Economics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in Europe
This paper assesses economic, political and national institutional explanations for continued resistance to the multidivisional form in France, Germany and the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s. It finds that the economics of different diversification strategies play a significant but changi...
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| description | This paper assesses economic, political and national institutional explanations for continued resistance to the multidivisional form in France, Germany and the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s. It finds that the economics of different diversification strategies play a significant but changing role in the structural choices of large corporations. The political interests of personal, banking and government owners are exercised variably. There remain strong national influences on structural choices, with resistance to the multidivisional form particularly pronounced in Germany. Overall, our results call for an increased contextual sensitivity in management research while acknowledging the possibility of convergent processes in business organization, represented here by the slow progress of the multidivisional firm. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9bcaee10-564e-487a-8303-565210953b312022-03-27T00:31:27ZEconomics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in EuropeJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9bcaee10-564e-487a-8303-565210953b31Saïd Business School - Eureka2004Whittington, RMayer, MThis paper assesses economic, political and national institutional explanations for continued resistance to the multidivisional form in France, Germany and the United Kingdom during the 1980s and 1990s. It finds that the economics of different diversification strategies play a significant but changing role in the structural choices of large corporations. The political interests of personal, banking and government owners are exercised variably. There remain strong national influences on structural choices, with resistance to the multidivisional form particularly pronounced in Germany. Overall, our results call for an increased contextual sensitivity in management research while acknowledging the possibility of convergent processes in business organization, represented here by the slow progress of the multidivisional firm. |
| spellingShingle | Whittington, R Mayer, M Economics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in Europe |
| title | Economics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in Europe |
| title_full | Economics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in Europe |
| title_fullStr | Economics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in Europe |
| title_short | Economics, Politics and Nations: the Diffusion of the Multidivisional Form in Europe |
| title_sort | economics politics and nations the diffusion of the multidivisional form in europe |
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