...Thomaz Wood Jr.; Marco Pasturino; Miguel P. Caldas Purpose The purpose of this study is to show how strategic planning can play multiple roles in the context of conflict between two controlling shareholders in a new joint venture. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted a five-year...

...Edward William Wright; Yue Cai Hillon; Mariano Garrido-Lopez; Drake Fowler Purpose This paper aims to present several tools to facilitate strategic planning and to demystify the situational analysis and the selection of strategy. These tools include situational analysis scorecards...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Strategic planning Triple bottom line Sustainability Stakeholders Goals Content analysis Sustainability reports “Sound strategy starts with having the right goal”. – Michael Porter “Creating a strong business and building a better world...

..., however, is not a problem with the model itself. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 One type of tool commonly used in the strategic planning process during the 1970s was portfolio models, such as the BCG (Boston Consulting Group) model and the GE/McKinsey business screen. Given...

... years (Ingpen, 2013), the strategic planning process for Teekay begins with environmental scanning, which, according to Laczniak and Lusch (1986) , is considered to be a form of external environmental management. As expressed in their technical communications such as their publicly distributed...

.... Such a perspective might suit the needs and language of fields like public policy, social services, welfare and ethics, but it isn't appropriate for strategy and strategic planning. Being stakeholder‐centric, it holds back the acceptance of a stakeholder framework in strategy. The firm‐centric stakeholder framework...

... is strategic planning, a process in which CEOs, middle managers and directors on boards find themselves frequently involved. Design/methodology/approach The outlined objective‐setting methodology is the result of more than two decades of action research. The author has worked with organizations...

...Ravi Agarwal; Wolfgang Grassl; Joy Pahl Purpose SWOT analysis is defective as a tool for guiding strategic planning because of its subjective, unsystematic, and non‐quantitative nature that lacks predictive power. This paper aims to present an alternative tool that overcomes these defects...

... in strategic planning contributes to better company performance, and to formulate recommendations on how to integrate business analytics in companies' performance management systems. Design/methodology/approach Based on a survey conducted with 89 respondents from high‐technology firms, a group...

... 2010 Strategic management Risk management Risk assessment Strategic planning Performance management The strategy map moves next to the Customer perspective which describes the value proposition the firm promises to deliver to its customers. The value proposition succinctly answers...

...‐tell‐n‐share” their stories in more effective and memorable ways (Plate 1). All of these connection‐making tools are multi‐dimensional and spatial in nature (Siler, 1996 , 2005a, b, 2001). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Problem solving Innovation Strategic planning Business...

...Michael K. Allio Purpose Strategic planning remains the top‐ranked management tool, across continents, sectors, and firm sizes. Yet many firms fail to adequately prepare a strategic databank to help optimize the planning process: senior managers suffer from too little formal data, too much...

... impacted. Originality/value By exploring the vital link between issue management and strategic planning the paper demonstrates that issue management must directly involve line managers and offers practical guidelines for how managers can positively influence setting strategic objectives...

... obvious – in this case, that a time can be simultaneously best and worst, two things thought to be incompatible. Corporate strategy Strategic change Strategic planning In their book, Learning from Las Vegas, architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour describe...

... or buildings, is that the means of execution of the design must be considered in the design itself to ensure the quality of the product. This principle should also apply to business and national development strategies. Strategic alignment Strategic evaluation Strategic objectives Strategic planning...

... personality types to work together. Originality/value Expresses several opinions that the author believes have not been expressed (or adequately appreciated) elsewhere. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Brain Personality Strategic planning One of the most intractable...

... with the US Patent and Trademark Office soared from roughly 45,000 in 1984 to nearly 156,000 in 2004. At the same time, renewed merger activity challenges companies to make sense of vastly expanded product line‐ups. Strategic planning Business development Brand management Portfolio investment...

... system for enhancing strategic promise and performance, as well as for reducing the risks of strategic failure. Originality/value The marketing discipline is long overdue in applying the same attention and rigor to strategic thinking that it applies to strategic planning and this paper...

... that Iridium did not foresee some of the problems, because of lacking in deep thinking of the potential areas of difficulties. Contends that getting it right is not easy, but becomes so when a systematic examination precedes the strategic decision. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Strategic planning...

... to adjacent markets. Uses figures and a table to expound on the theme. Concludes that streamlining, focusing and expanding through adjacent markets is proving to be a successful strategic model for companies. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Customer satisfaction Contracting out Strategic planning ...