Synergy	This book describes a pragmatic approach to take advantage of potential synergies between the different units of a corporate group. After warning managers about how frequently companies fail in this endeavor, the authors then offer an approach to help them analyze opportunities, avoid false synergy traps, and concentrate efforts on truly promising projects.
Andrew Campbell and Michael Goold, Capstone, 1997.
Competing on the Edge	Continuous, unpredictable change is now an integral part of the context in which companies must operate. The authors show that organizations hoping to succeed in this turbulent environment must strike a balance between chaos and bureaucracy by combining the ability to absorb continuous change and maintain a degree of consistency required for effectiveness. The book thus explores four arenas where this delicate balance can be found, namely, organizational choice, management of synergies, valuing of experience, and forecasting.
Shona L. Brown and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Harvard Business School Press, 1998.