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Professor of Strategic Management

2.125, 91¸£Àû Business School The 91¸£Àû Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK +44 (0)24 7657 5340 Sotirios.Paroutis@wbs.ac.uk

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Research Interests

Strategy Practice and Process; Strategic Discourse; Strategy Tools; Chief Strategy Officers; Strategy Teams; Strategic Change; Paradox and Ambidexterity; Platform Ecosystems; Visual view on Strategy.

Expertise

Sotirios is head of the and teaches in the Masters, MBA, and Executive programmes at the 91¸£Àû Business School (WBS). He is recipient of multiple annual WBS Outstanding MBA and Masters Teacher Awards and has been involved in training for a number of organizations including IBM, E.On, UBS, CapGemini and Transport for London. Previously he worked as Junior Associate at (London), Financial Analyst at (Athens) and Credit Analyst at (Athens).

He holds a Doctorate in Strategy and Organisation from the , University of Bath, a Masters degree (with Distinction) in Management Science and Operational Research from the 91¸£Àû Business School and a Bachelor (Hons) in Management from the . He was awarded the scholarship for doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Andrew Pettigrew and the scholarship for postgraduate study at the 91¸£Àû Business School.

He is a recipient of the , the 2013 Journal of Management Studies Best Paper Award, the at the Academy of Management, the & the 2010 SMS Honorable Mention of the Best Conference Paper Prize (Finland Special Conference) at the Strategic Management Society; and the 2016 SAP Interest Group & 2008 BPS Division Outstanding Reviewer Awards at the Academy of Management.

He currently serves as Interest Group at the Academy of Management (). He previously served as Chairperson for the Strategy Practice Interest Group, Chair of the judging committee for the Best Paper for Practice Implications award (BPPI), co-chair of the at the Strategic Management Society; and as PDW Chair and officer for the SAP Interest Group at the Academy of Management.

He is reviewing for a number of leading international journals including: Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Management, Organization Studies, Human Relations, British Journal of Management, California Management Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Long Range Planning and Scandinavian Journal of Management. He is a member of the , the , the , the , the and the . He serves as an advisory panel member (Strategy) at the . He also serves as Associate Editor of , and sits in the editorial boards of the , and .

Research

Sotirios works on a number of research projects at the intersections of strategy practice and process: discourse (with ), tools and cognition (with Robert Wright and Daniela Blettner), rhetoric and paradox (with Rebecca Bednarek and John Sillince), Chief Strategy Officers (CSOs)/strategy directors (with Duncan Angwin and Markus Menz), visual interactions, workshops and strategy maps (with Alberto Franco and Thanos Papadopoulos), CEO language (with Max McKeown and Simon Collinson) and political capabilities/chief external officers (with Thomas Lawton, Jonathan Doh and Tazeeb Rajwani).

His broader research interests lie in the study of the strategy processes and practices in challenging and complex organizational settings in the UK and globally.

Prospective PhD researchers

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The AoM, Strategizing, Activities and Practice :: Newsletter (01/2012) :: Newsletter (05/2013)

Learn more about the SAP-Review Group

 

:: Media :: 

CNBC - (11 January 2017)

USA Today - , comments also used by media agency AFP and reproduced in more than 40 global media outlets such as: , , , , (20 April 2016)

The Conversation - also in: , , , (11 February 2016)

Digital Trends - , comments also featured in: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (10 February 2016)

BusinessBecause - (10 February 2016)

Fortune - (3 November 2015)

The Conversation - also in: , (2 November 2015)

Digital Trends - also in: (28 October 2015)

Sky News - also in: (23 October 2015)

The Conversation - also in: (1 May 2015)

CNET - also featured in: and (28 April 2015)

Canadian Business - (28 April 2015)

Business Life - British Airways - (14 April 2015)

The Telegraph- - also featured in: , , , , , , , , , , , , (19 March 2015)

CIO - (9 March 2015)

HC Online - (9 March 2015)

BusinessBecause - (4 March 2015)

BusinessBecause - (2 March 2015)

Financial Times - (25 January 2015) 

BusinessBecause - (18 December 2014)

Academy of Management - (25 November 2014)

The Daily Telegraph (Saturday) - How to get into the top schools, MBAs Special Report, p.17 (22 November 2014)

The Daily Telegraph - Plan ahead to hit the ground running, MBAs Special Report, Y11 (25 October 2014)

