The Theoretical Logic of Strategy
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| Summary: | XXIV, 270 p. 1 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2025.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2025. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-79014-0 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- Section 1 Theoretical Constraints
- 1. The Theoretical Landscape
- 2. Non-compliance with Theoretical Requirements
- 3. Theoretical Analysis Simplifies Critical Thinking
- 4. Information as the Essential Element in Dynamic Analysis
- 5. Strategic Models Are Static
- 6. Theory Depends on Its Assumptions
- 7. Boundary Conditions Limit All Theory
- 8. A Systematic, Contingent Approach
- Section 2 The Economics of Start-up Strategy
- 9. Rational Expectations and Performance
- 10. Raising Funds
- 11. Constrained Systematic Search
- 12. Positioning
- 13. Estimating an Opportunity’s Wealth Generating Potential
- 14. Arbitraging Windows of Opportunity
- 15. Convention Theory
- 16. Forgiving Business Models
- 17. Cooperative Arrangements
- Section 3 External Environment
- 18. Macroenvironmental Analysis
- 19. Prerequisites for Industry Analysis
- 20. Porter’s Model of Competitive Threats
- 21. Threat Moderators
- 22. Moderation of the Threat of Potential Entry
- 23. Moderation of the Threat of Buyers
- 24. Moderation of the Threat of Rivalry
- 25. Moderation of the Threat of Suppliers
- 26. Moderation of the Threat of Substitutes
- 27. Summarizing Industry Attractiveness
- 28. Other Industry Models
- Section 4 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
- 29. Value Chains
- 30. Firms as Resources
- 31. Assumptions of the Resource Based Theory of the Firm
- 32. SWOT Analysis
- 33. Using Constrained Systematic Search to Identify Opportunity
- 34. Focus More on Future Opportunities than Current Threats
- 35. Finding Optimal Opportunities
- Section 5 Business Level Strategies
- 36. Cost Leadership
- 37. Product Differentiation
- 38. Focus
- 39. Imitation Impeding
- 40. Opportunistic
- 41. Cooperation versus Collusion
- 42. Alertness
- 43. Constrained Systematic Search
- Section 6 Business Level Strategy Implementation
- 44. Organizational Design and Control Systems
- 45. Incentives
- 46. Span of Control
- Section 7 Corporate Level Strategy
- 47. Transaction Cost Economics Approach to Vertical Integration
- 48. Capabilities Approach to Vertical Integration
- 49. Options Based Approach to Vertical Integration
- 50. Corporate Level Diversification.