Hierarchy of strategy : the state of play / guest editors Abby Ghobadian, Nicholas O'Regan, Howard Thomas and David Gallear.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghobadian, Abby.

Series:

Management decision ; 45, no. 3.

Management Decision ; 45, no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford : Emerald Group Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Given the importance of the concept of strategy hierarchy and the implied relationship between different levels of strategy, the aim of this e-book is to make a contribution to the strategy literature by addressing a number of key questions, including: The changing context of strategy; Competitiveness, trade-offs and value creation; Competencies, Capabilities and Resources; Hierarchical strategies and the resourced based view; Hierarchical fit; Knowledge; People in the hierarchical fit; and Moving the debate forward.

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Introductory chapter; The problematic of strategy: a way of seeing is also a way of not; Hierarchical strategies and strategic fit in the keep-or-sell decision; Firm value creation and levels of strategy; Corporate strategy and shareholder value during decline and turnaround; Core competency beyond identification: presentation of a model; Strategizing through the capability lens: sources and outcomes of integration; Resource margin accounting: an elucidation and preliminary empirical testing

A swift response tool for measuring the strategic fit for resource pooling: a case studyEnhancing the prescriptiveness of the resource-based view through Porterian activity analysis; Driving a resource orientation: reviewing the role of resource and capability characteristics; Levels of strategy and performance in UK small retail businesses; Organizational alignment and performance: past, present and future; Balanced scorecard and hoshin kanri: dynamic capabilities for managing strategic fit; Knowledge as a lens on the jigsaw puzzle of strategy

Expatriates and corporate-level international strategy: governing with the knowledge contractFrom strategic fit to customer fit; More than friendship is required: an empirical test of cooperative firm strategies; A holistic framework for the strategic management of first tier managers; From a hierarchy to a heterarchy of strategies: adapting to a changing context

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-92896-4

9786610928965

1-84663-439-3

OCLC:

182805261