TY - BOOK AU - Furrer, Olivier TI - Corporate Level Strategy: Theory and Applications SN - 9780415727228 U1 - 658.4012 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Diversification in Industry - Management KW - Strategic Planning N1 - 1. What Is Corporate-Level Strategy? 2. Why Do Multi business Firms Exist? Theoretical Approaches to Corporate-Level Strategy 3. Defining the Business 4. Diversification Strategies: Creating Corporate Value 5. The Issue of Relatedness 6. Diversification a Performance: Limits to the Scope of the Firm 7. The Role of the Parent: Managing the Multibusiness Firm 8. Organizing and Structuring the Multibusiness Firm 9. Vertical Integration: Coordinating the Value Chain 10. The Growth of the Firm: Internal Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Strategic Alliances 11. Restructuring Strategies: Reducing the Scope of the Firm 12. Multipoint Competition: Managing Market Power 13. International Diversification: Global Integration and Local Responsiveness 14. Corporate Governance: Controlling Top Managers and Meeting Corporate Social Responsibilities ER -