Purpose – This paper aims to offer a conceptualization of how and why corporate level strategic change may build on historical differentiation at business unit level. Design/methodology/approach – Methodologically, an historical case study of Nokia Corporation's drastic business model...

The literature remains ambiguous on the impact of corporate-specific executive training programs on organizational performance. Instead of considering economic and learning performance, we study executive training programs as platforms that political coalitions can use to promote or block...

Most of the 50 largest organizations in Finland have undertaken business process re‐engineering (BPR) projects during the last five years. This study concentrated on business process re‐engineering projects in 21 large Finnish organizations. Of the 21 organizations interviewed, six represent...