Strategic Direction: Volume 21 Issue 5

Subject:

Table of contents

A template for shareholder value creation on M&As

Randy MacDonald

To provide a template for creating shareholder value through successful mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practices.

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Can Unilever create a masterpiece?: Competition challenge to a consumer‐goods leader

To analyze the current position of consumer goods giant Unilever, following a five‐year restructuring and the appointment of a new chairman, noting that its margins are being

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A problem shared: following in the footsteps of Marriott and Ritz‐Carlton: How two Taiwanese hotel companies tackle knowledge‐management issues

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

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Marketing strategies for small to medium‐sized enterprises: Lessons from a New Zealand vineyard

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

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Nokia feels heat as it tries to be cool: How a world leader plays catch‐up in a fickle market

To review the position of the Finnish mobile phone company Nokia and its strategies to retain a dominant role against increasing competition.

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The pros and cons of RFID: Data analysis

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

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BT rings the changes: Managing the transition from public to private

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Reputation: a resource more valuable than gold in e‐commerce: Intangible assets rule in virtual environment

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

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Can crisis consultants cut it?: Micronet are brought back from the brink

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

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A classroom revolution: Meeting modern ergonomic standards

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

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Emerging technology: Bridging the terahertz gap

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Cover of Strategic Direction

ISSN:

0258-0543

Online date, start – end:

2002

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Miss Emma Steele