Exploring corporate culture and strategy: Sainsbury at home and abroad during the early to mid 1990s

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Title: Exploring corporate culture and strategy: Sainsbury at home and abroad during the early to mid 1990s
Authors: Shackleton, R.
Source: Environment & Planning A. May98, Vol. 30 Issue 5, p921. 20p. 2 Diagrams, 4 Charts.
Subjects: Corporate culture, J. Sainsbury PLC
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
Abstract: Argues that corporate culture plays a significant role in determining the economic performance of firms, using the United Kingdom's J Sainsbury plc to illustration the intimate power relationship between corporate culture and corporate strategy. Shows how corporate culture can concurrently be advantageous and burdensome within the same firm; Argued that the strength of the Sainsbury's corporate culture prevented it from reacting to competitive changes.
Database: Engineering Source
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Abstract:Argues that corporate culture plays a significant role in determining the economic performance of firms, using the United Kingdom's J Sainsbury plc to illustration the intimate power relationship between corporate culture and corporate strategy. Shows how corporate culture can concurrently be advantageous and burdensome within the same firm; Argued that the strength of the Sainsbury's corporate culture prevented it from reacting to competitive changes.
ISSN:0308518X
DOI:10.1068/a300921