Table of Contents

Contents: Preface PART I A THEORETICAL PLATFORM 1. Points of Departure 2. Towards a Theory of Corporate Governance 3. The (Re)production of Corporate Paths PART II THE EMPIRICAL STUDY 4. Before World War 1 5. The First Half of the Twentieth Century 6. From Domänverket to Sveaskog: Transformations and Crises 7. From Domänverket to Sveaskog: Reviving the Original Core Business 8. From MoDo to Holmen: The Building Blocs 9. From MoDo to Holmen: A Conflictual Merger Process 10. From MoDo to Holmen: A Consolidation Period 11. From Stora Kopparberg to Stora Enso: In Search of a Strategy 12. From Stora Kopparberg to Stora Enso: Towards a Grand Merger 13. SCA: The Search for a New Core Business 14. SCA: A Dramatic Expansion Period PART III ANALYSES AND CONCLUSIONS 15. The Impact of Nature, Occurrences, Institutions and Actor Collectives on Corporate Paths 16. The Impact of Individual Actors on Corporate Paths 17. A Few More General Conclusions References Index

About the Author

Sven-Erik Sjöstrand, Professor Emeritus, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden