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In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 11, pp. 11-14

advantages and waving goodbye to their growth prospects. …

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In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 2, pp. 37-39

that analysis now shows that this approach does not work, with growth by acquisition frequently inferior to that achieved …

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Innovation and growth

In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 4, pp. 29-31

innovation is vital for business growth, but that the innovation process in most companies is poor. …

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Ericsson’s strategic mistakes

In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 10, pp. 8-10

It is no secret that when the fortunes of the telecoms sector collapsed in 2000, network supplier Ericsson was hit hard. In October 2003, the Sweden‐based firm had spent 11 quarters in the red and chief executive Carl‐Henric Svanberg admitted “I think it’s very low odds on guessing that...

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Getting growth right

In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 10, pp. 11-14

My local soccer team has spent its entire existence to date struggling in the lower reaches of English football. But a couple of years ago, the club raised more than a few eyebrows by pulling off what most people regarded as a transfer coup. Now the player in question was no world‐beater but...

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R&D before all at Hewlett Packard, 3M and GE

In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 10, pp. 15-17

, recently said: “Ultimately the responsibility of R&D is to generate profitable growth for the company. For the customer, the …

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Looking beyond the innovation paradox

In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 10, pp. 33-35

is a vital source of competitive advantage and critical for achieving future growth and profitability objectives. But … Profitable Growth” produced by Deloitte Research, not only confirms this by highlighting a major paradox that still persists … profitable growth through innovation. …

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What does the future hold for Intel, Apple and Microsoft?

In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 11, pp. 10-13

If outgoing Intel CEO Craig Barrett has his way, we’ll all soon be surviving on a diet of nothing but chips. But before nutritionists everywhere shudder at the thought of an even greater obesity problem, let me reassure them that the chips in question are not the fried potato kind. While...

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Interview with Paul Nunes and Tim Breene, authors of Jumping the S‐curve

by Juliet Harrison, Interview - In: Strategic Direction 27 (2011) 9, pp. 32-34

introduction of new technologies and innovations. And when a business's revenue growth stalls, only 7 percent ever go on to reclaim … growth that is better than the growth of the market overall. The only solution is to jump to another growth curve, again and …

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Interview with Rupert Merson, author of Guide to Managing Growth

by William Strange, Interview - In: Strategic Direction 28 (2011) 1, pp. 35-36

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide an interview with Rupert Merson, author of Guide to Managing Growth … venture development and managing growth at London Business School. Formerly a partner at BDO, he now runs his own consultancy … advising firms on how to manage growth. Rupert publishes frequently in the national press on a broad range of business topics …

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