Business Horizons articles from July 1998

Business Horizons archives from July 1998

Marketing & retail. (impact of information and electronic technologies)
July 1, 1998... Sponsored by the Center for Education and Research in Retailing Kelley School of Business Indiana University Technology is driving dramatic changes in retail management. Revolutionary changes in technology are transforming how retailers...

The web of privacy: business in the information age.
July 1, 1998... Do we really want - or need - Big Brother and everyone else watching over our shoulders? Well, yes and no.... Over the last five years, with the proliferation of telecommunication networks such as the Internet, tremendous advances have been...

Current practices in environmental management.
July 1, 1998... Managing with a green mindset seems on its way to becoming the norm in American business, ensuring better truck with society and the environment. Can improved competitiveness be far off? As the twentieth century comes to its end, one of the...

Charisma and managerial leadership: the gift that never was.
July 1, 1998... Do managers need to be charismatic to be effective? In the classic definition of the term, it is not a gift with which business leaders are graced - or should be. Charisma, a term introduced into modern lexicon by Max Weber in 1947, has found...

American business education in central Europe: serving what ends and for whom?
July 1, 1998... Slovakians and other Central Europeans athirst for business and English skills seem to think these can be found in education American-style. But the varying attitudes and perceptions can be surprising. "You may apply to [the] Slovak state...

Country managers in transitional economies: the case of Vietnam.(Interview)
July 1, 1998... Whom do the multinationals trust to run their operations in these high-potential yet highly volatile environments? Since the days of the East India Company, the country manager (CM) has been the eyes and ears of the multinational corporation in...

The new MBA: flies in the paradigm.
July 1, 1998... In the reengineered graduate business education of today, the "best" new model - a team-oriented design with lockstep, functionally integrated course work - is showing some serious pitfalls. Decades ago, the likes of Frank Gilbreth and...

The new MBA - a journey just begun.
July 1, 1998... It may be a bumpy ride, but the results are worth it! Scenario: The day is August 25, 1997, the auditorium is full of 280 fresh faces ready to begin a two-year MBA journey. As academic head of the MBA program, it is my responsibility in this...

Why comply? Directors face heightened personal liability after Caremark. (decision of Delaware's court on the liability case of Chancery International Inc.)
July 1, 1998... Take heed - the law has far-reaching effects for managers as well as directors in exercising coporate government. Every board member in America should be more concerned about personal liability in the wake of the September 25, 1996, Delaware...

Liability on franchise premises: footing the bill for crime.
July 1, 1998... Who should be held liable for third-party criminal activities that occur in franchise establishments? And what can bedone to ease the problem? A customer steps up to the counter to order a taco at Taco Bell and realizes that a robbery is in...

Small business and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
July 1, 1998... With litigation and the press focusing on large companies, the small firm can get lost in the maze of requirements, pratical applications and implications that accompany the ADA. This is the third in a series of BH articles featuring various...

Name, rank, and serial number? The dilemma of reference checks.
July 1, 1998... There are ways for employers to protect themselves when discussing the good and bad points of a current, former, or potential employee. It is difficult, but nevertheless essential, to obtain information on potential employees. Job applications...