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In the hectic world in which we live it is all too easy to lose sight of our original goals. Day‐to‐day events take on an unprecedented amount of importance relative to our overall aims. What people need more of is an overview of what they are doing to enable clarity and perspective to shine through. Easier said than done, I hear you say, and you are probably right. This special issue of British Food Journal, on the theme of new product development, aims to add perspective by adding a selection of articles on how other industries manage this most important of areas.

A reply to responses by Prem Sikka and Tony Willmott (“The withering of tolerance and communication in interdisciplinary accounting studies”) and Robert Scapens (“Reactions on reading ‘The withering of criticism’”) to Tony Tinker's initial paper, “The withering of criticism”.

The paper employs argument and discourse to critique the responses and defend the author's position.

The paper offers the authors' view of the comparative research approaches of Briloff, Sikka and Willmott.

The paper extends critical debate on North American and UK contributions and approaches to critical accounting scholarship.

Much discussion has taken place in real life and in cyber space about the future of Henry Archer. He has been the subject of gossip, with the nature of his conception, and then gained a stepfather, seemingly a gentleman, who cared for both Henry and his mother. Coercive control came to dominate the relation between Rob Titchener and Helen Archer, giving an outward appearance of perfection in all aspects of family life. Henry experienced the gaslighting along with Helen and having seen his mum stab his new adoptive father, Henry was left without his mum, and in the care of evil Rob, effectively prevented from contact with his staid, and consistently caring grandparents. This paper will consider the impact of the trauma on Henry's potential psychological self as an older child and adolescent, looking at the impact of attachment, disparate parenting styles, social learning theory and domestic violence. There is also a comparison to a case study which could illustrate Henry's future, should he decide to begin a career in serial killing.

There seems little doubt that the north American supermarket scene is a great deal more colourful and varied than its equivalent in the UK. Acquisitions and mergers are proceeding apace, but more importantly, there is a great deal of diversification in format terms, with the emergence of “membership” warehouse stores, “traditional” warehouse stores, and even the “super” warehouse store — not to mention food‐drug combination stores. David Rogers asserts that in spite of the differences in format, there are considerable similarities in grocery industry trends in North America and the UK, and there is much that we can learn from them.

The purpose of this paper was to investigate what types of supply chain strategies (SCS) are implemented within luxury fashion companies, according to the drivers that regulate competitiveness in this sector (brand positioning, distribution channel, type and line of product). Moreover, the objective was to define which key performance indicators (KPIs) should be measured according to the chosen strategy, and finally to evaluate the alignment of luxury fashion companies with the proposed indicators.

The literature review was the first step performed. Thereafter, a case study was conducted and the sample, composed of six companies, was selected, a questionnaire was then developed to guide the interviews, after which the data were collected. From the data, a primary case analysis was conducted, from which cross-case patterns were also researched.

From the results obtained, it was possible to state that companies involved in the case study adopted different SCS within the same company according to the drivers that regulate the sector competitiveness. As a result, the product line was shown to be the only driver that affected both the alignment between the expected and implemented SCS, respectively, and the alignment with the selected KPIs.

The paper provides valuable insights to companies that are trying to align SCS and KPIs. The close link between these aspects had not yet been explored previously. In particular, there were no indications about the KPIs that have to be measured for a specific SCS.

Producers of scientific and technical databases received a survey questionnaire early in March 1990. The packet contained a cover letter, an envelope with postage stamps affixed, and a nine‐page survey instrument. What made this survey interesting was the penetrating, almost blunt nature of the questions. Database surveys usually toss powder puffs at the respondent. This survey fires fastballs. An organization answering the ten questions gives the analyst a glimpse of the family jewels and the dirty laundry. One other point: the survey's sponsor was the Japanese government.