The Evolution of Competitive Strategies in Global Forestry Industries Comparative Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lamberg, Juha-Antti (Editor), Näsi, Juha (Editor), Ojala, Jari (Editor), Sajasalo, Pasi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: World Forests, 4
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; History.; Forestry.; Industrial organization.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; History, general.; Business and Management, general.; Industrial Organization.

This book presents an analysis of the evolution of competitive strategies within the forestry industry. Although the discussion takes place in a relatively narrow field of business on the global scale, the argument is that the chosen context serves as an illustrative setting for a discussion related...

Table of Contents:

• 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.