Strategy, Structure, the Environment, and Financial Performance in 48 United Kingdom Companies
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 23 (2), 193-220
- https://doi.org/10.5465/255427
Abstract
Data from 48 large United Kingdom companies are analyzed to test 22 hypotheses relating to the linkages of strategy, structure, the environment, and financial performance. Among other results, the strategy/structure linkage is shown to be very stable, and the fit between strategy and structure was found to be negatively correlated with perceived environmental hostility but unrelated to financial performance.Keywords
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