Journal of Business Strategy articles from November 1998

Journal of Business Strategy archives from November 1998

Cover your bets.(Outlook 1999)(forecasts for US economy)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1998... If bears come out of hibernation, it would be wise to diversify your investments. The most difficult thing about forecasting the economy or financial markets is that the future is uncertain. (As my kids would say, "Like, duh, Dad.")...

Innovation in a wired world.(wiring of business innovations)(Column)
November 1, 1998... Signs of an innovation revolution are emerging in leading firms all over the world. Companies such as Boeing and Motorola are applying advances in information technology and communications processes to "wire" portions of their innovation and...

Prices: simple guidelines to get them right.
November 1, 1998... A thing is worth whatever the buyer will pay for it. - Pubilius Syrus A Roman writer, first century B.C. Old Pubilius was our kind of guy. He understood the essence of pricing and got it down to 11 words. Unfortunately, the academics...

Recession watch.(Outlook 1999)(forecasts for US economy)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1998... What goes up must come down, and that includes economic growth. I'm a big fan of Yogi Berra and couldn't wait to read his new book, I Didn't Say All the Things I Said. One of my favorite Berra sayings is "it seems like deja vu all over...

Business opportunities abound.(Outlook 1999)(in Latin America)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1998... It may take years for Asia to emerge from the economic doldrums. Latin America will be luckier. A year ago, the Asian economy was booming, and although Russia's new capitalist economy was growing more slowly than investors had hoped,...

Focus on the essentials.(Outlook 1999)(includes related article on technology resolutions for 1999)(managing information technology)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1998... You won't have to turn yourself into a propeller-head, but it would behoove you to sharpen your focus on technology in the coming year. In the future unfolding for companies of all sizes, there is a greater role for computing and...

Trends to watch.(Outlook 1999)(emerging trends affecting business)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1998... A study of emerging trends can provide intriguing glimpses of the future. These thoughts are excerpted from the Brand Futures Group's weekly trend letter, Future Dialog and from its annual publication Futurescopes. Most of the observations...

Designing for the 21st century.(includes related article on shared services business)(organizational design)
November 1, 1998... Flattening the hierarchy may not be enough. Organizational charts are becoming three-dimensional. The company can remain anonymous - after all, it's a rather unglamorous outfit engaged in buying widgets, putting them together to form...

Electronic commerce comes of age.(includes related article on use of electronic data interchange)
November 1, 1998... E-commerce is becoming essential to business survival. But there are still traps for the unwary. When DOUGLASSVILLE, PA.-based Kiwi Brands installed electronic data interchange (EDI) in 1990, it did it because it had to. Retailers who...

The character of a corporation.(includes related article on business survival)(interview with Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, co-author of 'The Character of a Corporation: How Your Company's Culture Can Make or Break Your Business')(Interview)
November 1, 1998... Is your company fragmented? If so, should you do something to change it? Maybe not, say the authors of a recent book. It's your first day at a new job. You're assigned an office and given a list of tasks to perform - on your own. The office...

Guru-mania.(new books on business strategies)
November 1, 1998... Who to believe when every theory has its pros and cons? Where even deliberately having no strategy (e.g., the Nucor company) can be a successful tactic? The only solution is to get to know the breadth of strategic literature and make up...