The Blackwell Handbook of Strategic Management

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.

Spis treści:
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Contributors and Editors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction..
Part I: Origin and Process.
1. Emerging Issue in Strategy Process Research (Gregory G. Dess and G.T. Lumpkin).
2. Strategic Decision–Making (Paul C. Nutt).
3. Strategy Formulation: The Roles of Conversation and Design (Jeanne M. Liedtka).
Part II: Theoretical Foundations.
4. Strategic Flexibility in the Old and New Economies (Kathryn Rudie Harrigan).
5. The Resource–based View: Origins and Implications (jay B. Barney and Asli M. Arikan).
6. A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic Management (R. Edward Freeman and John McVea).
7. Towards a Positive Interpretation of Transaction Cost Theory: The Central Roles of Entrepreneurship and Trust (Gareth R. Jones).
8. A Strategic Management Model of Agency Relationships in Firm Governance (Michael H. Lubatkin, Peter J. Lane and William S. Schulze).
9. Risk in Strategic Management Research (Philip Bromiley, Kent D. Miller and Devaki Rau).
10. Corporate Reput ations as Economic Assets (Charles J. Fombrun).
Part III: Strategy Types.
11. Competitive Dynamics Research: Critique and Future Directions (Ken G. Smith, Walter J. Ferrier and Hermann Ndofor).
12. Diversification Strategy Research at a Crossroads: Established, Emerging and Anticipated Paths (Donald D. Bergh).
13. Mergers and Acquisitions: A Value Creating or Value Destroying Strategy (Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Irland and Jeffrey S. Harrison).
14. Strategic Alliances (Andrew C. Inkpen).
15. Restructuring Strategies of Diversified Business Groups: Differences Associated with Country Institutional Environments (Robert E. Hoskisson, Richard A. Johnson, Daphne Yiu and William P. Wan).
16. Global Strategic Management (Stephen Tallman).
Part IV: Human Factors.
17. On Strategic Judgment (Richard L. Priem and Cynthia S. Cycyota).
18. Organizational Strucutr5e: Looking Through a Strategy Lens (Barbara Keats and Hugh M. O′Neill).
19. Corporate Governance (Sayan Chatterjee and Jeffrey S. Harrison).
20. Corporate Strategy and Ethics, as Corporate Strategy Comes of Age (Daniel R. Gilert , Jr.).
21. Business and Public Policy: Competing in the Political Marketplace (Gerald Keim).
22. Implementing Strategy: An Appraisal and Agenda for Future Research (Lawrence G. Hrebiniak and William F. Joyce).
23. Human Resources Strategy: The Era of our Ways (Scott A. Snell, Mark A. Shadur and Patrick M. Wright).
24. Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Outlines of an Untold Story (S. Venkataraman and Saras D. Sarasvathy).
Part V: Teaching Methods.
25. The Strategic Management Course: Tools and Techniques for Successful Teaching (Idalene F. Kesner).
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
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–autho r 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.

Okładka tylna:
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 man agement 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.