With companies being exhorted to become more strategically agile and internally connected,this article examines the role of the Senior Strategy Director, the executive tasked specifically with internal strategy. In particular, it explores what they do, what specific capabilities they deploy to...

European cross-border activity has increased tenfold in value over the last ten years and yet there are few studies of this important phenomenon. This study provides an up-to-the-minute view of European top managers' perceptions of key strategic issues; whether acquiring in Europe is still a...

Speed has become the new mantra in business promising advantage, prosperity and success. It is now de rigeur in the domain of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) with a rising tide of practitioners and consultants extolling the virtues of acting rapidly post-deal and the first 100 days, as critical...

Representations of strategy tend to either be so generalized as to have little real meaning for employees, or go into such detail that people struggle to understand what is really required. The problem is this: a strategy not understood by those charged with implementing it is as bad as, or even...

Recent years have seen a huge growth in European cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and considerable attention has been given to how such deals arise and are completed. However, most theoretical emphasis has been placed upon noncultural factors although it is increasingly recognized in...