Cambridge Handbook of Open Strategy

The first of its kind, this Handbook mobilizes research on an emerging phenomenon, Open Strategy. As new technologies and societal pressures have precipitated employees, business partners, shareholder groups and other stakeholders into deeper involvement in strategy, various Open Strategy initiatives now promise greater transparency and inclusion in the strategy process. Providing a wide-ranging introduction to the concept of Open Strategy and its various dimensions, the chapters of this Handbook detail key practices, discuss the roles of technology, and propose various theoretical perspectives for researching Open Strategy. Finally, this Handbook addresses the ongoing challenges and politics involved in Open Strategy. It will appeal to organization and strategy scholars, master's students in business and management, practitioners, such as consultants and strategy staff in established firms, and anyone concerned with new trends in strategy development and its implications for organizations and their members.

David Seidl is a Professor of Organization and Management at the Universität Zürich. He is a member of several editorial boards including Organization Studies where he is currently a Senior Editor. He has written and (co)edited several books, including the Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice (Cambridge, 2012).

Richard Whittington is Professor of Strategic Management at the Saïd Business School and New College, University of Oxford. He has published ten books, including the leading textbook Exploring Strategy (12th edition, forthcoming) and the research monograph Opening Strategy: Professional Strategists and Practice Change, 1960 to Today (forthcoming). He is an Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal.

Georg von Krogh is a Professor at the University of Zurich and holds the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation as well as an honorary position as Research Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. von Krogh has published several books on strategy, organisations, and innovation, and serves as Editorial Board member of various journals including the Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Journal, and the Journal of Strategic Information Systems, amongst others.