The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Strategic Management (Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management) (Volume 12)

The new edition of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management: Strategic Management includes a new preface by the current editor, John McGee. He acknowledges the signal contribution of Derek Channon and outlines the key current trends in the field of strategic management.

• Fully updated new edition covers over 160 key terms and concepts in strategic management;


• Contains contributions from more than 55 international contributors;


• Gives more explicit attention to 'competitive strategy' and 'competitive advantage';


• Fully treats the 'resource-based view', with recent developments around the 'knowledge- based view';


• Introduces the 'new economy', specifically economics of knowledge and information and the nature of network externalities;


• Outlines the key current trends in the field of strategic management in the editor’s preface.