City A.M. - (22 October 2014)

BusinessBecause - (27 September 2014)

WBS - (13 August 2014)

CNET - (28 April 2014)

Quartz - also featured in: (20 February 2014)

France 24 - - in French (20 February 2014)

The Social Media Monthly - also featured in: , , , , , , (10 February 2014)

London Evening Standard - , also featured in: , , , , , , , , , , , , (6/7 February 2014)

Fresh Business Thinking - (29 January 2014)

shortlisted in the top 5 textbooks and top 25 management books for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Management Book of the Year Award out of 142 entries (31 October 2013)

McKinsey Quarterly LinkeIn Group Discussion: (14 October 2013)

The Conversation - also at (8 October 2013) 

nominated for the (September 2013) - also featured in and  

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IT Europa - also at (23 August 2013)

KRX - - Special Interview feature, pages 32-35 (July 2013 Issue)  

Capital - -  

The Conversation - (25 June 2013)

ABC Radio Australia - Saturday AM show - aired on: ABC RadioNational & 702 ABC Sydney (media courtesy of ABC - 22 June 2013)

Greece needs a growth plan not political meltdown - and (21 June 2013)

The Conversation - (7 June 2013)

France24 English - Live TV comments about the latest IMF Report on Greece (media courtesy of France24 - 6 June 2013) Video 

IMF Report on Greece - Analysis on (6 June 2013)

 

:: Past Events ::

Research Presentation and collaboration at the University of Hull (8 and 9 May 2013)

British Academy of Management Workshop: A joint Strategy-as-Practice and Strategy IG workshop (London, 30 May 2013)  

The Forth SAP-R group meeting, Said Business School, Oxford University (29 April 2013)  

SMS Prague Annual International Conference (6-9 October 2012)  

AOM Boston Annual Meeting (August 2012) - PDW on 'New Directions in Research on Strategizing Activities and Practice', Saturday, 4th August, Boston Hynes, Convention Center, Room 312, 8:00am-10:00am.

The Second SAP-R group meeting, 91¸£Àû University (24 May 2012)

Research Visit - ST. Gallen University (November 2011)

SMS Miami Annual International Conference (November 2011):  

SAP-Review Group Inaugural Meeting, New College, Oxford (October 2011)

AOM St. Antonio Annual Meeting (August 2011):  

Lancaster Centre for Strategic Management , Lancaster Business School (19 January 2011)

SMS Rome Annual International Conference (September 2010):   

Business, Organisation and Society () Seminar, Henley Business School (25 March 2010): Talking about Strategy: Explorations in the Sociology of Strategizing

SMS Finland Special Conference (March 2010):  

SMS Washington DC Annual International Conference (October 2009):   See the slides and insights we generated during our IG Sunday sessions in our

AOM 2009 (August 2009):

Athens University Of Economics & Business (1st June 2009):

Open University Business School (20th May 2009):

EURAM 2009 (May 2009):

 

:: Other News ::

Press Release (May, 2010):  

Press Release (October, 2008) : See Also The Spring 2009 Issue of

News In Brief:

Interview:

 

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Publications

 

Journal Articles

Khanagha, S., Ansari, S., Paroutis, S. & Oviedo, L. (2020) Mutualism and the Dynamics of New Platform Creation: A Study of Cisco and Fog Computing. . Special issue on Strategies for Platform Ecosystems, published ahead of print 23 March 2020. Download

Knight, E., Daymond, J. & Paroutis, S. (2020) Design-led Strategy: How to Bring Design Thinking into the Art of Strategic Management. , 62(2): 30-52. . Download

Heracleous, L., Paroutis, S. & Lockett, A. (2020) Rhetorical Enthymeme: The Forgotten Trope and its Methodological Importance. , published ahead of print. Download 

Kassotaki, O., Paroutis, S. & Morrell, K. (2019) Ambidexterity Penetration across Multiple Organizational Levels in an Aerospace and Defense Organization. , 52(3): 366-385. Download   

Wawarta, C. & Paroutis, S. (2019) Strategy Tools in Open Strategizing: Blessing or Curse for Making Strategy more Actionable? .

