Strategic Direction: Volume 27 Issue 7

Drowning in information – five ways of changing your information diet

Magnus Lindkvist draws on his experiences as a trendspotter to highlight some of the ways that those suffering from information‐overload can tackle the relentless stream of…

Brand loyalty always on a knife edge: Indifference is a feature of consumer attitudes

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

Spreading the word around: Improving cross‐organizational knowledge transfer

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

Innovate or die: Why innovation is the key to business success in a changing world

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

Media analysis: Saving costs and increasing revenues

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

Pick partner to stimulate innovation: Companies see collaboration as problem‐solver

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

Sense of community breeding success: Shared knowledge deepens a company's resources

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

Becoming more sustainable: The role of leadership and innovation

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

How not to silence the resistance: Why change managers need someone to talk to

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

Interview with Chris Ernst and Donna Chrobot‐Mason, authors of Boundary Spanning Leadership

The purpose of this article is to provide an interview with Chris Ernst and Donna Chrobot‐Mason, authors of Boundary Spanning Leadership, and experts in the field of leadership…

The effect of strategic alliance knowledge complementarity on new product innovativeness in china

Five ideas for sharing (how collaborative techniques and software can provide tailored digital support for marketing teams)

The great Tesco beauty gamble (the Tesco supermarket chain’s marketing strategy for breaking into the UK beauty services market)

Strategic alignment, performance, and value

Defending claims, managing risk and reducing costs

When you say “I do”? (problems facing those employees of UK accounting firms who are considering entering into partnerships)

Strategic Risk Management Practice: How to Deal Effectively with Major Corporate Exposures

Relevance of strategic management theory and research for supply chain management

Global brand planning (establishing a global brand presence by gathering information about all the relevant markets)

Diary

Slowly does it (the need for marketers to recognize the need to accommodate “slow culture”)

BRIC countries to boost UK exports

Implementation of Japanese manufacturing strategies through management control systems

Settling for second best? Reflections after the tenth anniversary of Wal-Mart’s entry to the United Kingdom