Strategy Process Shaping the Contours of the Field

by Chakravarthy, Bala; Mueller-Stewens, Guenter; Lorange, Peter; Lechner, Christoph

• ISBN13: 9781405100670
• ISBN10: 1405100672
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-14
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book provides an overarching framework for cumulating the knowledge in the strategy process field. Provides an overarching framework within which to review the strategy process field. Identifies useful areas in which new research contributions can be made. Helps in the appropriate design of this research. Includes ten papers written by both North American and European scholars. Part of the Strategic Management Society series.

Author Biography

Bala Chakravarthy is Professor of Strategy and International Management at IMD in Switzerland. He is the author of Managing Coal (1981), and co-author with Peter Lorange of Implementing Strategic Processes (Blackwell Publishers, 1992) and Managing the Strategy Process (1991). He is a member of the board of directors of the Strategic Management Society.

Guenter Mueller-Stewens is Professor of Management and Organization and Managing Director at the Institute of Management of the University of St Gallen in Switzerland. He is co-author with Christoph Lechner of Strategisches Management (2001). He is a member of the advisory board of several international companies.

Peter Lorange is President of IMD in Switzerland. He is Professor of Strategy and holds the Nestlé Chair. He is the author or co-author of many books, including Strategic Planning and Control (Blackwell Publishers, 1993), New Vision for Management Education: Leadership Challenges (2002), and Cooperative Strategies & Alliances (co-edited with Farok J. Contractor, 2002). He serves on the board of directors of several corporations.Christoph Lechner is a Faculty Member for Strategic Management at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland. He is co-author with Guenter Mueller-Stewens of Strategisches Management (2001) and author of Die Entwicklung von Allianzsystemen (1999). He is a member of the board of directors at Hügli AG, and works on strategy-related topics with several international firms.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xii
Defining the Contours of the Strategy Process Field	1	(17)
Bala Chakravarthy
Guenter Mueller-Stewens
Peter Lorange
Christoph Lechner
Transforming the Firm through the Co-evolution of Resources and Scope	18	(28)
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra
Change in the Presence of Fit: The Rise, the Fall, and the Renaissance of Liz Claiborne	46	(31)
Nicolaj Siggelkow
Resources, Management Systems, and Governance: Keys to Value Creation	77	(20)
Karen Schnatterly
Catherine Maritan
The Essence of Process: Effective Strategic Planning in Practice	97	(13)
John C. Camillus
A Multilevel Analysis of the Strategic Decision Process and the Evolution of Shared Beliefs	110	(27)
Mirela Schwarz
The Social Construction of Organizational Capabilities: A Multilevel Analysis	137	(27)
V. K. Narayanan
Benedict Kemmerer
Frank L. Douglas
Brock Guernsey
The Conditioning and Knowledge-creating View: Managing Strategic Initiatives in Large Firms	164	(27)
Martin W. Wielemaker
Henk W. Volberda
Tom Elfring
Charles Baden-Fuller
A Longitudinal Study of Organizational Learning, Unlearning, and Innovation among IJVs in a Transitional Economy	191	(17)
Marjorie A. Lyles
Katalin Szabo
Eva Kocsis
Jeff Barden
Charles Dhanaraj
Kevin Steensma
Laszlo Tihanyi
Strategic Renewal Processes in Multi-unit firms: Generic Journeys of Change	208	(25)
Henk W. Volberda
Charles Baden-Fuller
Shaping, Implementing, and Changing Strategy: Opportunities and Challenges	233	(9)
Bala Chakravarthy
Guenter Mueller-Stewens
Peter Lorange
Christopher Lechner
Author Index	242	(9)
Subject Index	251