Derek F. Abell
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- The future of strategy is leadership Journal of Business Research 59(3): 310–314.
- Leadership education as a moving target The International Journal of Leadership Education 1(1): 1–8.
- Competing today while preparing for tomorrow Sloan Management Review 40(3): 73–81.
- Strategic windows The Journal of Marketing 42(3): 21–26.
Books
- Managing with dual strategies: Mastering the present - preempting the future New York: Free Press.
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Dynamic entrepreneurship in central and eastern Europe
Hague: Delwel.
Subject(s): Entrepreneurship, Keyword(s): entrepreneurship, eastern EuropePublished: 1993
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Defining the business: The starting point of strategic planning
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Subject(s): Strategy & General Management, Keyword(s): business planning, industrial managementPublished: 1980
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Strategic market planning: Problems and analytical approaches
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Subject(s): Strategy & General Management, Marketing, Keyword(s): strategic management, marketingPublished: 1979
- Competitive market strategies: Some generalizations and hypotheses Cambridge: Marketing Science Institute.
- Putting shareholder value in the right perspective In Organization 21C: Someday all organizations will lead this way, ed. Subir Chowdhury, 135–154. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
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The Rare Find (D)
ESMT-809-0056-1 Case, ESMT-809-0053-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Entrepreneurship Keyword(s): start-up, career planning, South Africa, real estate, entrepreneurship, fractional ownership, marketing, marketing communications, financial planning & budgeting, business planning, career planning, work-life balance, dual careers, venture capital
The conversations the four partners had in early January about the Lifestyle Portfolio Project had highlighted the essence of the trade-offs between potential benefits and rewards to fractional owners, financial investors, if there were to be any, and themselves.
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Published: 2009 -
The Rare Find (C)
ESMT-809-0055-1 Case, ESMT-809-0053-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Entrepreneurship Keyword(s): start-up, career planning, South Africa, real estate, entrepreneurship, fractional ownership, marketing, marketing communications, financial planning & budgeting, business planning, career planning, work-life balance, dual careers, venture capital
In early January 2006, the four partners knew that if any changes were made in the approach they had been taking in the months before Christmas (see The Rare Find A), they would also have to make some changes in the December draft of their marketing brochure..
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Published: 2009 -
The Rare Find (B)
ESMT-809-0054-1 Case, ESMT-809-0053-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Entrepreneurship Keyword(s): start-up, career planning, South Africa, real estate, entrepreneurship, fractional ownership, marketing, marketing communications, financial planning & budgeting, business planning, career planning, work-life balance, dual careers, venture capital
The Christmas break had provided some badly needed time for the four partners to check some of their initial assumptions and conclusions about how to realize the Lifestyle Portfolio opportunity. While still committed to the basic directions set earlier, they had nevertheless agreed to check the financial implications of some key alternatives.
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Published: 2009 -
The Rare Find (A)
ESMT-809-0053-1 Case, ESMT-809-0053-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Entrepreneurship Keyword(s): start-up, career planning, South Africa, real estate, entrepreneurship, fractional ownership, marketing, marketing communications, financial planning & budgeting, business planning, career planning, work-life balance, dual careers, venture capital
During the last two weeks of December 2005, the four founding partners of the Rare Find, based in Cape Town, South Africa, were all on the road following up business ideas. Nearly all of these ideas had resulted from a well-placed magazine article in one of the South Africa's leading real estate publications several months earlier.
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Published: 2009 -
Greta Braun and the Infotech board
ESMT-309-0089-1 Case, ESMT-309-0089-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Strategy & General Management Keyword(s): boards, board-management relationship, board-CEO relationship, board information needs, board composition, board responsibilities
Greta Braun, a well respected German Professor of Management, joins the board of Infotech as one of only two non-executive directors. The first board meeting is a surprise since a 5 million euro acquisition decision is passed without any significant questioning or debate. After the board meeting she questions the board chairman about board functioning and procedures. The upshot is that she, as a newcomer and relative outsider, is asked to prepare her thoughts on these issues for the next board meeting. The board chairman suggests that two main subjects should be put on the table: First, how the board, which includes three founder-owners, should relate to the CEO (who is one of these); second, what kind of information the board should expect to get from management to do its job and fulfill its legal obligations.
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Published: 2009 -
George Martin
ESMT-709-0090-1 Case, ESMT-709-0090-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Ethics & Social Responsibility Keyword(s): ethics, financial crisis, toxic products, general management, responsible leadership
This short (1 page) case describes 38 year-old George Martin, who is having second thoughts about the possible 'toxic' effects of video games - the main business of the division where he is currently CFO. His concern is focused on violent video games in particular, and the widespread concern that they are easily accessible to children of all ages, some of whom may be influenceable by what they see. Apparently George may soon be offered an opportunity to take over as General Manager of the division, and on an evening out with two friends from 'B'-school days (one with responsibility for a sport utility vehicle automobile line, and the other working for a leading tobacco brand) they discuss the recent financial crisis and the 'toxic' products which triggered it. A conversation in a bar raises the question about the toxicity of their own businesses, and implicitly the issue of their own responsibility as executives, relative to that of the consumer who buys the product, or government who might provide oversight and regulation.
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Published: 2009 -
Mario puzzles about China
ESMT-706-0066-1 Case, ESMT-706-0017-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Ethics & Social Responsibility Keyword(s): leadership, ethics, responsibility, corporate social responsibility, CSR, careers, dual careers
The three cases (Georg, Kati, Mario) can be taught separately or as a threesome devoted to leadership dilemmas/responsible leadership. The cases treat respectively four dilemmas: an ethical dilemma (George); dilemmas concerning personal career goals versus family/spouse goals, and economic versus environmental goals (Mario); and finally a dilemma concerning downsizing and employment (Kati). All three cases at first glance seem to pose rather obvious trade-offs and choices as the student puts himself/herself in the shoes of George, Mario and Kati.
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Published: 2006 -
Kati is dealt a downsizing card
ESMT-706-0018-1 Case, ESMT-706-0017-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Ethics & Social Responsibility Keyword(s): leadership, ethics, responsibility, corporate social responsibility, CSR, downsizing, employment
The three cases (Georg, Kati, Mario) can be taught separately or as a threesome devoted to leadership dilemmas/responsible leadership. The cases treat respectively four dilemmas: an ethical dilemma (George); dilemmas concerning personal career goals versus family/spouse goals, and economic versus environmental goals (Mario); and finally a dilemma concerning downsizing and employment (Kati). All three cases at first glance seem to pose rather obvious trade-offs and choices as the student puts himself/herself in the shoes of George, Mario and Kati.
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Published: 2006 -
George on the horns of a career dilemma
ESMT-706-0017-1 Case, ESMT-706-0017-8 Teaching Note
Subject(s): Ethics & Social Responsibility Keyword(s): leadership, ethics, responsibility, corporate social responsibility, CSR, client management, careers
The three cases (Georg, Kati, Mario) can be taught separately or as a threesome devoted to leadership dilemmas/responsible leadership. The cases treat respectively four dilemmas: an ethical dilemma (George); dilemmas concerning personal career goals versus family/spouse goals, and economic versus environmental goals (Mario); and finally a dilemma concerning downsizing and employment (Kati). All three cases at first glance seem to pose rather obvious trade-offs and choices as the student puts himself/herself in the shoes of George, Mario and Kati.
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Published: 2006
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