Strategy: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management, Volume 3David Faulkner This is the most comprehensive collection to date on all aspects of strategy. The articles selected here discuss key themes, including:* different conceptions of strategy, such as the classical, rational models of Porter, the empirical, emergent emphasis of Mintzberg, and the competence based models of Grant and others * the relationship between strategy and other subjects including economics and organizational studies * scenario planning, networks, strategic groups and knowledge, and other key new developments * the implications of globalization and international management * key strategic decisions including diversification and mergers and acquisitionsWith a new introduction by the editor and an extensive index, this collection is an invaluable reference tool and teaching aid. |
Contents
Strategy and the Business Portfolio | 3 |
new horizons or false dawn? | 17 |
Economies of scope and the scope of the enterprise | 33 |
Diversification strategy and profitability | 59 |
a new linkage between diversity | 73 |
Diversity diversification and profitability among British | 96 |
Multinationals diversification and the riskreturn tradeoff | 128 |
Why diversify? Four decades of management thinking | 146 |
From competitive advantage to corporate strategy | 274 |
evidence | 303 |
evidence and implications | 335 |
the scientific evidence | 349 |
PART 7 | 373 |
The globalization of markets | 399 |
an organizing framework | 416 |
The competitive advantage of nations | 442 |
The value of the parent company | 169 |
a critique | 189 |
strategy and control in diversified British | 213 |
The paradox of strategic controls | 234 |
Strategy and structure in the multiproduct firm | 258 |
new organizational responses | 468 |
The tortuous evolution of the multinational corporation | 485 |
Knowledge of the firm and the evolutionary theory of | 500 |
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