Case Study 2: Philips versus Matsushita: Competing Strategic and Organizational Choices
Carefully read Case 4-1, Philips versus Matsushita, on pp. 331-347 of the Transnational Management textbook. Consider the organizational development of each firm and its implications on that company’s strategic capability.
What do you think of the change each company has made to date – the objectives, the competencies, and incompetencies? What strategic impediments and disabilities did each bring to the organizational dynamics? What recommendations would you make to each organizational leader?