Just do it

July, 2008    SFP-002 Just do it Unsuccessful firms believe the buy-in fallacy; successful firms don’t. They create a strong strategy, then they just do it.

The Silo Myth

July, 2005    RWM-030 The Silo Myth In this review of new research, Dr Brian Smith looks at the overlap between Marketing and Human Resources and discovers that these functions should ignore that overlap at their peril.

Making assumptions

October, 2003    RWM-012 Making assumptions New research takes a look at accepted truths and obliterates a few industry myths. Dr Brian Smith wonders why we are so fond of generalisations.

Marrying Companies

July, 2008    O2N-003 Marrying Companies Dr Brian Smith looks at mergers and acquisitions in the credit crunch. (Open University Money & Management blog)