Implementierung von Strategien (2009)
Markus Kreutzer, Christoph Lechner
Je nach Strategieprozess erscheinen Aktivitäten der Realisierung von Strategien in einem anderen Licht. Ausgehend von der klassischen Zweiphasenteilung in Formulierung und Implementierung stellen...
Strategic Initiatives: The Past, the Current and the Future (2009)
Markus Kreutzer, Christoph Lechner
In this chapter, we display the current disciplinary knowledge on strategic initiatives and outline future research areas. We begin with definitions of the concept, its various types and...
Control Configurations and Strategic Initiatives (2009)
Markus Kreutzer, Christoph Lechner
This chapter builds on the extensive prior work on control and especially its recent development into a broader configurational approach and applies it to the initiative level. Based on the concept...
Coordinating Growth Initiatives in Multi-Unit Firms (2009)
Christoph Lechner, Markus Kreutzer
Realising corporate growth remains a challenging task for most firms. In this paper, we examine how multi-unit corporations can effectively coordinate the evolution of their growth initiatives. Based...
Organizational Control and Strategic Growth Initiatives - A Contingency Perspective (2009)
Markus Kreutzer, Christoph Lechner, Laura Cardinal
This study focuses on formal and informal control modes used by organizations to manage their growth initiatives. Drawing on the literature on growth, organizational control, and contingency theory,...
Formal Control and Strategic Growth Initiatives: An Entrepreneurial Perspective (2008)
Markus Kreutzer, Christoph Lechner, Andreas Herrmann
Growth initiatives have been recognized as important means for corporate entrepreneurship. In this paper, we apply a control perspective on such initiatives and examine the impact of various types of...
Control Research - A Review (2008)
This article attempts to reflect the current state and progress of control research with a focus on management control as opposed to strategic and operational control. Based on a broad lit-erature...
Strategic Initiatives and Control (2008)
Markus Kreutzer, Christoph Lechner, Laura Cardinal
Based on survey data of 201 firms in six industries, this paper examines the relationship between control mechanisms and the performance of strategic growth initiatives. We differentiate control...
Tesco & Sainsburg, Growth Strategies and Corporate Competitiveness 1990-2007 (2008)
Markus Kreutzer, Christoph Lechner
This case describes and compares the growth strategies, the concrete growth initiatives and the resulting corporate competitiveness of the two main British grocery businesses: Sainsbury's and Tesco....
Controlling Strategic Initiatives: A Contribution to Corporate Entrepreneurship (2008)
The dissertation explores the role of control in managing strategic initiatives. It con-sists of four interrelated parts. In the first part, the study reflects the current state and progress of...
Dimensionen der Führung von Beratungsunternehmen (2007)
Christoph Lechner, Markus Kreutzer
Beratungsunternehmen sehen sich mit großen Herausforderungen konfrontiert, die ihr bisheriges Geschäftsmodell in Frage stellen. Mit dem PSF Management Kreis wird ein Bezugsrahmen vorgestellt, der...
Wie evaluiert man, was Berater leisten? (2005)
Christoph Lechner, Markus Kreutzer
Die Diskussion um die Evaluation der Beratungsleistungen hat in den letzten Jahren an Brisanz gewonnen. Denn: Kann die Branche keinen überzeugenden Wertnachweis erbringen, stellt sich letztlich die...
Berater unter Druck - Herausforderungen an das Geschäftsmodell der Beratungsindustrie (2005)
Christoph Lechner, Nicola B. Gesing, Markus Kreutzer, Günter Müller-Stewens
McKinsey, Roland Berger und Co. müssen laut einer Studie der Universität St. Gallen ihr Geschäftsmodell überprüfen. Spezialisten nehmen den Generalisten Marktanteile weg; die Aufstiegschancen...