Management Decision: Volume 43 Issue 1

Organisations, transformability and the dynamics of strategy

Kazem Chaharbaghi, Andy Adcroft, Robert Willis

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between three concepts: organisations, transformability and the dynamics of strategy. These three concepts together…

Firm transformation: advancing a Darwinian perspective

Colin Jones

The paper advocates a Darwinian explanation of the process of firm transformation. Existing but generally opposing views related to the selection‐adaptation debates are united to…

Competing in times of evolution and revolution: An essay on long‐term firm survival

Wyn Jenkins

Ideas from microeconomics, market‐positioning theory and resource‐based theory have been brought together to develop a framework for discussing firm competitiveness and survival.

Strategy dynamics in industrial marketing: a business types perspective

Klaus Backhaus, Katrin Muehlfeld

Industrial marketing covers a broad range of heterogeneous products and services. In response to this heterogeneity, researchers have developed a variety of systematisations of…

Modern project management and the lessons from the study of the transformation of the British Expeditionary Force in the Great War

George Bailey

To apply the theories of project management to the transformation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the colonial‐style army of 1914 into the victorious…

Interpreting the successful transformation of Shell's advertising activity 1997‐2002

Julie Verity

Between 1997 and 2002, Shell changed the way it organised its advertising activity, switching from a local approach to a global organisation. The transition was significant, given…

The role of scenarios as prospective sensemaking devices

Alex Wright

The purpose of this paper is to undertake a critical consideration of the role of scenarios as prospective sensemaking devices through the dual theoretical perspectives of social…

The paradox of using tacit and explicit knowledge: Strategies to face dilemmas

Sajjad M. Jasimuddin, Jonathan H. Klein, Con Connell

This paper contrasts two perspectives on the distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge: on the one hand, the perspective that categorises knowledge as belonging to either…

Dealing with the uncertainties of environmental change by adding scenario planning to the strategy reformulation equation

Philip R. Walsh

This paper serves to discuss the benefit of applying scenario‐planning techniques to more traditional approaches to strategy development in helping firms deal with uncertainty and…

Strategic alliances and models of collaboration

Emanuela Todeva, David Knoke

The purpose of this paper is to engage in a comprehensive review of the research on strategic alliances in the last decade.