An analysis of the evolution of competitive strategies within the forestry industry is presented in this book. The argument is that the chosen context serves as an illustrative setting for a discussion related to global corporate evolution. Therefore, this analytical and rigorous book contributes to better understanding of the workings of a number of manufacturing industries through discussion of the evolutionary development within the pulp and paper industry.

I.- Evolution of Competitive Strategies in Global Forestry Industries: Introduction.- II.- The Giant: International Paper 1898-2000.- A Company and the State: Enso-Gutzeit.- Comparing the Strategic Evolution of Georgia-Pacific, Mead and Weyerhaeuser.- The Challengers: Kymmene, United Paper Mills, and Metsäliitto.- Strategy Formation in the Swedish Forestry Industry: Comparing SCA and MoDo.- Two Family Firms in Comparison: Ahlström and Schauman During the 20th Century.- Entrepreneurial Organization or Family Firm? A Strategic Analysis of Gulf States Paper Corporation.- III.- Managerial Cognition and Action in the Context of the Forestry Industry.- Consolidation by Game-Playing: a Gamesmanship Inquiry into Forestry Industry.- IV.- The Ephemera of Success: Strategy, Structure and Performance in the Forestry Industries.