Corporate Strategy: Tools for Analysis and Decision-Making
Cambridge University Press, 3/31/2016
EAN 9781107544048, ISBN10: 1107544041
Paperback, 322 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Many companies are not single businesses but a collection of businesses with one or more levels of corporate management. Written for managers, advisors and students aspiring to these roles, this book is a guide to decision-making in the domain of corporate strategy. It arms readers with research-based tools needed to make good corporate strategy decisions and to assess the soundness of the corporate strategy decisions of others. Readers will learn how to do the analysis for answering questions such as 'Should we pursue an alliance or an acquisition to grow?', 'How much should we integrate this acquisition?' and 'Should we divest this business?'. The book draws on the authors' wealth of research and teaching experience at INSEAD, London Business School and University College London. A range of learning aids, including easy-to-comprehend examples, decision templates and FAQs, are provided in the book and on a rich companion website.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
what this book is about and how to use it
Part I. Foundations
1. Corporate advantage
2. Synergies
benefits to collaboration
3. Governance costs
impediments to collaboration
Part II. Decisions about Portfolio Composition
Increasing the Scope of the Corporation
4. Diversification
5. Ally or acquire?
6. Organic or inorganic growth?
Part III. Decisions about Portfolio Composition
Reducing the Scope of the Corporation
7. Refocusing
8. Divestiture
stay or exit
9. Outsourcing
make or buy
Part IV. Decisions about Portfolio Organization
10. Designing the multi-business corporation
11. Designing corporate headquarters
12. Managing the M&A process
13. Managing the alliance process
Index.