Table 2

Overview of definitions, related concepts, and contributions.

DefinitionRelated conceptsReferences
A— ProjectsThe intended strategy of abandoning an initiative is predominantly dismissed through deviant behavior among employees
  • Creative deviance

  • Aggressive resistance

  • Ignoring and defying superiors

  • Resistance to change

  • Mainemelis (2010) 

  • Nees (1981) 

  • Sutton (2001) 

  • Packard (1995) 

A+ ProjectsThe intended strategy of abandoning an initiative is predominantly followed through compliant behavior among employees
  • Strategic trade-offs

  • Divestment effectiveness

  • Deductive reasoning

  • Must stops

  • Exit rules

  • Deductive management

  • Boundary systems

  • Abandonment and contracting options

  • Put option

  • Porter (1996) 

  • Nees (1981) 

  • Regnér (2003) 

  • Killing et al. (2005) 

  • Eisenhardt and Sull (2001) 

  • Nonaka (1988) 

  • Simons (1994) 

  • Andersen et al. (2014) 

  • Bowman and Hurry (1993) 

S— ProjectsThe intended strategy of pursuing a selected initiative is predominantly dismissed through deviant behavior among employees
  • Resistance to change

  • Unrealized strategy

  • Mintzberg and Waters (1985) 

  • Mirabeau and Maguire (2014) 

S+ ProjectsThe intended strategy of pursuing a selected initiative is predominantly followed through compliant behavior among employees
  • Induced initiative and induced strategic behavior

  • Strategic trade-offs

  • Deductive reasoning

  • Deliberate strategy

  • Deductive management

  • Diagnostic control systems

  • Action control, results control, action and results control

  • Call option

  • Burgelman (1983, 1996)

  • Porter (1996) 

  • Regnér (2003) 

  • Mintzberg and Waters (1985) 

  • Mirabeau and Maguire (2014) 

  • Nonaka (1988) 

  • Simons (1994) 

  • Goold and Quinn (1990) 

  • Bowman and Hurry (1993) 

F— ProjectsThe intended strategy of pursuing a framed initiative is predominantly dismissed through deviant behavior among employeesLiterature gap
F+ ProjectsThe intended strategy of pursuing a framed initiative is predominantly followed through compliant behavior among employees
  • Planned emergence

  • Guided evolution

  • Logical incrementalism

  • Responsible autonomy

  • Must-win battles

  • Strategy as simple rules

  • Middle-up-down management

  • Boundary systems and belief systems

  • Clan control

  • Grant (2003) 

  • Lovas and Goshal (2000) 

  • Quinn (1980) 

  • Fairtlough (2005) 

  • Eisenhardt and Sull (2001) 

  • Nonaka (1988) 

  • Simons (1994) 

  • Goold and Quinn (1990) 

P— ProjectsThe intended strategy of postponing a specified initiative is predominantly dismissed through deviant behavior among employeesLiterature gap
P+ ProjectsThe intended strategy of postponing a specified initiative is predominantly pursued through compliant behavior among employees
  • Strategy as active waiting

  • Strategy as real options

  • Deferral option

  • Sull (2005) 

  • Luehrman (1998) 

  • Andersen et al. (2014) 

  • Bowman and Hurry (1993) 

E— ProjectsThe entering initiative is predominantly incongruent with the intended (formulated) strategy
  • Emergent strategy

  • Autonomous initiative

  • Inductive reasoning

  • Ephemeral autonomous strategic behavior

  • Stealth innovation

  • Strategic issues

  • Strategic surprises

  • Emergent strategy from decentralized resource allocation

  • Bottom-up initiative

  • Inductive management

  • Adapting

  • Transformative (non-predictive control strategy)

  • Interactive control systems

  • Shadow options

  • Ansoff (1975) 

  • Burgelman (1983, 1996)

  • Bower and Gilbert (2005, 2007)

  • Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg (2013) 

  • Mintzberg and Waters (1985) 

  • Mirabeau and Maguire (2014) 

  • Regnér (2003) 

  • Sutton (2001) 

  • Nonaka (1988) 

  • Wiltbank et al. (2006) 

  • Simons (1994) 

  • Bowman and Hurry (1993) 

E+ ProjectsThe entering initiative is predominantly congruent with the intended (formulated) strategy
  • Emergent strategy

  • Stealth innovation

  • Strategic issues

  • Strategic surprises

  • Responsible autonomy

  • Bottom-up initiative

  • Strategy as real options

  • Strategy as active waiting

  • Business development

  • Inductive management

  • Adapting

  • Interactive control systems

  • Shadow options

  • Ansoff (1975, 1980)

  • Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg (2013) 

  • Mintzberg and Waters (1985) 

  • Fairtlough (2005) 

  • Sutton (2001) 

  • Luehrman (1998) 

  • Sull (2005) 

  • Sørensen (2012) 

  • Nonaka (1988) 

  • Wiltbank et al. (2006) 

  • Simons (1994) 

  • Bowman and Hurry (1993) 

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