Advances in Services Marketing and Management

Technology and globalization, competitive drivers for the 21st century, Lawrence W. Foster; integrating technology management with business strategy, Liming Zhao; the strategic use of organizational competencies and backcasting in competitive analysis, Clement K. Wang and Paul D. Guild; ideas at work - creating an on-project idea factory, Christopher E. Olstead and Anne S. Davis; environmental determinants of merger strategy - some empirical evidence, V.K. Narayanan and Deepak K. Datta; competing through high technology and strategic partnerships - the global expansion of Russian aerospace enterprises, Detelin S. Elenkov; team-based strategy making, Ken A. Smith and Henry P. Sims, Jr.; self-deception in strategic management - conceptualizing the influence, Reginald A. Litz and John E. Prescott; a toolbox metaphor for navigating the strategic discourse, Edward W. Christensen and Eric H.Kessler; globalization, originality and convergence in the entertainment industry, Chong Ju Choi and Brian Hilton.