Neostrategic Management: An International Perspective on Trends and Challenges [Paperback]

Contemporary research in strategic management, with an emphasis on different tools and skills created by scholars in the field,?is evident throughout Neostrategic Management. This book is specially designed to accommodate the needs of strategy students worldwide in our fast-changing twenty-first century. The authors integrate cutting-edge research on topics including corporate performance, governance, strategic leadership, technology and internationalization. Based on real-world practices and current research in the field, Neostrategic Management?features an increased emphasis on the changing global economy and its role in strategic management.Past and Future - Neostrategic Management.- Structural Dynamics of Inter Firm Knowledge Networks.- Strategic Networking in Hospitality Industry.- The Foundations of Strategic Thinking: Effectual, Strategic, and Casual Reasoning.- Continuous Innovation of Strategy as a Key to the Success of Enterprises - Intensification of Strategic Orientations.- Building Bridges Between Entrepreneurship and Strategic Thinking.- Failing Strategy Implementations.- Leading Strategically - Process-Based Approach for Driving the Changes in the Organization.- Multinational Corporations: The Changing Strategic Orientation in the 21st Century.- Towards International Entrepreneurial Orientation and Networking of Born Global Firms.- Manufacturing Strategies in Selected European Countries.- Strategic Importance of Cross-Border Acquisitions for Emerging Markets Multinationals.- Late to the Party: HR's Contribution to Contemporary Theories of Strategy.- Complexity Theory for a New Managerial Paradigm:?A Research Framework.

Ivona Vrdoljak Ragu~, Ph.D.,?is associate Professor?who taught at the Faculty of Tourism and Foreign Trade,?University of Split, Croatia. Since 2002 she has been teaching at?the Department of Economics and Business Economics,?University of Dubrovnik, Croatia (fields of interest:? leadership, strategic managemlsi