Business Horizons articles from November 2001

Business Horizons archives from November 2001

The Editor's Chair.(Dennis W. Organ, Business Horizons)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
November 1, 2001... Dennis W. Organ, Editor I've never fully endorsed the maxim that a picture is worth a thousand words. As an academic whose tool of choice is the verbal medium, I insist that a few well-chosen words can convey a message more precisely,...

Interfirm Diversity in Global Alliances. (Executive Briefing).(management)
November 1, 2001... Global strategic alliances join in a common cause companies headquartered in two or more countries. Andersen Consulting reports that the average corporation now manages more than 30 alliances, while many hold portfolios that contain hundreds....

Cultural Protectionism.(globalization and the motion picture industry)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... With globalization has come the progressive dismantling of many formal barriers to trade and investment as well as the establishment of global markets for goods and services. Greater economic interdependence among nations has been coupled with...

Getting to Know the Neighbors: Grupos in Mexico.(business alliances)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Over the last two decades, a wealth of information has appeared in the academic press examining the structure and competitive behavior of such organizational forms as the Japanese keiretsu, the Korean chaebol, and the business networks of the...

Organizational Decline--A Stimulus for Innovation?(management research)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... The Fastnet is a race for oceangoing sailboats that is held biannually in the North Atlantic. In 1979, a severe storm hit the racers, producing winds in excess of 70 mph and waves over 30 feet high. During the storm, 24 yachts out of the 300...

Why Engineers Strike--The Boeing Story.(analysis)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Why did Boeing's engineers and technicians strike for 40 days in early 2000? And what can other companies with large cadres of knowledge workers learn from the experience? The morale of Boeing's cadre of engineers was in a real slump by...

From IT Solutions to Business Results.(information technology)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Spending on information technology is staggering. Over the past few years, the top 500 U.S. companies in revenue earned have collectively spent well over $100 billion on their information systems. For most firms, however, determining the actual...

Are Your Secrets Safe? Knowledge Protection in Strategic Alliances.(management research)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Businesses, particularly in high-tech industries, are entering into a growing number of alliances for a variety of compelling reasons. Through alliance partnerships, they may gain competitive advantages such as greater speed to market, lower...

Offshore Sourcing: An Optimal Operational Strategy?(retail industry suppliers)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Many retailers are making use of lower-priced goods offered by foreign vendors. The vendors, taking advantage of low wages in their countries, are able to undercut competitors operating in domestic markets. However, the characteristics of these...

The CREF Stock Fund at 50.(Teachers Insurance and Annuity College Retirement Equities Fund)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... The year 2002 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the College Retirement Equities Fund, commonly called CREF. This was the first variable annuity retirement fund, and the first to focus its investments on common stock...

Real Options on Knowledge Assets: Panacea or Pandora's Box?(research and development costs assessment)
November 1, 2001... "Minnesota Mining & Catchall: 3M has sexy technology and sleepy earnings. Solution: Bust it up.... 3M operates on the philosophy that if you throw enough money at enough scientists they will come up with something interesting-hut the strategy...