Purpose – The strategic management of corporate sustainability tends to be approached from one theoretical perspective in academic research and publications in mainstream journals simultaneously. In corporate practice, however, a sustainability issue has different dimensions that cannot be...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to attempt to gain a deeper understanding on small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) and point out some of the most serious barriers for small Spanish companies to implement such kind of strategic approach and connect it with its day‐to‐day...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to empirically describe the division of strategic roles between owners and managers and its change when moving from the post‐privatisation transition stage of 1995‐1999 to the European integration stage of 2000‐2004. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore the potential role and the measurement of the effectiveness of boards of directors in strategy formulation and implementation – two aspects that have so far been left largely unaddressed by corporate governance research and practice....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges faced by corporations in incorporating ethics into their strategic management processes. Design/methodological approach – The research is based on a survey of the issues and the literature published in Europe, North America and...

Purpose This paper aims to fill the existing gaps in literature which deal with both the application of a socially oriented philosophy to the theme of strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) integration and to the systematic analysis of the processes of strategic CSR management, and to...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the process and characteristics of strategic decision making (SDM), and their influencing factors in Chinese small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – This study adopted a case‐study research design. It collected data...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discover and compare the implementation of crisis management in Chinese and Estonian companies and the strategies the managers have used to prevent or manage crises. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical study was conducted in two economies in...

Purpose – This paper aims to present a conceptual framework for selecting and developing e‐government applications as part of an overall coherent strategy of e‐government service delivery (EGSD). Design/methodology/approach – The framework proposed in this paper builds on and expands...

Purpose – While Porter's generic strategies are a widely accepted typology of strategic options for businesses, prior studies have not linked specific strategic practices with each generic strategy and explored the associations between the practices and overall organizational performance. The...