{"product_id":"corporations-as-grand-strategists-manuel-hensmans-9783032117205","title":"Corporations as Grand Strategists: From Historical Prototypes to Contemporary Archetypes","description":"The return of the state and intensifying great power rivalries have made grand strategy a central concern for corporations. Extending the concept of nonmarket strategy into the realm of international balance-of-power dynamics, this book analyzes sixty-five historical and contemporary cases of firms acting as strategic actors alongside states in global power competition.  The book shows how corporations cultivate forms of smart power that complement and, at times, surpass those of the state, integrating corporate and grand strategic objectives. It identifies \u003cem\u003esix archetypes\u003c\/em\u003e of corporations as grand strategists: the exceptionalist, the techno-utopian, the statist, the semi-mercantilist, the stewardly, and the state-like corporation. Tracing their lineage to early modern empire-building and enduring through Cold War rivalries to today's U.S.-China competition, these archetypes offer a framework linking corporate strategy to diverse hard and soft power industries, varieties of capitalism, state power, and strategic intent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manuel Hensmans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3032117208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783032117205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 6.21w x 0.94d","brand":"Manuel Hensmans","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997179490559,"sku":"9783032117205","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/corporations-as-grand-strategists-manuel-hensmans-9783032117205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}