Corporate Co-Evolution A Political Perspective

by Rodrigues, Suzana B.; Child, John

• ISBN13: 9781405121644
• ISBN10: 1405121645
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-04
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Corporate Co-Evolution is one of the first major works in Blackwell 's Organization and Strategy research series of business texts. By tracing the history and growth of Telemig, a major Brazilian telecommunications company, Corporate Evolution develops broader macro-economic principles that can be applied to today 's international corporate environment.After a general introduction to political regulations and other domains of the corporate environment that impact the growth of companies, Corporate Co-Evolution delves deeply into Telemig 's past. The text closely documents and analyzes the dramatic changes over the course of 30 years that transformed Telemig from a "lumbering dinosaur to a soaring eagle " as privatization takes the corporation into the 21st century. The authors skillfully draw out the practical and policy implications of the Telemig experience to develop a broader systematic theory of corporate evolution that is highly relevant to the contemporary business world.

Author Biography

Suzana Rodriguez is a Professor of International Business and Organization at Birmingham Business School.

John Child is Chair of Commerce at Birmingham Business School. He is the author of the classic text: Organization and author or co-author of 18 books and more than 120 articles.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Perspectives on Corporate Co-evolution	p. 3
The Economic and Political Context of Telecommunications in Brazil	p. 27
Scope and Method	p. 46
Historical Co-evolution of Telemig	p. 55
Foundations 1953-1985	p. 57
Politicization 1985-1993	p. 92
Reconstruction and Demise 1993-2000	p. 115
Multidimensional Co-evolution	p. 145
Organizational Culture	p. 147
Corporate Identity	p. 171
Metaphors and Reflective Imaging	p. 200
The Politics of Learning at a Time of Restructuring	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 245
A Political Interest Theory of Corporate Co-evolution	p. 247
Author index	p. 273
Subject index	p. 275
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