A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis has become a key tool
used by businesses for strategic planning. Scholars have conducted SWOT research for …

In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published his landmark book, Strategic Management: A
Stakeholder Approach, a work that set the agenda for what we now call stakeholder theory …

Valued by instructors and students alike, Foundations of Marketing presents an accessible
introduction to Marketing. Packed with examples and end of chapter case studies …

This review incorporates strategic planning research conducted over more than 30 years
and ranges from the classical model of strategic planning to recent empirical work on …

It is assumed that leaders can boost the motivation of employees by communicating the
organization's ultimate aspirations, yet evidence on the effectiveness of this tactic is …

In this article, we examine the role that formal strategic planning plays in determining the
success of strategy implementation in a set of more than 150 public service organizations …

A growing body of empirical evidence in the management literature suggests that
antecedent variables widely accepted as leading to desirable consequences actually lead to …

The essential planning resource and framework for nonprofit leaders Strategic Planning for
Public and Nonprofit Organizations is the comprehensive, practical guide to building and …

Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of
research in strategic management. Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are …

This study explores the link between financial performance and the formal strategic planning
process, planning flexibility, and innovativeness of 448 firms in a multi-industry sample. The …