The logic of New Zealand business : strategy, structure, and performance /
Robert T. Hamilton and Gurvinder Singh Shergill.
- ix, 173 pages ; 22 cm
Originally presented as Shergill's thesis (Ph.D)--University of Canterbury, 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Business Strategy, Structure, and Performance - A Conceptual Framework -- Measuring Business Strategy -- Business Strategy and Organization Structure -- Measures of Company Performance -- Determinants of Company Performance -- Strategy, Structure, and Performance -- Strategy-Structure 'Fit' and Performance -- Ownership, Performance, and Strategy -- Conclusions and Objectives for Further Research -- Epilogue: 1985-90: Deregulation and Business Strategy -- App. 1. The Companies, Their Strategies, and Structures -- App. 2. New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification -- App. 3. Company Financial Performance Data -- App. 4. Control Variables -- App. 5. Stepwise Regression of Company Performance -- App. 6. Company Ownership Types -- App. 7. Return on Assets for Companies with Changed Strategy -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"The Logic of New Zealand Business brings together original data on company strategy, structure, ownership, and performance to reveal why a small group of New Zealand companies has performed consistently better than others. The authors look at what major New Zealand companies have been doing interms of business strategy and structure; why they have acted in the way they have in the light of ownership changes and past financial performance; and the impact of their decisions on subsequent performance as measured in profitability and growth. The authors reveal combinations of strategy andstructure that have led to sustained superior performance in a range of industries."--Publisher description.