TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to challenge the understanding of paradox in corporate strategy as unintended and unwanted consequences that must be overcome.Design/methodology/approach– The paper builds upon the concept of patching and holds the paradoxical nature of multi‐business firms as essential for corporate evolution. It presents an inherent contradiction of corporate organising, closely related to interdependency between patches. These interdependencies vary according to whether the patches are similar or different and whether there exist competing views on centralisation and decentralisation within the company.Findings– Studying reorganizations in a large Norwegian telecommunication corporation, we explore these interdependencies and find that for the corporation to move in novel ways, combinations have to display a dynamic close to the edge of chaos.Originality/value– This paper presents new research on organizational “patching”.
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SN  - 0953-4814
DO  - 10.1108/09534810610676644
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810610676644
AU  - Hundsnes Tore
AU  - Meyer Christine B.
ED  - Alexis Downs
ED  - Dominique Besson
ED  - Pierre Louart
ED  - Rita Durant
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - Living with paradoxes of corporate strategy: A complexity perspective
T2  - Journal of Organizational Change Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 437
EP  - 446
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -