Past studies have emphasized the role played by product design and corporate identity for defining and reinforcing a company's strategy. In recent years, however, the dominance of strategic models focused on positioning within the industry structure or on the endowment of resources has moved...

The article investigates the relationship between ownership structure and the role played by the board of directors in the strategic decision process. A comparative case study of strategic decision processes indicates that ownership concentration, the nature of shareholders' interests and the...

In this paper, we build on a longitudinal study of three different attempts at managing identity change within the same organization over a period of 25 years. The purpose of the paper is to develop an interpretative model that investigates how organizations may promote periodic renewal and...

Past research has highlighted multiple interrelations between technology and social cognition. In this chapter, building on past studies, as well as on our own research, we advance propositions about the conditions under which technological features are likely to serve as cues for the...

Identity studies focus on how organisations define themselves and what they stand for in relation to internal and external stakeholders. This handbook offers an introduction to the growing field of organisational identity and a broad range of the most important theories and methods for the study...