Fundamental issues in strategy : a research agenda / edited by Richard P. Rumelt, Dan E. Schendel, David J. Teece.

Acknowledgments, vii -- Preface, xi -- Introduction: structure of the book, 1 -- 1. Fundamental Issues in Strategy / Richard P. Rumelt, Dan E. Schendel, David J. Teece, 9 -- Part one. How do firms behave?, 49 -- 2. Beyond individual metaphors in understanding how firms behave: a comment on game theory and prospect theory models of firm behavior / Jay B. Barney, 55 -- 3. Timid choices and bold forecasts: a cognitive perspective on risk taking / Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, 71 -- 4. Structure, strategy, and the agenda of the firm / Thomas H. Hammond, 97 -- 5. Game theory and strategic management: contributions, applications, and limitations / Garth Saloner, 155 -- 6. Does strategy research need game theory? / Colin F. Camerer, 195 -- 7. Burning your britches behind you: can policy scholars bank on game theory? / Steven Postrel, 221 -- Part two. Why are firms different?, 225 -- 8. Strategy and the search for rents: the evolution of diversity among firms / Jeffrey R. Williams, 229 -- 9. Why do firms differ, and how does it matter? / Richard R. Nelson, 247 -- 10. A sociological view on why firms differ / Glenn R. Carroll, 271 -- Part three. What are the functions of the headquarters unit in a multibusiness firm?, 291 -- 11. Diversification and economic performance: bringing structure and corporate management back into the picture / Charles W. L. Hill, 297 -- 12. The functions of the HQ unit in the multibusiness firm / Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., 323 -- 13. Strategizing, Economizing, and Economic Organization / Oliver E. Williamson, 361 -- 14. Takeovers in the 1960s and the 1980s: evidence and implications / Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny, 403 -- Part four. What determines success or failure in international competition?, 419 -- 15. Toward a dynamic theory of strategy / Michael E. Porter, 423 -- 16. Location and competition: notes on economic geography / Paul Krugman, 463 -- 17. Managing DMNCs: a search for a new paradigm / Y. L. Doz and C. K. Prahalad, 495 -- Afterword / Richard P. Rumelt, Dan E. Schendel, and David J. Teece, 527 -- Appendix A. fundamental issues in strategy: a research agenda for the 1990s, 557 -- Appendix B. List of participants, 575 -- References, 577 -- About the contributors, 615 -- Index, 619.