TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nilsson,Fredrik
AU  - Rapp,Birger
TI  - Understanding competitive advantage: the importance of strategic congruence and integrated control 
SN  - 354040872X
U1  - 658 21
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Berlin, London
PB  - Springer
KW  - Competition
KW  - Industrial management
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -