Strategy for Business

′This excellent volume brings together some of the most influential readings in business strategy and explores the content and process of business strategy from a variety of different theoretical stances. It will serve as a comprehensive introduction to the literature and will become required reading for students of economics, organisational behavior and business′ - Costas Markides, London Business School

• SECTION ONE: DIFFERENT VIEWS OF STRATEGYWhat Is Strategy? - Michael E PorterTheories of Strategy - Richard WhittingtonOf Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent - Henry Mintzberg and James A WatersSECTION TWO: INDUSTRY EFFECTSAnalyzing the Industry Environment - Robert M GrantIndustry Evolution - Robert M GrantThe Firm Matters More Than the Industry - Charles Baden-Fuller and John StopfordSECTION THREE: FIRM EFFECTS: RESOURCES, CAPABILITIES AND CORE COMPETENCIESThe Firm as an Administrative Organization - Edith T PenroseLooking Inside for Competitive Advantages - Jay B BarneyDynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management - David J Teece, Gary Pisano and Amy ShuenSECTION FOUR: STRATEGIC INNOVATION AND FIRM SIZELimits to the Learning Curve - William J Abernathy and Kenneth WayneArchitectural Innovation - Rebecca M Henderson and Kim B ClarkThe Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established FirmsStrategic Innovation in Established Companies - Constantinos MarkidesSECTION FIVE: ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURES, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTThe Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism - David J TeecePerspectives on Alfred Chandler′s Scale and ScopeAbsorptive Capacity - Wesley M Cohen and Daniel A LevinthalA New Perspective on Learning and InnovationStrategic Thinking and Knowledge Management - Ysanne CarlisleSECTION SIX: CHANGING CONTEXTS: THE GLOBAL INFORMATION ECONOMYGlobal Strategy - Sumantra GhoshalAn Organizing FrameworkIncreasing Returns and the New World of Business - W Brian ArthurGlobal Strategy in the Twenty-First Century - George S Yip