Strategy, Control and Competitive Advantage Case Study Evidence

How should firms’ control systems be designed and used to formulate and implement strategies that will contribute to competitive advantage and sustained high performance? This book offers some thought-provoking suggestions.  It contains empirica

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Erik Jannesson Fredrik Nilsson Birger Rapp Editors

Strategy, Control and Competitive Advantage Case Study Evidence

Management for Professionals

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Erik Jannesson • Fredrik Nilsson • Birger Rapp Editors

Strategy, Control and Competitive Advantage Case Study Evidence

Editors Erik Jannesson Department of Management and Engineering Linko¨ping University Linko¨ping Sweden

Fredrik Nilsson Department of Business Studies Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden

Birger Rapp Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology, Gothenburg Ljustero¨ Sweden

ISSN 2192-8096 ISSN 2192-810X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-39133-0 ISBN 978-3-642-39134-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-39134-7 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013950053 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer ScienceþBusiness Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

For quite some time, the area known as strategy and management control has been of considerable interest to researchers and practitioners. Somewhat simplified, this subject concerns how the control systems of firms should be designed and used in order to formulate and implement strategies that contribute to competitive advant