1. What is corporate level strategy? -- 2. Why do multibusiness firms exist? Theoretical approaches to diversification -- 3. Managing the multibusiness firm : theoretical approaches to corporate level strategy -- 4. Defining the business -- 5. Diversification strategies : creating corporate...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a research agenda for qualitative studies in the field of strategic management (SM) in the Baltic area. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 167 SM-related articles in this area between 2000 and 2013 were found. The content within title,...

Performance is the lifeblood of a firm's management. Performance itself depends on the adaptation of strategy, based on learning and the environment. An important way that firms adapt their strategy is through imitation or mimetic isomorphism. Imitation implies a referent for such adaptations....