Appio, F.P., Lima, M., Paroutis, S. (2019) Understanding Smart Cities: Innovation Ecosystems, Technological Advancements, and Societal Challenges. , editorial for the special issue on Understanding Smart Cities, 142, 1-42. Download  

Heracleous, L., Wawarta, C., Gonzalez, S & Paroutis, S. (2019) How a Group of NASA Renegades Transformed Mission Control. .

Knight, E., Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2018) The Power of PowerPoint: A Visual Perspective on Meaning Making in Strategy. , 39(3): 894–921. Download  

Knight, E. & Paroutis, S. (2017) Becoming Salient: The TMT Leader’s Role in Shaping the Interpretive Context of Paradoxical Tensions. , 38 (3-4): 403-432. Download  

Bednarek, R., Paroutis, S. & Sillince, J. (2017) Transcendence through Rhetorical Practices: Responding to Paradox in the Science Sector. , 38(1): 77–101. Download  

Papachroni, A., Heracleous, L. & Paroutis, S. (2016) In Pursuit of Ambidexterity: Managerial Reactions to Innovation-Efficiency Tensions. , 69(9): 1791-1822. Download 

Athanasiou, T., Patel, V., Garas, G., Ashrafian, H., Shetty, K., Sevdalis, N., Panzarasa, P., Darzi, A.,& Paroutis, S. (2016) Mentoring Perception and Academic Performance: An Academic Health Science Center Survey. , 92(1092): 597-602. .

Athanasiou, T., Patel, V., Garas, G., Ashrafian, H., Hull, L., Sevdalis, N., Harding, S., Darzi, A.,& Paroutis, S. (2016) Mentoring Perception, Scientific Collaboration, and Research Performance: Is there a ‘Gender Gap’ in Academic Medicine? An Academic Health Science Centre Perspective. , 92(1092): 581-586. .

Angwin, D., Paroutis, S. & Connell, R. (2015) Why Good Things Don’t Happen: The Micro-foundations of Routines in the M&A Process., 68(6): 1367-1381.  

Paroutis S., Franco A. & Papadopoulos T. (2015) Visual Interactions with Strategy Tools: Producing Strategic Knowledge in Workshops. . Special issue: . 26: S48-S66. Download 

Papachroni, A., Heracleous, L. & Paroutis, S. (2015) Organizational Ambidexterity through the Lens of Paradox Theory: Extending the Research Agenda. . 51(1): 71-93.  

Bednarek, R., Paroutis, S. & Sillince J. (2014) Practicing Transcendence: Rhetorical Strategies and Constructing a Response to Paradox. . .

Doh, J., Lawton, T., Rajwani, T. & Paroutis, S. (2014) Why your Company may need a Chief External Officer: Upgrading External Affairs can help align Strategy and improve Competitive Advantage. , (43)2: 96-104. Download 

Paroutis, S., Bennett, M. & Heracleous, L. (2014) A Strategic View on Smart City Technology: The Case of IBM Smarter Cities during a Recession. , Special Issue 'Upgrading a City via Technology', 89: 262-272. Download

Paroutis, S., Mckeown, M. & Collinson, S. (2013) Building Castles from Sand: Unlocking CEO Mythopoetical Behaviour in Hewlett Packard from 1978 to 2005. , Special Issue 'The Age of Strategy: Strategy, Organizations and Society', 55(7): 1200-1227. Download

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2013) Discourse Revisited: Dimensions and Employment of First-Order Strategy Discourse during Institutional Adoption. , 34(8): 935-956. . Download |DOI: 10.1002/smj.2052 ().

Wright, R., Paroutis, S. & Blettner, D. (2013) How Useful are the Strategic Tools We Teach in Business Schools? , 50(1): 92-125. .  Download 

Sammut-Bonnici, T. & Paroutis, S. (2013) Developing a Dominant Logic of Strategic Innovation. , Special Issue, 36(10): 924-938.

