Human Factors	491	(178)
On Strategic Judgment	493	(27)
Richard L. Priem
Cynthia S. Cycyota
Organizational Structure: Looking Through a Strategy Lens	520	(23)
Barbara Keats
Hugh M. O'Neill
Corporate Governance	543	(21)
Sayan Chatterjee
Jeffrey S. Harrison
Corporate Strategy and Ethics, as Corporate Strategy Comes of Age	564	(19)
Daniel R. Gilbert, Jr.
Business and Public Policy: Competing in the Political Marketplace	583	(19)
Gerald Keim
Implementing Strategy: An Appraisal and Agenda for Future Research	602	(25)
Lawrence G. Hrebiniak
William F. Joyce
Human Resources Strategy: The Era of our Ways	627	(23)
Scott A. Sneli
Mark A. Shadur
Patrick M. Wright
Strategy and Entrepreneurship: Outlines of an Untold Story	650	(19)
S. Venkataraman
Saras D. Sarasvathy
Part V Teaching Methods	669	(28)
The Strategic Management Course: Tools and Techniques for Successful Teaching	671	(26)
Idalene F. Kesner
Index	697