The concept of parenting advantage offers a clear framework and guiding principle for corporate-level decision-making, including corporate portfolio management and corporate organization. Matthias Krühler fundamentally investigates the ability and explanatory power of the parenting advantage concept in order to effectively manage business portfolios. His theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research addresses identified shortages and expands the scientific application of the 1994 introduced concept. The author provides a number of valuable contributions for strategic management theory, reveals new avenues for future research on corporate strategy, and highlights normative implications for corporate management practice.

Autorentext

Dr. Matthias Krühler completed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Nippa at the Chair of Management, Leadership and Human Resources, Technical University of Freiberg. He is a Project Leader and member of the Corporate Development practice area of a global management consulting company.

Zusammenfassung
This dissertation fundamentally investigates the ability and explanatory power of the parenting advantage concept to effectively manage business portfolios. It contributes to a largely ignored field of corporate strategy research: namely, the parenting role and valueadded strategies of corporate headquarters.

Inhalt

Exploring Parenting Advantage.- Analyzing Parenting Advantage.- Operationalizing Parenting Advantage.- Identifying and Evaluating Parenting Strategies.- Do Parenting Strategies Pay Off for Private Equity Firms?.