Consensus as Key Success Factor in Strategy-Making

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Motivation.- 1.2 Objective.- 1.3 Structure.- 2 Conceptual Foundations.- 2.1 Strategy.- 2.2 The Strategy-Making Process.- 2.3 Consensus.- 2.4 Summary.- 3 Literature Review.- 3.1 Research on Consensus.- 3.2 Related Research on the Strategy-Making Process.- 4 Theoretical Foundations.- 4.1 Contingency Approach.- 4.2 Political Approach.- 4.3 Summary.- 5 Research Model.- 5.1 Integration of Consensus in the Design of the Strategy-Making Process.- 5.2 Overview of the Research Model on Consensus.- 5.3 Determinants.- 5.4 Performance Implications.- 5.5 Moderators.- 5.6 Summary.- 6 Methodological Foundations.- 6.1 Measurement Assessment.- 6.2 Dependence Analysis.- 6.3 Moderating Analysis.- 6.4 Summary.- 7 Empirical Analysis.- 7.1 Data Collection and Database.- 7.2 Measurement Assessment.- 7.3 Dependence Analysis.- 7.4 Moderating Analysis.- 7.5 Summary.- 8 Implications.- 8.1 Theoretical Implications.- 8.2 Managerial Implications.- 8.3 Implications for Further Research.- Attachment.