Journal of Business Strategy articles from July 2000

Journal of Business Strategy archives from July 2000

Story Boards.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Think about the image of the corporate board of directors Hollywood has given us. The actors playing board members are WASPy, middle-aged males in well-cut suits. The set is a mahogany-paneled conference room containing a very large, highly...

The Value of Intellectual Capital.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Intellectual capital management (ICM) attempts to grow, extract, and measure a firm's intangible assets through assessments of systems, processes, procedures, and other organizational wealth not typically quantified under standard management...

Measures for Managing Intellecutal Capital.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Human Capital Indicators Reputation of company employees with headhunters Years of experience in profession Rookie ratio (percent of employees with less than two years experience) Employee satisfaction Proportion of...

Sticky Webs.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Employer Web sites are important to over 75% of students in their decision to apply for a job according to the results of a survey by JOBTRAK.COM, an online job listing service. Students visit corporate Web sites to research the employer's...

Meetings Without Meat.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Executives are meeting more and enjoying it less. A survey by Accountemps found that executives waste 7.8 hours a week, or 2.3 months per year, in unnecessary meetings. This compares to 6.0 hours, or 1.8 months, in a 1990 survey.

Age after Beauty.(age discrimination)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Ageism may be creeping back into hiring decisions. A survey by Exec-U-Net found that 52% of executives believe that age becomes a significant factor in a job search at or below the age of 50; compared to 45% just one year ago, and 34% two years...

Healthy Choices.(employee benefits)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... If the benefits budget forces you to make a choice between funding for health care or for the pension plan, fund the health plan. In a survey by WorldatWork (formerly the American Compensation Association), 35% of employees said they would...

That's Entertainment?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Customer satisfaction is greatly improved since its nadir in 1997, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI). Overall, the index declined steadily from its inception in 1994 until 1997, but since then it has risen relatively...

Bottlenecks.(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
July 1, 2000... From Leading the Revolution, by Gary Hamel, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2000. Big, complicated social systems (such as the company where you work) don't get changed from the top--not unless they're already on the verge of...

Tombs.(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
July 1, 2000... From Funky Business: Talent Makes Capital Dance, by Jonas Ridderstrale and Kjell Nordstrom, ft.com, London, 2000. Hierarchy builds on three key assumptions: your environment is stable, your processes are predictable, and your output is...

Women Are Not Small Men.(marketing to women)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
July 1, 2000... From EVEolution: The Eight Truths of Marketing to Women, by Faith Popcorn and Lys Marigold, Hyperion, New York, 2000. Women want a brand to extend into their lives in as many ways as possible. They want a brand to speak to their heads and...

What's in a Name?(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
July 1, 2000... From The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding, by Al Ries and Laura Ries, HarperBusiness, New York, 2000. The torrent of generic brand names on the Internet provides hope for the late starters. If you can launch a Website with a good idea...

When Cool Isn't So Hot.(web site design)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
July 1, 2000... From Digital Transformation: The Essentials of e-Business Leadership, by Keyur Patel and Mary Pat McCarthy, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000. The media is preoccupied with Internet "cool." You should not be. Check out the Cisco, Intel or...

Real Time Strategy.
July 1, 2000... The Board's Role: Driver's Seat or Rubber Stamp? One of the more contentious areas of corporate governance today is how active a company's board of directors should be in the development and execution of corporate strategy. While the...

Spin-Offs.
July 1, 2000... The "Would'ves, Could'ves, and Should'ves" of Spin-Offs In the continuation of a growing trend, last year more than 60 companies divided up their assets and sent a business unit out on its own into the world of freestanding, publicly...

Compensation Strategies.
July 1, 2000... TOTAL REWARDS: Pushing the Pedal to the Metal What's the secret sauce of top business performance? Clearly, it's not just having a brilliant business strategy. It's also the successful execution of the strategy that counts. And execution...

BOARDS TAKE ON THE HEAVY LIFTING.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... The era of the passive, rubber-stamping, old-boy-network corporate board is over. CHARLES ELSON BELIEVES HE GLIMPSED THE FUTURE OF corporate boards of directors in June 1998--and for one CEO, it wasn't a pretty sight. Elson, a director of...

FROM SUPPLY CHAIN TO VALUE NET.
July 1, 2000... The supply chain can and should be a strategic differentiator, but too many companies are missing the strategic opportunities it offers. CUSTOMER PRESSURE ON MANUFACTURERS and retailers is increasing relentlessly. Their appetite whetted by...

A BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE NEW ECONOMY.
July 1, 2000... Because companies are creating value in new ways, they need new business models that accurately reflect 21st century business realities. MORE THAN 500 YEARS AGO, A FRANCISCAN FRIAR AND mathematician first documented the double entry...

RECONFIGURING THE VALUE NETWORK.
July 1, 2000... Keeping track of the revenue stream is important, but it's equally important to track the flow of knowledge and intangibles. THE KEY BUSINESS QUESTION IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY is, "How is value created?" The traditional answer to that...

GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR INTRANET AND EXTRANET STRATEGIES.
July 1, 2000... Intranets and extranets aren't just for the multinationals anymore. In fact, if your company isn't developing a net strategy, you may be planting the seeds of your own destruction. DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND ALL THE COMMOTION IN THE NEWS...

Stack Attack.
July 1, 2000... Hand-Feeding Crocodiles Here in New York, we have a little Senate race going on. Even so, due to a strange convergence of events, most of the population, including Stack, have decided not to move to Iowa but to sit the campaign out, hoping...

The Last Word.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2000... Change, Change, Change As you might imagine, there are a plethora of thoughts about what "change" means. From the ancient Greek philosophers and Confucius on up to present day, legions of people have had decided opinions on the subject....

e-Brand Building.(Brief Article)
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