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Strategic Choice Under Uncertainty
Mzamo P. Mangaliso
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Description for Strategic Choice Under Uncertainty
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures, charts. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Strategic Choice Under Uncertainty provides an inside perspective of how multinational corporations dealt with the pressure to withdraw from South Africa in the 1980s. The decision was mired in the uncertainty of weighing the economic and social costs of the disinvestment strategy against the benefits that would come with the restoration of racial equality and democracy in the country. By providing a robust conceptual scaffolding of environmental uncertainty, the book empirically demonstrates how extra-organizational environmental forces can affect strategic choices and, therefore, performance outcomes. Furthermore, the book demonstrates the vulnerability of multinational business operations to repressive host government practices, and ... Read more
Strategic Choice Under Uncertainty provides an inside perspective of how multinational corporations dealt with the pressure to withdraw from South Africa in the 1980s. The decision was mired in the uncertainty of weighing the economic and social costs of the disinvestment strategy against the benefits that would come with the restoration of racial equality and democracy in the country. By providing a robust conceptual scaffolding of environmental uncertainty, the book empirically demonstrates how extra-organizational environmental forces can affect strategic choices and, therefore, performance outcomes. Furthermore, the book demonstrates the vulnerability of multinational business operations to repressive host government practices, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761850885
SKU
V9780761850885
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About Mzamo P. Mangaliso
Mzamo P. Mangaliso holds a Ph.D. in strategic management. His research interests are in strategy, international and comparative management, and organizational analysis. He has published several articles and a co-edited book, Prophesies and Protests: Ubuntu in Global Management. He is a fellow and past president of the Eastern Academy of Management (U.S.), and past president and CEO of National Research ... Read more
Reviews for Strategic Choice Under Uncertainty
Original, high quality work…. bring[ing] new insights on the difficult strategic choices corporate leaders had to make in a host nation governed by the oppressive system of apartheid. This is fascinating reading that scholars and executives alike will find very informative.
Heinz Weihrich, professor of global management and behavioral sciences, University of San Francisco and author of Management: A ... Read more
Heinz Weihrich, professor of global management and behavioral sciences, University of San Francisco and author of Management: A ... Read more