Listed below is a series of recommended bibliography for those who wish to deepen their study and research on the strategic process of the company.
Monographs on the strategic process of the firm (with an integral perspective):
– Roch, C. J. (2024). The strategic process of the firm: Theory and cases. Letra Minúscula, Barcelona. Purchase link
– Mintzberg, H., Quinn, J. B., Lampel, J. and Ghoshal, S. (2013). The Strategy Process: Concepts, Contexts, Cases. Pearson, New Jersey. Purchase link
– Mintzberg, H., Ahlstrand, B. and Lampel, J. (1998). Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management. The Free Press. New York. Purchase link
Books on strategic management and related aspects (innovation management, organizational culture, etc.):
– Barney, J. B. (1997). Gaining and sustaining competitive advantage. Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Purchase link
– Bueno, E. (1996). Dirección estratégica de la empresa. Metodología, técnicas y casos (Strategic management of the firm. Methodology, techniques and cases). Pirámide, Madrid. Purchase link
– Bueno, E., Morcillo, P. and Salmador, M. P. (2005). Dirección estratégica. Nuevas perspectivas teóricas (Strategic Management. New theoretical perspectives). Pirámide, Madrid. Purchase link
– Bueno, E., Salmador, M. P., Merino, C. and Martín, J. I. (2006). Dirección estratégica. Desarrollo de la estrategia y análisis de casos (Strategic Management. Strategy development and case analysis). Pirámide, Madrid. Purchase link
– Fernández, E. (1996). Innovación, tecnología y alianzas estratégicas. Factores clave de la competencia (Innovation, technology and strategic alliances. Key competitive factors). Civitas, Madrid.
– Grant, R. M. (2021). Contemporary Strategy Analysis. Wiley, New Jersey. Purchase link
– Hax, A. C. and Majluf, N. S. (1991). The strategy concept and process: a pragmatic approach. Prentice Hall International, New Jersey. Purchase link
– Hidalgo, A., Pavón, J. and León, G. (2002). La gestión de la innovación y la tecnología en las organizaciones (Innovation and technology management in organizations). Pirámide, Madrid.
– Johnson, G., Scholes, K. and Whittington (2009). Exploring Corporate Strategy. Prentice Hall, New Jersey. Purchase link
– Morcillo, P. (1997). Dirección Estratégica de la Tecnología e Innovación. Un enfoque de competencias (Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation. A competency approach). Civitas, Madrid.
– Morcillo, P. (2006). Cultura e innovación empresarial. La conexión perfecta (Business culture and innovation. The perfect connection). Thompson-Paraninfo, Madrid. Purchase link
– Morcillo, P. and Fernández, J. (Coordinadores) (2002). Nuevas claves para la dirección estratégica (New keys to strategic management). Ariel Economía, Barcelona.
– Schilling, M. A. (2007). Strategic management of technological innovation. McGraw-Hill, New York. Purchase link
Research papers, theses and other books on the strategic process of the firm and related aspects:
– Ansoff, H. I. (1975). Managing Strategic Surprise by Response to Weak Signals. California Management Review, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, pp. 21-33. View PDF
– Ansoff, H. I., Declerck, R. P. and Hayes, R. L. (1976). From strategic planning to strategic management. International Conference on Strategic Management, 1ª 1973, Vanderbilt University. Wiley.
– Ansoff, H. I. (1985). Conceptual underpinnings of systematic strategic management. European Journal of Operational Research, 19, pp. 2-19.
– Ansoff, H. I. (1991). Critique of Henry Mintzberg´s ‘The Design School: Reconsidering the basic premises of strategic management’. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 12, pp. 449-461. View PDF
– Bowman, E. H. (1995). Strategy history: Through different mirrors. Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 11A, pp. 25-45.
– Bueno, E., Casani, F. and Lizcano, J. L. (1999). Estrategia empresarial. Modelo dinámico del proceso estratégico (Business strategy. Dynamic model of the strategic process). Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (AECA). Comisión de Organización y Sistemas, Documento 9.
– Bueno, E., Casani, F. and Lizcano, J. L. (1999). Formación de la estrategia empresarial: Un análisis de las dinámicas del proceso estratégico (Business strategy formation: An analysis of the dynamics of the strategic process). Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad, Nº 100, pp. 195-217. View PDF
– Bueno, E. and Salmador, M. P. (2000). La dirección del conocimiento en el proceso estratégico de la empresa: Información, complejidad e imaginación en la espiral de conocimiento (Knowledge management in the strategic process of the firm: Information, complexity and imagination in the spiral of knowledge). Perspectivas sobre dirección del conocimiento y capital intelectual, I. U. Euroforum Escorial, pp. 55-66.
– Bueno, E. and Salmador, M. P. (2005). Strategy-making as a complex, double-loop process of knowledge creation: Four cases of established banks reinventing the industry by means of the internet. Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 22, pp. 267-318. View PDF
– Burgelman, R. A. (1983). A Process Model of Internal Corporate Venturing in the Diversified Major Firm. Administrative Science Quarterly, 28, pp. 223-244. View PDF
– Burgelman, R. A. (1994). Fading Memories: A Process Theory of Strategic Business Exit in Dynamic Environments. Administrative Science Quarterly, 39, pp. 24-56. View PDF
– Casani, F., Morcillo, P., Rodríguez, J. and Rodríguez, J. M. (2001). La teoría de recursos y capacidades: Un cruce de caminos (The theory of resources and capabilities: A crossroads). Cuadernos Aragoneses de Economía, Vol. 11, Nº 1, pp. 44-66.
– Cyert, R. M. and March, J. G. (1963). A behavioral theory of the firm. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey.
