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Creating value at the level of a corporation, government agency, or other multi-program enterprise has long been a challenge. But when companies such as Martin Marietta, McDonnell Douglas, Texas Instruments, and myriad less well-known enterprises are merging or restructuring, and once-familiar names have disappeared altogether, a new sense of urgency grows. How can value best be created at this level? The challenge is large, the stakeholders are many, and this is where multiple value streams come together — each with independent and sometimes conflicting goals.
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Murman, E. et al. (2002). Value in Corporate and Government Enterprises. In: Lean Enterprise Value. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403907509_9
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