Journal of Business Strategy articles from May 2004

Journal of Business Strategy archives from May 2004

Editor's note.(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... Readers may have noticed that, starting with the last issue, we no longer have a regular book reviewer but have broadened our perspective to include several reviewers. In this issue, we have reviewers from the UK, Denmark and the USA. You may...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2004... "Brand globally, market locally" by Jennifer Barron and Jim Hollingshead, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 9-15. It has come to our attention that the above article, which appeared in Volume 25 Number 1, was reproduced...

Who is the client?(Alternative strategies)
May 1, 2004... I am often accused by friends and colleagues of getting tangled up in the purely academic and intellectual side of things, to the detriment of actual material existence. This is undoubtedly true, as my neighbors can tell from the strange...

The endangered director.(Corporate governance)
May 1, 2004... Affiliated directors--outside board members with professional or personal relationships with the firms or executives on whose boards they serve--now have much in common with the blue whale, tiger, thick-shell pond snail, and panda. As a result...

The secrets of successful mergers: dispatches from the front lines.
May 1, 2004... Studies by academics, consulting firms, and the business press confirm that mergers are just as likely to destroy as to create shareholder value. Despite this track record, merger activity may be poised for a rebound. The increase in the first...

Not walls, windows: capturing value in the digital age.(eBay, Lending Tree, Charles Schwab & Company Inc.)
May 1, 2004... Introduction The Internet was supposed to change everything immediately, including industry competition and strategy. After many of its early stars fell from the sky, it appeared that the traditional strategy toolkit, containing frameworks...

Managing for shareholder value: intangibles, future value and investment decisions.
May 1, 2004... When it comes to increasing shareholder value--arguably one of the most important issues high performance companies face--the management team faces several difficult considerations. First, managing future growth, an increasingly critical...

Want to grow the top line? Manage costs better.(Column)
May 1, 2004... Slimmed down and operating more efficiently after the recent recession, many companies are looking for ways to boost sales and grow their way to higher profits. While news of this renewed focus on growth is encouraging, the reduced emphasis on...

Establishing a continuing business model innovation process.
May 1, 2004... This is the third and final article in a series by Don Micthell and Carol Coles on business model innovation Introduction Most business process development focuses on improving or replacing existing processes, activities that are...

Brute force or stealthy inroads? The subtleties of effective price increases.(Excerpt)
May 1, 2004... Ways of raising prices range from the blunt to the subtle. Sometimes blunt works, but there are times when it leaves your customers angry and ready to defect. There are several basic approaches to raising prices, with a myriad of variations and...

Creating new business models.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... The Power of Strategy Innovation: A New Way of Linking Creativity and Strategic Planning to Discover Great Business Opportunities Robert E. Johnston, Jr. and J. Douglas Bate Published by Amacom Robert E. Johnston and J. Douglas Bate...

Back to basics for strategists.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... 20:21 Vision: The Lessons of the 20th Century for the 21st Bill Emmott and Allen Lane Published by The Penguin Press Journalists are often ridiculed for their lack of perspective. They are criticized for seeming ignorant of history much...

How much social good is enough?(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... What Matters Most--Business, Social Responsibility and the End of the Era of Greed Jeffrey Hollender and Stephen Fenichell Published by Basic Books Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now very much part of the corporate Zeitgeist....

Beleaguered boards still don't get it.(Book Review)
May 1, 2004... Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch Published by Harvard Business School Press Back to the Drawing Board will be of most value to those who have never sat on a...

People are turning: chapter three.(Consilio Manuque)(Editorial)
May 1, 2004... With this issue of Journal of Business Strategy we continue 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...