ISBN: 354040872X
TITLE: Understanding Competitive Advantage
AUTHOR: Nilsson, Rapp
TOC:

Prologue 1
1 Introduction 3
The Importance of Strategies and Control Systems 3
Bridging Economic Theory and Management Practice 4
Matching Environment and Internal Structures 6
Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control 8
Purpose of the Book 10
What this Book Contributes 11
Target Readership 12
Organization of the Book 13
Notes 15
2 Theoretical Foundations 19
Contingency Theory 19
Strategic Management 21
Strategy, Structure, and Performance 24
Strategy and Control 26
Toward a more Complex Theory 33
Summary 40
Notes 41
3 Strategic Congruence 47
Strategic Congruence Defined 47
Corporate Strategy 52
Business Strategy 64
Functional Strategy 75
Summary 83
Notes 85
4 Integrated Control 93
Integrated Control Defined 93
Management Control 99
Manufacturing Control 109
Summary 120
Notes 122
5 A Tentative Model 129
Principal Variables and Relationships 129
Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control at the Business Unit and Functional Levels 132
Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control at the Corporate Level 158
Summary 180
Notes 182
6 Conclusions and Implications 189
Summary and Conclusions 189
The Dynamics of Fit 195
Practical Business Implications 199
Implications for Future Research 210
Notes 214
Epilogue 217
References 219
About the Authors 231
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