This Element discusses the concept and applications of strategy tools. Strategy tools are frameworks, techniques, and methods that help individuals and organizations to create their strategies. After a brief overview of different ideas on strategy and strategic thinking, we move on to define and...

In presenting two perspectives through which SME networking can be discussed, namely a system view and a view that considers networks as entities, this paper aims to contribute to the current discourse on SME network resources. A network-level performance measurement system emphasizes win-win...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the effects of the customer company governance into supplier actors' experiences. Design/methodology/approach – Comparative case study of four strategic networks and 16 partnerships. Research approach is twofold: in the first phase of...