Business Horizons articles from July 1993

Business Horizons archives from July 1993

Behind the curve. (differences in commitment to quality by two 1990 winners of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award) (Editorial)
July 1, 1993... Recently I attended a meeting at which I listened to both Cadillac and Federal Express talk about winning the 1990 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. As I listened, I was immediately struck by the differences between the two...

AIDS in the workplace: the pandemic firms want to ignore. (includes related articles)
July 1, 1993... "Acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome is the final stage of an infection caused by the human immuno-deficiency virus. HIV cripples the body's defenses, allowing cancers and life-threatening infections to develop." --From "AIDS in the...

Growth industries: another look. (Industry Overview)
July 1, 1993... Because an industry's life cycle may include a stage of very rapid growth, many industries pass through a time when they are "growth industries." Rapid growth is often transitory; some of the top-growing industries today may quickly become...

The emerging approach to business strategy: building a relationship advantage.
July 1, 1993... In the fall of 1991, IBM and Apple Computer, archrivals in the personal computer market, startled many in the business world when they announced a partnership aimed at developing an operating system for PCs. It was as unconventional as having...

Breakthroughs in corporate nurturing strategies. (promoting the development of another organization)
July 1, 1993... CEOs and other corporate executives have been using nurturing arrangements among firms to achieve greater production efficiencies, higher profit margins, and growth increases. Nurturing strategies, by definition, involve fostering the...

After the layoff: closing the barn door before all the horses are gone.
July 1, 1993... For Mega Corporation it had been a momentous year. The economic downturn followed by the loss of an important government contract had led to a merger between Mega Corporation and a former competitor. Now it was time to face the reality of what...

The isolation of upper management.
July 1, 1993... Despite having been discussed for years, the problems of centralization, autocratic management style, and poor communication linkages between top management and the rest of the firm still plague American business. A key reason why these...

A Miss Manners guide to doing business in Europe. (business and social etiquette)
July 1, 1993... Europe 1992 is now under way. The beginning has been fraught with all the anticipated problems and more, but the engine is running and the economic machinery is beginning to work. Meanwhile, American business is watching, waiting, and readying...

Managers' views on potential investment opportunities. (corporate foreign investment)
July 1, 1993... Is your company considering investing overseas? Given the competition among countries seeking to attract investment from abroad, firms are faced with many different types of incentives. Fry (1983) identified 51 different incentives offered by...

The provocative practice of price signaling: collusion versus cooperation.
July 1, 1993... Adam Smith warned in The Wealth of Nations that when competitors gather, conversation inevitably turns to price fixing. His vision of collusion conjures up a dark image of competitors meeting secretly in dimly lit, smoke-filled hotel rooms to...

The ethics of sales: finding an appropriate balance.
July 1, 1993... Nothing is of greater importance to any business than the selling of its products or services. However, it is difficult to find a more ambiguous area of contemporary life. Without sales, a company loses its reason for existing. Yet many people...

Politics at work: sharpening the focus of political behavior in organizations. (office politics)
July 1, 1993... "There was obvious favoritism in the employment of the present Housing Office secretary, where the applicant' was interviewed by the supervisor, offered the job and hired all at one session. The normal procedure is for at least the Assistant...

What ever happened to supervisory training?
July 1, 1993... Newspapers are full of news about the current emphasis on retraining employees affected by the cutback in defense spending. Other proposals aim at retraining employees who might be adversely affected by the new North American Free Trade...