A clear and practical paper from BCG explains nicely what a business model is, what ‘innovating’ it means, and when and how to do it. The only caveat…

A rare example of clear and useful academic research from Emilie Feldman at Harvard [but treat it with care – see below]. Emilie “investigates “legacy” divestitures, the sale or spinoff of…

McKinsey’s Charles Roxburgh offers nicely practical advice on the use and abuse of scenarios. In the process he points out that the latest crisis many firms find themselves…

BCG suggests strategy too often assumes we can get sustained advantage in stable markets vs. few, known competitors by choosing good positions and building key capabilities. (Seems to have…

Though over-hyping of strategy issues is unhelpful, some radical changes do need dealing with. In Taking Advantage of Tumultuous Times: Claiming the Future, Eamonn Kelly, a Monitor partner, highlights a…

Strategy is not solely of concern to firms of course, but to public services, voluntary organisations and others [though you would hardly know it to read the strategy…

Good to see strategy+business magazine on why operations strategy is vital to strategic performance. In Winter-09 edn An Essential Step for Corporate Strategy, Tim Laster points out that many operational decisions…

Hagen Lindstaedt just alerted me to what looks a smart way of making game theory usable, with a neat link to scenario-based thinking. Probably quite challenging to do, but looks…

Sad to see Shell cutting 5000 jobs, making staff re-apply for 15,000 jobs, and aggressively driving down suppliers’ prices in an effort to cut its debt. This just 4 years…

I see that icon of ‘not even the sky is the limit’, Ryanair, is finding gravity still exists. In a curious ‘threat’ to curtail growth, lively CEO O’Leary…