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In changing times, vision and values can be the most powerful focus an organisation can have. The CEO is an architect of these values. They must be shared, and tied to reward systems. Several case examples are cited, including statements of values from DuPont, Tampella and American Commercial...
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in philosophy of science. To make the point, this paper uncovers similarities between Lewis's pragmatism and Shewhart …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a qualitative research method for which the empirical material is drawn from the experience of a practitioner-researcher. Design/methodology/approach – First, a review of other autobiographical methods is made to show that the proposed method...
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of corporate communications upon the formulation of corporate strategy.  …
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This article posits a paradigm of levels of success for strategic decision outcomes. A high level of strategic decision success is normally preceded by a positive strategic gap in which the strengths of the organization clearly outweigh its weaknesses. Three comprehensive cases are set forth as...
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internal capabilities. This study supports the notion that strategy is formulated in part as a response to management … varies by generic strategy, suggesting that businesses consider both the type and degree of uncertainty when crafting a … competitive strategy. Specifically, the data suggest that viable strategic options may be limited more by the cognitive and …
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concludes with the process of managing and strategy throughout the phases, giving guidelines that managers and CEOs should … managing/strategy) are sub‐divided into three sub‐sections: pre‐merger; during the merger; post‐merger. This is intended to …
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possess. Market orientation is a behavioural culture that affects strategy formulation and strategy implementation, and how an … and strategy profiles corresponding to unique competitive contexts that represent best practices for an organization … assertion that organization culture is synonymous with strategy and the evidence that the external environment affects …
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The focus of this research was on exploring how entrepreneurs think about risk and deal with it in the strategy …
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The impact of the cognitive and demographic characteristics of top management teams (TMTs) on the strategic assets acquisition performance in organizations is evaluated. The evaluation measure is relative efficiency in converting generic inputs into valuable strategic assets using data...
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