List of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgements List of Contributors INTRODUCTION Creating Value in the New Competitive Landscape; A.Ghobadian, N.O'Reagan, H.Viney, D.Gallear PART I: COMPETING IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE Developing and Managing Strategic Alliances, Building Social Capital and Creating Value; M.A.Hitt, R.D.Ireland & M.Santoro Towards a Theory of Multinational Enterprises and the Civil Society; A.M.Rugman & A.Verbeke PART II: CHANGING INDUSTRY CONFIGURATION Building Versus Acquiring Resources: Analysis and Application to Learning Theory; J.B.Barney & T.W.Tong Better Constructs for Analysis and Management of Firm Competence; P.Knott Intangible Resources and Export Marketing Strategy as Determinants of Export Performance: An Empirical Analysis from the Resource-Based View; A.Rialp-Criado, J.Rialp-Criado, C.N.Axinn & S.Thach Strategic Planning: The Key to Enhanced Performance?; N.O'Regan & A.Ghobadian PART III: ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE Understanding the HR Strategies of the 1990s; C.R.Littler Managing in Times of Change: Avoiding Management Myopia; M.Goodman Understanding Inertia: Developing a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective?; A.Genus PART IV: MANAGING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE A Dynamic Resource-Based View of the Interaction Between Technological Resources, Corporate Diversification and Performance; F.J.Forcadell PART V: INNOVATION Developing a Compass to Navigate the Innovation Journey; Z.J.Radnor, H.Noke & T.Rickards Leadership and Innovation: Surfacing Synergies Among Constructs and Theories; E.Wilson-Evered, C.Härtel & M.Neale CONCLUSION Strategic Management: Its Development and Future Directions; H.Thomas Index