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An empirical research on the patterns and influencing factors of strategy formation processes

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Abstract

Using data collected from 126 firms, this article attempts to classify different patterns of strategy formation process and identify organizational factors influencing the processes. Based on a clustering analysis method, we identify four patterns of strategy formation processes varying in main characteristics, such as command, adaptive, vision, and external constraints, etc. We also find that a firm’s ownership type and its development stage have significant effects on strategy formation processes.

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通过调查 126 家国内企业, 对企业战略形成过程进行分类, 并探索战略形成过程差异的组织因素。 采用聚类分析, 发现中国企业战略形成过程存在 4 种类型, 其主要特征表现在命令、 适应、 愿景、 z外部约束等方面, 同时发现: 所有制类型、 企业发展阶段对企业的战略形成过程有显著影。

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Li, Y., Hu, J. An empirical research on the patterns and influencing factors of strategy formation processes. Front. Bus. Res. China 2, 204–218 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11782-008-0012-9

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