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Strategy Process 2025 Annual Business Meeting

September 24, 2025 from 9:00 am – 10:00 am CDT.

Reaching Level 4 Maturity to Maximize Revenue Growth Part 3 of 3: What are the Key Learnings

The following is part three of a three-part series on transforming topline revenue growth. Part one may be accessed through the corresponding link here and part two may be accessed through…

Reaching Level 4 Maturity to Maximize Revenue Growth Part 2 of 3: Success Comes with Maturity

This article is part two of a three-part series on transforming topline revenue growth. You can read part one here and part three of the article here. As discussed in…

Reaching Level 4 Maturity to Maximize Revenue Growth Part 1 of 3: Breaking Down Organizational Silos

Businesses that are still operating in silos, consciously or unconsciously, are losing ground when it comes to achieving industry leadership and increasing topline revenue growth.

Understanding how CEO narcissism can shape corporate risk-taking

Corporate board structures have come under greater scrutiny since (at least) the 1990s. The U.S. government has taken steps to review potential problems, such as Securities and Exchange Commission rules…

Cultivating Inclusion: The Road to Effective Open Strategy in Modern Organizations

In today’s business landscape, there’s a noticeable trend towards inclusion in organizational strategy, referred to as open strategy. Companies are encouraging input from employees at all levels, recognizing the value…

SMS 44th Annual Conference Istanbul

Strategic Management of Fault Lines, Contradictions, and Divergences

On the effects of authority on peer motivation

When managers use their (legitimate) power to take decisions on behalf of their staff, they risk setting back employees and making them detach from the firm. This danger is particularly…

Kauppila, Bizzi and Obstfeld: Connecting and Creating

To innovate, managers are often advised to make strategic decisions based on changes in their external business environment. Our research suggests that managers should also consider how strategic decision‐making enables…

Rockart & Dutt on competitive advantages from learning

This paper examines differences in the rate and potential of firms’ capability development trajectories. Capability development trajectories are the paths over which firms’ capabilities change with experience and other activities.…