Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy
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Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy

9781847200440 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Chair of Management and Professor of Digital Strategy, University of Rome LUMSA, Italy
Publication Date: August 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84720 044 0 Extent: 616 pp
The Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of current strategic management issues and demarcates the major investigation strands that are likely to shape the field into the future.

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The Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture of current strategic management issues and demarcates the major investigation strands that are likely to shape the field into the future.

The Handbook is the outcome of a far-reaching endeavor including new contributions from highly-reputed experts around the world, outlining the conceptual and empirical advancements and assessing the promises and practical relevance of the competitive strategy field. Looking at key areas such as alliances and innovation, ownership and networks, coopetition and entrepreneurship, multinational and trust management, and firm’s financial structures and business models, the book sets a research agenda for the future of competitive strategy research.

Gathering various solid branches of investigation that revolve around specific theories and applications (such as the socio-cognitive perspective, the strategy-as-practice view, and the most recent developments in competitive dynamics and the resource-based perspective of the firm), this inspiring and thought-provoking Handbook will provide executives, entrepreneurs, students and scholars in management with many insights into the nature and process of competitive strategy emergence, configuration and development.
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‘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.’
– M@n@gement Journal
Contributors
Contributors: A. Arikan, A. Ariño, J.B. Barney, J.A.C. Baum, A. Capasso, R. Casadesus-Masanell, B. Cassiman, S. Castaldo, A. Chintakananda, M.C. Cinici, G.M. D’Allura, G.B. Dagnino, E. Dalpiaz, V. Della Corte, M.C. Di Guardo, R.L.M. Dunbar, R. Faraci, S. Ferriani, I. Filatotchev, N.J. Foss, E. García-Canal, F. Garraffo, A. Giuliani, H.R. Greve, J.R. Harrison, M.A. Hitt, E.T. La Rocca, M. La Rocca, G. Lee, C. Markides, O. Meglio, A. Minichilli, G. Padula, V. Pisano, K. Premazzi, R. Ragozzino, R.K. Reger, P. Regnér, J.J. Reuer, J.E. Ricart, V.P. Rindova, G.D. Santangelo, M. Sciarelli, W. Shen, M. Sorrentino, C. Stadler, G. Walker
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Contents:

1. Introduction: Why a Handbook of Research on Competitive Strategy?
Giovanni Battista Dagnino

PART I: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH: ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS
2. What is Competitive Strategy? Origins and Developments of a Relevant Research Area in Strategic Management
Vincenzo Pisano and Michael A. Hitt

3. The Genesis of Competitive Strategy: A Historian’s View
Christian Stadler

4. Theory of Science Perspectives on Strategic Management Research: Debates and a Novel View
Nicolai J. Foss

5. Young and Growing Research Directions in Competitive Strategy
Joel A.C. Baum and Henrich R. Greve

PART II: THEORETICAL APPROACHES INFORMING COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH
6. The Role of Resource-based Theory in Strategic Management Studies: Managerial Implications and Hints for Research
Jay B. Barney, Valentina Della Corte, Mauro Sciarelli and Asli Arikan

7. The Mind of the Strategist and the Eye of the Beholder: The Socio-cognitive Perspective in Strategy Research
Violina P. Rindova, Rhonda K. Reger and Elena Dalpiaz

8. The Management of Growth Strategies in Firm Networks: A Stylized Model of Opportunity Discovery via Network Ties
Simone Ferriani and Antonio Giuliani

9. Strategy-as-Practice: Untangling the Emergence of Competitive Positions
Patrick Regnér

10. Competitive Dynamics Stimulated by Pioneers’ Technological Innovation: A Theoretical Framework
Francesco Garraffo and Gwendolyn Lee

PART III: ADVANCED TOPICS IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH
11. The Evolving Role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Competitive Strategy Research
Olimpia Meglio and Arturo Capasso

12. Strategic Implications of Alliance Formation and Dynamics: A Comprehensive Review
Africa Ariño and Esteban García-Canal

13. Innovation and Technology Management in Competitive Strategy Research
Bruno Cassiman and Maria Chiara Di Guardo

14. Corporate Governance Issues in Competitive Strategy Research
Igor Filatotchev

15. Entrepreneurial Issues in Competitive Strategy Research
Mario Sorrentino

16. Family Business and Competitive Strategy Research
Giorgia M. D’Allura and Alessandro Minichilli

17. Multinational Firms and Competitive Strategy Research
Grazia D. Santangelo

PART IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPETITIVE STRATEGY RESEARCH
18. The Use of Quantitative Methodologies in Competitive Strategy Research
Roberto Ragozzino, Asda Chintakananda and Jeffrey J. Reuer

19. Semiotic Methods and the Meaning of Strategy in Firm Annual Reports
Maria Cristina Cinici and Roger L.M. Dunbar

20. The Role and Impact of Computer Simulation Modeling in Competitive Strategy Research
J. Richard Harrison and Gordon Walker

PART V: COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
21. The Management of Trust in Competitive Strategy Research: Why it is Important and What is New
Sandro Castaldo and Katia Premazzi

22. Competing through Business Models
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart

23. Coopetition: Nature, Challenges, and Implications for Firms’ Strategic Behavior and Managerial Mindset
Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Maria Chiara Di Guardo and Giovanna Padula

24. Crossing Boundaries between Contemporary Research in Strategy and Finance: Connecting the Firm’s Financial Structure and Competitive Strategy
Maurizio La Rocca and Elvira Tiziana La Rocca

25. Does Firm Ownership Matter? Investors, Corporate Governance and Strategic Competitiveness in Privately-held Firms
Rosario Faraci and Wei Shen

26. Competitive Strategy Research’s Impact on Practice
Costantinos Markides

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