Development of an integrated canvas on turnaround strategy
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
ISSN: 1934-8835
Article publication date: 18 November 2019
Issue publication date: 2 March 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive understanding regarding corporate turnaround. An integrated discussion regarding different corporate failure factors, conditions, symptoms followed by turnaround strategies and its results have been provided.
Design/methodology/approach
Authors have done a comprehensive systematic and integrated literature review study of research articles on corporate turnaround. The paper reviewed discussed different dimensions of turnaround management. The authors applied thematic reductionist categorisation with logical arguments to develop an integrated turnaround canvas (ICT).
Findings
An ICT has been developed. ICT is a holistic framework to comprehend turnaround strategy. Impact of precondition and turnaround levers on cash flow dynamics and the operational and strategic levers for successful turnaround performance of the firm has also been presented. Authors have also tabulated the entire spectrum of corporate turnaround.
Research limitations/implications
This conceptual work would help researchers interested in turnaround research to anchor their study at different points in ICT canvas. This could be at the decline precondition stage, corporate failure state, turnaround levers (strategic and operational) application phase and in terms of turnaround performance.
Practical implications
The ICT canvas would help managers to identify the set of corporate failure preconditions which might lead their firm to decline phase. The ICT canvas would also help managers based upon the identification of decline preconditions to select an appropriate turnaround interventions required to arrest the corporate failure. Finally, the ICT canvas would help in identifying the operational and strategic levers for successful turnaround implementation and thus achieving the desired corporate performance.
Originality/value
This is one of the first studies to provide an integrated perspective on corporate turnaround as the developed ICT canvas consisted of identification of decline preconditions, corporate failure, turnaround levers (strategic and operational ) and turnaround performance.
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Citation
Bhattacharyya, S.S. and Malik, A. (2020), "Development of an integrated canvas on turnaround strategy", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 523-554. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-02-2019-1646
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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