Business Horizons articles from September 1989

Business Horizons archives from September 1989

Strategic planning conferences: the strategic planning conference can be more successful than traditional methods consultants and companies use to strengthen their planning efforts.
September 1, 1989... The strategic planning conference can be more successful than traditional methods consultants and companies use to strengthen their planning efforts. According to Thomas Naylor, the essence of strategic planning is "to provide a conceptual...

Corporate strategic planning and corporate marketing: toward an interface?
September 1, 1989... Companies in this survey show a tendency to push marketing and planning to a divisional level,, possibly leading toward a linking of some of the two functions' work. Some of the leading scholars in marketing have predicted that the role of...

Acquisition bridge financing by investment banks. (bridge financing, as source of revenue for investment bankers, poses risk and conflict of interest)
September 1, 1989... Bridge financing has become a popular source of revenue for investment bankers" but they need to keep two things in mind: the risk this form of financing poses for both company and bank, and possible conflicts of interest. and bank,, and...

The MBA and corporate leadership: if a CEO of a large corporation has a graduate degrees, it likely is an MBA.
September 1, 1989... If a CEO of a large corporation has a graduate degree, it likely is an MBA, proving that it was the degree of choice 20 years ago as well as today. The Fall 1987 Business Week "Top 1000" ranking of American corporations based on their...

The paradox of manufacturing productivity and innovation.
September 1, 1989... The paradox of instability in the midst of stability must be solved for U.S. manufacturing to produce the products needed to compete today. We must do better. To be productive, and to produce truly world-class products, our manufacturing...

Could you succeed in small business? (quiz to help assess chances of becoming a successful entrepreneur)
September 1, 1989... It takes more than money to make a small business go. A five-question quiz will help you assess your chances of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Thinking about starting or buying a business? if so, you have probably heard many times that...

Joseph Alois Schumpeter. (defender of capitalism and forecaster of its downfall)
September 1, 1989... In 1942 Joseph Schumpeter, a highly acclaimed economist, published a book entitled Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (CSD) that assessed the survivability of capitalism and the workability of socialism. Writing in a pungent style, he raised...

Corporate strategy for disposition of excess real estate.
September 1, 1989... The excess real estate a company owns can be a valuable asset, if the firm is willing to use it or sell it in the proper fashion. Real estate has often been used to help finance leveraged buyouts. Typically, in a leveraged buyout an investor...