Partial table of contents: COMPETITION AND CORE COMPETENCE. Technological Complexity and the New Architecture of Competition (P. Norman & R. Bettis). Developing Global Strategies for Service Businesses (C. Lovelock & G. Yip). Competence--Based Strategies when Facing Innovation: But what Is Competence? (T. Durand & S. Guerra--Vieira). JOINT VENTURES AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES. Competing to Cooperate: Antecedents of "Follow--the--Leader" Behavior in US Joint Ventures in Latin America (J. Gimeno & R. Hoskisson). The Benchmark Ford--Mazda Assembly Plant in Hermosillo Mexico (G. Bannister, et al.). CORPORATE PERFORMANCE. Corporate Restructuring: The Result of Good or Bad Governance? (S. Chatterjee & R. Kosnik). Who Wins in Governance Reform?: Conventional Wisdom 1, Shareholders 0 (B. Boyd, et al.). Measuring the Distribution of Returns among Stakeholders: Method and Application to US and Japanese Auto Companies (M. Lieberman & A. Chacar). The Transformation of Fiat Auto Poland (K. Haanes et al.). Index.