The Three Successful Strategic Transformers: Developments

Manuel Hensmans, Gerry Johnson and George Yip
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Manuel Hensmans: ULB
Gerry Johnson: Strategic Management Lancaster University Management School
George Yip: Management China Europe International Business School

Chapter 4 in Strategic Transformation, 2013, pp 76-96 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract As early as the 1950s Tesco, Smith & Nephew, and Cadbury Schweppes started developing traditions of transformation: traditions of continuity, anticipation, contestation, and mobility. By the late 1970s only a few remaining sources of inertia stood in the way of these traditions becoming an integral part of the strategic transformation process. A few catalyst events would provide the tipping point: Tesco’s 1977 Operation Checkout, Cadbury Schweppes’ 1978 Long-Range Plan, and Smith & Nephew’s 1978 launch of OpSite. These events precipitated a significant generational and cultural shift.

Keywords: Soft Drink; Chief Executive; Corporate Headquarters; Constructive Conflict; Carbonate Soft Drink (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137268464_4

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