Robert C. H. Chia is Professor of Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School. Robin Holt is Reader at the University of Liverpool Management School.

Reviews of the hardback: 'A penetrating and revealing analysis of the inner nature of strategy in a rich range of social and economic contexts. The authors draw on a wealth of theoretical sources and practical examples to show that strategy is more a virtual, unfolding experience than a consciously planned operation. In short, the book compels us to think much more subtly and comprehensively about the latent forces that drive human agency.' Robert Cooper, Keele University

• Preface; Introduction; 1. Spontaneous order: the roots of strategy emergence; 2. Economic agency and steps to ecological awareness; 3. Reconceptualizing agency, self-interest and purposeful action; 4. The 'practice turn' in strategy research; 5. Building and dwelling: two ways of investigating strategy practice; 6. Strategy as immersed 'wayfinding'; 7. The silent efficacy of indirect action; Epilogue: negative capability; Index.

Robert C. H. Chia is Professor of Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School. Robin Holt is Reader at the University of Liverpool Management School.

Reviews of the hardback: 'A penetrating and revealing analysis of the inner nature of strategy in a rich range of social and economic contexts. The authors draw on a wealth of theoretical sources and practical examples to show that strategy is more a virtual, unfolding experience than a consciously planned operation. In short, the book compels us to think much more subtly and comprehensively about the latent forces that drive human agency.' Robert Cooper, Keele University

• Preface; Introduction; 1. Spontaneous order: the roots of strategy emergence; 2. Economic agency and steps to ecological awareness; 3. Reconceptualizing agency, self-interest and purposeful action; 4. The 'practice turn' in strategy research; 5. Building and dwelling: two ways of investigating strategy practice; 6. Strategy as immersed 'wayfinding'; 7. The silent efficacy of indirect action; Epilogue: negative capability; Index.

Robert C. H. Chia is Professor of Management at the University of Strathclyde Business School. Robin Holt is Reader at the University of Liverpool Management School.

Reviews of the hardback: 'A penetrating and revealing analysis of the inner nature of strategy in a rich range of social and economic contexts. The authors draw on a wealth of theoretical sources and practical examples to show that strategy is more a virtual, unfolding experience than a consciously planned operation. In short, the book compels us to think much more subtly and comprehensively about the latent forces that drive human agency.' Robert Cooper, Keele University

• Preface; Introduction; 1. Spontaneous order: the roots of strategy emergence; 2. Economic agency and steps to ecological awareness; 3. Reconceptualizing agency, self-interest and purposeful action; 4. The 'practice turn' in strategy research; 5. Building and dwelling: two ways of investigating strategy practice; 6. Strategy as immersed 'wayfinding'; 7. The silent efficacy of indirect action; Epilogue: negative capability; Index.