– Fernández, A. and Trullenque, F. (2007). Libro Blanco de la Dirección Estratégica en España 2007-2009. (White Paper on Strategic Management in Spain 2007-2009) Strategy&Focus, Madrid.
– Goold, M. (1996). Design, learning and planning: A further observation on the design school debate. California Management Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 94-95 (Reprinted from Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 13, pp. 169-170, 1992). See full discussion of the Honda case in PDF (Goold (1996) is included there).
– Goold, M. (1996). Learning, planning and strategy: Extra time. California Management Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 100-102. See full discussion of the Honda case in PDF (Goold (1996) is included there).
– Grant, R. M. (2003). Strategic planning in a turbulent environment: Evidence from the oil majors. Strategic Management Journal, 24, pp. 491-517. View PDF
– Hamel, G. (1996). Strategy as revolution. Harvard Business Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 69-82. View PDF
– Hamel, G. (1998). Strategy Innovation and the Quest for Value. Sloan Management Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 7-14. View PDF
– Hamel, G. (1999). Un Nuevo reto: cambiar las reglas del juego (A new challenge: changing the rules of the game). Harvard Deusto Business Review, No. 90, pp. 4-13.
– Hart, S. L. (1991). Intentionality and autonomy in strategy-making process: Modes, archetypes and firm performance. Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 7, pp. 97-127.
– Mintzberg, H. (1976). Planning on the left side and managing on the right. Harvard Business Review, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 49-58. View PDF
– Mintzberg, H. (1978). Patterns in strategy formation. Management Science, Vol. 24, No. 9, pp. 934-948. View PDF
– Mintzberg, H. and Waters, J. A. (1982). Tracking Strategy in an Entrepreneurial Firm. Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 465-499. View PDF
– Mintzberg, H. and Waters, J. A. (1984). Researching the Formation of Strategies: The History of Canadian Lady 1939-1976. Competitive Strategic Management, pp. 62-93. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
– Mintzberg, H. and Waters, J. A. (1985). Of Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 6, pp. 257-272.
– Mintzberg, H. and McHugh, A. (1985). Strategy Formation in an Adhocracy. Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 160-197.
– Mintzberg, H. (1987). Crafting strategy. Harvard Business Review, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 66-75.
– Mintzberg, H. (1987). The Strategy Concept I: Five Ps For Strategy. California Management Review, Fall 1987, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 11-24.
– Mintzberg, H. (1990). Strategy Formation: Schools of Thought. Perspectives on Strategic Management, Harper Business, New York, pp. 105-237
– Mintzberg, H. (1990). The Design School: Reconsidering the basic premises of strategic management. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 171-195. View PDF
– Mintzberg, H. (1991). Learning 1, Planning 0. Reply to Igor Ansoff. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 463-466. View PDF
– Mintzberg, H. (1994). The rise and fall of strategic planning. The Free Press, New York. Purchase link
– Mintzberg, H. (1996). Reply to Michael Goold. California Management Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 96-99. See full discussion of the Honda case in PDF (Mintzberg (1996) is included there).
– Morcillo, P. (2012). Siempre nos quedará la innovación (We will always have innovation). Revista Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa, Vol. 21, Nº 3, pp. 215-218. View PDF
– Noda, T. and Bower, J. L. (1996). Strategy making as iterated processes of resource allocation. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 17, pp. 159-192. View PDF
– Pascale, R. T. (1984). Perspectives on strategy: The real story behind Honda’s success. California Management Review, Spring 1984, pp. 47-72. See full discussion of the Honda case in PDF (Pascale (1984) is included there).
– Pascale, R. T. (1996). Reflections on Honda. California Management Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 112-117. See full discussion of the Honda case in PDF (Pascale (1996) is included there).
– Quinn, J. B. (1977). Strategic Goals: Process and Politics. Sloan Management Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 21-37. View PDF
– Quinn, J. B. (1978). Strategic Change: Logical Incrementalism. Sloan Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 7-21. View PDF
– Quinn, J. B. (1980). Managing Strategic Change: Logical Incrementalism. Sloan Management Review, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 3-20. View PDF
– Roch, C. J. (2016). El proceso estratégico en empresas de base tecnológica de internacionalización acelerada (The strategic process in technology-based firms with accelerated internationalization). Madri+d Collection. Madri+d foundation for knowledge, Madrid. NEBTS 4, pp. 95-134. Access link through the website of the madri+d foundation: http://www.madrimasd.org/uploads/informacionidi/biblioteca/publicacion/doc/nebts4.pdf.
– Roch, C. J. (2020). El proceso estratégico de la empresa: Revisión general del marco teórico, propuesta de un nuevo modelo y contrastación del mismo mediante un estudio empírico en el caso de empresas tecnológicas de internacionalización acelerada de la Comunidad de Madrid (The strategic process of the firm: General review of the theoretical framework, proposal of a new model and contrast of the same through an empirical study in the case of technology-based firms with accelerated internationalization in the Community of Madrid). [Tesis doctoral, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid]. Access link through the repository of the Autonomous University of Madrid:: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/692276.
– Roos, J. and Victor, B. (1999). Towards a New Model of Strategy-Making as Serious Play. European Management Journal, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 348-355. View PDF
– Rumelt, R. P. (1996). The many faces of Honda. California Management Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 103-111. See full discussion of the Honda case in PDF (Rumelt (1996) is included there).
– Suchman, L. A. (1987). Plans and situated actions. The problem of human machine communication. Cambridge University Press, New Jersey.
If you are interested in going deeper into the strategic process, allow me to recommend you: - Book: "The strategic process of the firm: Theory and cases" (Roch, 2024). - Courses and consulting program on the strategic process.
