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The international context

This paradox is ever more actual in the global world we live in today. Indeed, many of the companies have become global players, on the other hand, many of them continue to have a regional and national role as well. In my opinion, one cannot be only a global player or only a regional/national player. The regional markets, where the company initially operated, probably bring consistent shares of the overall profits as well.

So, again we are in a situation where the company needs to be able to moderately adapt its strategy in order to cover all aspects involved. Global implies or is implied by regional and national, with all responsibilities deriving here from.

Organizational purpose

In general, we may consider that any rational organization has, as its primordial goal, profit maximization.
On the other hand, this strategic goal comes against many of the company's social and environmental responsibilities, in some cases causing significant disasters. The question is again how the strategic thinking can meld both these different issues into a coherent approach.

The reason we have this list of strategic paradoxes is that the current global business environment provides for numerous examples and situations, sometimes with nothing in common from previous situations we are acquainted with. As such, while something may have worked successfully in the past, the new requirements call for a different solution. Further more, solutions are sometimes contradictory to those previously adopted......

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