Business Strategy - Article Review

This article review covers five journal articles on business strategy and its impact on leadership, CSR, innovation, and performance. The articles use different theoretical frameworks and methodologies to explore the various aspects of business strategy. The review also provides insights on the strategic orientation of Indian banks.

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Table of Contents
Article 1...............................................................................................................................2
Article 2...............................................................................................................................5
Article 3...............................................................................................................................8
Article 4.............................................................................................................................11
Article 5.............................................................................................................................14
References..........................................................................................................................17

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Article 1
Title of the Article Strategic clarity, business strategy and performance
Title of the Journal Journal of Strategy and Management
Date of Publication/Volume and Issue Date of publication – 26 October 2010
Volume number – 3
Issue number – 4
Author/s Names and Job Titles John A. Parnell, School of Business Administration, University of North
Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina, USA
Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the
journal article?
The article in discussion attempts to deal with the various matters that
pertain to the factors that deal with the performance and the strategies that
are related to the matters that pertain to the implementation of the
combination of the various strategies that are implemented within the
organization.
Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework The article in discussion attempts to look in to the various strategies that

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related to Business Strategy? might be related to the performance and the strategies that are related to
the matters that pertain to the implementation of the combination of the
various strategies that are implemented within the organization.
Methodology: What methodology have the authors
used to collect data?
The article aimed to discuss the managers of the 277 retail businesses that
have been operating within the country of USA.
Findings and conclusion What were the findings and
conclusion of the article?
The article aims to discuss the various matters that are related to the usage
of the combination strategies that are related to the high-level
performance of the various matters and does not provide for all the
instances that might occur within the concerned business organization.
The findings of the concerned article tended to deal with the comparison
of the various business organizations that implemented various levels of
the strategic performance within the organization.
What were the academic and managerial contributions
made by the journal article?
The article aims at helping the future researchers as well as the students to
deal with the matters that pertain to the factors that deal with the
performance and the strategies that are related to the matters that pertain
to the implementation of the combination of the various strategies that are

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implemented within the organization.

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Article 2
Title of the Article How technology-driven business strategy can spur innovation and growth
Title of the Journal Strategy and Leadership
Date of Publication/Volume and Issue Date of publication – 1 March 2006
Volume number – 34
Issue number – 2
Author/s Names and Job Titles Saul J. Berman, Partner and Global Leader, Business Strategy Practice,
IBM Business Consulting Services.
Jeff Hagan, Alliance Development Manager, IBM Business Consulting
Services.
Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the
journal article?
The article in discussion aims to deal with the various ways in which the
various business strategies that are driven by the technologies might
develop and offer the concerned business organizations with the needed
support. The article further states that the various business strategies that
are driven by the technologies might also offer the concerned businesses

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with certain distinct advantages.
Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework
related to Business Strategy?
The theoretical framework that has been used in the composition of the
article tends to discuss the various business strategies that are driven by
the technologies that might have been put to use by the concerned
companies that have been studied by the authors of the concerned article.
Methodology: What methodology have the authors
used to collect data?
The authors of the article attempted a study on the ten different companies
that have been well known in their respective fields for the
implementation of a great amount of innovation within the respected field.
The authors attempted a study of the six different principles that are
usually implemented by the concerned innovative companies in order to
deal with the various matters that pertain to the innovation within the
given sector.
Findings and conclusion What were the findings and
conclusion of the article?
The findings of the study indicate the fact that the concerned companies
might have stood out due to the various matters that pertain to the
accomplishment of the various categories of the measurement of the
innovation. The various factors that are considered in this case are the

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changes in the basis of the communication, the breaking of the rules of the
scale, and the introduction of a completely new business model.
What were the academic and managerial contributions
made by the journal article?
The article aims to deal with the various factors that are related to the
matters that might help the concerned students and the further researchers
to gain more insight in to the matters that pertain to various ways in which
the various business strategies that are driven by the technologies might
develop and offer the concerned business organizations with the needed
support and the various business strategies that are driven by the
technologies might also offer the concerned businesses with certain
distinct advantages.

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Article 3
Title of the Article Carroll’s pyramid of CSR: taking another look
Title of the Journal International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility
Date of Publication/Volume and Issue Date of Publication – 5 July 2016
Volume number – 1
Issue number – 1
Author/s Names and Job Titles Archie B. Carroll faculty at Terry College of Business, University of
Georgia.
Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the
journal article?
The article attempts a further discussion on the matters that pertain to the
popular framework of Carroll's Pyramid of Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR). The article aims to deal with the summarization of
the four-part definitional framework that served as a base to the creation
of the pyramid.
Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework The article tends to review the popular strategic framework model known

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related to Business Strategy? as the Carroll's Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The
article attempts to comment on the various factors that were not discussed
within the initial proposal of the framework. The author in this case
attempts to explain further the various matters that pertain to the
implementation of the various factors that are related to the ethics and the
other frameworks that form the base of the framework.
Methodology: What methodology have the authors
used to collect data?
The author in this case tends to deal with the various factors that pertain to
the explanation of the concerned framework in discussion. The author is
observed to have been attempting an explanation of the various matters
that pertain to the description of the framework that had already been in
use.
Findings and conclusion What were the findings and
conclusion of the article?
The article aims to discuss the various implications that are related to the
application of the popular framework, the Carroll's Pyramid of Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR). The article aims to discuss the various
factors that are related to the further explanation of the concerned
framework in discussion, the Carroll's Pyramid of Corporate Social

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Responsibility (CSR).
What were the academic and managerial contributions
made by the journal article?
The article aims to deal with the various factors that are related to the
matters that might help the concerned students and the further researchers
to gain more insight in to the matters that pertain to the Carroll's Pyramid
of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the areas of implication of
the framework.

