scholarly journals Dynamics of the evolution of the strategic management concept: From the planning school to the neostrategic approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-28
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kafel ◽  
◽  
Bernard Ziębicki ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose: Strategic management has been developing in business theory and practice for over 50 years. Presently, it constitutes the main area of research interest in management science. The contemporary conditions of business operations create new challenges for strategic management, such as the use of dynamic capabilities in strategy building, relational strategies, networking of organizations, technology development and automation of processes, and global strategies. These challenges are often referred to as neostrategic management. The purpose of this publication is to present the findings of research concerning new strategic management concepts and challenges. Methodology: The main research method of this article was a narrative literature review. On the basis of the research, the development of the concepts as well as contemporary trends and challenges of strategic management were characterized. There is also a synthesis of the problems and research results presented in the articles in this special issue of JEMI. Findings: Various schools and approaches to strategy formulation have been created. They indicate different factors that allow for success in strategic management such as: setting long-term goals, selection of programs and their execution plans (planning school); connection of the enterprise with the environment (evolutionary school); focusing attention on competitive advantage and achieved performance (position-based school); focus on one’s own resources and competences (resource school); use of opportunities and creating innovation (simple rules school); selection of the best option and orientation in business management (real options school); or eclectic perspectives, integrating the listed approaches. The strategic management concept has two dimensions. The first dimension is related to the emergence of subsequent, new strategic management concepts, which often hark back to the previous schools and approaches. The second dimension of development applies to operationalization and adjustment of the previous concepts to the changing conditions. Implications for theory and practice: The paper characterizes the research results presented in the articles included in this JEMI issue. They deal with various problems and challenges in the field of strategic management, such as the relationship between market dynamics, market orientation and performance of enterprises; the innovativeness of companies as a contemporary strategic orientation of companies; the strategy implementation and the management of the organization change; problems of strategic management of the development of the city. Originality and value: The problems presented in the study relate to challenges and new concepts in strategic management. They enrich the existing knowledge on the development of strategic management, and also create inspiration for further research in this area.

scholarly journals Seeking competitive advantage with service infusion: a systematic literature review

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ville Eloranta ◽  
Taija Turunen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Service Infusion ◽  
Management Theories

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the service infusion literature explains competitive advantage through services. The four strategic management theories – competitive forces, the resource-based view, dynamic capabilities, and relational view – are applied in the analysis. Design/methodology/approach – A systematic literature review analyzes the links between the service infusion and strategy literature. Findings – The review reveals that although discussion of service infusion applies strategic management concepts, the stream lacks rigor with respect to construct definition and justification. Additionally, contextual variables are often missing. The result is an over-emphasis of contextually bound measures, such as technology, and focal actors. Research limitations/implications – The growing trends toward social networks, co-specialization, actor dependency and shared resources encourage service infusion scholars to focus on network-related and relational capabilities, co-opetition, open business models, and relational rent extraction. Furthermore, service infusion research would benefit from considering strategy-based theoretical discussions, constructs, and constraints that would improve the scientific rigor, impact and contribution. Originality/value – This paper represents a systematic attempt to link the service infusion literature with strategic management theories and thoroughly analyzes the knowledge gaps and possible misconceptions.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Most Cited Publications from Strategic Management Journal Between 2001 and 2010

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-312
Author(s):  
André Luís Janzkovski Cardoso ◽  
Wesley Vieira da Silva ◽  
Eduardo Damião da Silva ◽  
Jansen Maia Del Corso
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Evolutionary Theory ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Management Journal ◽  
Knowledge Database ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Qualitative Analyses ◽  
Selection Of

Based on the previous studies and a selection of the articles published in the SMJ between the years 2001 and 2010 and the most cited ones at the same period (2001-2010), the goal of this research is to identify emerging and classical authors understanding their contributions to the development of the area and relate them to the evolution of current theories on strategy through quantitative and qualitative analyses. After surveying on ISI Web of Knowledge database, 60 articles were selected with more than 100 citations and bibliometric techniques applied to data processing by factor analysis and multidimensional scaling. The articles were analyzed qualitatively in order to better understand the contributions to the development of the field of studies in strategy. Through the analysis of co-citations it was possible to identify that some classical authors, gradually, are no longer mentioned and other authors begin to stand out. The results corroborate previous studies (RAMOS-RODRIGUES; RUIZ-NAVARRO, 2004; NERUR et al., 2008; SERRA et al., 2012) confirming the prevalence of articles related to RBV, but there are evidences that issues such as dynamic capabilities, the knowledge-based view and organizational learning are also highlighted. Using the quantitative and qualitative analyzes allied to previous studies seeks to present a framework of theories on strategy over the years (1980-2010) in order to outline an analysis of current evolutionary theory and its contributors.

