Business Horizons articles from May 1990

Business Horizons archives from May 1990

An interview with Niccolo Machiavelli. (humorous "interview" with Machiavelli's fictitious descendant)
May 1, 1990... An Interview with Niccolo Machiavelli In existence for well over 100 years, one of Italy's closest-held private corporations deliberately cultivated, until recently, a policy of extreme reticence vis-a-vis the public and the media....

Family responsibilities and career progress: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
May 1, 1990... Family Responsibilities and Career Progress: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Two-thirds of the expected work force growth in the next decade will be female. Most of these women will marry and have children. As the number of women in...

Pan-European manufacturing: the yellow brick road to 1992.
May 1, 1990... Pan-European Manufacturing: The Yellow Brick Road to 1992 The year 1992, when Europe will supposedly become economically unified, has been grabbing headlines everywhere. Presently, numerous non-tariff barriers hinder the free movement of...

Managing in China: expatriate experiences and training recommendations. (includes bibliography)
May 1, 1990... Managing in China: Expatriate Experiences and Training Recommendations Expatriates who live and work in China face environmental and work relationships radically different from those of other foreign assignments. China's past and present...

Youth consumers: growing pains. (less youth but with more buying power)
May 1, 1990... Youth Consumers: Growing Pains In the past, many firms ignored or talked down to the youth market--consumers in their mid-teens to mid-twenties. Companies reasoned that their income and influence hardly warranted any real investment or...

Can sales promotion go global?
May 1, 1990... Can Sales Promotion Go Global? Sales promotion in multinational companies has traditionally been a local affair. Subsidiary managers, primarily brand managers, have enjoyed great latitude in the formulation and implementation of promotional...

Stage-Gate systems: a new tool for managing new products. (conceptual and operational model)
May 1, 1990... Stage-Gate Systems: A New Tool for Managing New Products America is in a product war, and the management of innovation is the strategic weapon. The battles take place on many fields: from electronic chips to tractors, cameras to machine...

Planning for uncertain futures: building commitment through scenario planning.
May 1, 1990... Planning for Uncertain Futures: Building Commitment through Scenario Planning Arguments in favor of scenario planning usually rely on the notion that it is far easier to predict what might be than what will be. However, although these...

The American corporate elite: a profile.
May 1, 1990... The American Corporate Elite: A Profile At a time of growing competition between American and foreign companies, the issue of effective leadership is increasingly becoming a central concern for business executives, scholars, and policymakers...

Conquering the costs of complexity. (management flexibility)
May 1, 1990... Conquering the Costs of Complexity Many of today's most successful corporations are prospering by offering an unprecedented variety of products sold through multiple distribution channels to carefully differentiated customer segments. Other...

Managing the business risks of plant closings.
May 1, 1990... Managing the Business Risks of Plant Closings With employment at high levels and the economy performing well, one might think layoffs and plant closings would be fading memories of a recessionary past. Yet the newspapers continue to report...

Management's stock ownership: irrelevant?
May 1, 1990... Management's Stock Ownership: Irrelevant? A theory common in many circles these days asserts that if the directors and the CEOs of major corporations owned sizable blocks of stock in their own companies, they would perform better. Often this...

The "secret" response to kidnapping. (kidnap/ransom insurance)
May 1, 1990... The "Secret" Response to Kidnapping Over a year ago newspapers were filled with accounts of the Annie Laurie Hearin kidnapping in Jackson, Mississippi. As of this writing the 72-year-old victim is still missing, and her husband, attempting...

Randomized responses: a better way to obtain sensitive information. (about employees)
May 1, 1990... Randomized Responses: A Better Way to Obtain Sensitive Information Companies have an ongoing need to obtain employee information on sensitive issues, such as drug and alcohol use, embezzlement, sexual harassment, racial attitudes and...