Journal of Business Strategy articles from January 2000

Journal of Business Strategy archives from January 2000

Indiana Jones and the Dread Temple of E-Commerce.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones faces an unexplored Inca temple. While he has a map of the temple's location, he has no plan of its interior. There is none-no one before him had escaped that temple alive. Indy has...

What Will Spur Your Company's Growth over the Next Three Years?(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... What Will Spur Your Company's Growth over the Next Three Years? % Most Important/ Growth Drivers Important % U.S. % Int'l....

10 Leading Causes of Brand Death.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... According to Suzanne Hogan, a senior partner with brand management firm Lippincott & Margulies, the top 10 reasons brands fail are: 1. Head-on Collision. A new competitor barrels into the market. Suddenly, the brand has lost its uniqueness...

Just the Facts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Net Results. The average market share of online marketplaces will rise to 17% within five years, and will approach 50% in some markets, according to projections by Frank Lynn & Associates. The company estimates that selling and transactional...

The Youth Premium.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Older people don't get no respect. That's what Professors Henry Assael and David F. Poltrack of New York University's Stern School of Business found when they analyzed Nielsen TV data and a CBS survey of viewers (Sternhusiness, Summer/Fall...

Online Marketplace Models.
January 1, 2000... Online Marketplace Models Meta-Catalogue 18% Mall 15% Collaboration 9% Agent 3% Clearinghouse 2% Auction 34% Exchange 19% Source: Frank Lynn & Associates, Inc.

The Internet.
January 1, 2000... Be Nimble From "Driver or Enabler? The Internet's Role in Twenty-First Century Business," by Lawrence A. Bossidy, in Wisdom of the CEO: 29 Global Leaders Tackle Today's Most Pressing Challenges, by G. William Dauphinais, Grady Means, and...

Decision Making.
January 1, 2000... Faster Is Better From Corps Business: Management Principles of the U.S. Marines, by David Freedman, HarperBusiness, New York, 2000. In environments where conditions can quickly flip and where the opposition can regroup and take the...

Intellectual Property.
January 1, 2000... If You Can't Use It, Share It From "Unlocking the Value of Intellectual Assets," by Alberto Torres, McKinsey Quarterly, 1999, Number 4. Companies that can't maximize the value of their own core technologies would be wise to license...

Management.
January 1, 2000... Due Dates From It's OK to Ask 'Em to Work... and Other Essential Maxims for Smart Managers, by Frank McNair, AMACOM, New York, 2000. My fundamental belief is that most work in life gets done the day before it is due. There is no need...

Office Design.
January 1, 2000... Mixed Messages From Strategy and Place: Managing Corporate Real Estate and Facilities for Competitive Advantage, by Martha A. O'Mara, Free Press, New York, 1999. [C]ompanies that reduce the amount of space allocated to each employee,...

The Historical Evolution of Business Practices.
January 1, 2000... The Historical Evolution of Business Practices Attribute Pre-Industrial Era Industrial Era Post-Industrial Era Volume type Few Many Large One-at-a-time ...

A Thousand-Year Strategic Plan.
January 1, 2000... Once while on business in Japan, I took some time off to study the local culture. At a famous Shinto shrine, I saw a gardener trimming a pine tree. He was using a pair of small garden scissors to cut the needles one at a time, referring to a...

What to Look for in an E-Consultant.
January 1, 2000... Since the introduction of the Web, the Internet has evolved from being a place where people sought information, transmitted e-mail messages, and purchased goods and services, to becoming the progenitor of a whole new method of doing business....

THE 7TH ANNUAL SOFTWARE ROUNDUP: E-COMMERCE.
January 1, 2000... Whatever business you're in, you need to do something about e-commerce. Here are some tips. AT LONG LAST, THE NEW MILLENNIUM HAS ARRIVED. So, for another 11,998 months, we can quit calling TV's 900-line psychics for advice and stop...

UNTANGLING THE VALUE WEB.
January 1, 2000... It takes more than traditional value chain analysis to understand how companies create customer value in the electronic marketspace. FIVE YEARS AGO, FEW PEOPLE REALIZED THAT A SMALL start-up specializing in auctions would soon be worth...

LINKING WEB SALES TO CALL CENTERS.
January 1, 2000... Back when the Web was new, Lucent Direct saw how to fit a new sales channel into an existing business model. IN 1996, WHEN BUSINESS TO business e-commerce was relatively new, Richard L. Moore, vice president of Lucent Direct, was handed a...

THE ROAD WARRIOR'S ULTIMATE ARSENAL.
January 1, 2000... High-tech, low-tech, and no-tech, there are ways business travelers can stay connected without cramming the whole office into carry-on luggage. BUSINESS TRAVELERS AREN'T CALLED ROAD WARRIORS FOR nothing. When the travel experience becomes...

THE GREENING CORPORATE AMERICA.
January 1, 2000... Corporate America is jumping on the green bandwagon, and many companies have found the payoff is much more than enhanced good will. "WE'RE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency, and we're here to help you" sounds like one of the punch...

Extra Century Perception.
January 1, 2000... Could you use a little Extra Century Perception (the ability to foresee the next 100 years or more)? (Stack apologizes to New York magazine for adapting the idea.) The authors in this month's Stack suggest they have: the crystal ball itself,...