Strategic Direction: Volume 30 Issue 6

The dark side of business models: the risks of strategizing through business models alone

This paper aims at exposing the risks entrepreneurs and managers run whenever they focus on business model design alone, while disregarding other strategy analysis tools;…

Online help in times of crisis: Importance of dialogue when the unexpected happens

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

Criminals move with the times: Money launderers and terrorism financiers go online

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

Mapping the growing pains of a “teenaged” phenomenon: Social entrepreneurship continues to explore new roads

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

Trading places: innovation and performance go head-to-head: New products are vital, but will the bottom line make it all worthwhile?

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

Does your customer really want what you offer them?: Assessing customer value in business-to-business markets

– This study aims to examine strategies for customer value assessment used by best practice suppliers in business-to-business markets.

Are marketers losing control of fashion brands?: Fashion bloggers drive consumer style preferences

This study aims to examine the influence of fashion blogs on consumer brand preferences and investigate the emergence of “communities of style” associated with combinations of…

Getting the scorecard in balance: Important to match correct version to firm’s needs

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

Tweeting in the dark: Understanding social media and advertising internationally

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

Greed is (still) good: Why the wolves of Wall Street will never learn

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

Breaking the retail rules: When less is more for opening times

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

Enhancing staff motivation in “tough” periods: implications for business leaders

The purpose of the paper is to present a viewpoint based on an empirical study conducted by the author, which explored the motivational techniques used by 30 chief executive…

Building strategic elements to increase contact lens sales

– This paper aims to build important strategic elements to penetrate deeper into the contact lens market and increase sales.

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