摘要:

AbstractSystematic strategic management is a recent and still developing concern of both practitioners and students of management. It is necessary, therefore, to define in this first issue of theStrategic Management Journal (SMJ)both the limits and the contents of the subject which will be welcomed to its pages.Since we hope to attract our readers and contributors from both practice and academia, it is appropriate to describe strategic management from their respective viewpoints.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010102

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractTwo characteristics of services—intangibility of the offering and simultaneity of production and consumption—have important implications for strategic planning. Four of these implications are described.Life cycle, experience, and market share, which are the usual determinants of profitability that provide guides for strategic planning are not easily applied to the service firm. Therefore growth strategies need to be revised.In its second part the paper suggests alternative growth strategy paths for service firms. It brings forward three main remarks. First, the service firm should not overuse its delivery system and its image by attempting to serve the needs of too many sociodemographic segments. Second, service development and concentric diversification are not sequential choices; the latter is not so distant from the former as may be commonly perceived. Third, expansion to out‐of‐country markets represents a risk discontinuity; it should be approached by service firms with considerable flexibility and willingness to interact with different c

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010103

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractThe paper describes how six large Swedish multinational corporations manage the task of assuring strategic integration between headquarters and foreign subsidiaries. Swedish companies are shown to address the problem in an informal way and by leaving their foreign subsidiaries a great deal of autonomy. However, in many instances the necessary integration is not assured. Cases of strategic conflict between parts of companies are analysed, characteristics of and trends in the environment of multinational corporations are identified, and theoretical considerations are applied. With this discussion as a basis, some suggestions are advanced about how to involve subsidiaries more in strategic decision making.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010104

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractIn the recruitment of managers it is increasingly necessary to attune the choice of candidate to the strategy of the company or its subsidiary.In this paper—coauthored by specialists in the fields of management recruitment and corporate strategy—the authors develop classifications of strategies and of management archetypes. Linking of these classifications leads to an approach that can assist both managers‐employees and managers‐employers when filling management vacancies. In addition, the approach can be used to assist management development programmes and to relate management planning to strategic p

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010105

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractThis study examines the interrelationships of environmental changes and strategic action variables with each other and with short term success, for 358 large business firms over a 45 year period. Success (Fortuneratings and ROA) is found to be related to two strategic decision segments.Several strategy‐environment relationships are also found. Some methodological problems are noted in the attempt to move policy research from case analysis to statistical explanatio

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010106

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractThe need for planning in business organizations operating in today's complex environment is widely accepted. Implied is an assumption that planning improves performance. However, the empirical evidence for such a claim is thin. Since planning is an integral part of strategy formulation, the facts to confirm or refute an assumed connection between planning and performance invite attention. Our research focuses on new data from 61 companies which test this linkage and, in addition, reviews the conclusions of prior empirical studies.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010107

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

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AbstractGiven the multiple calls on top excutive time and the increasingly complex and disparate makeup of most large diversified companies today, top management involvement in the strategic planning process in too often limited to little more than the basic allocation of corporate resources among previously selected options. This situation, the author suggests, is for from ideal; it is time to reassess top management's role in and generally orchestrating the diverse human elements of the planning process so as to steer it on a course between advocacy and consensus toward the best possible strategy for the corporation as a whole.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010108

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractThe involvement of government in the affairs of business has been increasing rapidly over the past two decades in most western economies. This paper examines the impact of a particular instrument designed by government in the U.K. to attempt to be involved with corporate planning at the level of the individual company. The paper reports the views, attitudes, and expectations of government and those of a number of the major companies which were politically and economically selected by government as being suitable candidates for planning agreements. Finally, the attitute of senior trade unionists were sought to complete a tripartite analysis consistent with that of other institutions created for indicative economic planning. The results do not appear favourable to this particular instrument nor would they augur well for others unless the basic climate of trust and understanding between the different parties dramatically improved.

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010109

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010110

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0143-2095    

DOI:10.1002/smj.4250010101

出版商:John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.    

年代:1980

数据来源: WILEY