Business Horizons articles from November 2000

Business Horizons archives from November 2000

Markets and Inequality.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
November 1, 2000... Dennis W. Organ, Editor Notwithstanding the long stretch of brisk economic growth, low unemployment, and price stability we've been enjoying in the United States, some numbers now indicate that cash earnings of the poorest one-fifth of the...

FOREIGN BANKING IN CHINA.
November 1, 2000... To sustain the growth momentum resulting from the ambitious economic reform program undertaken in late 1978, the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been trying, among other things, to reform the banking sector, which has...

Building a Learning Strategy at the Top: Interviews with Ten of America's CLOs.
November 1, 2000... "Most corporations die prematurely from learning disabilities. They are unable to adapt and evolve as the world around them changes." -Arie de Geus, Royal Dutch Shell Many business leaders are growing more fearful of the scenario...

Strategic Investment Decision Appraisal Techniques: The Old and the New.
November 1, 2000... It's time to pay closer attention to one of senior management's most important challenges. Strategic investment decision making involves the process of identifying, evaluating, and selecting among projects that are likely to have a big...

Mission Statements: Are They Smoke and Mirrors?
November 1, 2000... Unless you can back up lofty goals and boasts, simple may be better when it comes to crafting a mission statement--if you really need one, that is. It was 18 months in the making. Hundreds of hours of staff time and thousands of dollars in...

Creatively Managing for Creative Destruction.
November 1, 2000... Businesses in the "old economy" are continually being challenged to transform themselves or become extinct. In 1939, the renowned economist Joseph Schumpeter used the oxymoron "creative destruction" to describe how the standard of living...

Beyond Marketing Myopia: The Service of Small Railroads.
November 1, 2000... The toot-toot of small trains heralds the news that customer service has not died. Look for it in the little places. There is an old joke about three men working at a construction site. A bystander comes along and asks them, "What are you...

Discovering Hidden Pricing Power.
November 1, 2000... Subtle and smart can win out over big and strong for a company using these "secret" techniques in a highly price-competitive market. * Seeking Better Prices, Firms Haggle a Lot" * "Price Revolt Spreading on Prescription Drugs" *...

E-tailing--For All Products?
November 1, 2000... In this go-go era of e-commerce, one must wonder: Just what will and will not sell online, and why? E-commerce is exploding! New Web sites are launched every week, the number of shoppers balloons, and so does the money involved. Venture...

From Garbage to Goods: Successful Remanufacturing Systems and Skills.
November 1, 2000... Mastering the art of recovering and rebuilding products and parts from the world's waste stream is a big step toward achieving sustainable development. Concern over resource consumption and other environmental issues has led to the...

Excuses, Excuses: Moral Slippage in the Workplace.
November 1, 2000... The moral "buck" stops with real individuals rather than abstract organizations. The 1991 Federal Sentencing Guidelines (FSG) have brought new urgency to questions of morality in the workplace. Under these guidelines, a corporation faces...

Are Tracking Stocks on Track?
November 1, 2000... Amid claims of greater corporate performance and higher market value, these controversial securities raise an awful lot of ethical questions. A relatively recent innovation in raising equity capital is a security often referred to as a...

The Visionary Position: The Inside Story of the Digital Dreamers Who Are Making Virtual Reality a Reality.(Brief Article)(Review)
November 1, 2000... By Fred Moody Is reality real or artificial? When you think of virtual reality, you think about computer games or amazing 3D graphics. But with The Visionary Position, Fred Moody helps broaden our horizons and our thinking about the real...