Books, Book Chapters and Proceedings

Selected Books, Book Chapters and Proceedings

Below are the titles of a selection of book chapters and conference proceedings. This page is updated as new materials are written. In most cases only a few pages of the chapter or proceeding are given. Comments and suggestions regarding any of these papers and materials are always appreciated and please contact me before using any of this material. If you want the full article and cannot find it in your library please contact me.

The Essence of Corporate Strategy. This edition of the book is out of print. The chapters are reproduced here and can be downloaded.

Chapter 1: The Philosophy of Corporate Strategy
Chapter 2: Strategy and Strategic Decision Making

Chapter 3: Belief Systems and Culture

Chapter 4: Corporate Strategy in a Nutshell

Chapter 5: Achieving Competitive Advantage through Strategic Innovation

Chapter 6: Capacity and Cost Position

Chapter 7: Strategic Market Segmentation

Chapter 8: The Strategic Gains from Vertical Integration

Chapter 9: The Strategic Gains from Horizontal Integration and Diversification

Chapter 10: Strategic Rivalry

Chapter 11: The Totality of Corporate Strategy

Table of Contents, Notes and Index

Other Book Chapters:

“Global Segments of Socially Conscious Consumers: Do They Exist?” to appear in N.C. Smith, C.B. Bhattacharya, D. Vogel and D. Levine (eds.), Global Challenges in Responsible Business, New York: Cambridge University Press (with P. Auger & J. Louviere).

“Measuring the Importance of Ethical Consumerism: A Multi-Country Empirical Investigation,” in J. Hooker, J. Hulpke and P. Madsen (eds.), Controversies in International Corporate Responsibility,Charlottesville VA: The Philosophy Documentation Center, 2007 (with P. Auger and J. Louviere). [This paper is an overview of several published and unpublished studies].

“Building Community,” in D. Barry and H. Hansen (eds.), Sage Handbook of New & Emerging Approaches to Management & Organization, Thousand Oaks: Sage, forthcoming (with N. Nikolova).

“Relating Customer Value to Strategic Competence: A Discrete Choice Measurement Approach,” in R. Sanchez and J. Freiling (eds.) Research in Competence-Based Management, Volume 1 – A Focused Issue on the Marketing Process in Organizational Competence, Oxford: Elsevier Pergamon, 2005 (with D. Midgley & J. Brazell).

“Strategy Content & Process in The Context of E-Business Performance,” in G. Szulanski, Y. Doz and J. Porac (eds.), Strategy Process, Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 22, New York: JAI Press, 2005 (with T. Coltman & D. Midgley).

"Knowledge Creation in Organisations: A Multiple Study Overview," in Knowledge Management Organizational and Technological Dimensions, J. Davis, E. Subrahmanian and A. Westerberg (eds), Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, 2005 (with C. Soo and D. Midgley).

“The Eclectic Paradigm: The Developmental Years as a Mirror on the Evolution of the Field of International Business,” in J. Cheng & M. Hitt (eds.) Advances in International Management, Volume 15. New York: Elsevier, 2004.

"Dual Paths To Multinational Subsidiary Performance: Networking to Leaning and Autonomy to Innovation" in A. Arino, P. Ghemawat and J. Ricart (eds), Creating Value through International Strategy, New York: Palgrave, 2004 (with S. Venaik and D. Midgley).

“E-Business Performance: A Latent Class Examination,” in G. Fandel, U. Backes-Gellner, M Schlüter & J. Staufenbiel (eds.) Modern Concepts of the Theory of the Firm: Managing Enterprises in the New Economy, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2003 (with T. Coltman and D. Midgley).

“The Role of Knowledge Quality in Firm Performance?” in H. Tsoukas & Mylonopoulos (eds.) Organizations as Knowledge Systems, London: Palgrave, 2003 (with C. Soo and D. Midgley).

“Managerial Beliefs, Market Contestability and Dominant Strategic Orientation in the Eclectic Paradigm,” in J. Cantwell and R. Narula (eds.) Reevaluating the Eclectic Paradigm, London: Palgrave, 2003 (with D. Midgley and S. Venaik).

“The Causes and Consequences of the Asian Economic Crisis,” in A. Karmann (ed.), Financial Structure and Stability, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2000.

“Knowledge, Tacit Understanding and Strategy,” in G. Twite and R. Marks (eds.), Recent Developments in Management Thinking, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1999.

“Normative Lessons from Growth Theory: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?” in D. Midgley, et al (eds), Enterprise Management in the Asia-Pacific Region, McGraw Hill, 1998.

“Economic Theory and Pricing Behavior,” in T. Devinney (ed.) ISSUES IN PRICING: Theory and Research, Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1988.

“Price, Advertising, and Scale as Information Revelation Mechanism in Markets,” in T. Devinney (ed.) ISSUES IN PRICING: Theory and Research, Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1988.

"Issues in Pricing" Theory and Research (ed.) Timothy Devinney, 1988, Part 1 - Pg 1 - 3,

"Incentives and Multiperiod Rationing in Loan Contracts," in Geld, Banken und Versicherungen, 1984/Band I, Herausgegeben von H. Goppl und R. Henn (eds).

"Bank-Customer Relationship," in Geld, Banken und Versicherungen, 1987/Band II, Herausgegeben von W.-R. Heilmann (ed.) (with M. Flannery)

"Managerial Contracting and Bank Lending with Private Information," in Geld, Banken und Versicherungen, 1990/Band I, Herausgegeben von W.-R. Heilmann (ed.) (with H. Milde)

"Determining Automobile Insurance Claims and Premium Pricing," in Geld, Banken und Versicherungen, 1994/Band I, Herausgegeben von C. Hipp (ed.) (with B. Cooil).

Proceedings (a small selection of recent papers):

“The Importance of Intangible Social Attributes in Individual Purchasing Decisions,” in Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, 2007 (with P. Auger & J. Louviere). This paper was also nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award for the best international paper.

“Buyer Preferences for Outsourced Logistics Services (3PL),” in Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of ANZAM, Yapoon, 2006 (with T. Coltman, K. Hughes and S. Whiting). Winner of Best Paper Award.

"Marketing Research Imperatives for Space Tourism?" 2005 International Space Development Conference (with G. Crouch and J. Louviere).

“The Exceptional Firm,” in Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of ANZAM, Dunedin, 2004 (with G. Yip and G. Johnson).

“Consumer Reaction to Social Issues: A Six Country Study,” in Proceedings of the European Marketing Academy Conference, Murcia, 2004 (with P. Auger and J. Louviere).