Strategy & Leadership: Volume 32 Issue 6

How to grow, no matter what: S&L interviews Michael Treacy

This article provides insights on how organizations can succeed when managers make organic growth a paramount focus of their organization. Consultant and author Michael Treacy…

Exploring the strategic risk frontier

This article urges executives to expand their view of risk. Instead of just defending against bad risk events, leading companies define and anticipate the upside risks that, when…

Outsourcing strategies: opportunities and risks

Managers in developed countries are increasingly interested in outsourcing as a potential source of competitiveness and value creation. There has been a growing awareness of the…

Outsourcing as a strategy for driving transformation

This article demonstrates how a few leading edge companies have successfully implemented an outsourcing strategy to drive radical change and enterprise transformation. A strategy…

Lost in migration: offshore need not mean outsourced

Too often large corporations assume that migrating operations offshore requires outsourcing them to another company. Global outsourcing is not always a better alternative to going…

Case study: Outsourcing enables American startup to enter Japanese funeral services industry

American business models have been used as levers to open many industries in Japan to participation by foreign firms, from toy retailing to fast food restaurants and from consumer…

What are customers thinking?

Quick takes

Wrestling with the myths of offshoring

Awards for Excellence

Creating a sustainable growth engine

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