Perspectives on Strategic Change

Luca Zan, Stefano Zambon, Andrew M. Pettigrew This book has developed from an international research workshop organ­ ized by the Dipartimento di Economia e Direzione Aziendale, University of Venice, and the Centre for Corporate Strategy and Change, Warwic

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The workshop from which this book derives was funded by CNR, Italy.

Perspectives on Strategic Change Edited by Luca Zan Stefano Zambon Andrew M. Pettigrew

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Distributors for North America: Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Assinippi Park Norwell, Massachusetts 02061 USA Distributors for all other countries: Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Distribution Centre Post Office Box 322 3300 AH Dordrecht, THE NETHERLANDS Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perspectives on strategic change/edited by Luca Zan, Stefano Zambon, and Andrew M. Pettigrew. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0 - 7 9 2 3 - 9 3 2 6 - 0 1. Organizational change —Europe —Congresses. 2. Strategic planning —Europe —Congresses. 3. International business enterprises — Europe — Management — Congresses. 4. Personnel management —Europe —Congresses. 5. Organizational change — Europe —Case studies —Congresses. I. Zan, Luca. II. Zambon, Stefano. III. Pettigrew, Andrew M. HD58.8.P473 1993 658.4'012 - dc20 92-44914 CIP Copyright © 1993 by Kluwer Academic Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photo-copying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Assinippi Park, Norwell, Massachusetts 02061. Printed on acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America

Contents

Introduction Luca Zan, Stefano Zambon, and Andrew M. Pettigrew 1 Strategy, Change, and the Strategic Approach: Making Sense in Process Luca Zan and Stefano Zambon

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Commentary by Chris Hendry 2 Management of Internationalization Jan Johanson and Jan-Erik Vahlne

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Commentary by Dietger Hahn 3 Barriers to Internationalization Peter J. Buckley

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Commentary by Arnaldo Canziani 4 Networks and Internationalization: Managing Complexity Through Knowledge Enzo Rullani

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Commentary by Stuart Macdonald 5 Human Resource Management and Strategic Change: The Italian Case Arnaldo Camuffo and Giovanni Costa Commentary by Jeremy F. Dent

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CONTENTS

6 Institutionalist Explanations: A Special Case of Strategic Fit? Arndt Sorge

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Commentary by Peter Senker 7 Integrating Operational and Strategic Knowledge Bases for Competitive Performance Sten Jonsson

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Commentary by Bruno Bernardi 8 Introducing Market-like Mechanisms in the Public Sector: The Case of the National Health Service 235 Ewan Ferlie, Liz Caimcross, and Andrew M. Pettigrew Commentary by Gerard de Pouvourville 9 Assessing Recent Changes in the Role of Government in the Economy Giorgio Brosio

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Commentary by Brian J. Loasby 10 Strategic Divestment in the Public Sector: Patterns from France and Great Britain Taieb Hafsi, Jan J. Jorgensen, and Christian Koenig

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Commentary by Stefano Zamagni 11 An Assessment of Perspectives on Strategic Change Andrew H. Van de Ven

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About the Authors

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Index

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