The boundaries of the firm: critiques, strategies and policies
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viii Contents
3.8 Conclusions 70
Notes 71
4 Markets, false hierarchies and the evolution of the
modern corporation
4.1 Introduction 73
4.2 The transaction cost approach 74
4.3 Transaction and hierarchy in Williamson's approach 76
4.4 Some conceptual limitations of Williamson's
transaction cost economics 79
4.5 The conglomerate, the M form and multinational
enterprise 82
4.6 Conclusions 90
Notes 91
5 The economics of trust: a review of Studies in the
Economics of Trust by Mark Casson
5.1 Introduction 93
5.2 What is trust? 97
5.3 Trust and efficiency 99
5.4 Levels of trust 102
5.6 Trust, culture and leadership 104
5.7 Last words 107
Notes 108
Part II Strategies
6 The R D function: corporate strategy and structure
6.1 Introduction 113
6.2 The characteristics of R D activity 113
6.3 The four characteristics and R D behaviour 115
6.4 Strategy and structure implications 119
6.5 Concluding remarks 126
Notes 126
7 Boeing, corporate strategy and technological change
7.1 Introduction 129
7.2 Corporate strategy 129
Contents ix
7.3 Industrial organisation and corporate strategy 132
7.4 Framework for analysis 133
7.5 Boeing's post war development 135
7.6 Aspects of Boeing's corporate strategy 148
7.7 Conclusions 155
Notes 156
8 Towards a theory of multinational enterprise
8.1 Introduction 159
8.2 Corporate strategy and transaction costs 160
8.3 Transaction costs and synergy 162
8.4 Synergy and the 'mugging' effect 164
8.5 The rationale for multinational enterprise 167
8.6 Multinational strategy options 169
8.7 Conclusions 172
Notes 173
9 Collaborative strategies of firms: theory and evidence
9.1 Introduction 177
9.2 Economic analysis of collaborative activity 179
9.3 Managerial literature on joint ventures 183
9.4 Joint ventures as economic organisation 186
9.5 Motives for joint ventures 188
9.6 Patterns of JV activity 194
9.7 Concluding comments 196
Notes 197
Part III Policies
10 Industrial collaborative activity and the completion of
the Internal Market
10.1 Introduction 201
10.2 The 1992 programme and industrial co operation 202
10.3 Competition, co operation and 1992 205
10.4 The effect of market completion on industrial
collaboration 208
10.5 Concluding remarks 216
Notes 217
Contents
List of Figures and Tables xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
1 Overview 1
Part 1 Critiques
2 Industrial structure, rivalry and innovation: theory and
evidence
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 The Schumpeterian tradition 18
2.3 Product market structure, capital market efficiency
and co operative agreements 20
2.4 Innovation, transaction cost and property right
problems 23
2.5 Innovation, internal markets and the M form 25
2.6 What is left of the Schumpeterian Hypothesis? 27
2.7 Empirical analysis, market structure and innovative
activity 29
2.8 Theoretical development and policy formulation 38
2.9 Summary 46
Notes 47
3 How economists can accept Shackle's critique of economic
doctrines without arguing themselves out of their jobs
3.1 Introduction 53
3.2 Predictability and policy formation 54
3.3 Surprise, uncertainty and emergence 56
3.4 Scenario writing with Keynesian uncertainty 57
3.5 Organisational strategies for coping with surprise
and uncertainty 59
3.6 Anticipating surprise 63
3.7 Cognitive and strategic barriers to kaleidic thoughts
and actions 65
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x Contents
11 Mergers, acquisitions and the completion of the Internal
Market
11.1 Introduction 219
11.2 Theory and evidence in merger activity
the Commission's perspective 220
11.3 Sectoral analysis and merger control 227
11.4 The CIM and CEM of European competitiveness 233
11.5 The EC's 1990 Merger Regulation 237
11.6 Conclusions 238
Notes 238
12 Industrial collaboration and the European Internal Market
12.1 Introduction 241
12.2 Trends in co operative activity in high technology
industry 247
12.3 Conclusions and possibilities for future research 249
Notes 251
Bibliography 253
Index 269
List of Figures and Tables
FIGURES
2.1 Some issues in European aerospace 45
6.1 Basic hierarchies 121
7.1 Boeing environmental threats, 1952 54 137
7.2 Boeing diversification opportunities, 1952 54 139
7.3 Boeing, 1962 64 140
7.4 Boeing, 1972 74 146
7.5 Boeing, 1982 84 147
7.6 Selected strategic problems 154
8.1 Potential synergy for Football Inc. 161
9.1 Single ownership and joint venture alternatives 184
9.2 Joint venture involving two diversified firms 189
12.1 Industry aversion ratios, 1983 92 244
12.2 Aversion ratios for high technology industry, 1983 92 247
12.3 Aversion ratios for high technology industry (excluding
chemicals), 1983 92 248
TABLES
10.1 Joint ventures in the Community in 1983 84, 1984 85,
1986 87 and 1987 8 210
10.2 Community aversion ratios for industry, 1983 88 211
10.3 Motives for co operation between French and German
companies (frequency of motive in percentage of
co operation cases) 212
10.4 Community aversion ratios for high technology industry,
1983 88 213
10.5 National Community and international mergers
(including acquisitions of majority holdings) in the
Community in 1983 84, 1984 85, 1985 86, 1986 87 and
1987 88 214
10.6 Community aversion ratios for high technology industry,
excluding chemicals, 1983 88 216
11.1 Impact of merger on corporate profitability 221
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xii List of Figures and Tables
11.2 National, Community and international industrial
mergers (including acquisitions of majority holdings) in
the Community in 1983 84,1984 85,1985 86,1986 87
and 1987 88 226
11.3 Illustration of classification of industries for merger
control purposes 229 |
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