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Corporate Strategy and Organization Design
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Sort Desciption: competitive strategy and the business environment. He has presented the theories that lie ... corporate strategy should be designed for high performance. ...
Content Inside: PMF Book Review Book Title: The Modern Firm: Organizational Design for Performance and Growth Author: John D. Roberts Publisher: Oxford University Press USA List Price: US$ 45.00 (Hardcover) US$29.95 (Paper) Publication Date: 2004 2007 (paper) ISBN10: 0198293763 ISBN13: 9780198293767 Reviewer: Robert Youker World Bank (Retired) Review Date: June 2007 Editors note: John D. Roberts is a Professor of Economics Strategy Management and International Business in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University in the United States. Published in 2004 his book The Modern Firm was declared the best business book of the year by The Economist. This review provided by Robert Youker World Bank (Retired). Corporate Strategy and Organization Design The Modern Firm by John Roberts A review of the book by Robert Youker One of the key problems in writing a business book with case examples is that after publication the good business example may have gone downhill. This happened with the famous book In Search of Excellence and also happened with the case of BP (British Petroleum) in this excellent book whose sub-title is organizational design for performance and growth. Never the less there are many other examples and case studies. ...
