While the concept of diagnostic vs. interactive use of control systems originating from Simons' "Levers of control" (1995) has gained steady attention from management accounting researchers, his propositions introduced in "Levers of organization design" (2005) have not been examined neutrally as...

"A solid framework for businesses to create a market-developing strategyBusiness transformation is a key executive management initiative that attempts to align people, process, and technology initiatives of an organization more closely with its business strategy and vision to support and help...

"Critical insight from the man Fortune called "the world's leading expert on business strategy"About the only thing a leader can be sure of is that what worked yesterday is unlikely to work today, let alone tomorrow. Never before have businesses faced a more fractured, contentious and dynamic...

"Why do once-successful companies fail?The book identifies 3 types of inertia that can be fatal to the most successful company: strategic/structural/ personal. Senior executives often go to great lengths to resist change. When things start to go awry, they try harder (through efficiency gains,...