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Article 4
Title of the Article The impact of business strategy on leadership
Title of the Journal Journal of Strategy and Management
Date of Publication/Volume and Issue Date of Publication – 18 July 2015
Volume number – 8
Issue number – 2
Author/s Names and Job Titles Thomas G. Marx Lawrence Technological University, Southfield,
Michigan, USA
Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the
journal article?
The concerned paper in discussion aims to examine the proposition that
states that the styles, skills, traits and the functions of leadership are
affected by the business strategy that has been undertaken by the
concerned business organization. The article further aims to deal with the
implications of the concerned effects on the practices of both strategic
planning and leadership.

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Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework
related to Business Strategy?
The concerned article attempts to deal with the various factors that
pertained to the impacts of the strategies on the various leadership styles
and traits that were being followed by the various organizations. The
study further discusses the differences that have been existing between the
leaders and the managers of the concerned organization.
Methodology: What methodology have the authors
used to collect data?
The article was composed on the basis of the 450 responses that were
obtained through an online survey. The collected data was analyzed using
the regression tool in order to examine the impacts of the various
strategies on the leadership styles implemented within the organization.
Findings and conclusion What were the findings and
conclusion of the article?
The findings of this article state that the there is evidence enough to point
out the fact that there exists a strong relationship among the various
strategies like Blue Ocean strategies, Best value strategies and the Product
strategies and the effects of these strategies on the leadership that is
evident within a given organization. The study reveals that the impacts of
the market strategies on the leadership styles are however limited.
What were the academic and managerial contributions The concerned article tends to help the concerned managers to deal with

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made by the journal article? the various matters that pertain to the leadership that needs to be provided
to the concerned organizations by putting forth the various matters that
pertain to the critical impacts of the strategies on the leadership.

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Article 5
Title of the Article Assessment of business strategy: Implication for Indian banks
Title of the Journal Journal of Strategy and Management
Date of Publication/Volume and Issue Date of Publication – 16 November 2015
Volume number – 8
Issue Number – 4
Author/s Names and Job Titles Dhananjay Bapat – National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, India
Deepa Mazumdar – Department of Human Resources, National Institute
of Bank Management, Pune, India
Purpose: What is the knowledge gap addressed in the
journal article?
The major purpose of this paper was to deal with the exploration of the
various business strategies that have been implemented by the banks and
the other financial institutions that have been operating within the
concerned market. The authors further aim to deal with the strategic
orientation of the various banks that are operative within the banking

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sector as operative in India. The article in discussion tends to attend to the
issues that have yet been unanswered like the strategic archetypes for the
Indian banking.
Theory: Does the article use a theoretical framework
related to Business Strategy?
The concerned article deals with a literature review on the context of the
strategic orientation. The article further attempts to address the strategic
orientation as followed within the Indian banking industry thereby leading
to the conditions that are related to the matters that pertain to the
acknowledgement of the fact that the Indian banking industry should have
been playing an important role in the global banking industry.
Methodology: What methodology have the authors
used to collect data?
The review of the literature on the given topics tended to reveal that there
are fourteen different factors that have been related to the matters that
pertain to the various aspects as related to the strategic orientation of the
banks. The data was collected through the responses of 330 bank officials
who had been serving in the various functional areas of the Indian banks.
Findings and conclusion What were the findings and
conclusion of the article?
The findings of the study revealed that the concerned respondents had
rated the market share as well as the new products that have been offered

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by the banks highly. These were followed by the ratings that were
awarded to the factors that pertained to the cost, competition and the
services of the banks respectively.
What were the academic and managerial contributions
made by the journal article?
The article aims to offer the concerned managers with the guidance on the
various ways in which the bank strategy might be framed and assessed.

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References
Bapat, D., & Mazumdar, D. (2015). Assessment of business strategy: implication for Indian
banks. Journal of Strategy and Management, 8(4), 306-325.
Berman, S. J., & Hagan, J. (2006). How technology-driven business strategy can spur innovation
and growth. Strategy & Leadership, 34(2), 28-34.
Carroll, A. B. (2016). Carroll’s pyramid of CSR: taking another look. International journal of
corporate social responsibility, 1(1), 3.
Marx, T. G. (2015). The impact of business strategy on leadership. Journal of Strategy and
Management, 8(2), 110-126.
Parnell, J. A. (2010). Strategic clarity, business strategy and performance. Journal of Strategy
and Management, 3(4), 304-324.