Strategy and Corporate Governance: The Formulation of Corporate and Business-Unit Strategies

This book, Strategy and Corporate Governance, provides managers, executives, board members, and consultants with concise and incisive information on:

• What strategy is and how it works;
• Corporate and business-unit strategies, their formulation, and their functionality in the conduct of corporate governance;
• The dichotomous pairs (DPs) method—and its use in the formulation of corporate and business-unit strategies, strategy-related decision-making, strategy analysis, and the modification of existing strategies;
• Core DPs that are used in the formulation of a wide range of corporate and business-unit strategies; and
• Ancillary factors that affect strategy formulation, implementation, and sustainability.

The book was written and formatted for use as a handbook and reference book—and for use as a text in executive development programs, MBA programs, and in-company seminars.

Warnock Davies is a consultant with extensive experience in the formulation and implementation of corporate and business-unit strategies at multinational corporations and mid-sized companies in a wide range of industries, in the United States and other countries, and in other areas of corporate governance. He has held full-professor faculty appointments; has directed and taught in graduate programs, executive programs, and in-company seminars; holds a PhD and other graduate degrees from Tufts and Harvard Universities; and is the author of articles and books on business strategy, international business, and corporate governance.