Journal of Business Strategy articles from January 2001

Journal of Business Strategy archives from January 2001

Unhappy Trails.(mergers)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Think of a fever graph of merger activity in the last decade as a wilderness hiking trail. The route starts with a long, but fairly benign, hike across reasonably gentle hills and dales. Long about 1994, however, the trail reaches a sheer,...

Absence Makes the Business Run Slower.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Unscheduled employee absenteeism declined for the second consecutive year, reaching the lowest level in 10 years, but the high cost of worker no-shows continued to hit employers hard, according to the findings of CCH Inc.'s 2000 Unscheduled...

Just the Facts.(includes various topics)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Medical Bills. In 2000, costs of employer-sponsored health benefits rose 8.1%--a third straight year of increases more than double the rate of inflation. The average cost per employee rose from $3,817 in 1998 to $4,430, according to a survey...

The Best of All Possible Worlds?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The Best of All Possible Worlds? Market for Psychotherapeutic Drugs ($ millions) Year 2000 2005 Autldepressants 11,910 19,030 Antlpsychotic agents 4,740 9,810 Anxololytics 2,080 3,120 ...

The Pursuit of Citizenship Badges.(corporations)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Globalization, competition, and shareholder activism are increasing corporate citizenship programs around the world, according to a recent report from The Conference Board. The report found clear evidence that "doing good" produces...

American Stockholdes (percentage of population).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... American Stockholdes (percentage of population) 1900 1% 1928 3% 1930 10% 1952 4% 1959 11% 1970 15% 1980 13% 1989 32% 1998 52% From The First Measured Century An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America...

It's the New Economy, Stupid.(James Martin)(Review)
January 1, 2001... From After the Internet: Alien Intelligence, by James Martin, Capital Press, Washington, D.C., 2000. We are heading toward a totally different type of economy. The term "information economy" is repeatedly used, but this does not fully...

Numerical Control.(Review)
January 1, 2001... From What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works, by Ram Charan, Crown Business, New York, 2001. Every company faces challenges. Begin by making sure you understand the ones your company faces. * What were your...

Business Re-Process Engineering.(Bob McDowel and William L. Simon: From Driving Digital: Microsoft and Its Customers Speak about Thriving in the E-Business Era)(Review)
January 1, 2001... From Driving Digital: Microsoft and Its Customers Speak about Thriving in the E-Business Era, by Bob McDowell and William L. Simon, HarperBusiness New York, 2001. There's a big consulting industry built up around the idea of business...

Listen and You Shall Hear.(Michael E McGrath: From Product Strategy for High Technology Companies)(Review)
January 1, 2001... From Product Strategy for High Technology Companies, by Michael E. McGrath, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000. Identifying innovation opportunities from listening to customers does not mean taking a poll or doing customer surveys. Rarely does...

Whew!(Susan Annunzio: From eLeadership: Proven Techniques for Creating an Environment of Speed and Flexibility in the Digital Economy)(Review)
January 1, 2001... From eLeadership: Proven Techniques for Creating an Environment of Speed and Flexibility in the Digital Economy, by Susan Annunzio, Free Press, New York, 2001. [T]he Y generation--the first of the 60 million just now entering the...

Is It the Beginning, Or Is It the End?(electronic commerce)
January 1, 2001... "The e-economy is dead!" --Various Media Reports "The news of my death has been greatly exaggerated." --Postcard from e-Economy Headquarters "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is,...

Thinking Inside the Box.(electronic business)
January 1, 2001... It's late one night and you're shopping at the E-Biz Mall (open 24/7). You come across the "Ebiz Transformation Kit" and take it off the virtual shelf. The side panel says the kit includes one magic wand, sound business models, key...

YOUR COMPANY DOES NOT EXIST.(business organization)
January 1, 2001... Only in the search for answers to disruptive questions will you find the means to build an Extraordinary Organization Pore over the bookshelves of CEOs and other senior managers, and you will often find miniature libraries on organization...

NOTES FROM THE M&A TRENCHES.(mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2001... Deciding to join with another company is easy The hard part is making the marriage work. As we reflect on nearly four years of unrelenting merger mania, the business press still reports on an almost daily basis news of the latest merger...

ASSIMILATE, INTEGRATE, OR LEAVE ALONE?(after acquisition of a company)
January 1, 2001... What you do with the company you just acquired depends on why you bought it in the first place. Although the dollars involved in mergers across all industries leapt upward over 120% between 1990 and 1999, M&A dollars in that industry...

M&A RISK MANAGEMENT.(mergers and acquisitions)
January 1, 2001... Integrating knowledge assets, not hard assets, requires the most care when combining two businesses. Business arithmetic is different from the arithmetic you learned in school. The combination of two companies never seems to equal the sum...

GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR B2B-ENABLED SUPPLY CHAIN.(business to business)
January 1, 2001... There are no "plug and play" solutions to integrating your supply chain with the Internet. IN TODAY'S DYNAMIC NEW ECONOMY, CORPORATE managers face unlimited opportunities to grow and expand their businesses. Harnessing the power of the...

PRIVACY WHOSE RIGHT IS IT ANYHOW?
January 1, 2001... It's a very 21st-century workplace issue--perhaps the issue of most concern to today's lawyers, managers, and employees. It's got legal and ethical implications, but it's also got good solid business ramifications. It's privacy--and...

BUILDING A SOLUTIONS-BASED ORGANIZATION.
January 1, 2001... Seems like every company today says it aims to "partner" with its customers and become a "solutions provider." But saying it and doing it are two different things. "We need to become a customer-focused, high-value, solutions provider!"...

EDI AND THE INTERNET.(electronic data interchange)
January 1, 2001... CAN TWO GENERATIONS OF E-COMMERCE COEXIST? Supplier relationship management programs accessed over the Internet can offer small companies many of the benefits large firms gain from their EDI systems. BEFORE E-COMMERCE BECAME...

Competing fur Talent: Key Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Becoming an Employer of Choice.(Nancy S. Ahlrichs)(Review)
January 1, 2001... Nancy S. Ahlrichs Davies-Black Publishing, Palo Alto www.daviesblack.com Author's Credentials: Director of Organizational Evolution for ONEX, a consulting and recruiting firm. Thesis: Every company is in the process of...

How to Become an Employer of Choice.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Roger E. Herman and Joyce L. Gioia Oakhill Press, Winchester, Virginia www.oakhillpress.com Authors' Credentials: CEO of The Herman Group, formerly a counterintelligence special agent for the U.S. in Vietnam, among other more...

Peak Performance: Aligning the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Jon B. Katzenbach Harvard Business School Press, Boston www. hbsp.harvard.edu Author's Credentials: Senior partner of Katzenbach Partners, formerly a principal and director with McKinsey&Co. Thesis: Energized workforces deliver...

Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Lynda Grattan Financial Times/Prentice Hall, London www.business-minds.com Author's Credentials: Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at the London Business School and Dean of the school's MBA program. Thesis:...

Loyalty.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In an era in which neither employers nor employees are willing to promise constancy over the long haul, loyalty is a quality that's in short supply. Today, most of the business world would agree with Mark Twain that loyalty to oneself is what...