Strategic Direction: Volume 28 Issue 7

A little planning beats a lot of firefighting

To encourage more careful planning and discourage the idea that “we don't have time to plan it, just go do it.”

Slowly but surely: Strategy and growth at John Lewis

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Jumping hurdles in emerging markets: How to get your product to the customer

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Adapting the Slow Food movement to brand management: Explains Eataly's success, analyzing functional and symbolic aspects of product and process

To present an alternative brand strategy for food retail using a different set of values to supermarket chains.

The sustainability challenge: Benefits of value chain analysis for an Australian winemaker

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

Happy landings for Chilean airliner: Success shows wisdom of having several business models

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

An electronic shock: How e‐books are transforming the traditional world of publishing

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

Doing good not just for brownie points: Business holds the key for creating a fairer world

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

A world apart for retail giants: Globalization provides challenges yet to be addressed

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

Interview with Dr Stanley C. Abraham, author of Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide for Competitive Success

The purpose of this article is to provide an interview with Dr Stanley C. Abraham.

Diary

China to cut import taxes for luxury goods

Equality, Inequalities and Diversity: Contemporary Challenges and Strategies

Sports sponsorship moves into the fast lane (strategic marketing issues involved in UK sports sponsorship)

Purpose and progress in the theory of strategy: comments on Gavetti

How green is your supply chain?

Using social network strategy to manage construction projects in China

Strategic delegation: a review, theoretical integration, and research agenda

Cookies: act now over changes in the law that affect your company’s website

Preparation meets strategic planning: organizations without a vision for the future won’t get there

Understanding strategy processes in family firms: exploring the roles of actors and arenas

Corporate sustainable development: testing a new scale based on the mainland Chinese context

Juggling ICT’s social media’s roles (the role of ICT professionals in an organization’s social media strategy)

Sustainability nears a tipping point