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Models for optimal investment and maintenance decisions
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Understanding competitive advantage : the importance of strategic congruence and integrated control
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ISBN: 1280235063 9786610235063 3540266992 354040872X 3642074138 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin : Springer-Verlag,

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This book is about competitive advantage and how it is created at the company level. It is based on the premise that the alignment of strategies and control systems affects the firm's chances of successfully positioning itself in its chosen arena of competition.


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Understanding Competitive Advantage : The Importance of Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control
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ISBN: 9783540266990 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin · Heidelberg

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The link between strategies and control systems and how it ultimately af fects the competitiveness of firms is an area that is attracting the atten tion of practitioners and scholars. There is a need to discuss which combi nations of strategies and control systems can be assumed to contribute to competitive strength. In this book we have chosen to highlight the role of management control and manufacturing control in this respect. For a long time these two types of control systems were regarded as more or less separate subjects of research and study. However, the differences between management control and manufacturing control are diminishing, a ten dency that we support. The book is written in this spirit of approval. The models and hypotheses advanced in the book were developed over a long period of time. They are based on research and have been published and otherwise presented in a variety of different circumstances (see, for example, Jansson et al., 2000; Kald et al., 2000; Nilsson, 1994, 1997, 2002; Rapp et al., 2000). Our colleagues have stimulated our thinking and have contributed to further refinement of the thoughts presented in the book. We would like to thank Professor Leif Appelgren, Professor Thomas Falk, Professor Nils Goran Olve, Professor Rolf Rundfelt, Professor Bengt Saven, Associate professor Vivian Vimarlund and Assistant professor Alf Westelius for their valuable comments and inspiration.


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Strategy, Control and Competitive Advantage : Case Study Evidence
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ISBN: 3642391338 3642391346 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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How should firms’ control systems be designed and used to formulate and implement strategies that will contribute to competitive advantage and sustained high performance? This book offers some thought-provoking suggestions.   It contains empirical studies of such diverse manufacturing enterprises as Atlas Copco, Electrolux, Saab, Scania, SCA Packing and Volvo, as well as an insurance company and two chamber orchestras. All firms and organizations presented offer interesting and exciting insights, each in a specific way and each with a fascinating history. The book presents research on the relationship between strategy, control and competitive advantage over extended periods and at several strategic levels, while also taking into account the existence of multiple control systems in a single firm or other organization. Readers are offered an in-depth look into how changes in the environment lead to adjustments in strategies and control systems. It is shown, in addition, how difficult and challenging it can be to implement these changes, and why such efforts are not always successful. But perhaps most importantly, the book conveys an in-depth understanding of how strategies and control systems affect competitive advantage and performance. In both its coverage and focus, the book is unique. Not only does it provide valuable contributions to the research field of strategy and management control; it also represents a substantial commitment in terms of resources and involvement over an extended period. The book is highly recommended to researchers, practitioners, graduate students and all others interested in this area.


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Understanding Competitive Advantage : The Importance of Strategic Congruence and Integrated Control
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ISBN: 9783540266990 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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The link between strategies and control systems and how it ultimately af fects the competitiveness of firms is an area that is attracting the atten tion of practitioners and scholars. There is a need to discuss which combi nations of strategies and control systems can be assumed to contribute to competitive strength. In this book we have chosen to highlight the role of management control and manufacturing control in this respect. For a long time these two types of control systems were regarded as more or less separate subjects of research and study. However, the differences between management control and manufacturing control are diminishing, a ten dency that we support. The book is written in this spirit of approval. The models and hypotheses advanced in the book were developed over a long period of time. They are based on research and have been published and otherwise presented in a variety of different circumstances (see, for example, Jansson et al., 2000; Kald et al., 2000; Nilsson, 1994, 1997, 2002; Rapp et al., 2000). Our colleagues have stimulated our thinking and have contributed to further refinement of the thoughts presented in the book. We would like to thank Professor Leif Appelgren, Professor Thomas Falk, Professor Nils Goran Olve, Professor Rolf Rundfelt, Professor Bengt Saven, Associate professor Vivian Vimarlund and Assistant professor Alf Westelius for their valuable comments and inspiration.


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Strategy, Control and Competitive Advantage : Case Study Evidence
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ISBN: 9783642391347 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer

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How should firms’ control systems be designed and used to formulate and implement strategies that will contribute to competitive advantage and sustained high performance? This book offers some thought-provoking suggestions.   It contains empirical studies of such diverse manufacturing enterprises as Atlas Copco, Electrolux, Saab, Scania, SCA Packing and Volvo, as well as an insurance company and two chamber orchestras. All firms and organizations presented offer interesting and exciting insights, each in a specific way and each with a fascinating history. The book presents research on the relationship between strategy, control and competitive advantage over extended periods and at several strategic levels, while also taking into account the existence of multiple control systems in a single firm or other organization. Readers are offered an in-depth look into how changes in the environment lead to adjustments in strategies and control systems. It is shown, in addition, how difficult and challenging it can be to implement these changes, and why such efforts are not always successful. But perhaps most importantly, the book conveys an in-depth understanding of how strategies and control systems affect competitive advantage and performance. In both its coverage and focus, the book is unique. Not only does it provide valuable contributions to the research field of strategy and management control; it also represents a substantial commitment in terms of resources and involvement over an extended period. The book is highly recommended to researchers, practitioners, graduate students and all others interested in this area.

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