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Southwest Pursues a Me-Too Strategy

Michael Roberto

They wrote: A comparison of the business models of the 26 [European] airlines in 2004 and 2012 revealed a decrease of distance of nearly 19 percent. The paper, published in Strategic Management Journal in 2007, was titled "Strategic Purity: A Multi-Industry Evaluation of Pure vs. Hybrid Business Strategies." Profitable?

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Can mindfulness stimulate sustainability-oriented innovation?

Norbert Bol

Positive aspects of mindfulness are that people gain a better awareness of one’s inner and outer worlds without immediate categorizations, comparisons, self-reference, judgements or criticism. Mindfulness is a growing topic in the academic literature and in business, where it is mainly related to the well being of people.

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Mastering the Innovation Portfolio Management Process: A 5-Step Guide to Success

Qmarkets

This is where a structured innovation portfolio management process becomes invaluable. Through a systematic approach, innovation portfolio management helps businesses prioritize high-impact ideas, effectively allocate resources, and strategically manage risk, ensuring that innovation efforts contribute meaningfully to long-term success.

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How sustainable consumption relates to knowledge, seriousness and culture

Norbert Bol

Justification by comparison: Consumers can argue that they see reasonable ground that their choice of product or way of living is still better than other choices or ways. With regards to knowledge consumers can be quite defensive and use counter-arguments as a defense mechanism for not changing their behaviour.

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A Story from Google Shows You Don’t Need Power to Drive Strategy

Harvard Business Review

But Brian’s accomplishment challenges conventional definitions of strategic leadership. Also, all of his work was done outside the boundaries of strategic management practices within the organization. For comparison purposes, we made sure that these leaders included a mix of those with and without formal authority.

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Prestigious Firms Make Riskier Acquisitions Than Other Firms

Harvard Business Review

We examined this issue and published our findings in a recent paper in the Strategic Management Journal. Yet they involve significant risks in selection, pricing, and integration, and markets often respond negatively to their announcements.

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10 Years of Data on Baseball Teams Shows When Pay Transparency Backfires

Harvard Business Review

Our research , appearing in Strategic Management Journal, shows that if people know how much they make relative to others, and if differences in pay can be clearly tied to how their performance stacks up against coworkers’, harmful effects of differences in compensation can be negated.

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