The Oxford Handbook of Strategy Implementation [Hardcover]

Leading scholars examine the crucial role of implementation influencing how business and managerial strategies produce returns. They focus on governance, resources, human capital, and accounting-based control systems, advancing our understanding of strategy implementation and identifying opportunities for future research on this important process.Many strategies fail not because they are improperly formulated but because they are poorly implemented.The Oxford Handbook of Strategy Implementationexamines the crucial role of implementation in how business and managerial strategies produce returns. In this wide-ranging collection of essays, leading scholars address governance, resources, human capital, and accounting-based control systems, advancing our understanding of strategy implementation and identifying opportunities for future research on this important process.Chapter 1: The Imperative for Strategy ImplementationMichael A. Hitt, Susan E. Jackson, Salvador Carmona, Leonard Bierman, Christina E. Shalley and Mike WrightPART 1: RESOURCES AND GOVERNANCEChapter 2: Sourcing External Knowledge: Clusters, Alliances, and AcquisitionsStephen Tallman and Anupama PheneChapter 3: A Study of the Long-term Value of Capabilities-based Resources, Intangible Strategic Assets, and Firm PerformanceBrian R. Chabowski and G. Tomas M. HultChapter 4: IPOs and Corporate GovernanceIgor Filatotchev, Mike Wright and Garry D. BrutonChapter 5: Epistemics at Work: The Theory of Mind in Principal-Agent RelationsStefan Linder, Nicolai Foss and Diago SteaChapter 6: Social Construction of Boundaries in the Context of the Official and Unofficial EconomiesKatalin Takacs-Haynes and R. Duane IrelandChapter 7: Antitrust ComplianceD. Daniel SokolPART 2: MANAGING HUMAN CAPITALChapter 8: The Aging Workforce: Implications for Human Resource Management Research and PracticeDonald M. Truxillo, David M. Cadiz, and Jennifer R. RineerChapter 9: Women at the Top: Will More Women in Senior Roles Impact Ols^