In 2001 the Boston Consulting Group has created a Strategy Gallery. BCG call it an online “metaphor engine.”  It is a collection of more than 250 cases dedicated to strategic management. The cases are based on the idea that metaphors can provide insights to strategic thinking.

Zia Yusuf (executive vice president global ecosystem and partner group at SAP) explains co-innovation and it’s impact on global business activities in the magazine SAP Spectrum (September 2008). According to Yusuf… “By investing in building a network of partners, companies can accelerate innovation and improve return on investment for customers.” He distinguishes between partnering and [...]

IBM Global Business Services (authors: Hans Henrik Jørgensen, Lawrence Owen and Andreas Neus) has published a new study focussing on how organizations can manage change and identifies strategies for improving project outcomes.With this study the IBM Business Services continues the the conversation that began in the IBM Global CEO Study 2008. The authors identify four [...]

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The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) published an intereesting report last month. The title is “Missing Link – Focusing Corporate Strategy on Value Creation“. It is the tenth annual report in BCG’s Value Creators series. The study is written by Eric Olsen, Frank Plaschke and Daniel Stelter. The authors reflect the “time of turbulence in the [...]

Everybody is discussing about the executive pay topic. John E. Core, Wayne Guay and David F. Larcker have published a contribution about “The Power of the Pen and Executive Compensation” in the Journal of Financial Economics: Vol. 88 (1) 2008. In an online interview Larcker stated that “Two issues emerged, first, is the press picking [...]

The term “ABC” collaboration refers to academic, business practicioners and consultants. In a pre-conference session of the 28th annual meeting of the strategic management society in cologne Jay Barney, Hugh Courtney, Bolko von Oetinger and Paul Schoemaker discussed this topic. In my opinion this is a critical question for academics as well as practicioners. While [...]

Note the latest video “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy” with Professor Michael E. Porter from the Harvard University.

In a article published by Harvard Business School | Working Knowledge Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch and Nitin Nohria give advise to new CEOs and argue that… “You Can’t Run the Company” The reasons are too many meetings and too many tactical discussions. Another argument is that… “You Are Not The Boss” So often [...]

Strategy+business has published a resilience report article: “Taking a Calmer View” by Klaus-Peter Gushurst, Ivan de Souza, and Vanessa Wallace. The authors point out that… “The financial sector’s prospects in the wake of crisis may be better than you think.” What are their arguments? “There is no sign of substantial risk of sovereign default in [...]