About the Contributors.

PART I: INTRODUCTION.

Chapter 1: The Strategic Development Process (Robert G. Dyson, Jim Bryant, John Morecroft and Frances O'Brien).

PART II: SETTING DIRECTION.

Chapter 2: Visioning: A Process for Strategic Development (Maureen Meadows and Frances O'Brien).

Chapter 3: Achieving Strategy Coherence (Jim Bryant and Nigel Howard).

Chapter 4: Problem Structuring and the Building and Negotiation of Strategic Agendas (Alberto Franco, Jim Bryant and Giles Hindle).

PART III: CREATING STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

Chapter 5: Strategy Creation - The Resource-Based View (Abhijit Mandal).

Chapter 6: Methods for Creating Strategic Initiatives (Robert G. Dyson).

PART IV: REHEARSING STRATEGY.

Chapter 7: System Dynamics Modelling for Strategic Development (Martin Kunc and John Morecroft).

Chapter 8: The Impact of Organisational Complexity in the Strategy Development Process (Adrián Caldart and Fernando S. Oliveira).

Chapter 9: Creating and Using Scenarios - Exploring Alternative Possible Futures & their Impact on Strategic Decisions (Frances O'Brien, Maureen Meadows and Martin Murtland).

PART V: EVALUATING PERFORMANCE.

Chapter 10: Decision and Risk Analysis for the Evaluation of Strategic Options (Gilberto Montibeller and Alberto Franco).

Chapter 11: Performance Measurement (Efstathios Tapinos and Robert G. Dyson).

Chapter 12: A Financial Perspective on Strategic Investments (Robert H. Berry).

Chapter 13: Flexibility, Robustness and Real Options (Robert G. Dyson and Fernando S. Oliveira).

PART VI: COMBINING APPROACHES TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT.

Chapter 14: Gone Fishing: A Case Study (Jim Bryant, Maureen Meadows, John Morecroft and Frances O'Brien).

Author Index.

Subject Index.