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Creating corporate advantage.

D J Collis1, C A Montgomery

  • 1Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA.

Harvard Business Review
|April 7, 1998
PubMed
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Great corporate strategies leverage unique company resources, not just product similarities. Understanding resource specialization guides business selection and organizational design for superior value creation.

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Area of Science:

  • Business Strategy
  • Corporate Finance
  • Organizational Management

Background:

  • Corporate strategy aims to create value exceeding the sum of individual business units.
  • Multibusiness companies face challenges in defining scope, coordination, and corporate office roles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a framework for value creation in multibusiness companies.
  • To identify key drivers of successful corporate strategy.
  • To analyze common strategic and organizational misalignments.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a comprehensive framework for corporate strategy.
  • Detailed case studies of four major companies: Tyco International, Sharp, Newell Company, and Saatchi and Saatchi.

Main Results:

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  • Corporate strategy success is driven by a company's unique resources (assets, skills, capabilities).
  • Resources exist on a continuum from specialized to general, influencing business scope and organizational design.
  • Misaligned strategies often stem from focusing on product similarities over resource-based advantages and using generic organizational structures.

Conclusions:

  • A resource-based view is crucial for effective corporate strategy formulation.
  • Tailoring organizational structures to specific strategies is essential for value creation.
  • No single corporate strategy or organizational model fits all companies; success varies across the resource continuum.