scholarly journals Strategic management: A perspective on the development of the field of strategic management and the contribution of the Irish Journal of Management

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-41
Author(s):  
Patrick Gibbons ◽  
Sharkey Scott ◽  
Cormac Mac Fhionnlaoich
Keyword(s):  
Irish Journal ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Management Journal ◽  
The Past ◽  
Specific Discipline ◽  
Structural Roots ◽  
Made In

Abstract This paper analyses the progress made in the field of strategic management over the past three decades. One approach to analysing a discipline’s trajectory is to explore its exemplary research. We review the papers awarded the Dan and Mary Lou Schendel, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Best Paper Award of the Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) since 1993, to demonstrate the emergence of strategic management as a specific discipline with a distinct view of how firms generate competitive advantage. Our paper interprets the development of the discipline from its market-based and structural roots to attempts to decipher the ‘black box’ of the organisation in analysing capabilities, particularly dynamic capabilities, and resources. Our study shows how the conceptual breakthroughs of the exemplary papers are further developed by the field through theory testing and extension using increasingly sophisticated methodologies published by journals such as Irish Journal Of Management (IJM). Our review of both journals highlights that despite increasing market, social and cultural instability since these seminal papers were first conceived, their lessons are still relevant and increasingly critical to both theory and practice in establishing the future trajectory for strategic management and a framework for organisations to compete.

scholarly journals Strategising for Resilience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Simon Collins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Current Theory ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

<p>The term “resilience” is used to describe aspects of businesses that are able to withstand potentially destructive changes in the commercial environment in which they operate. Few studies have investigated the ability that some firms have not just to endure disturbance, but to buck market trends and improve, grow and capitalise on potentially destructive change. This thesis aims to elaborate our existing understanding by contributing empirical knowledge on resilient firms through the examination of the research questions: In the context of the New Zealand Manufacturing sector during the Global Financial Crisis, what contributes to resilience in firms? And, do dynamic capabilities play a role in the resilience of firms?  To address the identified gap in the literature, this research analysed the strategies of seventeen New Zealand manufacturing firms during the Global Financial Crisis utilising a qualitative, case study approach. Teece’s (2007) Sensing, Seizing and Transformation dynamic capabilities framework was used to analyse and categorise the firms’ actions. The findings confirm some, but also refute other, pre-existing assumptions and understandings regarding the resilience of firms that are offered by the prevailing literature.  This thesis contributes to the field of theory by offering evidence for five propositions that extend the existing resilience literature. These are: first, that the dynamic capabilities framework provides a useful means through which to examine the resilience of firms; second, resilient firms appear to have bundles of dynamic capabilities that provide resilience when present; third, certain capabilities appear to be necessary but not sufficient to create resilience; fourth, capabilities that enable firms to generate additional efficiency and margin appear to be among the most valuable in the creation of resilience, and fifth, capabilities that increase the ‘volume’ of knowledge, and improve the flow of, and access to, knowledge within a firm also appear to be among the most valuable for creating resilience.  This examination of the concept of resilience presents new perspectives on why some firms perform better during crises, and how advantage is created and maintained when the environment generates barriers to performance. The results progress resilience as an emerging concept in the strategic management literature in two ways: first, the addition of empirical evidence extends and elaborates current theory regarding what constitutes resilient action in firms; and second, the results highlight the strengths and weaknesses of applying a dynamic capabilities framework to explore strategic management concepts.</p>

Strategising for Resilience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Simon Collins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Current Theory ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

