Journal of Business Strategy articles from May 1998

Journal of Business Strategy archives from May 1998

History lessons. (business planning)
May 1, 1998... Strategy is focused on the future, but most good strategies are well grounded in the lessons of history as well. Before you dive into developing strategies for the future, take a little time to learn from the past. Those lessons are contained in...

The new era of global retailing. (includes related article on the growth of global retailers)
May 1, 1998... The vice president of sales for a major consumer products company was all smiles as he greeted his best customer, but that smile faded quickly. "I've got stores all over the world," the retailer said. "Yet I'm paying a different price - and...

The rights and wrongs of workplace snooping.
May 1, 1998... Employers have a number of reasons to consider monitoring employee email - more than two million of them, if you ask Chevron Corporation. Recently, the San Francisco-based oil company was required to pay four plaintiffs a total of $2.2 million...

Mastering business. (includes related articles on executive master of business administration degree programs)(Cover Story)
May 1, 1998... Is an executive MBA worth the time, effort, and expense involved? Natalie Zornitsky is a managing director at Bankers Trust Company in New York City, but she says she'll always remember the time she spent on the floor of a Nissan car assembly...

The quest for lifetime employability.
May 1, 1998... Companies today can't promise lifetime employment, but they can help employees ensure lifetime employability. As companies face rapidly changing technologies, increased customer expectations, and escalating competitive pressures, the workplace...

Management farm teams.
May 1, 1998... Major league companies devote significant resources to shaping raw talent into executive all-stars. What do general electric corp., pepsico inc., and McKinsey & Company - an industrial and entertainment conglomerate, a beverage and snack foods...

Organizational design in the 21st century. (interview with author Albert J. Viscio about centerless corporations)(Interview)
May 1, 1998... Is "nimble behemoth" an oxymoron? Not necessarily, says one consultant. Everybody seems to agree that the command-and-control model of corporate organization will not survive into the next century, and a number of new models have been...

Strategies for world domination. (globalization)(includes related articles on mergers and acquisitions)
May 1, 1998... One way to win the globalization game is to buy stakes in similar businesses already established in the market you want to enter. Caught between customers' demands for global supply services and competition from larger companies that were...

Indianapolis speeds away. (public sector reform)
May 1, 1998... The public sector is not known for adopting leading-edge business strategies. Indianapolis is trying to change that. You'd swear you're sitting with a CEO, not a city official, when you listen to Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith talk about...

Chips off a new block. (includes related article on Zoran Corp's subsidiary in Haifa, Israel)(Company Profile)
May 1, 1998... The word "zoran" means silicon in Hebrew, which is exactly what Levy Gerzberg wanted to convey when he founded Santa Clara, Calif., microchip manufacturer Zoran Corp. in 1981. As the company grew, he discovered that zoran also meant "outstanding"...