Strategic Direction: Volume 25 Issue 9

Tesco staff keep hands on the wheel: Objectives managed and steered to appraisal

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

Sitting on a new strategy for growth: Incubation suits the “new economy”

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

Who is corporate social responsibility really for?: Corporate America gets sophisticated

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

US prepares to expect the unexpected: Consultants identify potentially disruptive technologies

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

Profiting from the best of both worlds: NPOs find ways to make more impact

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

Understanding consumer mistrust: Why is trust declining and what can marketers do about it?

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

Ways to exploit emerging technology: Marketing on new platforms

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

Interview with Michael Dunn

The purpose of this paper is to present an interview with Michael Dunn, a leading global consultancy expert, author and one of Consulting Magazine's Top 25 Consultants of 2008.

Making design connections: New technologies enhance product development

Three research projects at varying degrees of progress are developing technologies that could, in future, significantly support more effective product design, development and…

Innovation strategies for the downturn: Changing innovation focus

As indicated by Boston Consulting Group's (BCG's) sixth annual global survey and report, economic concerns are weighing on many companies' innovation plans. However, while many…

Google is practical, not evil

Is there any hope? The idea of strategy in business networks

On the problem of participation in strategy: a critical discursive perspective

New environmental regulations will speed up remedies

Tightening the belt (cost cutting strategies for business owners)

What’s on the web

Global Project Management: Communication, Collaboration and Management across Borders

A view from the top (interviews with top chief executives)

Choice interactions and business strategy

Diary

The Ocado boys (interview)

Scope for food manufacturers in Latin America

Strategy: rethinking the paradigm

Strategic priorities, performance measures and performance: an empirical analysis in Dutch firms

Is your business costing you?