<p>The term “resilience” is used to describe aspects of businesses that are able to withstand potentially destructive changes in the commercial environment in which they operate. Few studies have investigated the ability that some firms have not just to endure disturbance, but to buck market trends and improve, grow and capitalise on potentially destructive change. This thesis aims to elaborate our existing understanding by contributing empirical knowledge on resilient firms through the examination of the research questions: In the context of the New Zealand Manufacturing sector during the Global Financial Crisis, what contributes to resilience in firms? And, do dynamic capabilities play a role in the resilience of firms?  To address the identified gap in the literature, this research analysed the strategies of seventeen New Zealand manufacturing firms during the Global Financial Crisis utilising a qualitative, case study approach. Teece’s (2007) Sensing, Seizing and Transformation dynamic capabilities framework was used to analyse and categorise the firms’ actions. The findings confirm some, but also refute other, pre-existing assumptions and understandings regarding the resilience of firms that are offered by the prevailing literature.  This thesis contributes to the field of theory by offering evidence for five propositions that extend the existing resilience literature. These are: first, that the dynamic capabilities framework provides a useful means through which to examine the resilience of firms; second, resilient firms appear to have bundles of dynamic capabilities that provide resilience when present; third, certain capabilities appear to be necessary but not sufficient to create resilience; fourth, capabilities that enable firms to generate additional efficiency and margin appear to be among the most valuable in the creation of resilience, and fifth, capabilities that increase the ‘volume’ of knowledge, and improve the flow of, and access to, knowledge within a firm also appear to be among the most valuable for creating resilience.  This examination of the concept of resilience presents new perspectives on why some firms perform better during crises, and how advantage is created and maintained when the environment generates barriers to performance. The results progress resilience as an emerging concept in the strategic management literature in two ways: first, the addition of empirical evidence extends and elaborates current theory regarding what constitutes resilient action in firms; and second, the results highlight the strengths and weaknesses of applying a dynamic capabilities framework to explore strategic management concepts.</p>

scholarly journals Towards an Innovation Link between Dynamic Capabilities and Sustainability Strategy: Options for Emerging Market Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 1940003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Management Concept

Over the last few years, there has been considerable scholarly interest in the strategic management concept of dynamic capabilities. During the same period, sustainability policies and strategies have also become a major focus for many companies. These two areas have resulted in major new innovative opportunities for companies, including those located in emerging markets. However, up to the present time, few studies have attempted to combine the growing scholarly topic of dynamic capabilities with the equally important topic of sustainability strategy in the context of emerging market companies. This paper links these two areas through the theoretical lens of innovation theory. It develops and proposes four main business options for companies, particularly those from emerging markets, from an innovation perspective. The paper contributes new knowledge by identifying and expanding on the innovation strategy links between dynamic capabilities and sustainability strategy. It offers theoretical insights into the nature of that connection in the context of companies from both developed and developing economies.

Risk in Strategic Management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M. Puia ◽  
Mark D. Potts
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Operational Risk ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Strategic Risk ◽  
Risk Environments ◽  
Risk Dimensions

Although risk is an essential element of the business landscape and one of the more widely researched topics in business, there is noticeably less scholarship on strategic risk. Business risk literature tends to only delineate characteristics of risk that are operational rather than strategic in nature. The current operational risk paradigm focuses primarily on only two dimensions of risk: the probability of its occurrence and the severity of its outcomes. In contrast, literature in the natural and social sciences exhibits greater dimensionality in the risk lexicon, including temporal risk dimensions absent from academic business discussions. Additionally, descriptions of operational risk included minimal linkage to strategic outcomes that could constrain or enable resources, markets, or competition. When working with a multidimensional model of risk, one can adjustment the process of environmental scanning and risk assessment in ways that were potentially more measurable. Given the temporal dimensions of risk, risk management cannot always function proactively. In risk environments with short risk horizons, rapid risk acceleration, or limited risk reaction time, firms must utilize dynamic capabilities. The literature proposes multiple approaches to managing risk that are often focused on single challenges or solutions. By combining a strategic management focus with a multidimensional model of strategic risk, one can match risk management protocols to specific strategic challenges. Lastly, one of more powerful dimensions of risky events is their ability to differentially affect competitors, changing the basis of competition. Risk need not solely be viewed as defending against potential losses; many risky occurrences may represent new strategic opportunities.

scholarly journals Medicalisation of Birth in Transylvania in the Second Half of the 19th Century. A Subject to be Investigated

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Luminiţa Dumănescu ◽  
Ioan Bolovan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Population Database ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Community Behavior ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Selection Of

