Edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Chair of Management and Professor of Digital Strategy, University of Rome LUMSA, Italy

‘T​he Handbook stimulates reflection and helps one to select which avenues to explore, while at the same time preserving a strong link with established ideas.’

• Contents:1. Introduction: Why a Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy?Giovanni Battista DagninoPART I: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS2. What is Competitive Strategy? Origins and Developments of a Relevant Research Area in Strategic ManagementVincenzo Pisano and Michael A. Hitt3. The Genesis of Competitive Strategy: A Historian’s ViewChristian Stadler4. Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research: Debates and a Novel ViewNicolai J. Foss5. Young and Growing Research Directions in Competitive StrategyJoel A.C. Baum and Henrich R. Greve PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES INFORMING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH6. The Role of Resource-based Theory in Strategic Management Studies: Managerial Implications and Hints for ResearchJay B. Barney, Valentina Della Corte, Mauro Sciarelli and Asli Arikan7. The Mind of the Strategist and the Eye of the Beholder: The Socio-cognitive Perspective in Strategy ResearchViolina P. Rindova, Rhonda K. Reger and Elena Dalpiaz8. The Management of Growth Strategies in Firm Networks: A Stylized Model of Opportunity Discovery via Network TiesSimone Ferriani and Antonio Giuliani9. Strategy-as-Practice: Untangling the Emergence of Competitive PositionsPatrick Regnér10. Competitive Dynamics Stimulated by Pioneers’ Technological Innovation: A Theoretical FrameworkFrancesco Garraffo and Gwendolyn LeePART III: ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH11. The Evolving Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Competitive Strategy ResearchOlimpia Meglio and Arturo Capasso 12. Strategic Implications of Alliance Formation and Dynamics: A Comprehensive ReviewAfrica Ariño and Esteban García-Canal13. Innovation and Technology Management in Competitive Strategy ResearchBruno Cassiman and Maria Chiara Di Guardo14. Corporate Governance Issues in Competitive Strategy ResearchIgor Filatotchev15. Entrepreneurial Issues in Competitive Strategy ResearchMario Sorrentino16. Family Business and Competitive Strategy ResearchGiorgia M. D’Allura and Alessandro Minichilli17. Multinational Firms and Competitive Strategy ResearchGrazia D. SantangeloPART IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH18. The Use of Quantitative Methodologies in Competitive Strategy ResearchRoberto Ragozzino, Asda Chintakananda and Jeffrey J. Reuer19. Semiotic Methods and the Meaning of Strategy in Firm Annual ReportsMaria Cristina Cinici and Roger L.M. Dunbar20. The Role and Impact of Computer Simulation Modeling in Competitive Strategy ResearchJ. Richard Harrison and Gordon WalkerPART V: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE21. The Management of Trust in Competitive Strategy Research: Why it is Important and What is NewSandro Castaldo and Katia Premazzi22. Competing through Business ModelsRamon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart23. Coopetition: Nature, Challenges, and Implications for Firms’ Strategic Behavior and Managerial MindsetGiovanni Battista Dagnino, Maria Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanna Padula24. Crossing Boundaries between Contemporary Research in Strategy and Finance: Connecting the Firm’s Financial Structure and Competitive StrategyMaurizio La Rocca and Elvira Tiziana La Rocca25. Does Firm Ownership Matter? Investors, Corporate Governance and Strategic Competitiveness in Privately-held FirmsRosario Faraci and Wei Shen26. Competitive Strategy Research’s Impact on PracticeCostantinos MarkidesIndex

Edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Chair of Management and Professor of Digital Strategy, University of Rome LUMSA, Italy

‘T​he Handbook stimulates reflection and helps one to select which avenues to explore, while at the same time preserving a strong link with established ideas.’

