The Oxford Handbook of Strategy Volume II: Corporate Strategy

by Faulkner, David O.; Campbell, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780199248643
• ISBN10: 0199248648
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Strategy is a two-volume set on the key subject areas and issues currently under discussion in the field of strategy. It unites a team of contributors who are all authorities on the topic of their chapter. The handbook will be of considerable value to researchers, graduate students, and teachers whose interest in the subject area has advanced beyond that of the traditional textbooks, and to managers and consultants who seek an authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date discussion of the fundamentals of strategy. About the Series Oxford Handbooks in Business & Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	x
List of Boxes	xi
List of Contributors	xii
Abbreviations	xvii
Introduction to Volume II: Corporate and International Strategy, Change, and Flexibility	1	(16)
Andrew Campbell
David Faulkner
PART III CORPORATE STRATEGY
Why Diversify? Four Decades of Management Thinking	17	(26)
Michael Goold
Kathleen Luchs
The Rationale for Multi-SBU Companies	43	(29)
C. K. Prahalad
Yves L. Doz
The Role of the Parent Company	72	(23)
Andrew Campbell
Mergers and Acquisitions: Motives, Value Creation, and Implementation	95	(23)
Richard Schoenberg
Cooperative Strategy: Strategic Alliances and Networks	118	(41)
David Faulkner
PART IV INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY
International Strategy	159	(24)
David Faulkner
Strategies for Multinational Enterprises	183	(23)
Alan Rugman
Alain Verbeke
Globalization and the Multinational Enterprise	206	(31)
Peter Buckley
PART V CHANGE
Managing Strategic Change	237	(30)
Richard Whipp
Turnarounds	267	(52)
Peter Mckiernan
Organizational Structure	319	(30)
Richard Whittington
Strategy Innovation	349	(34)
Peter J. Williamson
PART VI FLEXIBILITY
Game Theory in Strategy	383	(33)
J. H. Powell
Strategy, Heuristics, and Real Options	416	(31)
Bruce Kogut
Nalin Kulatilaka
Strategic Flexibility: Creating Dynamic Competitive Advantages	447	(60)
Henk W. Volberda
Index	507