Paroutis, S. & Al Saleh, A. (2009) Determinants of Knowledge Sharing using Web 2.0 Technologies. , 13(4): 52-63. Download

Angwin, D., Paroutis, S. & Mitson, S. (2009) Connecting Up Strategy: Are Senior Strategy Directors (SSDs) a Missing Link? , Spring, 51(3): 74-94. Download 

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2007) Strategizing in the Multi-business Firm: Strategy Teams at Multiple Levels and over Time. , 60(1): 99-135. Special Issue on Strategizing: The Challenges of a Practice Perspective.  Download 

Books

Paroutis, S., Heracleous, L. & Angwin, D. (2016) (2nd edition). Sage: London. Sample Chapter Get from . Learning Objectives

Paroutis, S., Heracleous, L. & Angwin, D. (2013) Practicing Strategy: Text and Cases. Sage: London. Sample Chapter shortlisted for the as one of the top 5 business textbooks of the year (December 2013). Learning Objectives

 

Book Contributions

Paroutis, S. & Knight, E. (2019) Visuals in Open Strategy. In The Cambridge Handbook of Open Strategy, Seidl D., Von Krogh G., Whittington R. (eds), Cambridge University Press. Download  

Hodgkinson, G. P., Wright, R. & Paroutis, S. (2016) Putting Numbers to Words in the Discernment of Meaning: Applications of Repertory Grid in Strategic Management. In , Dagnino, G. B., Cinici M. C. (eds.), p. 201-226. Routledge: New York.

Paroutis, S. (2012) Strategy process. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management 3rd Edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. (2012) Matrix structure. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management 3rd Edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. (2012) Structuring organizations. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management 3rd Edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. (2012) Learning organization. Volume 12 Strategic Management: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, 3rd edition. McGee, J., Sammut-Bonnici, T. (Eds). London: Wiley.

Paroutis, S. & Robertson, D. (2007) Macro Environment Analysis: PESTLE. DLMBA, Strategic Advantage, Lesson 3.

Paroutis, S. (2006) Classic and New Forms of Organizing. DLMBA, Strategy and Practice, Lesson 5 (update).

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2005) Making Strategy in the Multi-business Firm in , Floyd S. W., Roos J., Jacobs C. & Kellermanns F.W. (Eds.), 97-110, Blackwell, Oxford. Part of the SMS book series edited by Hitt, M. Introduction

 

Conference Papers

Bednarek, R., Paroutis, S. and Sillince J. (2014) Practicing Transcendence: Rhetorical Strategies and Constructing a Response to Paradox. Academy of Management conference, Philadelphia. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 2014 Strategizing, Activities and Practices (SAP) IG Best Paper Award.

Paroutis, S. & Rajwani, T. (2013) Institutional Conditions and Political Capabilities: An examination of Airline Reactions to 9/11. Academy of Management conference, Orlando. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

Rajwani, T. & Paroutis, S. (2012) Institutional Effects on Developing Political Capabilities: The Case of European Airlines on the Aftermath of 9/11. , October, Prague, Czech Republic. Nominated for the Best Conference Paper Prize.

Franco, A. & Paroutis, S. (2011) Boundary Objects in Dialogues: Exploring How Strategy Tools Shape Workshop Outcomes. , 6-9 November, Miami, United States.

Menz, M., Paroutis, S. & Angwin, D. (2011) Corporate Strategy, Chief Strategy Officer Type and Firm Perfomance: A Knowledge Based View. , 12-16 August, St Antonio, United States.

Wright, R., Paroutis, S. & Blettner, D. (2010) Managerial Cognitions of Strategic Tools Usefulness: A Strategy-as-Experiential Practice Perspective. , 6-10 August, Montreal, Canada.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2010) First-Order Strategy Discourse: The Strategy Meaning-making Process in Practice. on the Intersections of Strategy Processes and Practices, 17-20 March, Finland. .

Rompas, S. & Paroutis, S. (2009) Firm Behavior and the Strategic Action of Acquiring External Resources in the Biopharmaceuticals Industry: A Multi-Level Conceptual Framework. , 11-14 October, Washington DC, United States.

Angwin, D. & Paroutis, S. (2009) Understanding the Role of Senior Strategy Directors: Connecting Strategy in Large Firms. , 2-4 July, Barcelona.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Institutionalizing Strategy: Gaining Legitimacy through Meaning-Making in Complex Organizational Settings. Workshop on 'The Craft of Discourse Analysis in Strategy as Practice Research', 11-12 November, University of St. Gallen.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Strategists on Strategy: Understanding the Meaning of Strategy in Complex Organizational Settings. AIM workshop on 'Actions, Practices and Institutions', 22 October, Aston Business School.

Paroutis, S. & Angwin, D. (2008) The Roles of Strategy Directors and Strategy Teams in Large Firms. , 12-15 October, Cologne, Germany.  

