Managing political imperatives in war time: strategic responses of Philips in Australia, 1939–1945

Pierre van der Eng*

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    Abstract

    The Australian subsidiary of Dutch multi-national enterprise Philips came under secret service surveillance and faced risk of government takeover as enemy property during World War II. It was also excluded from Australian government contracts for war-related communications equipment at a time when it was forced to reduce civilian production. These threats to its assets and operations required the firm to develop an adaptive corporate strategy in order to respond to the political imperatives it faced; not just minimising political risk, but also taking advantage of the opportunities that war-related production offered during the war years and after.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)645-666
    Number of pages22
    JournalBusiness History
    Volume59
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 4 Jul 2017

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