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Froud, Julie; Johal, Sukhdev; Williams, Karel; Leaver, Adam - Financialization and Strategy - 9780415334181 - V9780415334181
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Financialization and Strategy

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Description for Financialization and Strategy Paperback. This key text analyzes through arguments and case studies, how pressures from the capital bull market of the 1990s and bear market of the early 2000s, have reshaped management action and calculation in large, publicly quoted US and UK corporations. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 98 black & white tables, 48 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.

Considering the recent impact of the capital market on corporate strategy, this text analyzes, through argument and supportive case studies, how pressures from the capital bull market of the 1990s and bear market of the early 2000s, have reshaped management action and calculation in large, publicly quoted US and UK corporations.

Beginning with the dissatisfaction with classical strategy and its limited engagement with the processes of financialization, the book moves on to cover three detailed company case studies (General Electric, Ford and GlaxoSmithKline) which use long run financial data and analysis of company and industry narratives to illustrate and explore ... Read more

Presenting financial and market information on trajectory in an accessible way, this book provides a distinctive, critical social science account of management in large UK and US corporations, and it is a valuable resource for students, scholars and researchers of business, management, political economy and non-mainstream economics.

short listed for the 2007 IPEG Book Prize

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415334181
SKU
V9780415334181
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Froud, Julie; Johal, Sukhdev; Williams, Karel; Leaver, Adam
The authors are all researchers at the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Centre for Research on Socio Cultural Change at the University of Manchester. Julie Froud is a Reader in Accounting at Manchester Business School. Sukhdev Johal is a Reader in the School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London. Adam Leaver is a Lecturer in ... Read more

Reviews for Financialization and Strategy
'Financialization and Strategy will be of considerable interest to scholars, managers and policy makers concerned with effects of capital markets on corporate strategy.' -Michael Power,London School of Economics and Political Science, UK 'Financialization and Strategy will be of considerable interest to scholars, managers and policy makers concerned with effects of capital markets on corporate strategy.' -Michael Power,London School of Economics ... Read more

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