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| READING LIST |
GAINING AND SUSTAINING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE by Jay B. Barney
"The central ideas of 'the resource-based theory of the firm' are developed."
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION by Robert A. Burgelman et al.
"One of the best collections of readings and cases on technological innovation."
THE INNOVATOR'S DILEMMA by Clayton M. Christensen
"The challenges associated with responding to disruptive changes in
technology and market structure are examined." (more)
CORPORATE STRATEGY by David Collis and Cynthia Montgomery
"How should corporations make decisions about what businesses to enter and exit and how to manage multiple businesses?"
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE by Michael E. Porter
"The focus is upon how a company can achieve a competitive advantage over its rivals."
COMPETITIVE STRATEGY by Michael E. Porter
"The examination of strategic alternatives, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis of industries."
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| BIOGRAPHICAL INFO |
ARNOLD COOPER
Professor, Krannert School, Purdue University
Professor Arnold Cooper teaches strategic management and entrepreneurship. He has
served on the faculties or as a visiting scholar at the Harvard Business School,
Stanford University, The Wharton School, Manchester Business School (England), and
IMEDE Management Development Institute (Switzerland).
His current research interests include: influences upon entrepreneurship and the
performance of new firms, strategic responses to technological threats, and
relationships between strategy and performance. He has also studied the management
of technology. He
has consulted on problems relating to strategic planning, general management, and
management of new and small firms.
Professor Cooper's recent publications include "The Role of Firm Resources and
Organizational Attributes in Determining Entry Timing: A Cross-Industry Study"
(with T. Schoenecker), Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming); "Survival of
the Fittest? Entrepreneurial Human Capital and the Persistence of Underperforming
Firms" (with J. Gemeno, T. Folta, and C. Woo), Administrative Science Quarterly
(December 1997); "Entrepreneurial Information Search" (with T. Folta and C. Woo),
Journal of Business Venturing (March 1995); and "Determinants of Satisfaction for
Entrepreneurs" (with K. Artz), Journal of Business Venturing (November 1995).
He is past chairman, Division of Business Policy and Strategy, Academy of
Management, and is a fellow of the Academy of Management. He has served on the
Federal Advisory Board on Industrial Innovation and the Indiana Employment
Development Commission. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of
Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, and The Journal of Business
Venturing. In 1997, he received the "International Award for Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Research," a lifetime contributions award.
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