A manufacturing strategy is a critical component of the firm's corporate and business strategies, comprising a set of well-coordinated objectives and action programs aimed at securing a long-term, sustainable advantage over the firm's competitors. A manufacturing strategy should be consistent with the firm's corporate and business strategies, as well as with the other managerial functional stra...

corporate support for entrepreneurship is the most important element for the development of corporate entrepreneurship and is considered as one of the main corporate entrepreneurial antecedents. it involves trust in corporate staff and training them for promoting recognition of opportunities, exploring new and valuable resources, innovative productions and profit-making processes. corporate sup...

ing from this wide diversity and complexity of aspects, this research has developed a typology consisting of a small number of clearly differentiated and consistent patterns of natural fit between these building blocks of corporate strategy systems and their contexts: the Informal Shaper, the Catalysing Builder, the Power Positioner, the Centralised Composer, the Synergising Coordinator and the...

The formulation of strategy is generally treated as a rational process of matching corporate capabilities to market demands. But this does not always account well for the heterogeneity observed in corporate strategies toward complex environmental issues such as climate change. In this chapter, we propose that strategy is often developed in light of expectations and assumptions concerning a firm...

We examine how organizational structure influences strategies over which corporate leaders have significant discretion. Corporate philanthropy is a strategic activity commonly managed through a specific, differentiated organizational structure—the corporate foundation—that formalizes and constrains the influence of individual senior managers and directors on corporate strategy. Our analysis of ...