1 Practicing Strategy: Foundations and Importance

2 Chief Executive Officers

3 Chief Strategy Officers

4 Strategy Teams

5 Middle Managers

6 Strategy Consultants

7 Strategy Tools

8 Influencing Strategy through Discourse

9 Strategic Alignment: The ESCO Model1

10 Practicing Strategy across Firms: Insights from M&As

11 Strategic Ambidexterity: Dealing with Tensions

12 Teaching Strategy using the Strategy-as-Practice approach

13 Strategic Leadership and Innovation at Apple Inc.1

14 Centrica: Strategizing in a Multi-utility1

15 Narayana Health: Bringing quality healthcare to the masses1

16 A “Reliable” Recovery? The Turnaround of the Reliant Group

17 Marconi: When Strategists Hit the Perfect Storm1

18 Lafarge vs. Blue Circle: Practices in a Hostile Takeover1

19 Room for Improvement? Relocating a Business School1

20 Strategy-Making 2.0: Strategy Development Process at the Wikimedia Foundation1 The Wikimedia Movement

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