Strategy & Leadership: Volume 41 Issue 2

Why Agile can be a game changer for managing continuous innovation in many industries

Veteran managers trained to respect hierarchical systems are daunted by the fundamental changes in thinking and culture that are required to implement the Agile continuous…

Using the customer journey to road test and refine the business model

The article describes how to strategically analyze and stage manage the customer journey – the sequence of events that customers go through to learn about, purchase and interact…

Laurence Capron analyzes corporate development's build, borrow and buy options

This paper aims to present an interview with researcher and author Laurence Capron, in which she warns that too few companies consider the full range of “build, borrow and buy”…

Cisco's corporate development portfolio: a blend of building, borrowing and buying

This paper aims to present a case study of Cisco's corporate development approach which shows how the company built a powerful new business capability: the discipline of selecting…

Will business model innovation replace strategic analysis?

This masterclass aims to consider a number of recent business articles and books that can help practitioners clarify the distinction between the strategy development and business…

Managing a supply chain's web of risk

This purpose of this article is to look at how companies focused on optimizing their supply chain through global sourcing and just‐in‐time (JIT) delivery systems to dramatically…

Embracing connectedness: insights from the IBM 2012 CEO study

This article seeks to highlight some of the findings of the 2012 IBM CEO Study, Leading through Connection, based on interviews with CEOs and public sector leaders in every part…

Fidelity Investments: adopting new models of innovation

This case aims to describe what innovation looks like and how it works in Fidelity Investments, a financial services organization that is large and decentralized.

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