Purpose – During the last 40 years, the growth and impact of UK business schools have been significant. Relatively few studies have reviewed how business school deans emerge and grow. This paper aims to explore the experiences and psychometric profiles of UK business school leaders to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategic profiles and differences across globally leading business schools. Design/methodology/approach – This paper used the concepts of strategic group identity and domain consensus to examine the differences across the business...

Purpose – The paper aims to assess the impact of corporate strategy on shareholder value in decline and turnaround situations. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 45 turnaround firms was selected and matched against a control sample which did not face continuous decline over the time...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to describe “resource margin accounting” (RMA) as a valuation framework in strategic analysis. Design/methodology/approach – The paper defines RMA as an improved framework for valuation in competitive strategy, relative to existing value‐added and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to incorporate knowledge concepts into analytical models of strategy formulation and the strategic theory of the firm. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines four different perspectives of the elusive concept of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an outline of the arguments for and against different types of journal ranking lists, and, against this background, an account of the development of the Association of Business Schools' (ABS) Journal Quality Guide . Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss, among alternative European currents, a “foundationalist perspective for management research” (FPM) which redefines the identity, rigor and relevance of management research. Design/methodology/approach – The management...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically review the relationship between management research and practice particularly in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an historical survey of initiatives and different conceptual approaches. Findings – The...

“Statistical decision theory is a theory of decision‐making, i.e., of selecting among alternatives. It is not a theory of problem solving, i.e., of finding the cause of a particular set of symptoms. Thus, if the problem or opportunity is defined poorly even the best analysis thereafter will...