... with mediocre, sub‐scale online/offline hybrids that delivered neither big wins nor big defeats. Corporate strategy Uncertainty management Economic growth In his seminal 1970 work Future Shock, Alvin Toffler (1970) [1] concluded that millions of people were about to be overwhelmed...

... 2007 Resources Uncertainty management Entrepreneurialism Business development For all businesses, continued growth is a central challenge – where will it come from, how to invest for it, how to manage it? Since Edith Penrose's Theory of the Growth of the Firm (Penrose, 1959...

...). Methodologically this is a problem of the incompatibility between macro constructs and micro observations: no conclusions can be drawn about the similarity or diversity between individuals from culture level observations. Behaviour Social values Uncertainty management When striving to understand...

... about the future, as never to be wrong. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Corporate strategy Risk management Uncertainty management The past two decades have clearly demonstrated that the external operating environment is increasingly subject to change, and that the nature...

... that the difference between the two is fully appreciated. Robert E. Rubin’s book, In An Uncertain World, serves as a reminder that risk and uncertainty are not necessarily the same phenomenon. Decision making Risk management Uncertainty management © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005...