Welcome to this blog. It was developed to discuss issues related to Business, Corporate, and International Strategy. In this forum I will address the management of individual businesses as well as the management of the multi-business and multi-nation firm.

From a business strategy perspective, this blog will address how firms generate and sustain competitive advantage, market positioning vis-à-vis competitors, and competitive dynamics. Broadly, issues of Corporate Strategy revolve around whether firms should enter a range of businesses, how those businesses
should be entered, how businesses can be synergistically combined
to create value, and how diversified firms can and should be managed. With respect to International strategy, the blog will consider globalization, why firms expand abroad, how firms expand abroad, how managing a
multinational corporation (MNC) differs from managing a domestic
corporation, and how macro economic events in the institutional and political environments impact firms.

Specific topics will include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, corporate governance, executive pay, foreign entry strategies, foreign entry modes, location decisions, and globalization. Of course, I may have missed a few things here and there, so I obviously reserve the right to broaden the scope of the blog to address items that may or may not be listed herein…

In any event, I’ve noticed a dearth of blogs on Strategy topics, and I hope this blog fills that gap. Moreover, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I do writing it!

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