Corporate co-evolution : a political perspective / Suzana B. Rodrigues and John Child.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodrigues, Suzana B.

Contributor:

Child, John, 1940-

Series:

Organization and strategy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telemig (Firm)--History.

Telemig (Firm).

Telephone companies--Brazil--Minas Gerais--History.

Telephone companies.

Telecommunication--Brazil--Minas Gerais--History.

Telecommunication.

History.

Brazil--Minas Gerais.

Physical Description:

xiii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2008]

Summary:

Corporate Co-Evolution is one of the first major works in Blackwell 's Organization and Strategy research series of business texts. By tracing the history and growth of Telemig, a major Brazilian telecommunications company, Corporate Evolution develops broader macro-economic principles that can be applied to today 's international corporate environment.After a general introduction to political regulations and other domains of the corporate environment that impact the growth of companies, Corporate Co-Evolution delves deeply into Telemig 's past. The text closely documents and analyzes the dramatic changes over the course of 30 years that transformed Telemig from a "lumbering dinosaur to a soaring eagle" as privatization takes the corporation into the 21st century. The authors skillfully draw out the practical and policy implications of the Telemig experience to develop a broader systematic theory of corporate evolution that is highly relevant to the contemporary business world.

Contents:

Perspectives on co-evolution

The economic and political context of telecommunications in Brazil

Scope and method

Foundations 1953-1985

Politicization 1985-1993

Reconstruction and demise 1993-2000

Organizational culture

Corporate identity

Metaphors and reflective imaging

The politics of learning at a time of restructuring

A political interest theory of corporate co-evolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781405121644

1405121645

OCLC:

124075002

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