Journal of Business Strategy articles from January 2004

Journal of Business Strategy archives from January 2004

Editor's note.
January 1, 2004... Fun comes to business strategy! You just may laugh out loud at the latest innovation from the Journal of Business Strategy. Starting with this issue, we are serializing Clean Business Cuisine Now and Z/yen by Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris....

In search of mediocrity.(Alternative strategies)
January 1, 2004... In 1982, the business world was enraptured by a book by Peters and Waterman entitled In Search of Excellence. It detailed the methods and approaches of a group of companies that had achieved sustained success by using time-tested methods....

The ratings game.(Governance rules)
January 1, 2004... What do large corporations, college athletics teams, professional tennis players, and automobiles all have in common? Each is subject to ratings systems that distinguish the "best" from the "worst". In the corporate arena alone there are a...

Brand globally, market locally.
January 1, 2004... We are living in a time of unprecedented globalization. Coca-Cola sells beverages in almost 200 countries worldwide while McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in 118 countries (including some whose national diets do not include...

Business model innovation breakthrough moves.
January 1, 2004... In the last issue of the Journal of Business Strategy, our article, "The ultimate competitive advantage of continuing business model innovation", explained the key elements of the high potential strategy we found so effectively used in our...

Does small and mature have to mean dull? Defying the ho-hum at SMEs.
January 1, 2004... Most of what is written about innovation either focuses on the hottest new start-up or the sleeping giant who suddenly awakened. Rarely do stories of established small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in traditional industries make...

New rules for strategic engagement.
January 1, 2004... Strategy pundits and practitioners alike have long focused on two main questions. First, what is strategy? In other words, what constitutes a legitimate statement of strategic direction? Second, how do you go about setting and implementing...

Pricing for boom or bust: smart moves for maximum flexibility.
January 1, 2004... Facing an oncoming storm, the captain orders his ship secured, extra lashings on the cargo, meals prepared in advance, and course adjusted to avoid the worst of the weather. He has a clear and proven strategy for bad weather. Do you have a...

Streamlining project management through online solutions.
January 1, 2004... The ultimate goal of streamlining solutions for project management is to optimize the t performance of the team. One key objective is to automate business processes and integrate customized business solutions to not only increase...

Business value and corporate governance: a new approach.
January 1, 2004... The evolution of corporate governance In an attempt to deal with the various oversights of corporate boards, regulators, professional associations, and corporations have focused their efforts on the structures and procedures of boards of...

A plea for uncertainty: everybody complains about uncertainty, but it might be a good thing to have.
January 1, 2004... Not a day goes by without a new remark about uncertainty. Here is a quote from a well-known business journal: It is one of the most melancholy reflections of the present day, that while wealth and capital have been rapidly...

Consilio Manuque: with this issue of Journal of Business Strategy we begin serializing one of the more amusing business books of recent times, even though it is about ancient times. Our thanks to authors Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris for providing this divertimento from their book, Clean Business Cuisine.(humorous story on centralization and decentralization in management)
January 1, 2004... Whether to centralize or decentralize is a perennial strategic choice. Sometimes managers follow centralization theories that lead them to standardize, seek economies of scale and eliminate duplication. At other times, managers decentralize...

Note from the publisher.(Emerald's publishing philosophy)
January 1, 2004... During 2003 Emerald developed its corporate publishing philosophy. We did this through discussion with readers, contributors and editors and we would like to share it with you. We believe that our approach to quality makes us different and...