Chapter Fourteen Developing New Capabilities at Corporate Headquarters
One of the central points of this book is that the best corporate headquarters are able to add more value to their businesses than other corporate headquarters. These corporate headquarters have some advantage over their rivals in capabilities, such as performance management or choosing people or marketing, or in resources, such as brand or money or patents.
Another central point is that companies should try to align their portfolio of businesses with the capabilities and resources that they have at headquarters or vice versa. By aligning the two, companies can achieve their longer-term objective of becoming the best owner of their businesses.
Why Headquarters Capabilities ...
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