Corporate Strategy: Tools for Analysis and Decision-Making

This book is used for the analysis of business combinations and whether to keep or divest such parts or sections of it as is necessary to grow and or increase profitability.

Very insightful and easy to understand.

The first book that put the concept of Corporate Strategy in a very clear and pratical way

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Great book...

+ Puranam and Vanneste succeed in making complex models and theories accessible and fun to study+ Coherent and logic overall structure of the book+ Every chapter/issue is introduced by a case study scenario+ Ideal combination of theory, references to academic studies/academic background, detailed explanations and application+ Most important aspects are summarised in tables, figures or concluding statements+ Concise language, easy to read, much less unnecessary lengthy repetitions than in other similar books+ Much less daunting to read than many other course books- Requires some prior understanding of business strategy, as book purely focuses on corporate strategyThe book was incredibly helpful for the understanding of my corporate strategy module at a leading university, and I think that this book could be useful for lecturers to structure similar modules.Due to many illustrative examples and cases, the tools for analysis and decision-making are also interesting for practitioners.I can very well imagine myself referring back to the book again during my professional career.

I have now been using Corporate Strategy by Puranam and Vanneste for both teaching and research for over a year and it has quickly become my favourite corporate strategy book in my academic library. All chapters are clearly written and provide refreshing perspectives on key corporate strategy topics such as value creation by corporate headquarters, acquisition and divestiture of strategic business units, organization of a multi-business firm.I recommend this book for both practioners and scholars. The former will benefit from a rich set of novel tools and conceptual frameworks providing analytical rigor in decision making related to designing and executing corporate strategy. The latter will appreciate argumentation clarity as well as guidance towards essential corporate strategy literature at the end of each chapter.

This book manages to be both relevant for practitioners and very useful as a teaching tool. Each topic is introduced in a clear and concise way, enriched with examples that highlight the potential pitfalls and possible complexity of the decision making process.Although the topics are complex, the authors manage to make them easily understandable and approachable. This is not a dry textbook, but a very enjoyable read.