Journal of Business Strategy: Volume 33 Issue 2

Alignment or independence? Multinational subsidiaries and parent relations

Marty Reilly, Pamela Scott, Vincent Mangematin

Subsidiary units must respond to emerging threats including disaggregation of value chains and increased headquarters monitoring and control which have led to a cycle of…

Meta‐SWOT: introducing a new strategic planning tool

Ravi Agarwal, Wolfgang Grassl, Joy Pahl

SWOT analysis is defective as a tool for guiding strategic planning because of its subjective, unsystematic, and non‐quantitative nature that lacks predictive power. This paper…

Corporate Facebook pages: when “fans” attack

Valerie Champoux, Julia Durgee, Lauren McGlynn

Facebook continues to play an increasingly necessary role in the corporate portfolio of stakeholder relations. Unlike traditional channels of corporate communication, Facebook…

Greek manufacturing firms: low skills, low wages and low profitability

Antonios Panagiotakopoulos

Skills are increasingly identified by policy makers throughout the world as a central means to address social and economic challenges. The present study aims to look specifically…

High performing boards: going beyond compliance

V. Ramakrishnan

Delivering performance is the primary accountability of the board. To perform boards need to integrate strategic thinking with strategic planning and strategic execution…

Editor’s note

Five secrets to success in business strategy

Stuart E. Jackson

Obsolete habiliments

Patrick Marren