Strategic Direction: Volume 22 Issue 9

Did Morrison's get it right? The most expensive partnership is the one that fails to deliver

Examines how various collaborative partnerships have broken down.

Danfoss drives a hard bargain with suppliers: … but may be missing out on the benefits of a “softly‐softly” approach

Examines the relationship between Danfoss Drives, a Danish company that produces apparatus for regulating the frequencies of electrical motors, and its four suppliers of so‐called…

Dramatic change at Home Depot: success to further success: How Nardelli sustained a culture change to keep the giant growing

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Shoes that walk giant into a trap: How managerial mindset can turn success into failure

Examines how the British Shoe Corporation eventually failed because, as a result of the strength of its predominant managerial mental model, it fell into a number of exploitative…

Getting by with a little help from their friends: Innovation at Lunar Design and Proctor & Gamble

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Blogging4Business report

Reviews the Blogging4Business Conference in London, April 2006.

Green is green at General Electric: Is Jeff Immelt the man to pull “Ecomagination” off?

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

It's a Toyota, but not as we know it, Jim: Toyota overturns its traditional strategies to succeed in China

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Globalization's winners and losers: Lessons from retailers J.C. Penny, Home Depot, Carrefour, Ikea and others

Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies.

Snubbing robotic innovation: UK industry fails to recognise robot potential

To investigate why, despite a significant fall in price, robot sales in the UK in 2005 were static with very few sales to small companies.

Box clever: Transforming home grocery shopping

To investigate how Renfrew have addressed the headaches for both customer and operator in buying groceries on‐line.

The Business Week 50

The Marketing Playbook

Factiva reshapes marketing for better lead generation

Battling for corporate America "Special report"

Teamswork: strategy in action

Wonky at the choc factory

Age discrimination laws create major change

In tandem (at last) (DaimlerChrysler)

What’s on the web

Operations, Strategy, and Technology: Pursuing the Competitive Edge

Does your culture support or sabotage your strategy?

Is speed of integration really a success factor of mergers and acquisitions? An analysis of the role of internal and external relatedness

Diary

Country-specific strategy and new venture formation in Central and East Europe

Competitive horizon

Excesses of responsibility? Reconsidering company liability

Achieving breakthrough growth: from idea to execution