Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Scans the top 400 management publications in the world to identify the most topical issues and latest...

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 and...

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 clarify how to start up and establish a new business by developing, combining and utilizing strategic resources and capabilities. Design/methodology/approach The paper studies the case of Park24 by examining how it created a market, changed the way to compete in the...

Many people view the term downsizing as an unpleasant euphemism, especially those who have been victims of an organization’s decision to cut its workforce. To some extent, this is based on the view that downsizing simply means a planned reduction in personnel. A better definition might be a...

Although CSR appears to be the new craze on the corporate block, history has shown that this penchant for responsibility is not necessarily as straightforward as you may think. Certainly this was the experience of Shell Oil, the global giant who (perhaps unwittingly) discovered a number of...

ormer US Attorney‐General Ramsey Clark once said “turbulence is life force – it is opportunity”. And for today’s leading car manufacturers, dealing with this “life force” has fast become a way of life. Fortunes are mixed, demands are shifting and remaining in the driving seat is...

To say that the corporate reforms of 1978 and China’s subsequent entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) have shaken up the economy is an understatement on a par with “Enron was a bit of a blow for the US”. This has brought about massive change for organizations both home and abroad...