The Emerging European Enterprise: Strategy and Structure in French and German Industry

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Changing Nature of Industrial Enterprise....Pages 3-7
The Stages of Corporate Development....Pages 8-23
The European Project....Pages 24-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
The German Industrial Environment in Historical Perspective....Pages 43-47
Competition and Concentration....Pages 48-62
The Patterns of Transition in Germany....Pages 63-75
The Strategies of the Top Hundred Industrials....Pages 76-101
The Organisational Responses- to Diversification....Pages 102-130
Wachstum und Wandel: German Industrial Enterprise 1950 to 1970....Pages 131-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
From Stagnation to Growth....Pages 159-165
The Influence of the State and the Competitive Environment....Pages 166-181
The Patterns of Transition in France....Pages 182-197
Diversification in France....Pages 198-228
Dilemmas of Dominance....Pages 229-238
The Management of Diversity in France....Pages 239-263
C’est Logique: French Industrial Enterprise 1950 to 1970....Pages 264-281
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
The French and German Experiences Compared....Pages 285-298
The New Challenge: Managing Diversity....Pages 299-322
Back Matter....Pages 323-337