An analytical framework for industry strategic planning and coordination.

摘要

Commodity industries in agriculture are being challenged to respond to many dynamic changes affecting their competitiveness and economic viability including opportunities for domestic and international demand expansion, changing government regulations, competitive pressures, and customer quality requirements. In order to effectively compete in markets which are increasingly global, very dynamic and often fiercely competitive, commodity industries, as well as the individual firms and organizations within these industries, need to plan for needed strategies for the future. Such an approach can aid an industry to adjust rapidly to changing market and economic conditions as well as improve the industry's overall performance in serving changing customer needs. Some industries, comprised of firms and other organizations within a commodity industry, are pro-actively addressing challenges through planning strategically. As these aspects are addressed then industry performance can be improved. This sort of planning activity with the goal of improving the competitiveness and economic viability of commodity industries is what is termed industry strategic planning and coordination (ISPC).;A key purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to the development of a pragmatic, broad-based analysis framework for accomplishing ISPC. As one step toward this goal, a review of theoretical concepts and ideas from several relevant disciplines was developed. These concepts and ideas were subsequently used to develop an ISPC framework as an effective guide for practitioners of ISPC. This ISPC framework was then related to the empirical setting of two industry case studies which involved industry strategic planning and coordination. Based upon the case studies, the framework was evaluated in relation to these empirical settings. This evaluation indicates that the ISPC framework is a useful model and can be used in other industries.;Experiences studied in this dissertation indicate that ISPC can be effective in helping an industry to develop and implement strategies that are likely to lead to improved industry performance. This indicates that further research on ISPC and applications of ISPC will likely provide useful contributions. This dissertation documents this and further contributes to the development of a comprehensive analytical framework for industry strategic planning and coordination.