The role played by midwives during modernity deserves increased attention. Ethnic and confessional minorities often displayed starkly different patterns in the selection of these instrumental figures. More than that, the differences between the official reports and the community behavior recorded at ground level suggest a major gap between theory and practice. In theory, the province of Transylvania was well provided with medical care, midwives included. Data collected into the Historical Population Database of Transylvania reveals the fact that most women were assisted at birth by handywomen, the traditional, unskilled midwives. A research tool like a historical population database could help the scholars to address the issue of birth medicalisation, starting from the main research question: can we discuss the medicalisation of birth given that more than half of the women assisted in the delivery of just one child?

scholarly journals Dynamic Capabilities-Based and Environment Serving Organization-Based Concepts in Strategic Management: Are They Complementary? A Theoretical Overview

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustinus Oroh
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Real Root ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Market Turbulence ◽  
The Right ◽  
Industrial Context ◽  
Theoretical Overview

In the last few decades resource-based concepts have been discussed and seemingly accepted by many scholars in strategic management. Some have argued and challenged them since many companies struggle to obtain and apply the strategic tools to enhance their performance and competitiveness. Competitive advantage is moving toward a different paradigm, following dynamic competition and market turbulence. In the current era of the digital economy a company’s top and general managements can be blamed for not smartly leveraging their resources and responding to their customers on time with the right offerings. Therefore, it is difficult to sustain competitive advantage. This research, using theories and a practical approach, discuss the relevance of strategic management concepts, especially Dynamic Capabilities-based, Resource-based and Environment Serving Organization-based (ESO-based) perspective in the current industrial context, as the real root of strategic management theories. This paper concludes that both Dynamic Capabilities-Based as well as Resource-Based concepts complement the ESO-based concept and therefore deserved to be explored further as a strategic formula for companies. Keywords: resource-based; dynamic-capabilities; ESO-based; competitive advantage

Pola Bimbingan Orang Tua Asuh dalam Menumbuhkan Kecerdasan Emosional Remaja

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-330
Author(s):  
Iva Faridha Azahro ◽  
Nanih Machendrawaty ◽  
Hajir Tajiri
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Selection Of

Tujuan dari peneliti ini yaitu untuk mengetahui (1) karakteristik kecerdasan emosional remaja di RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung; (2) pola bimbingan orang tua asuh dalam menumbuhkan kecerdasan emosional remaja di RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung; (3) hasil pola bimbingan orang tua asuh dalam menumbuhkan kecerdasan emosional remaja di RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode penelitian deskriptif, pemilihan subjek dan informan dengan cara acak dan teknik pengumpulan datanya melalui observasi, dokumentasi dan wawancara terhadap enam orang anak asuh dan tiga orang tua asuh. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa anak sebelum memperoleh pengasuhan dari orang tua asuh di RPSAA memiliki karakteristik kecerdasan emosional rendah. Pola pengasuhan yang diterapkan di RPSAA kepada anak asuh adalah pola asuh demokratis. Sedangkan hasil pengasuhan dalam menumbuhkan kecerdasan emosional remaja di RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung menyimpulkan bahwa anak asuh usia remaja telah memiliki kecerdasan emosional yang cukup baik, yaitu terlihat dari bagaimana cara mereka mampu mengendalikan segala perasaan yang pada dirinya, meskipun ada remaja yang belum sepenuhnya memenuhi aspek kecerdasan emosional.   The goal of these researchers is to figure out (1) characteristics of the emotional intelligence of teenagers in RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung; (2) foster parents guidance pattern in fostering emotional intelligence RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung in adolescents; (3) results foster parents guidance pattern in fostering emotional intelligence RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung in teens. This research used the qualitative approach with descriptive research method, the selection of subjects and informants by means of random and data gathering techniques through observation, interview and documentation against six people and three foster care parents foster care. The research results obtained by researchers concluded that child before obtaining care of foster parents in RPSAA has the characteristic of low emotional intelligence. Parenting patterns are applied in the RPSAA to foster care parenting is democratic. While parenting results in fostering emotional intelligence RPSAA Ciumbuleuit Bandung teenager in concluding that foster care teens have had a pretty good emotional intelligence, that is visible from how they are able to control all the feelings on him, even though there are teenagers who do not yet fully meet aspects of emotional intelligence.

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