Contact Professor Cliff Bowman
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: cliff.bowman@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Economist for the UK Civil Aviation Authority 1974-1980
Senior Lecturer then HoS Humberside CHE 1980-1988
Cranfield 1988-2007
Director of Research Ashridge 2007-2008
Cranfield SOM Professor of Strategic Management 2008-date
Current activities
Cliff has undertaken a wide range of consulting assignments which focus on the facilitation of strategy processes within firms. He has written eight books and published over sixty papers. He was Chairman of the European Case Clearing House, and Academic Dean of the School of Management from 1998-2006.
Complex systems
The fundamentals of organising
Empirical evidence of dynamic capabilities
Value creation and capture
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Bowman C. (2023). Extending the Scope of Strategy Inquiry: A Capital Strategy Perspective (WITHDRAWN). Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1)
- Ambrosini V, Bowman C & Thomas L. (2015). Understanding Value Creation in Business Schools. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015(1)
- Bowman C. (2015). The role of technology in the creation and capture of value. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 27(2)
- Schoenberg R, Collier N & Bowman C. (2013). Strategies for Business Turnaround and Recovery: A Review and Synthesis. European Business Review, 25(3)
- Bowman C. (2012). Causal Ambiguity and the Social Construction of Executive Remuneration. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012(1)
- Bowman C. (2012). Where Does Profit Come From? (WITHDRAWN). Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012(1)
- Ambrosini V, Bowman C & Schoenberg R. (2011). Should Acquiring Firms Pursue More Than One Value Creation Strategy? An Empirical Test of Acquisition Performance. British Journal of Management, 22(1)
- Ambrosini V & Bowman C. (2010). The Impact of Causal Ambiguity on Competitive Advantage and Rent Appropriation. British Journal of Management, 21(4)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (2010). How value is created, captured and destroyed. European Business Review, 22(5)
- Ambrosini V, Bowman C & Collier N. (2010). Using teaching case studies for management research. Strategic Organization, 8(3)
- Bowman C & Toms S. (2010). Accounting for competitive advantage: The resource-based view of the firm and the labour theory of value. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 21(3)
- Ambrosini V & Bowman C. (2009). What are dynamic capabilities and are they a useful construct in strategic management?. International Journal of Management Reviews, 11(1)
- Ambrosini V, Bowman C & Collier N. (2009). Dynamic capabilities: An exploration of how firms renew their resource base. British Journal of Management, 20(s1)
- Ambrosini V & Bowman C. (2008). Surfacing tacit sources of success. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 26(4)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (2007). Firm value creation and levels of strategy. Management Decision, 45(3)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (2007). Identifying Valuable Resources. European Management Journal, 25(4)
- Bowman C & Swart J. (2007). Whose Human Capital? The Challenge of Value Capture When Capital is Embedded. Journal of Management Studies, 44(4)
- Ambrosini V, Bowman C & Burton-Taylor S. (2007). Inter-team coordination activities as a source of customer satisfaction. Human Relations, 60(1)
- Bowman C & Collier N. (2006). A contingency approach to resource‐creation processes. International Journal of Management Reviews, 8(4)
- Ambrosini V & Bowman C. (2005). Reducing Causal Ambiguity to Facilitate Strategic Learning. Management Learning, 36(4)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (2003). How the Resource‐based and the Dynamic Capability Views of the Firm Inform Corporate‐level Strategy. British Journal of Management, 14(4)
- Ambrosini V & Bowman C. (2003). Managerial Consensus and Corporate Strategy:. European Management Journal, 21(2)
- Bowman C, Ward K & Kakabadse AP. (2002). Congruent, Divergent and Incoherent Corporate Level Strategies. European Management Journal, 20(6)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (2001). "Value" in the Resource-Based View of The Firm: A Contribution to the Debate. Academy of Management Review, 26(4)
- Kakabadse A, Ward K, Korac‐Kakabadse N & Bowman C. (2001). Role and Contribution of Non‐Executive Directors. Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, 1(1)
- Ambrosini V & Bowman C. (2001). Tacit Knowledge: Some Suggestions for Operationalization. Journal of Management Studies, 38(6)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (2000). Strategy from an individual perspective. European Management Journal, 18(2)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (2000). Value Creation Versus Value Capture: Towards a Coherent Definition of Value in Strategy. British Journal of Management, 11(1)
- Bowman C. (1999). Action‐led strategy and managerial self‐confidence. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 14(7/8)
- Bowman C & Kakabadse A. (1997). Top management ownership of the strategy problem. Long Range Planning, 30(2)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (1997). Perceptions of Strategic Priorities, Consensus and Firm Performance. Journal of Management Studies, 34(2)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (1997). Using Single Respondents in Strategy Research. British Journal of Management, 8(2)
- Bowman C & Ambrosini V. (1996). Tracking Patterns of Realised Strategy. Journal of General Management, 21(3)
- Armistead C, Bowman C & Newton J. (1995). Managers’ perceptions of the importance of supply, overhead and operating costs. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 15(3)
- Bowman C & Daniels K. (1995). The Influence of Functional Experience on Perceptions of Strategic Priorities. British Journal of Management, 6(3)
- Bowman C & Carter S. (1995). Organising for competitive advantage. European Management Journal, 13(4)
- Bowman C. (1995). Strategy workshops and top‐team commitment to strategic change. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 10(8)
- Faulkner D & Bowman C. (1992). Generic strategies and congruent organisational structures: Some suggestions. European Management Journal, 10(4)
- Bowman C & Johnson G. (1992). Surfacing competitive strategies. European Management Journal, 10(2)