The 29th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE of the Strategic Management Society (Oct 11-14, 2009) will held in Washington DC and highlight the topic “Strategies in an Uncertain World”.The Conference aims to encourage discussions about research and strategies for addressing uncertainty and the opportunities created by changes in the world. Concepts of uncertainty have long been at [...]

Note the latest video “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy” with Professor Michael E. Porter from the Harvard University. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.management-lab.com%2Fmanagementlab%2F%3Fp%3D202′; addthis_title = ‘The+Five+Competitive+Forces’; addthis_pub = ”;

In 2001 P.N. SubbaNarasimha has published an article with the title “Strategy in Turbulent Environments: The Role of Dynamic Competence” in the scholary journal MANAGERIAL AND DECISION ECONOMICS (22: 201–212 (2001): DOI: 10.1002/mde.1017). According to SubbaNarasimha turbulent environments exist… “because of escalating global competition, decreasing product life-cycles, increasing rates of technological change, and increasing inter-connectedness [...]

Wharton and The Boston Consulting Group have published an interesting report focussing on the world’s resources, such as raw materials, capital and talent. The main topic of the report is the unprecedented “race” for resources which is reshaping global business, and how key political and financial trends in emerging economies are likely to affect companies doing [...]

Michael E. Porter points out that Economic Development… “…must be a bottoms-up processin which many individuals, companies, and institutions take responsibility.” Furthermore he investiges that in the old model… “Government drives economic development through policy decisions and incentives” changes to… “Economic development is a collaborative process involving government at multiple levels, companies, teaching and research [...]