Rethinking Strategy

Henk W. Volberda is Professor of Strategy & Innovation at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam.

PART ONE: THEORY, SCHOOLS AND PRACTICE Schools of Thought in Strategic Management - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda Fragmentation, Integration or Synthesis Business Policy and Strategy as a Professional Field - J C Spender Commentary - Henry Mintzberg Thoughts on Schools PART TWO: INTEGRATION EFFORTS IN THE FIELD Complexity and Multiple Rationalities in Strategy Processes - Patrick Regn[ac]er The Role of the Strategist - Thomas Ericson, Anders Melander and Leif Melin What Makes Time Strategic? - Frans A J van den Bosch Fragmentation in Strategic Management - Patrice Cooper Commentary - Paul J H Schoemaker The Elusive Search for Integration PART THREE: THE BOUNDARY SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A BOUNDARY DECISION Overview - Nicolai J Foss The Boundary School Managing beyond Boundaries - Christian Koenig and Gilles van Wijk The Dynamics of Trust in Alliances Strategic Alliances - Janine Stiles Commentary - Charles Baden-Fuller The Boundary Decision in Strategy PART FOUR: THE DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A COLLECTIVE LEARNING PROCESS TO DEVELOP DISTINCTIVE COMPETENCES Overview - Ron Sanchez Building Blocks for Strategy Theory: Resources, Dynamic Capabilities and Competences Modularity and Dynamic Capabilities - Ron Sanchez and Joseph T Mahoney Strategic Learning in a Knowledge-Intensive Organization - Paula Kirjavainen Commentary - Howard Thomas The State of Art of the Dynamic Capabilities School PART FIVE: THE CONFIGURATIONAL SCHOOL: STRATEGY AS A DECISION OF TRANSITION FROM ONE ARCHETYPE TO ANOTHER Overview - Henry Mintzberg, Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel Researching Configuration A Framework for a Managerial Understanding of Strategy Development - Andy Bailey and Gerry Johnson Strategy Configurations in the Evolution of Markets - Michael W Lawless Commentary - Johannes M Pennings Configurations and the Firm in Current Strategic Management PART SIX: NEW DIRECTIONS IN STRATEGY: WAYS TO SYNTHESIZE Multiple Futures of Strategy Synthesis - Tom Elfring and Henk W Volberda Shifting Boundaries, Dynamics Capabilities and Strategy Configurations