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Understanding competitive advantage : the importance of strategic congruence and integrated control / Fredrik Nilsson, Birger Rapp.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Berlin ; London : Springer, 2005.Description: viii, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 354040872X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658 21
Contents:
Introduction -- The Importance of Strategies and Control Systems -- Bridging Economic Theory and Management Practice -- Matching Environment and Internal Structures -- Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control -- Purpose of the Book -- What this Book Contributes -- Target Readership -- Organization of the Book -- Notes -- Theoretical Foundations -- Contingency Theory -- Strategic Management -- Strategy, Structure, and Performance -- Strategy and Control -- Toward a more Complex Theory -- Summary -- Notes -- Strategic Congruence -- Strategic Congruence Defined -- Corporate Strategy -- Business Strategy -- Functional Strategy -- Summary -- Notes -- Integrated Control -- Integrated Control Defined -- Management Control -- Manufacturing Control -- Summary -- Notes -- A Tentative Model -- Principal Variables and Relationships -- Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control at the Business Unit and Functional Levels -- Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control at the Corporate Level -- Summary -- Notes -- Conclusions and Implications -- Summary and Conclusions -- The Dynamics of Fit -- Practical Business Implications -- Implications for Future Research -- Notes.
Summary: The firm is in a better position to concentrate on activities that create value for the customer if its strategies and control systems are mutually consistent and adapted to expected external demands.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-230).

Introduction -- The Importance of Strategies and Control Systems -- Bridging Economic Theory and Management Practice -- Matching Environment and Internal Structures -- Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control -- Purpose of the Book -- What this Book Contributes -- Target Readership -- Organization of the Book -- Notes -- Theoretical Foundations -- Contingency Theory -- Strategic Management -- Strategy, Structure, and Performance -- Strategy and Control -- Toward a more Complex Theory -- Summary -- Notes -- Strategic Congruence -- Strategic Congruence Defined -- Corporate Strategy -- Business Strategy -- Functional Strategy -- Summary -- Notes -- Integrated Control -- Integrated Control Defined -- Management Control -- Manufacturing Control -- Summary -- Notes -- A Tentative Model -- Principal Variables and Relationships -- Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control at the Business Unit and Functional Levels -- Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control at the Corporate Level -- Summary -- Notes -- Conclusions and Implications -- Summary and Conclusions -- The Dynamics of Fit -- Practical Business Implications -- Implications for Future Research -- Notes.

The firm is in a better position to concentrate on activities that create value for the customer if its strategies and control systems are mutually consistent and adapted to expected external demands.

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