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Introduction: What Is Strategy as Practice?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2025

By
Damon Golsorkhi ,
Linda Rouleau ,
David Seidl  and
Eero Vaara
Edited by
Damon Golsorkhi ,
Linda Rouleau ,
David Seidl  and
Eero Vaara
Damon Golsorkhi
Affiliation:
emlyon Business School
Linda Rouleau
Affiliation:
HEC Montréal
David Seidl
Affiliation:
Universität Zürich
Eero Vaara
Affiliation:
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
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Summary

Strategy as Practice (SAP) has emerged as a distinctive approach for studying strategic management, strategic decision-making, strategizing, strategy-making and strategy work (Jarzabkowski, Balogun and Seidl 2007; Johnson, Melin and Whittington 2003; Whittington 1996). In recent years, SAP research has become more popular than ever (Jarzabkowski, Seidl and Balogun 2022; Kohtamäki et al. 2022). SAP provides not only an organizational perspective into strategic decision-making but also a strategic angle for examining the process of organizing, and thereby it serves as a research programme and social movement for connecting contemporary strategic management research with organizational studies. This third edition of the Handbook offers an updated and forward-looking reflection about what we have learned and how to make the most out of this powerful perspective in future research.

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Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice , pp. 1 - 22
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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