Cognitive strategic groups and the basis of solid empirical research. Exploring Strategic Groups cuts across a convenient academic concept providing an insightful diagnosis of the realities of managerial cognition and strategic management. It develops a model of integration in strategic decision-making that manifests the context in which the practice of strategic management takes place. Revised and updated, this new edition develops a model of integration in strategic decision-making that manifests the cognitive context in which the practice of strategic management takes place. It will be of interest to all students of strategic management and economics and business, and practitioners concerned with the problems of industry analysis and its links with strategic decision-making.