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How companies respond to demands from external forces to effect radical change

This paper examines how actions by people within organisations…

Mental Ambidexterity in Strategic Thinking (MAST)

Be both Designer and Commander – how adopting an ambidextrous…

Cooperate, Circumvent or Contest - three responses to strategic bottlenecks in the automotive industry’s software ecosystem.

The major car manufacturers enjoy a tight grip on the software…

How the iconic business models of Netflix and Spotify point the way to defeating digital piracy

The phenomenon of digital piracy is effectively 20 years old…

Why Western Internet Firms have all failed in China

When they seem to conquer markets around the world with ease,…

The employee owned business model during growth and adversity - how well does it hold up

The Employee Ownership Advantage - benefits and consequences

Cass Professors Joseph Lampel and Ajay Bhalla along with Newcastle…

The Second Face of Appropriability - Generative Appropriability and its determinants

How firms appropriate value from their inventions is the basis…

Business models - A challenging agenda

Why is the business model a useful concept for scholars of strategic…