{"product_id":"9783032117205","title":"Corporations as Grand Strategists: From Historical Prototypes to Contemporary Archetypes","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCorporations as Grand Strategists: From Historical Prototypes to Contemporary Archetypes\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHensmans, Manuel\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe return of the state and intensifying great power rivalries have made grand strategy a central concern for corporations. Extending the concept of nonmarket strategy into the realm of international balance-of-power dynamics, this book analyzes sixty-five historical and contemporary cases of firms acting as strategic actors alongside states in global power competition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThe book shows how corporations cultivate forms of smart power that complement and, at times, surpass those of the state, integrating corporate and grand strategic objectives. It identifies \u003cem\u003esix archetypes\u003c\/em\u003e of corporations as grand strategists: the exceptionalist, the techno-utopian, the statist, the semi-mercantilist, the stewardly, and the state-like corporation. Tracing their lineage to early modern empire-building and enduring through Cold War rivalries to today’s U.S.–China competition, these archetypes offer a framework linking corporate strategy to diverse hard and soft power industries, varieties of capitalism, state power, and strategic intent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-04-21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032117205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-11721-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 348\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44677265850508,"sku":"9783032117205","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032117205.jpg?v=1777386925","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032117205","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}