A growing body of literature has emphasized the importance of innovative strategy as a source of competitive advantage. Drazin and Shoonhoven summarized the literature using multilevel theoretical perspectives (community, population, and organization) that affect organizational innovative...

This paper develops an integrated framework of risk management and strategic competitive advantage that incorporates behavioural and economic notions of risk. The resulting model argues for the importance of risk-taking to sustainable competitive advantage and ultimately to firm performance. The...

A Strategic Reference Point (SRP) perspective is usedto delineate various reputation-building strategies.Following adiscussion of the role that a positive corporate reputation can play in a smallfirm's success, the three dimensions of the SRP matrix are outlined. These dimensions, which include...

Foreword / Howard Thomas -- Introduction - take-off and the challenge to strategic paradigm development / Avi Fiegenbaum -- Elite units of the Israeli Defense Forces - the story of Unit 8200 / Avi Fiegenbaum -- Board of directors and companies' performance / Avi Fiegenbaum -- Competitive...

We examine how managers use strategic reference points (SRPs) or benchmarks to guide their strategic decision making with regard to human resource (HR) issues and how these benchmarks can affect the performance-based consequences of such decisions. After describing the reference points that are...