Journal of Business Strategy articles from November 2002

Journal of Business Strategy archives from November 2002

Values management. (Publisher's Note).
November 1, 2002... "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms--greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge--has marked...

Searching for business. (Short Takes).(ExecuNet Inc. surveys executive search firms)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Hire a headhunter now, and you may get a break on fees. Demand for executives fell 26% and 19% in the first and second quarters of 2002 respectively Thus it may not be surprising that, in a recent poll by ExecuNet, 63% of search professionals...

Can't get no satisfaction. (Just the Facts).(Conference Board survey results)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Americans are less satisfied with their jobs today than they were seven years ago. Only about half of those surveyed by The Conference Board say they are happy in their jobs, down from 59% in 1995. The largest decline in overall job...

Job prospects. (Just the Facts).(Right Management Consultants Inc. survey results)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Three-quarters of American workers expect unemployment to rise in the coming year, and 81% of workers believe it will be difficult for laid-off workers to find comparable employment, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Right...

East meets West. (Just the Facts).(Census Bureau reports on foreign language use)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... According to the Census Bureau, Spanish remains the most prevalent foreign language spoken in the U.S. However, since the 1990 Census, Chinese has overtaken French and German and now ranks second. In fact, four of the top 10 most prevalent...

Costs of benefits analysis. (Just the Facts).(Principal Financial Group survey; employee attitudes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... American workers continue to rank health insurance as the most important employer-sponsored benefit and the benefit they most wish their company would improve, a poll commissioned by the Principal Financial Group and conducted by Harris...

Who's their own boss? (Short Takes).(Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics report)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED) found that: * Approximately 10.1 million adults in the U.S. are attempting to create a new business at any given time. With nearly half of all new ventures started by teams of people, this...

Mongol horde. (Persistence).(taken from Victory! Applying the Proven Principles of Military Strategy to Achieve Greater Success in Your Business and Personal Life)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... From Victory! Applying the Proven Principles of Military Strategy to Achieve Greater Success in Your Business and Personal Life, by Brian Tracy, AMACOM, New York, 2002. In 1220, three Mongol armies under Genghis Khan advanced along the...

Success formula. (Leadership I).(taken from The Infinite Organization: Celebrating the Positive Use of Power in Organizations)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... From The Infinite Organization: Celebrating the Positive Use of Power in Organizations, by Michael F. Broom, Davies-Black, Palo Alto, 2002. At its most basic level, leadership requires a focus-some place to go-and people willing to follow....

First things first. (Strategy Watch).(taken from The New Law of Demand and Supply: The Revolutionary New Demand Strategy for Faster Growth and Higher Profits)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
November 1, 2002... From The New Law of Demand and Supply: The Revolutionary New Demand Strategy for Faster Growth and Higher Profits, by Rick Kash, Currency Doubleday, New York, 2002. Striving for efficiencies before understanding the real nature of demand...

Henry wasn't wrong. (Management).(taken from The Six-Month Fix: Adventures in Rescuing Failing Companies)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
November 1, 2002... From The Six-Month Fix: Adventures in Rescuing Failing Companies, by Gary Sutton, Wiley, New York, 2002. Henry Ford is often ridiculed for selling his cars "in any color as long as it's black." These storytellers today miss a greater...

Results management. (Leadership II).(taken from The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
November 1, 2002... From The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders, by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002. How do leaders focus on results? Here are some of the ways: * Establish stretch goals for their...

How Boardroom America can restore trust. (Real-Time Strategy).(corporate governance)
November 1, 2002... The newspaper headlines and TV commentaries are nearly unanimous. There is a crisis of confidence in Corporate America. Along with wayward CEOs, much of the blame for these crises is directed at boards of directors. Boards and management at...

Brand naming challenges in the new millennium. (Brand Management).
November 1, 2002... Once the nearly exclusive province of the consumer packaged goods industry, branding is becoming more important to products of every type, from every industry. Just think about the tremendous number of new brands introduced since the 1990....

VBM strategies an investor can love: value-based management theories have fallen short In practice, especially when it comes to investor strategy. (Value Management).
November 1, 2002... A FEW YEARS AGO, SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF A CONSUMER products company threw all their energies into developing a new acquisition and a major geographic expansion strategy. The company had a strong brand franchise and a long history of delivering...

Cracking the collaboration code. (E-business Strategy).
November 1, 2002... Collaborative commerce--the practical face of e-business today--yields huge payoffs for those who do it well. The trouble is, most don't. Five steps will help close the gap. LAST MONTH, WHEN GENERAL ELECTRIC sold Global eXchange...

Grappling with dysfunctional board relationships: a board peopled with renegades is a disaster waiting to happen. Here's how to bring the renegades back into the fold. (Governance).
November 1, 2002... MANY BOARD CHAIRS HAVE FAVORITE STORIES about dealing with "renegade" board members whose personal agendas or needs take precedence over the common good. Unfortunately, few of these tales have happy endings. No matter how much effort has been...

The new bottom line for business executives: today, ethics, not numbers, deserve business leaders' greatest attention. (Special Focus).
November 1, 2002... THE BOTTOM-LINE-ORIENTED BOOM OF THE 1990s prompted many CEOs to "do whatever it took" to meet stock market expectations. And this strategy worked, for a time. But it was inevitable that someone would put CEOs to the test, and ask the question:...

Why ethics & compliance programs can fail: "Set it and forget it" doesn't work with ethics programs. (Special Focus).
November 1, 2002... BOB, A VETERAN, WELL-RESPECTED MANAGER, CALLS A staff meeting to introduce his new hire, Cindy. The bad news, Bob tells the staff, is that he doesn't have any money in the capital budget--he simply can't buy Cindy the equipment she needs to do...

Restating strategy. (Stack Attack).(Book Review)
November 1, 2002... Thanks to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, CEOs of U.S. companies that have annual revenues exceeding $1.2 billion must personally certify their firm's books, it seems like every third company has restated earnings. Household International earned $386...

Time. (The Last Word).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... It sometimes seems as if the business community is condemned to a fast-forward existence. When change is the constant, there's never enough time for mature reflection. On the other hand, with the passage of time comes clarity and, often, second...