Strategic Information System Planning (SISP) is a well-established practice for securing the effective implementation of innovative information systems and technology. There is little in the literature about how vision is related to SISP so this study examines practice in the UK higher education sector where vision statements are regularly constructed in relation to planning cycles. The nature ...

The RE-AIM Framework is a planning and evaluation model that has been used in a variety of settings to address various programmatic, environmental, and policy innovations for improving population health. In addition to the broad application and diverse use of the framework, there are lessons learned and recommendations for the future use of the framework across clinical, community, and corporat...

Company strategy expresses a basic idea of how to reach company objectives. A whole range of models of strategic management are used in practice. The concept of strategic management should fulfill some basic requirements to make it applicable for both the typical, but also more specific company environment. The financial strategy plays an important role in corporate strategy. The paper develops...

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Readers of Long Range Planning have had an enduring interest in the effects of formal planning systems on corporate performance [1,2]. According to Greenley's [3] review of the empirical evidence, formal planning has not been shown to be useful to manufacturing companies. My own review of the evidence reaches a more favorable verdict with respect to formal planning. Below, I describe the select...

The relative constancy of nonfinancial corporate tax revenues as a share of U.S. GDP masks offsetting trends in the ratio of corporate profits to GDP (declining) and the average tax rate (increasing). The average tax rate rose steadily between 1996 and 2003, an increase largely attributable to the importance of tax losses. This rise casts some doubt on the role of tax planning activities in red...

Company strategy expresses a basic idea of how to reach company objectives. A whole range of models of strategic management are used in practice. The concept of strategic management should fulfill some basic requirements to make it applicable for both the typical, but also more specific company environment. The financial strategy plays an important role in corporate strategy. The paper develops...

Technology will play at least as vital a role in the 21st century as it did in the 20th. Therefore , it is important to address technology-related issues facing futures studies. My own two decades of experience in corporate planning and three in professional journal editing suggest a correlation of technological innovation clusters, corporate planning, and technological forecasting with the wel...