This revised and updated 4th edition establishes a critical foundation of strategic management theory and frameworks. But it also has a very applied approach, providing practical guidance on putting frameworks to use. Developed exclusively in the digital environment and not tied to print...

Research on strategy in new ventures has increasingly drawn upon resource-based theory, and thus has emphasized intangible factors that confer sustainable competitive advantage. These include dynamic and combinative capabilities, networks, routines, and knowledge as resources of new ventures....

Where do entrepreneurs get their ideas for ventures that will construct a valuable new future? Occasionally these are based on serendipity through observing the unexpected or the incongruous. More often, however, new ideas spring from alertness to opportunities presented by changing markets or...

Prompted by conditions associated with the global financial crisis (e.g. unemployment, growing income inequality, examples of corporate ethical misconduct), management is under a microscope. Intense discussions have been sparked about the unresponsiveness of corporations to society, short...

Amidst the backdrop of the global financial crisis and the ensuing recession, senior management confronts twin – and seemingly contradictory – strategic challenges. How can we maintain growth in revenue, profitability, and shareholder returns in flat or slow-growth markets? But at the same...

The recent financial crisis has presented twin challenges confronting the next generation of management: a transformation toward a new environment in which market-driven efficiency and the concern for a functioning society are better aligned, and the nature of management practice that...

This Handbook explores the current state of university-wide entrepreneurship education programs and provides a comprehensive reference guide for the planning and implementation of an entrepreneurship curriculum beyond the business school environment. A variety of authors spanning five countries...

Organizational learning capabilities are embedded in organizational communication systems and processes related to knowledge creation and articulation. The emergence of new organizational forms (such as horizontal organizations) in rapidly-changing environments and hyper-competitive markets...