The history and development of Ontario's new public health agency, Public Health Ontario, is explored. The governance model and organizational structure are identified along with an overview of the relationship with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The strategic mission and vision are described as are the key functions. The building of the organization through new investments ...

I examine how firms use alliances to respond to the alliance networks of their rivals, by either allying with their rivals’ partners or by building countervailing alliances. Evidence from the global airline industry (1994–98) suggests that these strategic responses depend on alliance cospecialization. Cospecialized alliances by rivals may involve exclusivity, precluding alliances with the rival...

SIMPLE, Structured Intuitive Model of Product Line Economics, provides a technique for modeling the costs and benefits of a software product line over its life time. Several scenarios of product line development have been identified and the equations developed for those scenarios. The SIMPLE technique was intended for creating quantitative estimates. In this issue of Strategic Software Engineer...

This paper, firstly, examined the contents of 39 cities’ current public library strategic plans in United States and, secondarily, clarified features building renewals specifically line with local authority’s goals through case study Boston Public Library (BPL). It mainly turns out followings: BPL efforts to serve more spaces for users, particularly teenagers and children, rather than book coll...

This paper describes how System Dynamics simulation has been used to interpret, test and refine a theoretical framework grounded on a case study. The case analised is Burgelman’s account of Intel strategic reorientation which led to the development of the intra-organisational ecology theory of strategy-making. The article explains how System Dynamics simulation has been employed and discusses a...