Long Range Planning: The Crafts of Strategy - 41/3 June 08

This Special Issue by Richard Whittington and Ludovic Cailluet (Guest Editors) will include the following articles:

William Ocasio and John Joseph
Rise and Fall, or Transformation? The Evolution of Strategic Planning at the General Electric Company, 1940-2006

Joaquim Vilà and J. Ignacio Canales
Can Strategic Planning Make Strategy More Relevant and Build Commitment Over Time? The Case of RACC


Martin Giraudeau
The Drafts of Strategy: Opening Up Plans and Their Uses

Loizos Heracleous and Claus Jacobs
Crafting Strategy: The Role of Embodied Metaphors


Mattias Nordqvist and Leif Melin
Strategic Planning Champions: Social Craftspersons, Artful Interpreters and Known Strangers

Brian King
Strategizing at Leading Venture Capital Firms: Of Planning, Opportunism and Deliberate Emergence

This issue is currently in press. Scheduled date for publication is June 2008.