Guide to Key Theories for Strategic Management

Edited by Sandip Bisui, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University, Leonardo M. Klüppel, Assistant Professor of Management & Human Resources, Michael J. Leiblein, Professor of Management & Human Resources, Max M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University and Jeffrey J. Reuer, Distinguished Professor and Blake Family Endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Governance, Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue University, USA

• Contents Seeing the forest and the trees: Key theoretical foundations of strategic management x Sandip Bisui, Leonardo M. Kluppel, Michael J. Leiblein and Jeffrey J. Reuer 1 Game theory 1 David Gaddis Ross 2 Resource-based view 22 Alison Mackey and Tyson B. Mackey 3 Dynamic capabilities 43 Jeffrey A. Martin and Athina Skiadopoulou 4 Value capture theory 66 Olivier Chatain 5 Information economics 83 Roberto Ragozzino 6 Transaction cost economics 96 Brian S. Silverman 7 Network theory 115 Isin Guler and Rajat Khanna 8 Real options theory 132 Arkadiy V. Sakhartov 9 Attention-based view 145 Willian Ocasio and E. Geoffrey Love10 Behavioral theory of the firm 167John Joseph11 Behavioral strategy 187Maciej Workiewicz12 Cognitive aspects 206Libby Weber and Jessica Jeesoo Kim13 Evolutionary theory 225Patia J. McGrath and Atul Nerkar14 Platform strategy 245Tammy L. Madsen15 Prospect theory 267Philip Bromiley

‘This book’s greatest contribution is its clear synthesis of prominent theories that shape the field of strategic management. It helps readers, whether students or managers, develop their own mental framework for using these theories to advance scholarly knowledge or guide decision-making.’