The strategic role of the board of directors is gaining renewed research attention. It may be significantly influenced by the process of selecting directors and by multiple board memberships (interlocks). Donald O'Neal and Howard Thomas describe a research project in which a series of personal...

This article by Krzysztof Obloj and Howard Thomas discusses in detail successful strategies of selected new ventures and turnarounds of former stateowned enterprises in Poland. An analysis indicates the variety of ways used by managers of those companies to develop clear-cut strategies and build...

This article by Mark Pruett and Howard Thomas highlights the fact that there is a variety of perspectives on quality, but that each of those perspectives contributes to an integrative, systemic view of what it means to manage for quality. That systemic view raises certain key issues about the...

Asea Brown Boveri is one of the largest, and probably the most experienced, investors in Poland. It has made several acquisitions in different, even if somewhat related industries. In the case of each acquisition ABB had to restructure the management and turn a former state-owned firm into a...

The question of whether there is an academic field of strategy is important. It is the question that defines the area of strategic management and all the research and teaching that takes place under its name. In this paper we argue that there is a field of strategy, but it is still...

In this paper we present a framework, the rivalry matrix, outlining a range of viable approaches which businessmen, modelers, and consultants can use to frame problems and issues in competitive rivalry. We then discuss the rationale of each of the main modeling approaches contained in the...