Strategic Timing and Proactiveness of Organizations

An enduring notion in strategy and organization theory literature is that firms succeed and survive as long as a strategic fit exists between strategy, structure, processes, competencies, and resources on the one hand and opportunities and threats arising in the external environment on the other hand. Maintaining strategic fit over time requires that firms undertake appropriate change to reflect changing environmental conditions and shape the environment to their advantage. This dissertation focuses on the crucial yet under-researched temporal dimension of the adaptive and proactive actions or... Mehr ...