Professor Loizos Heracleous

Journal Articles

• Heracleous, L.. "Quantum strategy at Apple Inc"
  Organizational Dynamics (2013)
• Paroutis, S. & Heracleous, L.. "Discourse revisited: Dimensions and employment of first-order strategy discourse during institutional adoption."
  Strategic Management Journal (2013)
• Fischer, O. & Heracleous, L.. "A counter-intuitive view of the role of the role of the communication medium in leadership and change. Research in Organization Change and Development,"
  (2012)
• Heracleous, L. and Lan, L. L.. "Agency theory, institutional sensitivity and inductive reasoning: Toward a legal perspective"
  Journal Of Management Studies 49 (2012): 223-239.
• Barrett, M., Heracleous, L. & Walsham, G.. "A rhetorical approach to IT diffusion: Reconceptualizing the ideology-framing relationship in computerization movements."
  MIS Quarterly (2012)
• Heracleous, L. and Wirtz, J.. "Singapore Airlines' balancing act"
  Harvard Business Review (2010): 145-149.
• Heracleous, L. and Lan, L. L.. "The myth of shareholder capitalism"
  Harvard Business Review (2010): 24.
• Lan, L. L. and Heracleous, L.. "Rethinking agency theory: the view from law"
  Academy of Management Review 35 (2010): 294-314.
• Heracleous, L. and Wirtz, J.. "Strategy and organization at Singapore Airlines: achieving sustainable advantage through dual strategy"
  Journal Of Air Transport Management 15 (2009): 274-279.
• Heracleous, L. and Johnston, R.. "Can business learn from the public sector?"
  European Business Review 21 (2009): 373-379.
• Heracleous, L. and Jacobs, C. D.. "Crafting strategy: the role of embodied metaphors"
  Long Range Planning 41 (2008): 309-325.
• Heracleous, L. and Jacobs, C.. "Understanding organizations through embodied metaphors"
  Organization Studies 29 (2008): 45-78.
• Wirtz, J., Heracleous, L. and Pangarkar, N.. "Managing human resources for service excellence and cost effectiveness at Singapore Airlines"
  Managing Service Quality 18 (2008): 4-19.
• Jacobs C, Heracleous L. "Strategizing through playful design"
  Journal of Business Strategy 28 (2007): 75-80.
• Lan L, Heracleous L. "Negotiating the minefields of corporate vote-buying"
  Corporate Governance 15 (2007): 967-976.
• Wirtz, J., Heracleous, L., Menkhoff, T.. "Value creation through strategic knowledge management: The case of Singapore Airlines"
  Journal of Asian Business 23 (2007)
• Heracleous L, Wirtz J. "Biometrics: The next frontier in service excellence, productivity and security in the service sector"
  Managing Service Quality 16 (2006): 12-22.
• Jacobs C, Heracleous L. "Constructing shared understanding – the role of embodied metaphors in organization development."
  Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 24 (2006): 207-226.
• Heracleous L. "A tale of three discourses: The dominant, the strategic and the marginalized"
  Journal Of Management Studies 43 (2006): 1059-1087.
• Lan L L, Heracleous L. "Shareholder votes for sale"
  Harvard Business Review (2005): 20-24.
• Wirtz J, Heracleous L. "Biometrics meets services"
  Harvard Business Review (2005): 48.
• Heracleous L, Singh K. "Singapore Telecom: Venturing to the region"
  Asian Case Research Journal 9 (2005): 1-24.
• Marshak R J, Heracleous L. "A discursive approach to organization development"
  Action Research 3 (2005): 69-88.
• Jacobs C, Heracleous L. "Answers for questions to come: Reflective dialogue as an enabler of strategic innovation"
  Journal of Organizational Change Management 18 (2005): 338-352.
• Heracleous L., Wirtz J, Johnston B. "Kung Fu service development at Singapore Airlines"
  Business Strategy Review (2005): 26-31.
• Heracleous L, Jacobs C. "The serious business of play"
  MIT Sloan Management Review (2005): 19-20.
• Heracleous L. "Boundaries in the study of organization"
  Human Relations 57 (2004): 95-103.
• Heracleous L, Marshak R. "Conceptualizing organizational discourse as situated symbolic action"
  Human Relations 57 (2004): 1285-1312.
• Heracleous L., Wirtz J, Johnston B. "Cost effective service excellence: Lessons from Singapore Airlines"
  Business Strategy Review 15 (2004): 33-38.
• Heracleous L. "A comment on the role of metaphor in knowledge generation"
  Academy of Management Review 28 (2003): 190-191.
• Dwyer G, Heracleous L Doyle C. "Grounding strategic change practice in theory: The case of Avaya Ireland, 1992-2000"
  Strategic Change 12 (2003): 123-135.
• Heracleous L. "The contribution of discourse in understanding and managing organizational change"
  Strategic Change 11 (2002): 253-261.
• Heracleous L, Lan L L. "Who wants to be a competent director? An evaluation tool of directors’ knowledge of governance principles and legal duties"
  Corporate Governance 2 (2002): 17-23.
• Jacobs C, Heracleous L. "Seeing without being seen: Towards an Archaeology of Controlling Science"
  International Studies of Management and Organization 31 (2001): 113-135.
• Heracleous L, Barrett M. "Organizational change as discourse: Communicative actions and deep structures in the context of IT Implementation"
  Academy of Management Journal 44 (2001): 755-778.
• Tan T K, Heracleous L. "Teaching old dogs new tricks: Implementing organizational learning at an Asian national police force"
  Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 37 (2001): 361-380.
• Heracleous L. "An ethnographic study of culture in the context of organizational change"
  Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 37 (2001): 426-446.
• Heracleous L. "State ownership, privatization and performance: An exploratory study from a strategic management perspective"
  Asia Pacific Journal of Management 18 (2001): 69-81.
• Heracleous L, Murray J. "Network types, interlocking directors and strategy: Toward a theoretical framework"
  Asia Pacific Journal of Management 18 (2001): 137-160.
• Heracleous L, Murray J. "The urge to merge in the Pharmaceutical industry"
  European Management Journal 19 (2001): 430-437.
• Heracleous L. "When local beat global: The Chinese beer industry"
  Business Strategy Review 12 (2001): 37-45.
• Heracleous L. "What is the impact of corporate governance on organizational performance?"
  Corporate Governance 9 (2001): 165-173.
• Heracleous L, Hendry J. "Discourse and the study of organization: Towards a structurational perspective"
  Human Relations 53 (2000): 1251-1286.
• Heracleous L, Singh K. "Singapore Telecom: Strategic challenges in a turbulent environment"
  Asian Case Research Journal 4 (2000): 49-77.
• Heracleous L. "The role of strategy implementation in organization development"
  Organizational Development Journal 18 (2000): 75-86.
• Heracleous L. "Does Singapore need a code of best practices in corporate governance?"
  Singapore Management Review 21 (1999): 53-67.
• Heracleous L. "Privatization: Global trends and implications of the Singapore experience"
  International Journal of Public Sector Management 12 (1999): 432-444.
• Heracleous L. "Boards of directors as leaders of the organization"
  Corporate Governance 7 (1999): 256-265.
• Heracleous L. "Strategic thinking or strategic planning?"
  Long Range Planning 31 (1998): 481-487.
• Heracleous L, DeVoge S. "Bridging the gap of relevance: Strategic management and organizational development"
  Long Range Planning 31 (1998): 732-744.
• Heracleous L, Langham B. "Strategic change and organizational culture at Hay Management Consultants"
  Long Range Planning 29 (1996): 485-494.
• Heracleous L. "Spinning a brand new cultural web"
  People Management (1995): 24-27.
• Heracleous L. "Rational decision making: Myth or reality?"
  Management Development Review 7 (1994): 16-23.

