All multibusiness companies need to be able to justify their ownership of their multiple businesses. The corporate-level strategy must show how and why the corporate parent adds value to its business. Classic strategic issues which are addressed in this book include the allocation of resources between businesses, the creation of synergy through linkages amongst the businesses and the choices faced when creating a corporate portfolio. The selection of readings chosen, including writings by leading business theorists such as Michael Porter, Alfred Chandler, Michael Jenkins, Rosabeth Moss Kanter and C. K. Prahalad, have been organized around the major issues outlined above, revealing that a robust framework for dealing with them is beginning to emerge.

Managing the Multi-Business Company: Strategic Issues for Diversified Groups

Business & Money

Goold, Michael

Luchs, Kathleen Sommers

International

Cengage Learning EMEA

Strategic Synergy

Campbell, Andrew

Management & Leadership

Butterworth-Heinemann

This is the second edition of an outstanding collection of readings on synergy. Fully updated with new readings and a new introduction, and with editorial comment throughout, the book assembles the writings of the top management thinkers on corporate strategy, including Ansoff, Moss Kanter and Porter, and presents their views on how companies create synergy through building and sharing capabilities.

Thomson Learning

In a highly competitive business environment the ability to develop and maintain core competencies will set both you and your company well ahead of the competition. Core Competency-Based Strategy gives an up-to-the-minute picture of what industry experts have said on the subject and how it relates to business practice. It will provide an accessible and broad-based introduction to core competence to newcomers with no previous knowledge of the subject. The reader consists of thirteen full-length articles by international experts in their fields, each one supported by an explanatory introduction. The articles are divided into three sections, covering: an overview of the subject explaining the main ideas and writers involved in how competence theory since the 1950's; applications of a core competence approach to major strategic issues; examples of how competence operates on a practical level in multi-business companies and how competences are built. Core Competency-Based Strategy addresses all the key topic and issues, taking an accessible and thorough approach to the complex ideas involved in the area. It will prove an invaluable resource for students and practising managers.

Core Competency-Based Strategy

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