Chief Executive (U.S.) articles from April 2000

Chief Executive (U.S.) archives from April 2000

Who Should Fear Change Most?(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... I'm often asked whether CEOs, particularly those of traditional companies--folks that actually make or sell stuff--are fearful of the staggering speed with which the Internet and related technologies are transforming business. Do they feel...

EDUCATION'S UNDERLYING PROBLEM.(letters)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2000... To the Editor: Your articles in the November issue discussing the education problems troubling our nation fail to address the major cause, which is that virtually all of our educational plant is based on fifteenth-and sixteenth-century...

CORRECTION.
April 1, 2000... In the recent Chief Executive Guide: Visions of the Internet Age, the first name of KPN Royal Dutch Telecom's Frans Cornelis was misspelled as Franz. Chief Executive sincerely regrets the error.

Forrester Research.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... As e-commerce speeds ahead, a workable and enforceable taxation system just gets left behind. That's one conclusion to draw from a Forrester Research report that says that of the nearly $13 billion in taxable retail goods sold on-line in 1999...

Kevin Mitnick.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Worried about the security of your company's information systems? While you seek out high-tech safe guards, don't neglect The human side--at least that's the advice of one of The most noterious hackers in history Kevin Mitnick, who spent nearly...

Nokia.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Speaking of Nokia, chief executive Jorma Ollila said he expects that, within three years, Web-connected mobile phones will outnumber PCs linked to the Internet. Speaking at a Tokyo seminar on mobile networks and digital home appliances,...

Yankelovich.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... That probably wouldn't surprise the respondents-to a recent national Yankelovich poll. Seventy percent said that in the future they expect to send and receive e-mail and to use GPS location-based services. A majority also expect to see features...

Forrester Research.(online shopping by young adults)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Unlike adults, 16 to 22-year-old on-line consumers are increasingly arming themselves with tools that transform them from passive consumers into sophisticated shoppers, seeking out deals and convenience. They've also diversified their on-line...

International Data Corp.(online commerce in California)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Maybe it's the L.A. smog that keeps them inside and at the computer. Whatever the reason, Californians spend more on Internet purchases than consumers in any other U.S state. In 1999, They spent almost $6 billion. Texans were the next-highest...

Sony.(video game console sales)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Sure, the iMac and the PalmPilot have been enormously successful, but take a look at the success of Sony's new PlayStation2 Video game consoles. 980,000 units sold in two days. And while it is, after all, a video game system, some have...

Advanced Micro Devices.(computer industry innovations)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... Intel's got the name recognition, but Advanced Micro Devices can move a bit faster Last month AMD unveiled the first PC processor running at the sped of a gigahertz--a long-sought milestone in the PC industry that one AMD executive compared to...

IDC.(electronic commerce in Latin America)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... Finally, increasingly tech savvy Latin Americans are flocking to the Internet in droves. According to tech research firm IDC, the number of Internet users in that region will more than double from 13.3 million by yearend 2000 to 29.6 million...

E-Business: A Look At the Future.
April 1, 2000... At the recent CE Symposium, "Creating Order from E-Commerce Chaos," (page 50), three CIOs shared their experiences with bringing their companies up to 21st century speed. Tandy CIO Evelyn Follit On Empowering Employees to Boost Customer...

Beyond Y2K: The Turmoil Ahead.(corporate technological planning)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... So the Y2K crisis, feared as it was, has come and gone; the banks are solvent, the planes are flying, and your business likely made it through relatively unharmed. But what Y2K did manage to do in many cases is distract senior management from...

The Artic1es of Acquisition.(corporate mergers and acquisitions)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... One of the critical turning points in a CEO's career comes when he decides to acquire a company of significant size. The CEO throws himself into the task. He meets with the investment bankers, the lawyers, the accountants, and the press. He...

Breaching the Digital Divide.(information technology accessibility)(Brief Article)(Column)
April 1, 2000... President Clinton looks more like a hyperactive duck than a lame one. Atop the 82 other federal programs he unveiled in his January 27 State of the Union address, the President announced plans to provide computers to low-income Americans. As...

Global Viewpoint: An Economic Tour de Force.(world economy analysis)
April 1, 2000... What political and social forces are wreaking havoc or spurring growth today--and where are they likely to take the world's economies? Marvin Zonis conducts an economic world tour in an expansion of CE's monthly Market Horizons column. ...

Think Digital, Act Analog.(Interview)
April 1, 2000... Frank E. Baxter, chairman and CEO of Jefferies & Co., has a stuffed green dinosaur on his L.A. office mantel with a sign around its neck that reads, "Adapt or die." Baxter, who thinks the biggest challenge facing his firm and industry is...

Cuba After Castro.
April 1, 2000... Businesses are lining up to mine the riches of the post-Castro Cuba to come. But its 73-year-old dictator may prove the least of the island's troubles. In early January, Toronto's National Post reported that executives from 10 leading U.S....

Does The EU Really Care About Its Entrepreneurs?
April 1, 2000... The Internet economy holds great promise for revitalizing European competitiveness, but the Eurozone's technology pioneers are often daunted by the struggle with red tape and more seriously-a cultural aversion to failure. For the first...

WHEN BIG PHARMA CHASES MEGA PHARMA.(Interview)
April 1, 2000... Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, Pfizer and Warner Lambert--the pharmaceuticals have clearly caught the mega-merger fever. When the dust settles, newly formed AstraZeneca will place third among the powerhouses. Will big be big enough in...

What Makes a Globally Literate Leader?
April 1, 2000... Walk into the headquarters of Ping An Insurance Co. and look up and you'll see a bust of Confucius which is not at all surprising in this Chinese company. But look again. Facing Confucius across the lobby none other is none other than a statue...

Getting to the Core.
April 1, 2000... Now that the Internet has challenged your basic business model, you're probably re-thinking exactly what your company is really good at in delivering value to customers. As CEOs in the following roundtable attest, it's best to redefine your...

On a Wing and an E-Prayer.(Interview)
April 1, 2000... Saving an airline from a third round of bankruptcy and restoring the faith of its employees is no easy feat, particularly when also trying to get e-commerce off the ground. Continental Airlines Greg Brenneman shares the trials of bringing a...

New York Stock Exchange.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... William H. Donaldson, 68, was named chairman, president, and chief executive of Hartford, CT-based Aetna, a $26.5 billion health insurer. Donaldson, co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and immediate past chairman and CEO of the New...

You Say Hello, I Say Hola.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... The staggering variety of investment opportunities along the information superhighway was driven home recently when the Wall Street Journal ran a story entitled, "Mexican Internet Stocks Catch on Fire with Wall Street's Investors and Firms." In...

Maroon Mountain High.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2000... As an avid skier and the president of the U.S. Ski Team Foundation, it's not surprising that William Bindley's favorite golf hole is in the mountains. In fact, it's found in the Rocky Mountains outside Aspen, CO, where the head of the nation's...