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Strategic Meaning-Making in Practice: Insights from Managers in FTSE-100 Firms. , 12-15 October, Cologne, Germany.

Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L. (2008) Institutionalizing Strategy: Gaining Legitimacy through Meaning-Making in Complex Organizational Settings. International Conference on the 'Trajectories, Paths, Patterns and Practices of Strategising and Organising', 23-25 September, St Anne's College, University of Oxford.

Paroutis, S. & Angwin, D. (2008) On the Role and Capabilities of Strategy Directors and Strategy Teams: Supporting Upper Echelons in Complex Organizational Settings. Paper Symposium on ‘The Questions We Ask about Upper Echelons Research’ sponsored by the BPS, OMT and ENT divisions at the , 8-13 August, Anaheim, California.

Wright, R., Paroutis, S. & Blettner, D. (2008) Building Stronger Models Through Strategy-as-Practice: The Case of Strategic Tools Usefulness. , 8-13 August, Anaheim, California.

Mckeown, M. & Paroutis, S. (2008) The Constrained Variety of CEO Sequences of Action to Overcome Inertia and Accomplish Innovation in Response to Rare Events & Welcome Crises: Some Propositions & Observations. , 10-12 July, Amsterdam.

Paroutis, S. (2007) Strategizing Capabilities: Conceptual and Empirical Insights from a Multi-Method Study. , 14-17 October, San Diego, CA. Full Text

Caldart, A., Paroutis, S. & Robertson, D. (2007) Investigating How Different Exploitation Strategies Could Affect the Balance between Exploration and Exploitation in Teams. , 11-13 September, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Mckeown, M. & Paroutis, S. (2007) When Is Strategy? The Central but Neglected Role of Time in Strategic Management Research. , 11-13 September, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Paroutis, S. (2007) The Micro-foundations of Strategy: Exploring the Practices of Strategy Teams in Multi-business Firms. , 3-8 August, Philadelphia, PA.

Caldart, A., Paroutis, S. & Robertson, D. (2007) How Different Exploitation Strategies Affect the Balance between Exploration and Exploitation in Teams. , 3-8 August, Philadelphia, PA.

Paroutis, S. (2007) The Relationship between Organizing and Strategizing: Theoretical and Empirical Insights from a Multi-Method Study. , 5-7 July, Vienna, Austria.

Paroutis, S. & Palmer, G. C. A. (2007) Developing Capabilities for Practice: Do We Really Teach MBAs Hot to be Effective Strategists? , 7-9 June, Crete, Greece.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2006) Strategy Teams in Multibusiness Firms: Studying Strategizing Practices across Levels. , Vienna, Austria. Finalist for the .

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2005) Strategizing in Multibusiness Firms: Making and Executing Strategy across Multiple Levels and Over Time. , Berlin, Germany. (login required)

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2005) Studying Strategizing and Organizing within the Multibusiness Firm: Capabilities, Evidence and Learning. , Santorini, Greece. Full Text

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2003) Making Strategy in the Multibusiness Firm: Some Early Findings. , Connecticut, United States.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2001) Practicing Strategy and Developing Strategising Capabilities: A Research Prospect. The 17th EGOS Colloquium, Lyon, France.

 

Thesis

Paroutis, S. (2006) Strategizing in the Multi-business Firm. School of Management, University of Bath. Supervisor: Professor Andrew Pettigrew.

 

Cases

Paroutis, S. & Sutcliffe N. (2012) When Strategists Hit the 'Perfect Storm': Marconi (A), (B) and Teaching Note. 91¸£Àû Business School (ECCH - No , 312-072-1 and 312-071-8).

Paroutis, S. (2006) Hugo Boss, 91¸£Àû Business School.

Paroutis, S. & Pettigrew, A. M. (2003) The Challenges of Making and Executing Strategy in a Multibusiness Firm, 91¸£Àû Business School.

Paroutis, S. Vlismas, H. & Rokkas, A. (1999) Competition in the Greek Mobile Market.

 

Magazine Articles

Angwin, D. & Paroutis, S. (2009) Down, but not out! - M&A during recession? Business & Economy, Planman Media.

Nichols, C. & Paroutis, S. (2008) Engaged Strategy Participation: Going beyond Buy-in. Critical Eye Review.

Angwin, D. & Paroutis, S. (2008)The Strategy Director: front-line soldier or reserve general? Strategic Innovators, April Issue.

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