Corporate-level strategy: creating value in the multibusiness company

Pt. 1. Corporate Strategy and Parenting Advantage. 1. Corporate Strategy: The Issues. 2. Parenting Advantage: The Framework. 3. Questions about Parenting Advantage. 4. Corporate Strategy: The Background

Pt. 2. Successful Corporate Strategies. 5. How Parents Create Value. 6. Stand-Alone Influence. 7. Linkage Influence. 8. Functional and Services Influence. 9. Corporate Development. 10. The Evolution of Corporate Strategies. 11. Successful Corporate Strategies

Pt. 3. Developing a Corporate Strategy. 12. Developing a Corporate Strategy: Overview. 13. Developing Corporate Strategy: An Example. 14. Decisions about the Portfolio. 15. Decisions about the Parent. 16. Putting Parenting Advantage into Practice. A. Defining Businesses. B. Definition and Structure of Parent Organizations. C. Parenting Styles. D. Alliances