Purpose – The paper sets out to observe the absorption of strategic management practice in a leading Central and East European (CEE) economy, and to provide insight into institutional differences influencing the content of mission statements. Design/methodology/approach – The content of...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore the effects of the diversity of experience and different personalities of top management team members on mediating processes such as agenda‐setting, the generating of strategic alternatives, and the speed of strategic decision making....

Purpose – The concept of strategic groups is a central theme in the field of strategic management, and over time it has been used by a considerable body of theoretical and empirical literature to examine different aspects of competitive strategy. However, to date, there has been little...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to help firms establish successful technology planning processes in the context of open innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Although some pioneering firms realise enormous benefits from outward technology transfer, many others experience major...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the change in Chinese managerial network systems to identify adaptation to Western strategic systems. Design/methodology/approach – A sequential explanatory approach was adopted – a quantitative analysis of personal value systems of Chinese...

Purpose – Despite the level of knowledge that has been accumulated over the years on the intricacies of decision making and strategy development there have been no attempts in the literature of strategic management to consolidate the diverse perspectives in the field in order to develop a more...

Purpose – This study aims to: identify organizational and environmental factors affecting strategic decision‐making speed; examine the relationship between those factors and innovation performance; and clarify the relationship between strategic decision‐making speed and innovation performance....

Purpose – There is vast literature and widely different views on strategy. This necessitates an organizing framework that smoothly integrates and places different conceptualizations of strategy in the proper perspective. The purpose of this paper is to clear possible confusion about the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the extant literature on strategy implementation with a view to highlight the pitfalls and use these to build a new framework that could be more relevant to the conditions existing in the Indian context. Design/methodology/approach – This...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain that corporate citizenship refers to the specific activities that an organisation engages in to meet social obligations, and which has become an issue of growing importance within the business community. A key area in academic literature...