A business strategy for eco-sustainability: some critical framework components

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Formidable Challenge ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Sustainability has become one of the most important issues for businesses today. Growing concerns about environmental welfare has guaranteed that eco-sustainability is now high on many company agendas around the globe. The critical nature of sustainability is without question. Firms that fail to recognize this might be seriously jeopardizing competitiveness, growth and success in the longer term. Organizations face a pretty formidable challenge. The natural quest to attain economic goals must be balanced by the obligation to meet existing and future environmental and social responsibilities. Some companies can’t be faulted for their efforts in this respect. Moves to reduce their carbon footprint and improve production systems are testimony to that. But in spite of such moves, natural resources continue to diminish as a result of business activities. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/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.

Towards greater understanding of a supply chain strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (12) ◽  
pp. 6-8
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Strategy ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Greater understanding of a business unit’s actual rather than desired supply chain strategy can help identify where changes are needed and ensure it remain closely linked to the wider business strategy. Use of a relevant framework enables the tacit knowledge surrounding the supply chain function to become conceptualized and thus make the supply chain strategy more explicit. Originality/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.

How modern technologies can generate a competitive edge

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Modern Technologies

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Digital technologies can increase business value and deliver a competitive advantage. Organizations can exploit the potential more fully by creating an appropriate IT strategy, aligning it with the business strategy and ensuring that systems and solutions are flexible and interoperable. Originality/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.

Bolstering your margin of safety against natural resource scarcity

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Natural Resource Scarcity ◽  
Operational Safety ◽  
Margin Of Safety ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper concentrates on the commercial risks NRS throws up for large manufacturing businesses, and how NRS can be approached strategically to position them for sustainable operating success. For a business that must use scarce natural resources to make its products, a combination of specific buffering and bridging strategies can be interwoven to plan and implement the most robust, risk-mitigating margin of operational safety. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists 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.

Green for go

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 24-26
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings As the world approaches the year 2020 – which has been the most looked-forward-to years since the Millennium, offering as it does the opportunity to use “20:20 vision” as a descriptor – it is perhaps useful to look back over those 20 years to understand how far sustainability and environmental concerns have developed with regard to business strategy. While these concerns were prevalent at the turn of the century, they were not mainstream in terms of how they were dealt with by firms, and there was considerable difference in how firms treated them depending on where they were based, how big they were and how it fed into their overall corporate strategy. Originality/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.

Should corporate and business strategy be aligned?

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-27
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Alignment between corporate and business strategies has been deemed essential by many observers, although conflicting aims make the task challenging. However, firms can use an alignment matrix to select the appropriate combination of alignment direction and relationship to ensure that the respective goals can be achieved. Originality/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.

The relationship between cloud adoption and business strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-9
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cloud Adoption ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This paper uncovers the effect that successful cloud technology service implementation has on business strategy. The surveyed respondents strategically incorporated cloud services either to maintain a competitive position, to bolster innovation, or to reduce their costs. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists, 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.

Where there’s smoke there’s – litigation

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – The case study illustrates the complex paradigm that interlinks economic and human rights obligations of states on one side of the spectrum and property rights and social responsibilities of tobacco companies on the other. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/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.

Local good, global bad

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 27-29
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
English Language ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Substantial Level ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings For those who appreciate both business strategy and the English language, there is one term that started to gain traction in the 1990s that has always provided a substantial level of discomfort. While a necessary and important term within the realms of globalization, this word nevertheless often raises uncomfortable questions regarding a firm’s strategy, while simultaneously being one of the ugliest words in the English language. The word being referred to is this: glocalization. Practical implications Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/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.

The role of CSR in business strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 13-15 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings A clearly-defined CSR programme can lead to key business benefits. Originality/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.

Talking about climate change

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 7-8
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Statoil (Equinor), Suncor, and Total were the first three energy companies to produce climate strategy reports. Analyzing these, it is possible to discover how these companies view climate change in relation to their business strategy moving forward. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists 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.

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