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Why are some organizations more competitive than others? This is one of the defining questions of the interdisciplinary research field known as “strategic management.” In this seminar, we will survey the field of strategic management, touching on the four main theoretical approaches that have developed there. Note that I take a very broad view of the field of strategic management, reflecting the diversity of perspectives that are seen in this field worldwide. The reading list here is a small subset of a larger reading list that would occupy a 30-session course. I will make that longer version of the course available to you, although in this short course we will only skim the surface of this deeper reading list.nnnMost work in strategic management pays little attention to particular theoretical perspectives, and is organized more by the topic – the phenomenon being studied – such as market exit, growth, performance, mergers and acquisitions, innovation, and the like. I have catalogued the research in strategic management both according to theoretical perspective and topic, and that structure can be seen in this syllabus. I encourage you to use a similar structure as you try to understand the strategy field.