The Theoretical Logic of Strategy

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fiet, James O. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XXIV, 270 p. 1 illus.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
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.