The institution-based view of strategy has emerged as a leading perspective in Strategic
Management. It incorporates the institutional dimension when offering relevant answers to …

This article identifies the emergence of the institution-based view as a third leading
perspective in strategic management (the first two being the industry-based and resource …

The arguments put forward in most books on strategic management are typically based on
two core assumptions. The first is that the world of the manager–the external and internal …

Classical approaches to strategy are built around two dominant pillars to explain firm
performance: industry structure and firm strategy and capabilities. Firm performance is …

It is commonly asserted that the field of strategic management is fragmented and lacks a
coherent identity. This skepticism, however, is paradoxically at odds with the great success …

Strategic Organization was founded on the belief that strategy and organization research
needs to be integrated. We agree that such integration is a worthy objective and are …

abstract The scope and purpose of this special issue is to draw interconnections between
domains of strategy and strategic management research. Specifically, we initially …

As part of the broader intellectual movement throughout the social sciences that is centered
on new institutionalism, the institution-based view has emerged as a leading perspective in …

Neoinstitutional organization theory contains an important message for strategic
management: A firm's existence and competitive advantage is strongly affected by its …

The development of the field of strategic management within the last two decades has been
dramatic. While its roots have been in a more applied area, often referred to as business …