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 places...

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 places...

Purpose – This article aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – The briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments...

Balanced scorecards are having a major impact on executives’ strategic decision making by encouraging their use of future‐oriented, non‐monetary success indicators. This article explains how to create a balanced scorecard with a reasonable number of indicators, set appropriate benchmarks...

The sizes, and thereby minimum investments, of venture capital funds grew phenomenally during 1995‐2000. Simultaneously, business started to transform from capital to knowledge intensive and a new gap emerged between venture and capital. A diverse group of actors referred to herein as...

In this extract from his latest book Mark Haynes Daniell analyses new sources of risk and opportunity as the telecommunications industry revolutionises the business world. He looks at recurring risk patterns and what can be done to combat them. He then looks at how some of the biggest names have...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce strategic managers to a multi‐perspective approach to thinking about risk. Design/methodology/approach – This paper takes the form of a review. Findings – An eight‐fold way of thinking about risk is suggested: as a formal idea in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain three frameworks that can be used to aid strategic decision making and the implementation of strategies. Design/methodology/approach – Dissatisfaction with existing approaches to strategic management, e.g. Michael Porter's models and SWOT...

Purpose – The aim of this article is to introduce business wargaming as a tool for ex ante strategy evaluation. Reviewing criticism of other approaches, such as scenarios and computer‐based simulations, this article explores whether business wargaming is a suitable response to this...