Managing Decline: A Research Overview

A growing body of literature in the area of business administration has focused on the phenomenon of decline. These studies span multiple levels of analysis and draws on a range of disciplines, including strategic management, economics, and economic geography.

Managing Decline: A Research Overview provides a summary of this research by focusing on three key levels of analysis: industries, clusters, and organizations. The targeted reviews in this book map each individual level of analysis separately and the discussion section outlines overarching themes regarding decline and its management. The three levels are analyzed by identifying different forms, causes, processes, and management options regarding decline. This is accompanied by the identification of key academic discourses that have been used to analyze decline. The discussion section highlights broader themes regarding the nature and management of decline that span across the different levels of analysis.

This book provides an easy-to-access summary on the nature and management of decline for academic scholars and business practitioners, and is essential reading for getting an overview of this broad field of research.

Antti Sihvonen is Lecturer in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Finland.

Juha-Antti Lamberg is Professor of Strategy and Economic History at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Henrikki Tikkanen is A. I. Virtanen Professor of Consumer Research at Aalto University School of Business, Finland.