Strategy & Leadership: Volume 39 Issue 5

Vijay Govindarajan: innovation coach to the developed and developing world

The purpose of this paper is to present an interview by Strategy & Leadership with Professor Vijay Govindarajan, one of the world's foremost experts on innovation execution and…

Learning to use design thinking tools for successful innovation

Design thinking is a process of continuously redesigning a business to achieve both product and process innovation. The purpose of this paper is to present a this case study of…

Strategic issue management as change catalyst

Under high turbulence conditions, a company's periodic planning cycle needs to be supplemented with a dynamic, real‐time, strategic‐issue‐management system. This paper aims to…

From social media to social customer relationship management

The purpose of this paper is to present the augment of the authors, who are IBM consultants, that companies need to meld social media programs with customer relationship…

The margin of safety principle and corporate strategy

This paper seeks to analyze the applicability of the time‐tested margin of safety principle from value investing to corporate strategy.

Global competition 2021: key capabilities for emerging opportunities

The decade ahead will likely hold abundant opportunities for enterprises with the vision and energy to reach for them. This paper aims to look at how to take the most advantage of…

Managers as visionaries: a skill that can be learned

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether visionary management be learned.

Innovation execution

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