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This paper aims to contribute to the debate about strategy-making within changing institutional environments. We use an indicative case, that of a privatised Regional Electricity Company CoastElectric, to illustrate our argument. After privatisation, a space was opened up that was gradually ‘colonised’ by the consulting arms of the Big 5, the Regulator and the City. The case study is particularly illuminating in that within the space of a few years there was a sharp volte-face in the strategy making by the organization. Broadly speaking, this can be characterised first by a shift towards a ‘market based, diversification’ approach which, after a few years, was followed by a shift to a ‘core capability’ approach. In each case, senior managers could plausibly argue for the necessity of the strategy adopted in terms of satisfying the expectations of the new, colonising stakeholders.
Author(s): Carter C, Mueller F
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Year: 2006
Volume: 17
Issue: 8
Pages: 967-985
ISSN (print): 1045-2354
ISSN (electronic): 1095-9955
Publisher: Academic Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2005.08.001
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2005.08.001
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