This case summarises events leading to the creation of a global giant. The merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham had implications that went beyond the UK, where both companies were domiciled. The new company sought to take residence in the US but anti-trust authorities kept the...

The case looks at the development of the modern pharmaceutical industry with an emphasis on events in the late 1990s. The various forces affecting the competitive environment around the discovery, development, production, distribution and marketing of prescription and non- prescription drugs are...

This chapter uses key concepts in the knowledge management literature to analyse the procedures and practices used by a project management team to identify, create, store, disseminate, and apply knowledge management systems for successful project completion. This project allowed a long...

This article identifies whether top managers in banks’ parent companies are highly involved in the design of strategy and examines how management styles influence (or reflect influences) on diversification decisions within bank markets. Alongside this assessment, the research ranks the main...

Bank corporate strategy can be considered as managers recognising available types of growth opportunities and then pursuing them. This approach considers that growth opportunities are external to banks and is the one adopted by most economic analysis. Based on this view the article reviews the...

Book Review to "Perspectives on Strategy from the BCG" by C.W. Stern & G. Stalk Jr. (Wiley, 1998).

Ensayo sobre cajeros automaticos. Parte 2. Compartir las redes de cajeros facilita el acceso de los usuarios a sus saldos monetarios y puede llegar a disminuir el costo financiero del banco. Sin embargo, mayor compatibilidad puede resultar en que la base de clientes sea presa facil de bancos...

This article presents interview results which are part of a wider research programme into the control bank managers have of their banks' return generating resources (captured as core capabilities). In particular, changes in growth opportunities within bank markets emerging from regulatory change...

This research considers the way in chinc banks have altered their strategies as regulatory change (ie deregulation) and information technology (IT) innovations created more opportunities for service delivery and extended the range of potential competitors and forms of competition. These external...

The case study is concerned with how a long-standing market leader maintains a position of advantage and develops its business in a fast- moving industry undergoing significant change. There are many different strategic options open to Barclaycard, but which will be most suitable? Will all the...