Strategic Direction: Volume 25 Issue 5

Strategy in India: why doesn't it deliver?

The purpose of this paper is to discuss fundamental issues and problems with the concept of strategy in general and its various tools in particular.

BlackBerry still a favorite tasty treat: Punching above its weight in brand icon stakes

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

Transforming a global business: How TMD refined and redefined its multinational production and service practices

The purpose of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Obama: ready to wave his wand?: The man we all want to believe in

The purpose of this paper is to show how the rise in popularity of the recently elected President will have a beneficial effect or otherwise on the prosperity of the United States…

The fall of Tenneco Inc.: Six valuable lessons of enterprise‐risk management

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

Crisis? What crisis?: Learning the lessons of detecting financial meltdown

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

E‐business disaster: Why an ambitious and expensive project failed

Reviews a case study of a failed ambitious eCRM project.

The changing face of Unilever: Out with the old and in with the new

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

Interview with Steve Tappin: Interview by Ruth Young

An interview with Steve Tappin, Managing Partner of Heidrick & Struggles.

Design growth: Using design to beat the downturn

The Design Council's National Survey of Firms 2008 has revealed that instead of retreating to safety and resorting to cutting costs, increasing numbers of UK firms are using…

Supporting medical innovation: Discovering the next breakthroughs

The Medical Futures Innovation Awards is a unique UK based awards process that is aimed at not only discovering the next breakthroughs in healthcare, but helping healthcare…

Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Practice and Policy (2nd ed.)

Juggling Janus – strategy for general managers in an age of paradoxical trends

The CEO’s marketing manifesto

Diary

Managing strategy in turbulent environments

Competitive horizon

When you shouldn't go global (companies' ill-fated globalization strategies)

Too smart for its own good (Ebay)

Strategic course corrections (aligning corporate strategy with the business environment)

Liz Claiborne’s extreme makeover

Real-world ERM (enterprise risk management)

Party Wall Act 1996

Sony chases Apple’s magic

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