Structural forces driving local responsiveness

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Authors

  • Roland Calori
  • Manuela De Carlo
  • Egbert Kahle
  • Leif Melin
  • Juan José Renau
The international dynamics of industries is best described as a field of force. On the one hand structural forces, for instance technological intensity or cross-national differences in customers’ behaviour, create a potential for competitive actions. On the other hand competitive actions, for instance mergers and acquisitions or global advertising strategies, shape a new set of structural forces. Interactions between structural forces and competitive actions are the core of the international dynamics of industries. The strategy literature (Bartlett, 1986; Prahalad and Doz, 1987; Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1989, among others) considers two categories of force: forces that drive global integration and forces that drive local responsiveness. The two sets are combined ...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Dynamics of International Competition : From Practice to Theory
EditorsRoland Calori
Number of pages24
Place of PublicationLondon [u.a.]
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc.
Publication date2000
Pages66-89
ISBN (print)978-0761961659, 978-0761961666
ISBN (electronic)9781446280232
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Publication statusPublished - 2000

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