This handbook offers a synthesis of the inputs and dynamics that shape the core ideas and practices of strategy and management. The authors consider the historical development and address the central problems and approaches of strategic management

"We are delighted to offer this twelfth edition of Exploring Strategy. With sales of previous editions now well over one million worldwide, we believe we have a tried and tested product. Yet the strategy field is constantly changing. For this edition, therefore, we have thoroughly refreshed all...

This paper examines the Chandlerian model of corporate development in the light of new data on the strategies and structures of large European firms in the post-war period. Conglomerate strategies continue to spread, but these are typically less stable than strategies of diversification. The...