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The prepared firm: serendipity, strategy and the unexpected
Deryck J. Van RensburgThis paper aims to outline the role that serendipity can play in providing a complementary and previously unrepresented vector in deliberate and emergent strategies within…
Is ownership of brands passe? A new model of temporary usage for durable goods
René Hubert Kerschbaumer, Thomas Foscht, Andreas B. EisingerichThe trend toward subscription economy accelerated the rise of access-based consumption models for durable consumer goods, replacing individual ownership with subscription…
Alliance or joint venture? Decisions on autonomy versus dependence
Anne-Sophie ThelissonStrategic alliances play a key role in a company’s growth strategy. They are an alternative to the organic option of creating a new company from scratch and a less risky option…
A shared corporate vision: staff and senior management collaborate for market dominance at a large Saudi hotel
Stefano Borzillo, Salem AlshahraniThe purpose of this study is to uncover the essential conditions for establishing a successful collaboration between the Fairmont Hotel (Makkah) staff and the senior management…
Employees as decision-makers: coordinating empowerment at all levels
Klavdia Markelova Evans, Ashley Salaiz, Rob Austin McKeeThis paper aims to address an important question of what makes companies succeed or not in their attempt to empower employees. As this study answers this question, the arguments…
Not the usual project management: a better way to prepare for major disruptions
Te Wu, Huy Will Nguyen, Young Hoon Jung, Isabelle Yi RenOrganizations have always faced the possibility of disruptions. Traditional approaches, such as shifting risks through insurance or improving organizational resiliency, view…
A retailing dilemma: sell only in-person or go multiple channel and digital?
Isabelle Collin-Lachaud, Guillaume Do Vale, Jonathan Reynolds, Richard CuthbertsonDigitalization and multi-channel strategy have appeared as recurrent themes in retailing for years, yet some major international as well as domestic mass retailers have chosen to…
Safeguarding trust in a digital ecosystem
Marcos Aguiar, Jeff Kiderman, Harsha Chandra Shekar, Oliver SchilkeThe purpose of this paper is to elaborate the significance of safeguards in digital ecosystems and their role in generating trust among participants. This paper argues that the…
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- Dr. Pierre Dal Zotto