strategy. Design/methodology/approach – Personal essay. Findings – Communications is an essential element of strategy …

/methodology/approach – The article reviews the history of modern business strategy and divides it into three major phases, centered on the …. Findings – Business strategy is fundamentally an exercise in understanding and improving business performance and growth. It … strategy as an arc of inquiry that has forward direction, moving inexorably outward, from time–motion studies on the shop floor …

suggest that having an appropriately balanced strategy of personalisation/codification of knowledge through CoPs contributes … link strategy with KM strategy in creative PSFs.  …

clarity framework to their existing strategic processes. By doing so, they can re-assess strategy and optimize their actions … perspective and opinion on strategy using familiar examples to executives. The clarity strategy framework provides executives with …

showing firstly how creative industry PSFs can differ in their strategy for growth, and secondly how these alternative … product portfolio strategy where the firm structures for efficiency aligned to a managerial talent profile, and an artistic … competency strategy where the firm structures for creativity aligned to a technical talent profile. Research limitations …

sustainability on firm strategy. The model helps to convert high level sustainability vision statements into a new set of actions … has on the outside world need to be included in firm strategy and decision making. Findings – The sustainable activity … model is useful for focusing strategy on the material impacts of the firm rather than focusing on the issues that are most …

; innovation strategy is missing in most organizations; there is an executive/employee innovation perception gap; innovation …

businesses. The authors extend the popular tool of strategy maps into the family business arena to address potential … misalignments arising from the family imprint on a business. The resulting family enterprise strategy map (FESM) aims, both … the FESM, family managers can enhance strategy design and implementation, thereby increasing the viability and longevity …

strategy and to put forward a clearly articulated framework which, while firm‐centric, acknowledges that stakeholders hold the … strategy‐related literature. Findings – For many directors, managers, consultants and academics, there is a disconnect between … strategy and what is often referred to as “stakeholder management”. In the latter, stakeholders are the first and final focus …