1. Introduction / Morgen Witzel, Richard Bolden and Nigel Linacre -- 2. The first paradox of leadership is leadership! / Morgen Witzel -- 3. Paradoxes of perspective : leaders, leading and leadership / Richard Bolden -- 4. Leadership paradoxes of team and time / Nigel Linacre -- 5. Paradoxical...

The impact of ownership on organizational performance has attracted the interest of a large number of scholars. The empirical research predominately focuses on the impact of ownership structures on organizational performance, and to a lesser extent on the relationship between ownership type and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the views of Rod Aldridge OBE on building the strategy of a FTSE 100 company. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of an interview. Findings – The interview with Rod Aldridge brings to life a number of key strategy...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how key strategic decisions are made in practice at a successful FTSE 100 company. Design/methodology/ approach – The paper is based on semi-structured interview with the Chief Executive of Cadbury, Mr Todd Stitzer. Mr Stitzer has...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine and analyze the development of strategic management as a field of inquiry. Design/methodology/approach – The paper relies on secondary-source analysis. Findings – Strategic management has evolved significantly over the past four decades...

Recent research has shown that Research and Development (R&D) has a significant impact on performance in manufacturing small- and medium- sized firms. However, corporate performance is often hampered by a failure to effectively convert R&D into innovation, leading to a negative impact on both...

Purpose – To date little is known about the actual level of utilisation of digital/web-based interaction technologies in purchasing and supply management (SM) in the UK. This paper seeks to address this gap in the extant knowledge through empirical research in a UK setting. It examines the...

The European Commission (EC) is updating the definition of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) following widespread consultation. The EC is focusing on a redefinition of the financial ceiling criterion rather than the ceilings in relation to the number of persons employed in categorising...

Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate what the marketing field can learn, with regard to the academic/practitioner divide, from other management disciplines that have a range of different relationships with their respective practitioners. Design/methodology/approach – The authors carried...