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Chapter 09

For an example of Skanska's organization structure see http://www.skanska.co.uk/ and click on ‘about Skanska UK’ and then 'structure'.

For an illustration of a hypertext organization see: http://www.cs.jyu.fi/~timokk/Articles/JournalOfOrganizationalComputingAndElectronicCommerce/jocec_figures.pdf

For more information on Yahoo!'s restructuring see: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116379821933826657-0mbjXoHnQwDMFH_PVeb_jqe3Chk_20061125.html,
and http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=220987

A brief summary of the issues discussed in Ghoshal and Bartlett's (1998) book The Individualized Corporation can be found at: http://www.linezine.com/7.2/articles/cbsghcbip.htm and a brief extract is to be found at: http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/acrobat/ghosal.pdf

An article reporting on an interview with Ghoshal is also useful – but you will need an Athens password to access this for free: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V9T-3SX23RJ-P&_user=5867333&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000009979&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=5867333&md5=9e86d3b3b5cec396e4a28c149a163276

There is a good summary of key alliance success factors in Harvard Business Online - Harvard Online on alliances (a PDF version of this paper was incomplete at the time we tried to access it).

A concise summary of alliance literature can be found at: http://www.euintangibles.net/library/localfiles/WP6/6.1_Koleva_etal_2002.pdf

For an interesting essay on the issues of focus versus diversity see: http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/dick.rumelt/Docs/Commentary/CorpStrategy2.pdf.
See also an interview with Rumelt in the McKinsey Quarterly: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.aspx?ar=2039

Some facts on the oneworld alliance can be found at: oneworld factsheet

Information on Aer Lingus’ withdrawal from the oneworld alliance can be found at: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-05-31-aerlingus-oneworld_x.htm

For more information on companies' alliances see:
Philips - http://www.philips.com/about/company/alliances/index.page? and http://www.philips.com/about/company/participations/index.page.
Siemens - http://w1.siemens.com/apps/search/en/index.php and enter ‘alliance’ into the search box.

For some information on Bayer AG see: http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=031107004754.

Articles mentioned in the chapter include:
‘Bayer dealt blow as pharma chief Ebsworth quits’; which can be found at: http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=020108007518
‘Bayer to float parts of chemicals business’, which can be found at: http://search.ft.com/nonFtArticle?id=031107004754