Strategic Direction: Volume 26 Issue 10

Copycats: how smart companies use imitation to gain a strategic edge

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

How not to let business slip away: Don't upset old customers when tempting new ones

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

Building better business practices at InterContinental: Using music to improve core brand positioning

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

How to heighten efficiency and combat risk: The value of strategic planning

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

Are you asking the right questions?: Peter Drucker's strategic thinking

Reviews an article which outlines three key techniques of Peter Drucker's strategic thinking.

Supplying the means to spend more wisely: Firms need to look at dynamics of the supply chain

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

Transparency is the best policy: Avoiding corporate damage through appropriate crisis management

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the financial consequences of corporate irresponsibility or malpractice.

Local brands for local people: How brand design and recession impact premium‐priced products

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

China catches the wave of innovation: Clever approaches to launching new products

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

Concorde grounded but innovation still flying: The constant search for what customers want tomorrow

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

Interview with Tom Adams, Chief Executive Officer, Rosetta Stone Inc.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Tom Adams, Chief Executive Officer of Rosetta Stone Inc., one of the world's leading language‐learning solution providers.

The 3 Financial Styles of Very Successful Leadership: Strategic Approaches to Identifying the Growth Drivers of Every Company

Is small business better than big business for marketing managers?

Government and entrepreneurship in transition economies: the case of small firms in business services in Ukraine

Leadership Beyond ManagementTM: A Powerful Journey in Leadership Development

Unmastered risks: from crisis to catastrophe: an economic and management insight

Payday nation (lending to people against their future wages)

Why ERP needs joined-up thinking (enterprise resource planning)

Will the planning system benefit from localisation?

Chinese Entrepreneurship in a Global Era

We have lift-off (small business start-ups)

Transfer or adapt business practices internationally? Some answers from Southeast Asia

Diary

Seven habits of highly resilient organizations (approaches to achieving business continuity)

The impact of social capital on the start-ups’ performance growth

The emergence of new modes of R&D services in Germany

Competitive horizon