May 4, 2008
by Oliver
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Last week I received a newsletter from McKinsey concerning some selected articles. The major purpose was to present some thoughts around the 7 S Framework. Furthermore the newsletter suggested some other publications from The McKinsey Quarterly; some of them have … Continue reading
January 3, 2008
by Oliver
Comments Off on CFO’s first hundred days
Recently McKinsey announced the survey results concerning the first 100 days of new CFOs. According to available data McKinsey considered 164 responses from a representative sample of CFOs. The article that contains the findings displays participants’ views about their first … Continue reading
November 14, 2007
by Dagmar
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Early indicators are very popular in the business world. People normally like them because they see a lot of advantages, such as Early indicators are perceived to provide some objectivity to otherwise fuzzy planning and forecasting processes. They are most … Continue reading
August 2, 2007
by Oliver
Comments Off on Middle management as participant for strategic planning
When you observe strategic planning processes in different organizations it is possible to find “closed shop†planning processes. In some cases only top manager “develop†the strategy, in other situations they are supported by specialised departments. Various sources in the … Continue reading
May 14, 2007
by Dagmar
Comments Off on DaimlerChrysler finally without Chrysler – Some thoughts about the pro’s and con’s
The breaking news today is that DaimlerChrysler is going to sell about 80 % of Chrysler to private equity fund Cerberus. The price of 5.5 bn Euros is far less than what former Daimler Benz AG invested for its ‘merger … Continue reading
March 27, 2007
by Dagmar
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OK, Porsche’s announcement to increase its share in VW is not really new any more. However, I have spent the last few days thinking about the strategic rationale behind that (among other things, of course). And still, I did not … Continue reading
February 25, 2007
by Oliver
Comments Off on Strategic decision making
For all those who are interested in theoretical issue of strategic management I would like to recommend a specific research paper. We know that strategies and the empirical research on strategic management can be analysed under two different point of … Continue reading