Handbook of strategy and management / edited by Andrew Pettigrew, Howard Thomas and Richard Whittington. - London : SAGE, 2002. - xviii, 519p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Strategic management : the strengths and limitations of a field / Andrew Pettigrew, Howard Thomas and Richard Whittington -- The domain of strategic management : history and evolution / Edward H. Bowman, Harbir Singh and Howard Thomas -- Constructing competitive advantage / Karel Cool, Luis Almeida Costa and Ingemar Dierickx -- Corporate strategy : managing scope and strategy content / Robert M. Grant -- Corporate strategy : the role of the centre / Constantinos Markides -- Corporate structure : from policy to practice / Richard Whittington -- Knowledge-based view : a new theory of strategy? / Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Filipe M. Santos -- Managing cognition and strategy : issues, trends and future directions / Joseph F. Porac and Howard Thomas -- Strategy process : forming, implementing and changing strategies / Balaji S. Chakravarthy and Roderick E. White -- Strategic change processes / Raghu Garud and Andrew H. Van de Ven -- Top management, company directors and corporate control / Gerald F. Davis and Michael Useem -- International management and strategy / Bruce Kogut -- Quasi strategy : strategic management in the contemporary public sector / Ewan Ferlie -- Entrepreneurship, small firms and wealth creation : a framework using real options reasoning / Rita Gunther McGrath -- The strategy and management of international institutions / Winfried Ruigrok -- Technology in corporate strategy : change, continuity and the information revolution / Keith Pavitt and W. Edward Steinmueller -- What are the responsibilities of business to society? / David W. Whetten, Gordon Rands and Paul Godfrey -- The conduct of strategy research / Haridimos Tsoukas and Christian Knudsen -- Business history and strategy / David J. Jeremy -- Theorizing the future of strategy : questions for shaping strategy research in the knowledge economy / N. Venkatraman and Mohan Subramaniam -- Conclusion : doing more in strategy research / Richard Whittington, Andrew Pettigrew and Howard Thomas.

This handbook offers a synthesis of the inputs and dynamics that shape the core ideas and practices of strategy and management. The authors consider the historical development and address the central problems and approaches of strategic management.

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