The Logic of New Zealand Business Strategy, Structure, and Performance

by Hamilton, Robert T.; Shergill, Gurvinder Singh

• ISBN13: 9780195582826
• ISBN10: 0195582829
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-04-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Logic of New Zealand Business brings together original data on company strategy, structure, ownership, and performance to reveal why a small group of New Zealand companies has performed consistently better than others. The authors look at what major New Zealand companies have been doing in terms of business strategy and structure; why they have acted in the way they have in the light of ownership changes and past financial performance; and the impact of their decisions on subsequent performance as measured in profitability and growth. The authors reveal combinations of strategy and structure that have led to sustained superior performance in a range of industries.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Business Strategy, Structure, and Performance - A Conceptual Framework	p. 9
Measuring Business Strategy	p. 15
Business Strategy and Organization Structure	p. 34
Measures of Company Performance	p. 44
Determinants of Company Performance	p. 54
Strategy, Structure, and Performance	p. 63
Strategy-Structure 'Fit' and Performance	p. 75
Ownership, Performance, and Strategy	p. 83
Conclusions and Objectives for Further Research	p. 97
Epilogue: 1985-90: Deregulation and Business Strategy	p. 103
App. 1. The Companies, Their Strategies, and Structures	p. 109
App. 2. New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification	p. 131
App. 3. Company Financial Performance Data	p. 140
App. 4. Control Variables	p. 143
App. 5. Stepwise Regression of Company Performance	p. 145
App. 6. Company Ownership Types	p. 146
App. 7. Return on Assets for Companies with Changed Strategy	p. 154
References	p. 161
Author Index	p. 168
Subject Index	p. 170
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