As many authors suggest, nowadays the distribution arms of the major info-entertainment conglomerates heavily invest in feature films that promote their own intellectual properties. As a result, the variety of features films that these companies contribute to produce increasignly depends on the...

The article presents a part of the results of research conducted by the Strategic Management Department of the Wrocław University of Economics*. The study was conducted on a sample of 150 companies (3 separate samples [small, medium and big companies] each with N=50 entities). The respondents...

Purpose - Strategic agility is a fuzzy concept that has become crucial to cope with environmental uncertainty and instability; hence, more in-depth studies are highly needed. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the still diffuse research area of strategic agility by clarifying its scope...

Purpose: This paper profiles the leadership and Financial Strategy principles of Henry E. Singleton, Ph.D., the late founder, Chairman and CEO of Teledyne Corporation. Design/methodology/approach: The main sources of this paper are a private study prepared by Leon G. Cooperman, founder, Chairman...

In an effort to ensure accountability and consistency, business leaders often struggle with organizational change. Business Architecture has traditionally prioritized organization, stability, and continuity, but what if organizational structure was engineered for change? In a world consumed by...

Purpose – This paper profiles the leadership and Financial Strategy principles of Dr. Henry E. Singleton, the late founder of Teledyne Corporation. Design/methodology/approach – The main sources of this paper are a private study prepared by Leon G. Cooperman, Chairman and CEO of Omega...

The purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual high-performance framework that can be used to gauge how organizations operating in Africa contribute to the sustainability of the continent. This is necessary because literature review showed that the definition of high-performance is...

This paper analyzes the growth and evolution of Knauf CIS Group from 1992 to 2012. The study defines the features and characteristics of the firm’s corporate policies including production and operations, marketing, HR management, and societal engagement. These policies have enabled Russian...

Strategic Planning (SP) in today’s dynamic and complex global environment needs to adopt new approaches about the design and implementation phases including major factors like new information technology as it related to Virtual Environment and directing the different stakeholders and people...

The M-form, in which a corporate parent manages relatively freestanding business units, was the most successful organizational design of the twentieth century. However, contemporary economic conditions call for designs that allow firms to exploit synergies across their business units and on this...