Andrea Colli teaches economic and business history at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. He has extensively published on the history of family firms. Abe de Jong is a member of the finance group at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands. He has published empirical studies about financial and corporate governance structures in large companies. Martin Jes Iversen teaches economic history and European integration at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His research interests include the development of capitalism in the Nordic region, strategic and structural changes of large corporations.

• 1. Mapping strategy, structure, ownership and performance in European corporations: Introduction Andrea Colli, Abe de Jong and Martin Jes Iversen 2. Changing big business in Italy and Spain, 1973-2003: Strategic responses to a new context Veronica Binda and Andrea Colli 3. Strategic responses to global challenges: The case of European banking, 1973-2000 Mitchell Larson, Gerhard Schnyder, Gerarda Westerhuis and John Wilson 4. Strategic and structural responses to international dynamics in the open Dutch economy, 1963-2003 Abe de Jong, Keetie Sluyterman and Gerarda Westerhuis 5. Explaining corporate success: The structure and performance of British firms, 1950-84 David Higgins and Steven Toms 6. Strategic transformations in Danish and Swedish big business in an era of globalisation, 1973-2008 Martin Jes Iversen and Mats Larsson 7. The evolution of German industrial legends: The case of Baden-Wurttemberg, 1940-2007 Olaf Ehrhardt and Eric Nowak 8. Economic Orders and Formative Phases: a business historical journey through Danish capitalism 1850-2000 Martin Jes Iversen 9. More SSOP: Commentary Richard Whittington

Andrea Colli teaches economic and business history at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. He has extensively published on the history of family firms. Abe de Jong is a member of the finance group at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands. He has published empirical studies about financial and corporate governance structures in large companies. Martin Jes Iversen teaches economic history and European integration at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. His research interests include the development of capitalism in the Nordic region, strategic and structural changes of large corporations.

• 1. Mapping strategy, structure, ownership and performance in European corporations: Introduction Andrea Colli, Abe de Jong and Martin Jes Iversen 2. Changing big business in Italy and Spain, 1973-2003: Strategic responses to a new context Veronica Binda and Andrea Colli 3. Strategic responses to global challenges: The case of European banking, 1973-2000 Mitchell Larson, Gerhard Schnyder, Gerarda Westerhuis and John Wilson 4. Strategic and structural responses to international dynamics in the open Dutch economy, 1963-2003 Abe de Jong, Keetie Sluyterman and Gerarda Westerhuis 5. Explaining corporate success: The structure and performance of British firms, 1950-84 David Higgins and Steven Toms 6. Strategic transformations in Danish and Swedish big business in an era of globalisation, 1973-2008 Martin Jes Iversen and Mats Larsson 7. The evolution of German industrial legends: The case of Baden-Wurttemberg, 1940-2007 Olaf Ehrhardt and Eric Nowak 8. Economic Orders and Formative Phases: a business historical journey through Danish capitalism 1850-2000 Martin Jes Iversen 9. More SSOP: Commentary Richard Whittington