Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-431) and index.

'And over here, ladies and gentlemen : the strategic management beast' -- The design school : strategy formation as a process of conception -- The planning school : strategy formation as a formal process -- The positioning school : strategy formation as an analytical process -- The entrepreneurial school : strategy formation as a visionary process -- The cognitive school strategy formation as a mental process -- The learning school : strategy formation as an emergent process -- The power school : strategy formation as a process of negotiation -- The cultural school : strategy formation as a collective process -- The environmental school : strategy formation as a reactive process -- The configuration school : strategy formation as a process of transformation -- 'Hang on, ladies and gentlemen, you have yet to meet the whole beast'.