...Andrea Cardoni; George H. (Jody) Tompson; Michele Rubino; Paolo Taticchi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze three characteristics of strategic alliances in Italy to estimate their influence on financial performance. The authors test how alliance complexity, strategic planning...

... throughout an enterprise that has a legitimate role in executing its strategic plan. It also surfaces activities whose resources represent costs not required for an efficient, responsive organization. Once a sound strategic plan has been developed to guide the future, a properly executed strategic deployment...