TY - JOUR
AU - Smith, Chris
AB -  Work Organization Research Centre, Aston University INTRODUCTION Problems of industrial competitiveness have stimulated inquiry into the behaviour of firms within their sectors, namely the population of firms which provide similar goods and services. There is particular interest in the process whereby new or rejuvenated firms may emerge to compete more effectively within their sectors. The policy objective of achieving this industrial transformation now complements a long-standing academic interest in organizational change for the insight it affords into organizational dynamics and the relationship of organizations with their environments. The disciplines of industrial economics, organization studies and strategic management each contribute to the analysis of firms within sectors. While the potential synergy of their insights promises significant advances, the present contribution of these disciplines is as much to point u p limitations in the others and in so doing to expose issues which require further research. At this stage of development, a helpful mode of inquiry is the fine-grained case study. This can examine the processes whereby a firm has passed through major changes, locating historically salient structural forms and transitions between these in relation to the sector as a relevant context (6Pettigrew, 1985). Other types of investigation are unlikely 
TI - THE CONTEXT AND PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION ‐ CADBURY LIMITED IN ITS SECTOR
JO - Journal of Management Studies
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1987.tb00464.x
DA - 1987-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-context-and-process-of-organizational-transformation-cadbury-85QLcWbTLA
SP - 565
VL - 24
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -