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Corporate Strategy and Corporate Strategists: Power, Identity, and Knowledge within the Firm

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  • E Schoenberger

    (Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA)

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In this paper it is argued that, to explain why whole groups of once-successful firms in a particular nation or region fail to react appropriately to new competitive conditions, we need to take a closer look at the people who devise and implement corporate strategies. That is to say, we need to analyze corporate strategists as social agents in a particular time and place, and try to understand what aspects of their social being might tend systematically to produce inappropriate corporate strategies. The argument centers on questions of power and identity and on how these shape knowledge and the ability to act. In this way an explanation of the origins and the power of the managerial commitments that shape strategic decisions is sought.

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  • E Schoenberger, 1994. "Corporate Strategy and Corporate Strategists: Power, Identity, and Knowledge within the Firm," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 26(3), pages 435-451, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:26:y:1994:i:3:p:435-451
    DOI: 10.1068/a260435
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    1. Peter Temin, 1991. "Inside the Business Enterprise: Historical Perspectives on the Use of Information," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number temi91-1.
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    1. Trina Hamilton, 2013. "Beyond Market Signals: Negotiating Marketplace Politics and Corporate Responsibilities," Economic Geography, Clark University, vol. 89(3), pages 285-307, July.

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