Business Horizons articles from May 1996

Business Horizons archives from May 1996

Leadership: the great man theory revisited.(Editorial)
May 1, 1996... In the early 1980s, a doctoral candidate at Indiana University, teaching for the first time an undergraduate course in organizational behavior, was casting about for some device with which to rouse his students' interest in "leadership....

Organizational structures for the 'new world order.'
May 1, 1996... The head of a copper smelting plant in Romania is under pressure to make his operation less harmful to the environment. He realizes he cannot do that without the cooperation of several government offices, some of which he has been fighting for...

Predicting the philanthropic response of corporations: lessons from history.
May 1, 1996... "This is unique in America: the development in private hands of the social goals which elsewhere people have turned over to the state." --Morrell Heald (1970) The insistence upon a strong private initiative to ensure social welfare has...

Overcoming the pathology of litigation: an ADR primer for executives.(alternate dispute resolution)
May 1, 1996... I was ruined but twice--once when I gained a lawsuit, and once when I lost one.--Voltaire The chief executive officer of a multinational company looked anxiously and pessimistically across a long oak conference table at the plaintiff and her...

The dynamics of international business negotiations.
May 1, 1996... There can be no international business without the presence of at least two parties, each coming from different countries, sitting face to face and negotiating a business deal. Negotiations precede all international business transactions,...

The need for linguistic proficiency in global business.
May 1, 1996... Businesses, like other organizations, require effective communication to operate efficiently and meet their objectives. International business firms require effective communication at a number of levels. A company must communicate with its work...

Doing business in Vietnam: a cultural guide.
May 1, 1996... How that U.S.-Vietnamese diplomatic ties have been restored, many American businesses are hoping to be in on the development opportunities offered by what some analysts consider to be Asia's newest economic "tiger." Structural problems do...

German management: a challenge to Anglo-American managerial assumptions.
May 1, 1996... American management writing tends to be imperialistic. The generalizations made from American experience are often presented as universal truths, despite the strong cultural assumptions that underlie them. A two-year study by Stewart et al....

Managing human resources in Mexico: a cultural understanding.
May 1, 1996... Already, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) appears to be a big hit. Exports are surging and U.S. job loss appears to be minimal. NAFTA's proponents indicate that the agreement should ease U.S. world trade deficits by making...

The aftermath of downsizing: a cautionary tale about restructuring and careers.
May 1, 1996... Bill Tindley, senior vice president for investments at MidLife Mutual, was worried. He had just come from a meeting in which his best fund manager had announced, with regret and so on, that he was quitting MidLife to join another firm in the...

Dealing with diversity: the coming challenge to American business.
May 1, 1996... In 1965, the basis for a profound demographic change occurred in the United States, largely unrecognized and unheralded at the time. The Immigration Act of 1965 was President Johnson's attempt to fulfill a campaign pledge of John F. Kennedy in...

Evoked set: myth or reality? (brand name products)
May 1, 1996... First introduced to marketing literature by John A. Howard in 1963, the concept of "evoked set" was based on the presumption that the consumer does not consider every brand in a particular product category before making a purchase decision. In...

Assessing the franchise option. (franchise systems)
May 1, 1996... Franchise systems account for more than one-third of all U.S. retail sales. And it is forecast that by 2005, they will account for nearly half of U.S. retail sales. There are approximately 6,000 franchise systems worldwide, and many new systems...

Achieving competitive advantage through group technology.
May 1, 1996... The power of a competitive advantage based on superior product quality is beginning to wane as more and more firms improve the quality of their products. Flexibility is the new advantage: change fast, keep costs low, respond quickly. In...