Wei Shi - Understanding and Managing Strategic Governance

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WEI SHI

ROBERT E. HOSKISSON

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Names: Shi, Wei, 1981- author. | Hoskisson, Robert E., 1948-author.

Title: Understanding and managing strategic governance / Wei Shi, Robert Edwin Hoskisson.

Description: First edition. | Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2021. | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021022872 (print) | LCCN 2021022873 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119798255 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119798309 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119798286 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Corporate governance. | Decision making. | Strategic planning. | Information technology—Management.

Classification: LCC HD2741 .S4985 2021 (print) | LCC HD2741 (ebook) | DDC 658.4—dc23

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The book is dedicated to our parents, Xiangsheng Shi, Shimei Hui, Claude W. Hoskisson, and Carol B. Hoskisson, for their constant love and support .

Corporate executives are responsible for making a myriad of strategic decisions that shape a firm's competitiveness and performance. Yet, executives' strategic choices are constrained by governance actors, such as the board of directors or institutional investors, who can directly or indirectly influence corporate decisions. Although much has been written about corporate governance, there is no systematic analysis of how governance actors can influence strategic decisions. A company's strategic decisions such as R&D investment and business expansion determine its competitive position and ability to care for its stakeholders. Meanwhile, governance actors can influence these important decisions through deliberate involvement but also through unintentional means. Thus, understanding and managing how governance actors shape strategic decisions is crucial to both corporate executives and governance actors.

This book explains the impact of governance actors on strategic decisions, which is referred to as strategic governance , and provides suggestions on how corporate executives can leverage governance actors to make effective strategic decisions. To facilitate our discussion, we classify governance actors into internal and external governance actors and analyze their respective influences on a myriad of strategic decisions, including corporate strategy, competitive strategy, global strategy, innovation strategy, stakeholder strategy, and corporate political strategy. Internal governance actors refer to governance actors who have direct employment relationships with a firm and include the board of directors, peer executives, and employees. In contrast, external governance actors are those who do not have direct employment relationships with a firm and consist of investors, customers, suppliers, and external information intermediaries, such as financial analysts, rating agencies, and government regulators.