Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre. His research and consulting interests are concerned with corporate strategy and structure, especially in multi-business companies. His publications include Designing Effective Organizations: How to Create Structured Networks, Synergy: Why Links between Business Units Often Fail and How to Make Them Work, Corporate-Level Strategy: Creating Value in the Multibusiness Company, Strategic Control: Milestones for Long-Term Performance and Strategies and Styles: The Role of the Centre in Managing Diversified Corporations. Michael also runs the Centre's programme on Group Level Strategy.
Advance praise for Corporate-Level Strategy. "At last a book that cuts through all the corporate jargon and academic generalizations to answer the question 'Does the corporate parent create or destroy
In today's highly fluid business environment, for disparate business units to work together smoothly is increasingly becoming a critical component of long-term success. Andrew Campbell and Michael...