Strategy formulation

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From a converted muffler repair shop, Ray Kelner launched RLK Media in 1985, selling its radical audio speakers to affluent connoisseurs for $20,000 a...

We continue in this issue the discussion of the proper role of outside directors in determining the strategy of a company and in evaluating capital investments in its future. William Wommack recommends that corporate objectives or a strategy committee should become the usual structural means for reviewing management’s recommendation for investments. The author argues that […]

OPEC’s oil supply now conforms to ‘producer logic,’ and the consuming nations must take positive steps to adjust to the situation

Sales departments tend to believe that marketers are out of touch with what's really going on in the marketplace. Marketing people, in turn, believe the...

It’s often a mistake to set out to create a worldwide strategy. Better results come from strong regional strategies, brought together into a global whole.

Focus less on what your company can do and reimagine what it could do.

Miami is a perfect example.

Recent headlines — Citigroup’s layoffs, Iceland’s sudden downturn, worldwide food shortages, etc. — suggest serious global turmoil is ahead. All companies, and multinationals in particular, should be prepared to withstand it. Unfortunately, many are not. Traditional forecasting and budgeting systems produce linear projections insufficient for risky, uncertain times. What’s needed is scenario planning, where companies […]

New research finds that this activism leads to more transparency and that markets react favorably.

The short term is a free-for-all and the long term is just a dream.

It's pretty widely accepted that people's innate intelligence doesn't change much. Youth, health, and a positive environment can help people make better...

Dangerous biases can creep into every strategic choice. Here’s how to find them—before they lead you astray.

Insights about value creation rarely emerge from planning processes.

The art of translating top management’s aspirations into concrete action on the ground.

How retailers can use the holidays to get a lift that lasts.

Can breakthrough discoveries happen more efficiently?

Using weak signals to spur innovation

At the current rate, U.S. boards won’t achieve gender balance until 2055.

Give them a real problem to solve.