Strategic Management : Competitiveness and Globalization: Concepts and Cases

Henk W. Volberda is Professor of Strategic Management and Business Policy and Director Knowledge Transfer at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University where he previously served as Chair of the Department of Strategic Management and as Vice-Dean of the Business School. He is director of the Erasmus Strategic Renewal Centre (ESR) and Fellow and Director of the Strategy Research Program of the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). He is also Chairman of the Executive Board and Scientific Director of the top institute INSCOPE: Research for Innovation, and Board member of the Netherlands Institute for Social Innovation (NCSI). Moreover, he is Vice-President of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) and Chair of the Interest Group Strategic Management.

Robert E. Morgan is holds the Sir Julian Hodge Chair and is Professor of Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He has been Visiting Scholar at INSEAD and Visiting Professor at the ALBA Graduate School of Business. Having published more than one hundred scholarly articles in marketing, his recent research focuses on mainstream strategy and the marketing and strategy interface. From this research articles from his: capabilities-based projects have appeared in the Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Research and Long Range Planning; international entrepreneurship projects have appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and the Journal of International Marketing; and, organizational learning projects have appeared in the Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management and Industrial Marketing Management. He is the recipient of many research distinctions and excellence awards for his management writing and teaching. He serves on the Editorial Review Boards of six international journals and was, until recently, Co-Editor of International Marketing Review. Rob Morgan has been engaged as a Special UK Government Advisor since 1997 drawing upon his research expertise in international entrepreneurship. He has conducted extensive government advisory work ranging from the carrying out of tailored primary research activities through to project impact, evaluation and assessment of policy initiatives.

Patrick Reinmoeller is Professor of Strategic Management at Cranfield University's Cranfield School of Management. As Visiting Professor at ICS and IIR, Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo), LIUC University Castellanza (Italy) and St. Gallen University (Switzerland) he has lead workshops with practitioners, graduate students and PhD seminars. Dr. Reinmoeller is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Strategic Change Management. He reviews for Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Organization Studies, MIT Sloan Management, Journal of Management Studies, and other leading journals, and he has won reviewer awards at the Academy of Management. He is active in executive education and consulting in the areas of strategy development, implementation, and innovation. He has worked with organizations such as Atos Origin, GSK Biologicals, IAEA, KPN, Schlumberger, Philips and others.

Michael A. Hitt is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University. Dr. Hitt received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has co-authored or co-edited 28 books and authored or co-authored numerous journal articles. A recent article lists him as one of the 10 most cited authors in management during a 25-year period and the Times Higher Education 2010 lists him among the top scholars in economics, finance and management, based on the number of highly cited articles he has authored. The Academy of Management Perspectives recognizes Dr. Hitt as one of the top two management scholars, based on the impact of his work in academia and beyond. The Academy of Management Learning and Education lists him as the highest cited author in strategic management texts. Dr. Hitt has served on the editorial review boards of multiple journals and is former editor of the Academy of Management Journal, former co-editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and former editor-in-chief of Oxford Research Encyclopedia. He is a fellow in the Academy of International Business and is a fellow and former president of both the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society and. He has received honorary doctorates (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and from Jonkoping University. He has received awards for the best article published in the Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management and Family Business Review. He has received the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award, the Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Service and the Career Award for Distinguished Educator from the Academy of Management. He also received Distinguished Alumnus Awards from Texas Tech University and from the University of Colorado.

R. Duane Ireland is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, where he held the Benton Cocanougher Chair in Business. He has also served in various leadership roles, including head of the Department of Management, executive associate dean, acting dean and interim dean. Dr. Ireland taught strategic management courses at all educational levels. He has more than 200 publications, including approximately 25 books. His research focuses on diversification, innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, strategic entrepreneurship and the informal economy. He also has served on multiple editorial review boards and is a former editor of the Academy of Management Journal. He is also a former consulting editor for the Academy of Management Executive, and he has been a guest editor for 13 special issues of journals. Dr. Ireland is a past president of the Academy of Management. He is a fellow of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society, and is a research fellow with the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. The Academy of Management Learning and Education lists him as among the most highly cited authors in strategic management texts. He has received awards for the best article published in Academy of Management Executive, the Academy of Management Journal, and the Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship. He received an Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Research from Texas A&M University. For five years Thomson Reuters has identified Dr. Ireland as a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (a list of the world’s most influential researchers). He has also received two Distinguished Service awards from the Academy of Management.