• Contents:1. Introduction: Why a Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy?Giovanni Battista DagninoPART I: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS2. What is Competitive Strategy? Origins and Developments of a Relevant Research Area in Strategic ManagementVincenzo Pisano and Michael A. Hitt3. The Genesis of Competitive Strategy: A Historian’s ViewChristian Stadler4. Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research: Debates and a Novel ViewNicolai J. Foss5. Young and Growing Research Directions in Competitive StrategyJoel A.C. Baum and Henrich R. Greve PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES INFORMING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH6. The Role of Resource-based Theory in Strategic Management Studies: Managerial Implications and Hints for ResearchJay B. Barney, Valentina Della Corte, Mauro Sciarelli and Asli Arikan7. The Mind of the Strategist and the Eye of the Beholder: The Socio-cognitive Perspective in Strategy ResearchViolina P. Rindova, Rhonda K. Reger and Elena Dalpiaz8. The Management of Growth Strategies in Firm Networks: A Stylized Model of Opportunity Discovery via Network TiesSimone Ferriani and Antonio Giuliani9. Strategy-as-Practice: Untangling the Emergence of Competitive PositionsPatrick Regnér10. Competitive Dynamics Stimulated by Pioneers’ Technological Innovation: A Theoretical FrameworkFrancesco Garraffo and Gwendolyn LeePART III: ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH11. The Evolving Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Competitive Strategy ResearchOlimpia Meglio and Arturo Capasso 12. Strategic Implications of Alliance Formation and Dynamics: A Comprehensive ReviewAfrica Ariño and Esteban García-Canal13. Innovation and Technology Management in Competitive Strategy ResearchBruno Cassiman and Maria Chiara Di Guardo14. Corporate Governance Issues in Competitive Strategy ResearchIgor Filatotchev15. Entrepreneurial Issues in Competitive Strategy ResearchMario Sorrentino16. Family Business and Competitive Strategy ResearchGiorgia M. D’Allura and Alessandro Minichilli17. Multinational Firms and Competitive Strategy ResearchGrazia D. SantangeloPART IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH18. The Use of Quantitative Methodologies in Competitive Strategy ResearchRoberto Ragozzino, Asda Chintakananda and Jeffrey J. Reuer19. Semiotic Methods and the Meaning of Strategy in Firm Annual ReportsMaria Cristina Cinici and Roger L.M. Dunbar20. The Role and Impact of Computer Simulation Modeling in Competitive Strategy ResearchJ. Richard Harrison and Gordon WalkerPART V: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE21. The Management of Trust in Competitive Strategy Research: Why it is Important and What is NewSandro Castaldo and Katia Premazzi22. Competing through Business ModelsRamon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart23. Coopetition: Nature, Challenges, and Implications for Firms’ Strategic Behavior and Managerial MindsetGiovanni Battista Dagnino, Maria Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanna Padula24. Crossing Boundaries between Contemporary Research in Strategy and Finance: Connecting the Firm’s Financial Structure and Competitive StrategyMaurizio La Rocca and Elvira Tiziana La Rocca25. Does Firm Ownership Matter? Investors, Corporate Governance and Strategic Competitiveness in Privately-held FirmsRosario Faraci and Wei Shen26. Competitive Strategy Research’s Impact on PracticeCostantinos MarkidesIndex

Edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Chair of Management and Professor of Digital Strategy, University of Rome LUMSA, Italy

‘T​he Handbook stimulates reflection and helps one to select which avenues to explore, while at the same time preserving a strong link with established ideas.’

• Contents:1. Introduction: Why a Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy?Giovanni Battista DagninoPART I: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS2. What is Competitive Strategy? Origins and Developments of a Relevant Research Area in Strategic ManagementVincenzo Pisano and Michael A. Hitt3. The Genesis of Competitive Strategy: A Historian’s ViewChristian Stadler4. Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research: Debates and a Novel ViewNicolai J. Foss5. Young and Growing Research Directions in Competitive StrategyJoel A.C. Baum and Henrich R. Greve PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES INFORMING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH6. The Role of Resource-based Theory in Strategic Management Studies: Managerial Implications and Hints for ResearchJay B. Barney, Valentina Della Corte, Mauro Sciarelli and Asli Arikan7. The Mind of the Strategist and the Eye of the Beholder: The Socio-cognitive Perspective in Strategy ResearchViolina P. Rindova, Rhonda K. Reger and Elena Dalpiaz8. The Management of Growth Strategies in Firm Networks: A Stylized Model of Opportunity Discovery via Network TiesSimone Ferriani and Antonio Giuliani9. Strategy-as-Practice: Untangling the Emergence of Competitive PositionsPatrick Regnér10. Competitive Dynamics Stimulated by Pioneers’ Technological Innovation: A Theoretical FrameworkFrancesco Garraffo and Gwendolyn LeePART III: ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH11. The Evolving Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Competitive Strategy ResearchOlimpia Meglio and Arturo Capasso 12. Strategic Implications of Alliance Formation and Dynamics: A Comprehensive ReviewAfrica Ariño and Esteban García-Canal13. Innovation and Technology Management in Competitive Strategy ResearchBruno Cassiman and Maria Chiara Di Guardo14. Corporate Governance Issues in Competitive Strategy ResearchIgor Filatotchev15. Entrepreneurial Issues in Competitive Strategy ResearchMario Sorrentino16. Family Business and Competitive Strategy ResearchGiorgia M. D’Allura and Alessandro Minichilli17. Multinational Firms and Competitive Strategy ResearchGrazia D. SantangeloPART IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH18. The Use of Quantitative Methodologies in Competitive Strategy ResearchRoberto Ragozzino, Asda Chintakananda and Jeffrey J. Reuer19. Semiotic Methods and the Meaning of Strategy in Firm Annual ReportsMaria Cristina Cinici and Roger L.M. Dunbar20. The Role and Impact of Computer Simulation Modeling in Competitive Strategy ResearchJ. Richard Harrison and Gordon WalkerPART V: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE21. The Management of Trust in Competitive Strategy Research: Why it is Important and What is NewSandro Castaldo and Katia Premazzi22. Competing through Business ModelsRamon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart23. Coopetition: Nature, Challenges, and Implications for Firms’ Strategic Behavior and Managerial MindsetGiovanni Battista Dagnino, Maria Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanna Padula24. Crossing Boundaries between Contemporary Research in Strategy and Finance: Connecting the Firm’s Financial Structure and Competitive StrategyMaurizio La Rocca and Elvira Tiziana La Rocca25. Does Firm Ownership Matter? Investors, Corporate Governance and Strategic Competitiveness in Privately-held FirmsRosario Faraci and Wei Shen26. Competitive Strategy Research’s Impact on PracticeCostantinos MarkidesIndex