The past decade has seen widespread adoption of specific strategy analysis methods ranging from PIMS to portfolio management. Recently, disenchantment has set in. The answer lies not in rejecting the various theories and models, but in creatively combining usage of them. Each may only give part...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the authors' in‐depth investigations of six successful turnarounds, which found that renewal was accomplished by a new management team that stepped outside the boundaries and constraints of the company and looked at its market through the...

Winning companies must renew themselves by growing beyond present markets and products. Each growth path has its own risk/return profile that needs careful management. By reference to companies such as Pitney-Bowes, 3M, Proctor and Gamble, and Campbell Soup, George Day sets out five key success...

This article emphasises the powerful role structure plays in creating a marketdriven organization. Then it analyses the trade-offs between different organizational structures and higlights the ways in which many firms are adopting hybrid structures based around horizontal business processes. The...