Strategic Direction: Volume 29 Issue 4

Thriving in the post‐crisis economy: managing a nexus of capabilities

The aim of this viewpoint is to highlight new management thinking for achieving growth in a difficult economic environment.

Three ways consumers look at CSR: Attitudes vary but the customer wants to be a winner

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

Innovative behavior starts at the top: Leaders need intellect and instinct to bring out creative side of employees

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

Get used to impatient newcomers: Emerging market firms rush to take on the world

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

Doing good by doing well?: The real story behind corporate governance and environmental performance

The purpose of this paper is to review the latest management developments across the globe and to pinpoint practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

When two brains would be a bonus: Concentrating on current success can be risky

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

Good practice makes perfect for managers: The nine key approaches that will get things done

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

Football's Italian job: A dangerous game to play

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

Turning crisis into opportunity: The key role of leadership

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

Saying good‐bye to Mr Magoo: (Confessions of a former civil servant)

The purpose of this paper is to provide a first person account of the differences in organizational vision within the public and private sectors.

Doing well by doing good: An interview with Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, part 1

The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever.

Surviving disruption (managing business disruption and ensuring business continuity)

Diary

Competitive horizon

Regional differences in a national culture and their effects on leadership effectiveness: a tale of two neighboring Chinese cities

The dynamics of wealth, profit, and sustainable advantage

Introducing the rising stars of sustainability

What people want from their professionals: attitudes toward decision-making strategies

Spain’s survival of the fittest (how Spanish banks are coping with the aftermath of the financial crisis)

Mighty emperors of the east jumping wall to the west (Chinese brands take off in the west)

“Living in the fishbowl”. Generating an entrepreneurial culture in a local community in Argentina

We create, we connect, we respect, therefore we are: intellectual, social, and cultural value in online communities

Ten trends in mobile (mobile phones in marketing and advertising)