{"title":"Strategy Dynamics and the Theory of the Firm: Homage to Richard Rumelt","authors":"D. Teece","doi":"10.1561/111.00000044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000044","url":null,"abstract":"Richard Rumelt helped pioneer many key ideas in the field of strategic management, including how the ownership of unique bundles of resources determines competitive outcomes, how isolating mechanisms protect rent streams, and how entrepreneurship drives the firm’s choices of markets and resources. He chose not to build these insights into an integrated framework. However, his perspective on strategy and his emphasis on coherent actions for the firm is both complementary to and connected with the concept of organizational capabilities. The dynamic capabilities framework builds on Rumelt’s work and can serve as a basis for advancing the strategic theory of the firm on which Rumelt began work in the 1980s.","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73948291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Praise of Fractionated Trading Zones: Respectful Partnerships in Management Innovation","authors":"K. Pandza, R. Whittington, Julia Hautz","doi":"10.1561/111.00000041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000041","url":null,"abstract":"We address the contemporary challenge of increasing the rate of management innovation by asserting the value of ‘fractionated trading zones’. By contrast with the homogenization of academia, business and consulting proposed by some scholars concerned for management innovation, fractionated trading zones involve partnerships that are respectful of the distinct characters of the various communities. We demonstrate the potential of such fractionated trading zones by examining the diverse contributors to three management innovations in strategy: portfolio models, value innovation and participative strategizing. Each of these innovations was brought about by respectful partnerships between academia, business and consulting, facilitated by the development of visual or metaphorical boundary objects and the interventions of transcendent interactional experts. We conclude by recommending policies for both academics and practitioners in order to promote the creation of innovative partnerships across the divide.","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"97 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83645227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Issues Revisited from Rumelt's (1974) \"Strategy, Structure and Economic Performance\"","authors":"K. R. Harrigan","doi":"10.1561/111.00000043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000043","url":null,"abstract":"Performance expectations are revisited pertaining to particular corporate strategies that were highlighted by Rumelt (1974). In particular, suggestions regarding expectations about conglomerate enterprises, vertical integration, and mature- or declining-demand businesses are offered in light of additional information about research findings and observed industry phenomena that are at odds with information available when Rumelt’s (1974) study of diversification was performed.","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83591335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acquisitions, Stakeholder Economies of Scope, and Stakeholder Orientation","authors":"D. Bosse, J. Harrison, R. Hoskisson","doi":"10.1561/111.00000036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90752437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue Honoring Richard Rumelt: The Foundations for Understanding Fundamental Issues in Strategy","authors":"David G. Hoopes, Tammy L. Madsen, D. Teece","doi":"10.1561/111.00000047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88391733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Matter of How Much Industry Matters","authors":"Haifeng Wang, R. Coff","doi":"10.1561/111.00000045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80846395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategic Transformation and the Problem of Inertia","authors":"Constance E. Helfat","doi":"10.1561/111.00000046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"330 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82555819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unknown Unknowns and the Treatment of Firm-Level Adaptation in Strategic Management Research","authors":"T. Ehrig, N. Foss","doi":"10.1561/111.00000035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000035","url":null,"abstract":"Unknown unknowns,” that is, future contingencies that lack an ex ante description for some decision-makers for whom the contingency is relevant, are fundamental to strategy theory and practice. And yet, most strategy research is founded on the assumption that the future can be described in terms of “known unknowns,” that is, future contingencies that are known in principle (but whether and how they actually occur is unknown). We discuss the importance of unknown unknowns for strategy, focusing specifically on firm-level adaptation. We also discuss why prior literature has failed to address unknown unknowns, and outline key points that should be addressed by a program of research into the nature and role of unknown unknowns in strategy.","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84911762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extending the Behavioral Theory of the Firm to Entrepreneurial Firms","authors":"P. Bromiley, Devaki Rau","doi":"10.1561/111.00000038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000038","url":null,"abstract":"While the Behavioral Theory of the Firm (BTOF) is one of the most popular theories of organizational change in the strategic management literature, the empirical work used to develop the theory used established firms; most empirical tests of the theory do likewise. Over the past decade or so, however, a number of studies have attempted to extend the BTOF to entrepreneurial firms. This paper examines the extent to which the BTOF applies to entrepreneurial firms. We propose that while some constructs and mechanisms specified in the BTOF (such as aspirations, routines, search, and learning) have limited relevance for entrepreneurial firms and need modifications to be relevant, other constructs and mechanisms (such as dominant coalitions and biases) have greater visibility and relevance in entrepreneurial firms than in larger firms. We conclude with a discussion of how we can most fruitfully apply the BTOF to explaining decision making by entrepreneurial firms.","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73871853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Dynamic Theory of the Strategic Firm","authors":"David G. Hoopes, Tammy L. Madsen","doi":"10.1561/111.00000049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1561/111.00000049","url":null,"abstract":"What makes a robust strategic theory of the firm? Rumelt’s (1984) “Towards a Strategic Theory of the Firm” explains how variance in performance occurs and endures when decision-makers are boundedly rational and isolating mechanisms slow or prevent equilibration. How and why firms differ is a fundamental issue in strategic management. Ex ante uncertainty leads to heterogeneity. Causal ambiguity and other isolating mechanisms allow heterogeneity to endure. A central prescription is that firms often need to react quickly in spite of the uncertainty. Successful first movers can enjoy a durable advantage. This article expands on the contributions of Rumelt's 1984 article. Since strategy is situational, we begin by setting the ideas in context and illustrating how they challenged the received view. Next, we move onto the crux of the matter -- how these ideas created an agenda for strategy scholarship. We then cover work on isolating mechanisms and identify unexplored opportunities.","PeriodicalId":100721,"journal":{"name":"International Strategic Management Review","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77082194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}