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Corporate finance means responding to the financial markets. Strategy, on the other hand, aims to change and shape the environment. Strictly speaking, therefore, “strategic corporate finance” is a contradiction in terms. It is a paradox, something completely different to traditional corporate finance. Financial strategists do huge deals and consciously break the laws of the market. Precisely this approach is at the heart of strategic corporate finance.
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Spremann, K. (2009). Introduction. In: Eilenberger, G., Haghani, S., Kötzle, A., Reding, K., Spremann, K. (eds) Current Challenges for Corporate Finance. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04113-6_1
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