Includes bibliographical references and index.

Strategic management : the strengths and limitations of a field / Andrew Pettigrew, Howard Thomas and Richard Whittington -- The domain of strategic management : history and evolution / Edward H. Bowman, Harbir Singh and Howard Thomas -- Constructing competitive advantage / Karel Cool, Luis Almeida Costa and Ingemar Dierickx -- Corporate strategy : managing scope and strategy content / Robert M. Grant -- Corporate strategy : the role of the centre / Constantinos Markides -- Corporate structure : from policy to practice / Richard Whittington -- Knowledge-based view : a new theory of strategy? / Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Filipe M. Santos -- Managing cognition and strategy : issues, trends and future directions / Joseph F. Porac and Howard Thomas -- Strategy process : forming, implementing and changing strategies / Balaji S. Chakravarthy and Roderick E. White -- Strategic change processes / Raghu Garud and Andrew H. Van de Ven -- Top management, company directors and corporate control / Gerald F. Davis and Michael Useem -- International management and strategy / Bruce Kogut -- Quasi strategy : strategic management in the contemporary public sector / Ewan Ferlie -- Entrepreneurship, small firms and wealth creation : a framework using real options reasoning / Rita Gunther McGrath -- The strategy and management of international institutions / Winfried Ruigrok -- Technology in corporate strategy : change, continuity and the information revolution / Keith Pavitt and W. Edward Steinmueller -- What are the responsibilities of business to society? / David W. Whetten, Gordon Rands and Paul Godfrey -- The conduct of strategy research / Haridimos Tsoukas and Christian Knudsen -- Business history and strategy / David J. Jeremy -- Theorizing the future of strategy : questions for shaping strategy research in the knowledge economy / N. Venkatraman and Mohan Subramaniam -- Conclusion : doing more in strategy research / Richard Whittington, Andrew Pettigrew and Howard Thomas.