Strategic Direction: Volume 22 Issue 4

Merger integration at Ford and Volvo: The importance of decision‐making processes

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Old‐fashioned quality?: Robust approaches to improvement continue to yield advantage

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

How the likes of Napster and Kazaa went so far so quickly: Network innovators – the new Robin Hoods of business

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Sony: death or glory?: Can blue chip giant regain its luster?

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

How communication aids innovation: Taking the fear out of change

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Teamwork at Norsk Hydro and Renault: A case for putting an “I” in team?

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Technical training: a job for the specialist consultants: Putting maintenance engineering training into the hands of technical training consultants improves time management, flexibility and specialist focus

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

GM and the NUMMI alliance: But has the automaker learned enough?

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Becoming part of the new innovation paradigm: Enabling disruptive innovation

This article aims to review disruption innovation in the area of new product development.

Reviewing creativity in UK business: Reaping too few benefits

This article aims to present the findings from the Cox Review into sustaining creativity in UK business.

The 18 Immutable Laws of Corporate Reputation

Foreign-based competition and corporate diversification strategy

The harder they fall: conglomerates are stricken by a shift in investor preference

A CEO-adviser model of strategic decision making

Philip Green (interview)

Employment law in 2006: the year ahead

What's on the web

International Handbook on Globalization, Education and Policy Research

The effect of strategic complexity on marketing strategy and organizational performance

Scanning the periphery (business environment)

Diary

An investigation into the role, effectiveness and future of non-executive directors

Competitive horizon

Leadership: experience is the best teacher

Conquer and divide (Hyatt)

Split personality (Royal Philips Electronics operations in Asia)

Inspired leadership: the powerful attractors for a new era of mastery