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The Dynamic American Firm

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Robert A. Batterson

    1. Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

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  2. Kenneth W. Chilton

    1. Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

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  3. Murray L. Weidenbaum

    1. Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Responding to a Changing World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. U.S. Firms in Transition

      • Andrew Wilson
      Pages 3-19

  3. External Shocks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Regionalization versus Globalization of World Trade

      • Murray Weidenbaum
      Pages 23-27

    3. The U.S.-EU Relationship: Friends and Competitors

      • Murray Weidenbaum
      Pages 29-35

    4. Prospects for an Americas Free Trade Area

      • Robert A. Batterson
      Pages 37-59

    5. Japan’s Growing influence in Asia: Implications for U.S Business

      • Steven B. Schlossstein
      Pages 61-78

    6. Greater China: The Next Economic Superpower

      • Murray Weidenbaum
      Pages 79-87

    7. Capital Mobility: Challenges for Business and Government

      • Richard B. McKenzie, Dwight R. Lee
      Pages 89-102

  4. Going Global

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Competing in a Global Marketplace

      • Harvey S. James Jr., Murray Weidenbaum
      Pages 105-121

    3. Business Responses to Foreign Government Barriers

      • Murray Weidenbaum, Harvey S. James Jr.
      Pages 123-135

    4. Patterns of Economic Globalization by U.S. Manufacturers

      • Harvey S. James Jr.
      Pages 137-147

  5. Adjustment from Within

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. U.S. Firms Restructure and Revitalize

      • Andrew Wilson
      Pages 151-162

    3. American Manufacturers Respond to the Global Marketplace

      • Kenneth Chilton
      Pages 163-182

    4. The Crumbling of the Old Social Contract

      • Kenneth Chilton, Murray Weidenbaum
      Pages 183-199

    5. Fashioning a New Social Contract for the American Workplace

      • Kenneth Chilton, Murray Weidenbaum
      Pages 201-218

  6. Whither the U.S. Film

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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About this book

Business is becoming more global, more competitive, and more knowledge-intensive. Consequently, business executives are being required to reexamine and redefine fundamental relationships - both intra- and inter-company. The Dynamic American Firm explores the pivotal factors motivating the organizational changes that are sweeping American business, with a particular emphasis on the global marketplace. It provides a critical analysis of the forces that are shaping strategies and structures of American business, emphasizing that the process of adaption is more important than particular strategies and structures that develop along the way.
The authors begin by illustrating the external factors that shape the development of the firm, including a combination of technological advances and increasingly global markets, and proceed to discuss corporate efforts to adapt to this external environment by means of changing relationships with other firms. They pay particular attention to the alliances that help American firms establish a presence in overseas markets, including the roles of mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. The book concludes with a discussion of the internal changes taking place in American firms, including shifts in organizational strategy and structure, the elimination of middle management, and the development of work teams.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

    Robert A. Batterson, Kenneth W. Chilton, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Dynamic American Firm

  • Editors: Robert A. Batterson, Kenneth W. Chilton, Murray L. Weidenbaum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1313-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9662-8Published: 31 March 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8563-2Published: 27 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1313-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 240

  • Topics: Management, Business and Management, general, International Economics

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