Strategic Direction: Volume 22 Issue 7

The improvement journey: an interview with Joe Goasdoué

The purpose of this article is to discover what the British Quality Foundation is, what they represent, and what they can offer UK businesses and organizations.

Online auctions prove their staying power

Explores how the growth of online auctions is affecting businesses.

Battling for Nigeria's telecommunications: South African mobile giants Vodacom and MTN wrestle for control over a developing market

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

Growth at Haier Group, Pfizer and Electronic Arts: Strategies for expansion

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

Jardine Matheson: still getting it right after 200 years: How a traditional company innovated its organizational structure

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

Authenticity and effective leadership: Getting the focus right

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

Amazon and E*Trade write the e‐strategy rules: Risk taking propensity and short‐term responsiveness the propensity keys to e‐business success

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

No easy ride at General Motors: Strategic mistakes or the victims of circumstance?

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

Being delicious and being happy: The Coca‐Cola Corporation can be deliciously happy about its success in adopting a “glocal” marketing strategy in the world's biggest emerging consumer nation

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

Look to design: In looking to reduce manufacturing costs, focus on product design

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

Eliminating development queues: The hidden enemy of development

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

Operations, strategy, and technology: pursuing the competitive edge

Connecting projects to corporate strategy

Islam and business

Diary

Reputation risk: it is the board's ultimate responsibility

Competitive horizon

Double vision (mergers)

All the wrong moves (case study on the decision-making process)

Leadership chronicles of a corporate sage: five keys to becoming a more effective leader

Krafting leaders

The Iger sanction (business strategy at Disney)

Old mogul, new media (Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation)

Making change last: how to get beyond change fatigue

How free is your information?

Robert Lane ploughs new ground

What’s on the web