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Fundamental issues in strategy : a research agenda ; Richard P. Rumelt, Dan E. Schendel, David J. Teece, ed.

Secondary Author Rumelt, Richard P.
Schendel, Dan E.
Teece, David J.
Publication Boston : Harvard Business School Press, cop. 1994 Description XIII, 636 p. ISBN 0875843433 Abstract Índice: 1 - Fundamental Issues in Strategy; 2 - Beyond Individual Metaphors in Understanding How Firms Behave: A Comment on Game Theory and Prospect Theory Models of Firm Behavior; 3 - Timid Choices and Bold Forecasts: A Cognitive Perspective on Risk Taking; 4 - Structure, Strategy, and the Agenda of the Firm; 5 - Game Theory and Strategic Management: Contributions, Applications, and Limitations; 6 - Does Strategy Research Need Game Theory?; 7 - Burning Your Britches Behind You: Can Policy Scholars Bank on Game Theory?; 8 - Strategy and the Search for Rents: The Evolution of Diversity among Firms; 9 - Why Do Firms Differ, and How Does It Matter?; 10 - A Sociological View on Why Firms Differ; 11 - Diversification and Economic Performance: Bringing Structure and Corporate Management Back into the Picture; 12 - The Functions of the HQ Unit in the Multibusiness Firm; 13 - Strategizing, Economizing, and Economic Organization; 14 - Takeovers in the 1960s and the 1980s: Evidence and Implications; 15 - Toward a Dynamic Theory of Strategy; 16 - Location and Competition: Notes on Economic Geography; 17 - Managing DMNCs: A Search for a New Paradigm.
Resumo: Fundamental Issues in Strategy is the product of a conference jointly sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Strategic Management Society in November 1990. This conference brought together important and influential thinkers in the field of strategy, as well as scholars from the fields of economics, organizational sociology, and political science, to address the following fundamental questions: How do firms behave? Why do firms differ? What are the functions of the headquarters unit in a multibusiness firm? What determines the international success or failure of firms? The book includes contributions from Alfred Chandler, Michael Porter, Oliver Williamson, and C.K. Prahalad. It represents a coherent statement of the status and future of the field of strategic management, re-examining the theoretical roots of strategic issues in order to set a new research agenda and advance the state of the field.
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Índice: 1 - Fundamental Issues in Strategy; 2 - Beyond Individual Metaphors in Understanding How Firms Behave: A Comment on Game Theory and Prospect Theory Models of Firm Behavior; 3 - Timid Choices and Bold Forecasts: A Cognitive Perspective on Risk Taking; 4 - Structure, Strategy, and the Agenda of the Firm; 5 - Game Theory and Strategic Management: Contributions, Applications, and Limitations; 6 - Does Strategy Research Need Game Theory?; 7 - Burning Your Britches Behind You: Can Policy Scholars Bank on Game Theory?; 8 - Strategy and the Search for Rents: The Evolution of Diversity among Firms; 9 - Why Do Firms Differ, and How Does It Matter?; 10 - A Sociological View on Why Firms Differ; 11 - Diversification and Economic Performance: Bringing Structure and Corporate Management Back into the Picture; 12 - The Functions of the HQ Unit in the Multibusiness Firm; 13 - Strategizing, Economizing, and Economic Organization; 14 - Takeovers in the 1960s and the 1980s: Evidence and Implications; 15 - Toward a Dynamic Theory of Strategy; 16 - Location and Competition: Notes on Economic Geography; 17 - Managing DMNCs: A Search for a New Paradigm.

Resumo: Fundamental Issues in Strategy is the product of a conference jointly sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Strategic Management Society in November 1990. This conference brought together important and influential thinkers in the field of strategy, as well as scholars from the fields of economics, organizational sociology, and political science, to address the following fundamental questions: How do firms behave? Why do firms differ? What are the functions of the headquarters unit in a multibusiness firm? What determines the international success or failure of firms? The book includes contributions from Alfred Chandler, Michael Porter, Oliver Williamson, and C.K. Prahalad. It represents a coherent statement of the status and future of the field of strategic management, re-examining the theoretical roots of strategic issues in order to set a new research agenda and advance the state of the field.

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