Strategy : an international perspective /
co-authored by Bob de Wit and Ron Meyer.
- xxii, 824 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bob de Wit is director of the Strategy Academy, an international research and educational institution focusing on strategy, leadership and business innovation issues (www.strategy-academy.org). He is also managing director of Strategy Works, an international strategy consulting and coaching firm that facilitates boardroom decision-making and guides companies through processes of strategic renewal (www.strategy-works.com).
Bob has a BA in Psychology from the University of Utrecht, an MBA from the Delft University of Technology and a Ph.D. in management from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. From 1985 to 1996 he was a professor of strategic management at the Rotterdam School of Management. Since 1996 he has held a chair in Strategy at the Maastricht School of Management, where he also served as the Associate Dean for research from 1997 and 2001. Bob is an active member of the Strategic Management Society, where he serves as chairman of the Interest Group `The Practice of Strategy¿, as member of the annual conference paper review committee, and as a member of the McKinsey Best Paper Prize committee.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section I Strategy 1 Introduction 2 Strategizing 3 Missioning and visioning Section II Strategy Content 4 Business level strategy 5 Corporate level strategy 6 Network level strategy Section III Strategy Process 7 Strategy formation 8 Strategic change 9 Strategic innovation Section IV Strategy Context 10 The industry context 11 The organizational context 12 The international context Section V Cases