The concept of constellations of communities is a big picture view of how communities of practice in organizations relate to one another. These communities are voluntary, and over time they form a complex, informal network of relationships, knowledge sharing, learning, and conversations that can be woven together into a powerful strategic fabric with the right kind of leadership. Like a ga...... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeAdopting and implementing a platform-based business model is fraught with problems and complications, many of which are poorly understood even by industry insiders. As they try to sort through the best practices for operating in this new business environment, senior managers need to carefully analyze the strengt...... hiện toàn bộ
Michaël Kolk, Rick Eagar, Charles Boulton, Carlos Mira
PurposeHyper-collaboration means managing ecosystems not just as candy stores full of opportunities, but as fiercely competitive arenas in which companies fight for the best partners, technologies and networks to create, build and defend added value. hiện toàn bộ
The corporate world is in the midst of a significant shift in business strategy. It's a shift so visible that it seems almost trite to catalog it. The management gurus who chronicle business trends each have their own way to describe it. Michael Hammer of reengineering fame, whose work has generally been associated with the cost side of the business equation, talks of it as a shift to “lon...... hiện toàn bộ
PurposeThis paper aims to offer a framework of five questions for analyzing ethical dilemmas faced by managers and professionals. The framework's main purpose is to help individuals understand the nature of ethical issues and to avoid making ethical mistakes – decisions or actions that are unintentionally uneth...... hiện toàn bộ
Purpose: To investigate where investment during a recession pays off and where it does not. Methods: Comparing analogous businesses in the unique PIMS database, we highlight three measures to distinguish between successful and unsuccessful strategies. They are: average profitability during recession, defined as return on capital employe...... hiện toàn bộ