Strategy Process (Advances in Strategic Management vol. 22)

553 Pages·2005·3.05 MB·English

by  SZULANSKI ET AL

STRATEGY PROCESS
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ADVANCES IN STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT
Series Editor: Joel A. C. Baum
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ADVANCES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT VOLUME 22
STRATEGY PROCESS
EDITED BY
GABRIEL SZULANSKI
INSEAD, Singapore
JOE PORAC
Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
YVES DOZ
INSEAD, France
Amsterdam – Boston – Heidelberg – London – New York – Oxford
Paris – San Diego – San Francisco – Singapore – Sydney – Tokyo
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
STRATEGY PROCESS: INTRODUCTION TO
THE VOLUME
Gabriel Szulanski, Joseph Porac and Yves Doz xiii
PART I: COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL
FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGY MAKING
AN EMOTION-BASED VIEW OF
STRATEGIC RENEWAL
Quy Nguyen Huy 3
AN ATTENTION-BASED THEORY OF STRATEGY
FORMULATION: LINKING MICRO- AND
MACROPERSPECTIVES IN STRATEGY PROCESSES
William Ocasio and John Joseph 39
TOP MANAGERIAL COGNITIONS, PAST
PERFORMANCE, AND STRATEGIC CHANGE:
A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Jerayr Haleblian and Nandini Rajagopalan 63
SEQUENCE OF THINKING AND ACTING
IN STRATEGY-MAKING
J. Ignacio Canales and Joaquim Vila` 93
INTERORGANIZATIONAL MONITORING: PROCESS,
CHOICES, AND OUTCOMES
Giuseppe Labianca and James F. Fairbank 117
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PART II: INSTITUTIONAL AND RESOURCE
FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGY MAKING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESOURCE-BASED
FIRM BETWEEN VALUE APPROPRIATION AND
VALUE CREATION
Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri and 153
Giovanni Battista Dagnino
ADAPTIVE AND CREATIVE STRATEGY LOGICS
IN STRATEGY PROCESSES
Patrick Regne´r 189
MANAGING THE MNC AND EXPLOITATION/
EXPLORATIONDILEMMA:FROMSTATICBALANCE
TO DYNAMIC OSCILLATION
Catherine Thomas, Renata Kaminska-Labbe´ and 213
Bill McKelvey
PART III: CONTEMPORARY EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF
STRATEGY MAKING
COMMUNICATIONDISSONANCEANDPRAGMATIC
FAILURES IN STRATEGIC PROCESSES: THE CASE
OF CROSS-BORDER ACQUISITIONS
Olivier Irrmann 251
STRATEGY-MAKING AS A COMPLEX,
DOUBLE-LOOP PROCESS OF KNOWLEDGE
CREATION: FOUR CASES OF ESTABLISHED
BANKS REINVENTING THE INDUSTRY BY
MEANS OF THE INTERNET
Marı´a P. Salmador and Eduardo Bueno 267
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TOP MANAGERS AND THE PRODUCT
IMPROVEMENT PROCESS
C. Annique Un and Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra 319
STRATEGY CONTENT AND PROCESS IN THE
CONTEXT OF E-BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Tim R. Coltman, Timothy M. Devinney and 349
David F. Midgley
EMERGENT STRATEGIES AND THEIR
CONSEQUENCES: A PROCESS STUDY OF
COMPETITION AND COMPLEX DECISION MAKING
Quintus R. Jett and Jennifer M. George 387
PART IV: META-COMMENTARIES ON METHODOLOGIES
FOR STRATEGY PROCESS RESEARCH
COMPARATIVE CAUSAL ANALYSIS
IN PROCESSUAL STRATEGY RESEARCH: A STUDY
OF CAUSAL MECHANISMS IN ORGANIZATIONAL
DECLINE AND TURNAROUNDS
Kalle Pajunen 415
FUTURE DIRECTIONS FROM THE PAST:
MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING DISCOURSE
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Luca Zan 457
PRACTICES OF ORGANISING: INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE THE PROCESSES OF CHANGE
Eamonn Molloy and Richard Whittington 491
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Eduardo Bueno Universidad Auto´noma de Madrid, Madrid,
Spain
J. Ignacio Canales School of Management, University of Saint
Andrews, Scotland, UK
Tim R. Coltman University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra Carlson School of Management, University of
Minnesota, MN, USA
GiovanniBattistaDagnino University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Arabella Mocciaro Li University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Destri
Timothy M. Devinney Australian Graduate School of Management,
Sydney, Australia
Yves Doz INSEAD, France
James F. Fairbank Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, PA,
USA
Jennifer M. George Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of
Management and Department of Psychology,
Rice University, TX, USA
Jerayr Haleblian Anderson Graduate School of Management,
University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
Quy Nguyen Huy INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Olivier Irrmann Department of Management, HEC Montreal,
Canada
Quintus R. Jett Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth
College, NH, USA
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