Journal of Business Strategy articles from November 2003

Journal of Business Strategy archives from November 2003

Editor's note.
November 1, 2003... While no one wants to read about the editor on an ongoing basis, I gather from my phone calls and e-mails that readers and contributors want to know the background, and, implicitly, the credentials of the new JBS editor. Briefly, then, I have a...

The insufficiency of concepts.(Alternative strategies)(problem definition)
November 1, 2003... In this column I would like to discuss the problem of problem definition. There is, in the everyday life of the strategist, no way to define a problem so that you can be sure that you have prepared for all eventualities. This is the sad...

Looking in the mirror: board evaluation.(Governance rules)(performance review system)
November 1, 2003... The evil queen in a children's fairy tale never doubted the answer to her query, "who is the fairest of them all"? But one day, the mirror's response defies her expectations--she is not, in fact, the fairest in the land; it is Snow White. We...

Best practices at Best Buy: a turnaround strategy.
November 1, 2003... Introduction Best Buy Stores in 1996 was an enormous, sprawling company trying to spread its nameplate across the entire USA in a quest to be the biggest and best electronics retailer. Consumer electronics--everything from the routine...

A rose by any other name: rebranding campaigns that work.
November 1, 2003... While the number of brands on the market has increased astronomically in recent years, brands remain a company's most valuable assets. Robust brands tend to add both economic and strategic value to their respective companies. The value of this...

Beware the Internet panacea: how tried and true strategy got sidelined.(developing a formal electronic business strategy)
November 1, 2003... Electronic business is probably the hottest thing to hit the business world since the first introduced two decades ago. Nevertheless, the numerous Internet startups that wound up on the scrap heap of business failures are testament to the fact...

Finding new value in established businesses: Boise Cascade discovers its core identity.
November 1, 2003... Today's business landscape contains many organizations that stand like great mountains: in scale and complex in their particular topology, they are best grand known by the diverse business lines, divisions, products and services, and reporting...

Freshening up strategic planning: more than fill-in the-blanks.
November 1, 2003... We have recently come through times where it was quite common to hear that things are changing too quickly to make strategic planning worthwhile, or that "real-time" processes are required to deal with rapid market shifts and competitor...

Information technology: second-class citizen or strategy partner.
November 1, 2003... As the year 2000 approached, Harvard Business Review commissioned David Sibbet to create a special supplement that included all the key management ideas and practices over the previous 75 years, in celebration of the 75th volume of this leading...

Popular topics, potent lessons.(Unaccountable: How the Accounting Profession Forfeited a Public Trust)(When the Game is on the Line)(On the Ball: What You Can Learn About Business From America's Sports Leaders)(Book Review)
November 1, 2003... A promise of going "behind the scenes" is hardly an original hook, but it has sold many books, TV shows and movies. The reason it is such a popular device is because most readers and viewers like finding out what really goes on--what the truth...