The Evolution of Competitive Strategies in Global Forestry Industries

Comparative Perspectives
2006 ed
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6567-5
Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 525 g

Reihe: World Forests

An analysis of the evolution of competitive strategies within the forestry industry is presented in this book. The argument is that the chosen context serves as an illustrative setting for a discussion related to global corporate evolution. Therefore, this analytical and rigorous book contributes to better understanding of the workings of a number of manufacturing industries through discussion of the evolutionary development within the pulp and paper industry.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lamberg, Juha-Antti

Näsi, Juha

Ojala, Jari

Sajasalo, Pasi

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Forstwirtschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstbotanik, Baumbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I.- Evolution of Competitive Strategies in Global Forestry Industries: Introduction.- II.- The Giant: International Paper 1898–2000.- A Company and the State: Enso-Gutzeit.- Comparing the Strategic Evolution of Georgia-Pacific, Mead and Weyerhaeuser.- The Challengers: Kymmene, United Paper Mills, and Metsäliitto.- Strategy Formation in the Swedish Forestry Industry: Comparing SCA and MoDo.- Two Family Firms in Comparison: Ahlström and Schauman During the 20th Century.- Entrepreneurial Organization or Family Firm? A Strategic Analysis of Gulf States Paper Corporation.- III.- Managerial Cognition and Action in the Context of the Forestry Industry.- Consolidation by Game-Playing: a Gamesmanship Inquiry into Forestry Industry.- IV.- The Ephemera of Success: Strategy, Structure and Performance in the Forestry Industries.