Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

Four wheel‐drive trucks splash through swollen rivers, crunch through gravel and roll effortlessly across rutted terrain. Rugged men with designer stubble cut like butter through rock‐hard surfaces using the latest in power tools, while balancing nonchalantly on I‐beams 15 storeys up. We...

Asked about his success as an entrepreneur and businessman, Sir Richard Branson is reputed to have said: “Success comes from making enough mistakes”. Well, we know what he means. And such homilies are encouraging words indeed for people trying to emulate the business world’s big hitters,...

You’re on your way home and have been in Marks & Spencer’s for a pair of socks and a bottle of wine. On your way to the car, your Motorola phone rings and you’re asked to visit a supermarket for a pair of Levi’s and some groceries. “Get some Guinness, too, and a couple of Kit Kats,”...