Journal of Strategy and Management: Volume 17 Issue 2

Sustainable lean manufacturing as long-term strategy: performance framework development and prioritization

Mariana da Silva Barbosa Gama, Andrei Bonamigo

In response to mounting global concerns about climate change and scarcity of natural resources, manufacturers have been pressured to develop strategies and enhance their…

Sustainable board governance and sustainable supply chain reporting: European evidence

Patrick Velte

This paper aims to investigate the impact of sustainable board governance, based on (1) sustainability board committees, (2) critical mass of female board members and (3…

Business digital transformation: strategy adaptation, communication and future agenda

Marcello Cosa

This study addresses the pivotal role of digital transformation (DT) in the post-pandemic business landscape, identifying a notable gap in comprehending strategic adaptations and…

Unraveling the mystery: exploring managers' attraction to excessive markets and investigating behavioral biases in market entry decisions

Omid Soleymanzadeh, Bahman Hajipour

The purpose of this study is to address why managers enter the excessive market. A comparison of the facts and perceptions of entrants relative to success in the market shows that…

Stakeholders in strategy-making

Fran Ackermann, Colin Eden, Peter McKiernan

Conventional wisdom says stakeholders matter to managers as they develop strategy – but do they? If so, what type of stakeholders matter and what can managers do?

Assessing supply chain management’s impact on new product performance: the mediating role of marketing innovation orientation during COVID-19

Gavriel Dahan, Michal Levi-Bliech

The main purpose of this study is to examine the influence of two characteristics of supply chain management (SCM) (resilience and integration) on new product performance (NPP…

Structure-conduct-performance (SCP) paradigm in digital platform competition: a conceptual framework

Shatakshi Bourai, Rahul Arora, Neetu Yadav

The study aims to analyze factors impacting firms’ success and persistence in a digital platform competition using the structure-conduct-performance (SCP) framework. The study…

Does “Open Strategy” improve employees’ knowledge of strategy? A quantitative study

Michael Stadler, Nicoline Scheidegger

Recent research has highlighted limited explicit knowledge of a company’s strategy on the part of its employees. The concept of Open Strategy has emerged as a promising approach…

Genetic argument and new knowledge creation in strategic management

Arvind Parkhe

The purpose of this paper is to present a framework of ideation pathways that organically extend the current stock of knowledge to generate new and useful knowledge. Although…

An axiomatic model towards understanding value creation and appropriation in demand-driven markets

Claude Diderich

In demand-driven markets, customer value, sometimes called perceived use value or consumer surplus, is defined by the customer rather than the firm. The value a firm can…