Books

• Paroutis, S., Heracleous, L. & Angwin, D.. "Practicing Strategy"
  London (2012)
• Heracleous, L. and Jacobs, C. D.. "Crafting strategy: embodied metaphors in practice"
  Cambridge (2011)
• Singh, K., Pangarkar N. and Heracleous, L.. "Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook (3rd ed)"
  (2010)
• Heracleous, L., Wirtz, J. and Pangarkar, N.. "Flying high in a competitive industry: secrets of the world's leading airline"
  Singapore (2009)
• Heracleous L. "Discourse, Interpretation, Organization"
  Cambridge (2006)
• Heracleous L. "Strategy and Organisation: Realizing Strategic Management"
  Cambridge (2003)

Book Chapters

• Heracleous, L.. "Four propositions toward an interpretive theory of the process of discursive reality construction"
  Discourse perspectives on organizational communication (2011): 9-31.
• Heracleous, L.. "Globalization"
  Organizing words: a critical thesaurus for social and organization studies (2008): 118-119.
• Heracleous, L. and Jacobs, C. D.. "Developing strategy: the serious business of play"
  Business leadership: a Jossey-Bass reader (2008)25: 324-335.
• Heracleous L. "Interpretive Theory"
  International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies (2007): 720-723.
• Heracleous L. "Hermeneutics"
  International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Vol. 2 (2007): 582-585.
• Marshak R J, Heracleous L. "Organization Development"
  International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, Vol. 3 (2007): 1047-1052.
• Wirtz J, Heracleous L, Pangarkar, N. "Managing HR for Service Excellence and Cost Effectiveness at Singapore Airlines"
  Service Excellence als Impulsgeber - Strategies - Management - Innovationen - Branchen (Service Excellence as Driver - Strategies - Management - Innovations - Sectors) (2007): 307-328.
• Heracleous L, Fellenz M. "On the applicability of “alien” concepts to organizational analysis: Some criteria for inter-domain conceptual transfer"
  Thinking Organization (2005): 97-111.
• Heracleous L. "Interpretivist approaches to organizational discourse"
  Handbook of Organizational Discourse (2004): 175-192.
• Heracleous L. "Singapore"
  Privatization Experience of Asian Countries (2000): 157-170.

Other

• Heracleous L. "Review of Cohen, S. and Boyd, G., Eds., "Corporate governance and globalization"
  Asia Pacific Journal of Management 18 (2001): 265-267.