Why is it that many companies meticulously following recipes on management and strategy fail? Did Google, Skype, Ryanair, Huawei and a number of other successful companies buy into a well thought out strategy and adhered to that over time? How do companies deliberately opting out of the recipe...

The middle management role in strategy execution remains a critical issue in the success of strategic initiatives. The management literature has viewed middle managers as 1) implementers of top management defined strategic changes, 2) relationship managers in strategic-change programs and 3) key...