This paper presents a strategic analysis of Latin America’s biggest business conglomerate, utilizing the tools of the Five Forces Industry Analysis and the VRIO framework. We examined the major strategic moves and analyzed how strategic resources were integrated, developed and accumulated; and...

1 Einleitung -- 1.1 Problemstellung -- 1.2 Ziel und Aufbau der Arbeit -- 2 Perspektiven des Strategischen Managements als theoretischer Bezugsrahmen für die Diversifikationsforschung -- 2.1 Diversifikation: Motive, Ziele, Formen -- 2.2 Ansätze des Strategischen Managements zur Erklärung von...

We present a model of conglomeration motivated by technology synergies and strategic reductions in variable costs in the face of competitive pressures. The resulting firm integration is neither horizontal nor vertical but rather congeneric integration of firms in related industries. We...

Realizing synergies across different businesses is a mulitbusiness firm’s generic strategic challenge. Eva Bilhuber Galli investigates the role of social capital in cross-business collaboration and how to build it effectively with leadership development practices. Studying a case of a large...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how strategic human resource management practices are enacted in chaebol hotels, and also to evaluate the relationship between the SHRM practices and organizational effectiveness as experienced by employees, regarding the concept of organizational...