Strategic Direction: Volume 25 Issue 1

How to survive a recession

The purpose of this paper is to share the views of award‐winning business consultant, Phil Young, on how to survive a recession and come out on top.

Improving customer service: How employees and innovation hold the key

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

Is CSR the kind face of capitalism?: Corporate social responsibility promoted as firms jump on the ethical bandwagon

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

Floating or drowning in a sea of piracy: How do you take on the hacker?

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

Stretching the strategy process: How to keep up in the global competitive environment

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

Ups and downs of the flying business: It is no wonder the plane watchers look puzzled

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

Likely losses of M&As: The executive churn

This paper aims to review initial findings of a ten‐year study into instability in executive teams preceding and after mergers.

A mixture of methods: The Accenture diversity drive

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

Interview with Bob Livingston

The purpose of this paper is to interview Bob Livingston, formerly head of sales at Unilever's The Lipton Company, and the founder and CEO of REL Communications, a consulting firm…

Embracing open innovation: Growing demand for solution finding

The purpose of this paper is to look at developments in the drive for open innovation initiatives.

Taming sea energy: Leading marine renewable energy technologies

The purpose of this paper is to look at the UK's tidal and wave energy resources and the numerous technologies in this area.

It takes a crisis (Sony)

Rabble rouser (Denis O’Brien of Digicel Group)

Towards a cross-cultural framework of strategic international human resource control: the case of Taiwanese high-tech subsidiaries in the USA

Corporate governance as a foundation for corporate social responsibility in transitioning economies: the Russian experience

What's on the web

The Secret Language of Leadership. How Leaders Inspire Action through Narrative

Return driven: lessons from high-performance companies

Confessions of a risk manager

Diary

Brand makeover (HR at Roadchef)

Juice enjoys sweet success in Eastern Europe

Welcome Generation Y

The contradictions that drive Toyota’s success