... Licensed re-use rights only Corporate strategy Strategic alliances Technology industry The bulls and the bears of Wall Street pay close attention to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in any given industry. A lot of consolidation in the marketplace shows that there may be one or two...

... in context. Findings Companies need to focus on the four key areas of innovation, adaptation, strategic alliances, and strategy if they’re to stay ahead of their competitors and continue to grow. Strategic alliances and innovation are clearly linked to sustainability, and any organisations planning long...

... it, it is more about making the biggest and best cake possible. Corporate strategy Corporate social responsibility Strategic alliances Partnerships The article ‘The effect of firm strategic orientation on corporate philanthropic engagement’ (2018) by Abebe and Cha (2018) should enable leaders...

... and places the articles in context. Findings Strategic alliances are becoming a common practice between organizations in the global economy. They are seen as being able to improve performance and help keep organizations competitive. Bizzi (2017) argues that an integral aspect of forming a strategic...

.../value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format. While there have been a number of cases of strategic alliances in business, rarely have two...

...G.B. Northcraft © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Real Options Strategic Alliances Uncertainty Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 28, Issue 4 McCarter M.W., Mahoney J.T. and Northcraft G.B. The Academy of Management Review...

... commission research and device development. Global companies Alps Electric and Dow Corning are already backing joint research in photonics and electronics. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Best practice Competitive strategy Customers Joint ventures Research Strategic alliances...

... Organizational behaviour Innovation Strategic alliances In order to flourish within today's tough business climate, organizations must explore any opportunity to secure a competitive advantage. For many, that means pumping top dollar into research and development (R&D) activities in the hope...

...P. Kale Purpose – Studies the mechanics of company strategic alliances,focusing on the level of a single alliance between two companies, to investigate the major success factors that explain the success of a given alliance, and then to extend the investigation to include the case of a company...

... to a model of leadership where decisions are judged, not on outcome, but on the ethical principles underlying the action itself, thus incorporating CSR within the decision‐making process. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Ethics Strategic alliances Corporate social responsibility...

...H. Singh © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Learning Performance management Quality improvement Strategic alliances Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 24, Issue 2. Singh H.  Strategic Management Journal, October 2007, vol. 28...

... by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Strategic alliances Innovation Business development Knowledge management Eli Lilly and Company is a global pharmaceutical...

... of guises – mergers, joint ventures, strategic alliances and partnerships. All involve two or more organizations often with markedly different cultures working as one to achieve a common goal. In the case of a merger, this involves a full integration of systems, people and strategies as a single legal...

... Strategic alliances In addition, rising fuel costs are pushing more and more airlines into the red. Recent statistics indicate that an average price of $33 would see the industry breaking even yet average prices have been well above this rate. And because of the increase in competition, airlines cannot...

...G. Duysters © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Purpose – To review the effects of merger and acquisition (M&A) and strategic alliance (SA) on innovation. Design/methodology/approach –Regards SAs as co-operative agreements between parties while remaining separate whereas...

... organizations Strategic alliances Innovation Automotive industry According to the old adage, two heads are better than one; and while the wisdom of this assertion hardly needs spelling out, it does not stop many of us from failing to heed the advice. Instead, we rigidly adhere to a policy of going...

... Learning Organizational effectiveness Strategic alliances Learning through alliances: General Motors and NUMMI Inkpen A.C. California Management Review, (USA), Summer 2005, Vol. 47 No. 4, Start page: 114, No. of Pages: 23 Purpose – To describe how General Motors has...

... and mergers Strategic alliances As deregulation opens up global markets, aided and abetted by ever‐swifter developments in communications technology, international mergers and cross‐border alliances have never been more popular. Companies are coming together, one way or another, to realize emerging...

... coherence and alignment across international businesses and focuses on different market sectors. Globalization of the business primarily through an aggressive program of acquisition. Strategic alliances used extensively as Ranbaxy seeks to move from being a multinational to a true transnational...

... it in a condensed and easy‐to digest format. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Acquisitions and mergers Strategic alliances Organizational performance Leadership Innovation bCentral, Microsoft's web site for the UK's small business community, says: In an age when the ways we...