Journal of Business Strategy articles from November 2004

Journal of Business Strategy archives from November 2004

Editor's note.(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... Guess who said, we want to "enjoy a reputation for fairness and honesty and... [be] respected"? It's part of the Enron vision statement but it's probably not very different from the mission statements of hundreds of companies. When it comes to...

"The father of business intelligence".(Alternative strategies)(Stevan Dedijer: business thinker and theorist)(Obituary)
November 1, 2004... Stevan Dedijer, business thinker and theorist, warrior and breaker of intellectual and actual barriers, died June 13 at the age of 92. OSS.net, the Web site of the open source intelligence network, hailed Steve as "the father of business...

Too many cooks in the kitchen?(Corporate governance)
November 1, 2004... As any chef knows, the timeworn adage "too many cooks in the kitchen" may be old, but it is hardly passe. As with so many endeavors, when multiple parties insist on adding their "special ingredient" (i.e. their input) to the dish, the outcome...

Much ado about IT: a response to "the corrosion of IT advantage" by Nicholas G. Carr.
November 1, 2004... Over the past three decades, a great deal of advice has been proffered in both the managerial and academic press about how information technology (IT) can add business value and help organizations become more competitive. It has been widely...

Break your own rules.
November 1, 2004... This is the second of three articles by Bolko von Oetinger on the topic of innovation. The ideas are drawn from the author's experience and from A Passion for Ideas, which he edited with Heinrich von Pierer, the president and chief executive...

Corporate reputation: anything but superficial--the deep but fragile nature of corporate reputation.
November 1, 2004... Corporate reputation has never been more valuable--or more vulnerable. Nearly three years after the revelations of accounting fraud, executive greed, and other misdeeds shook the public's trust, corporate reputation has continued to decline and...

Corporate reputation: managing corporate reputation--applying rigorous measures to a key asset.
November 1, 2004... Despite the increased focus on the importance of corporate reputation following the nosedive of previously well-respected companies, most executive managers still fail to take the necessary steps to protect their company from unexpected...

Corporate reputation: reputational mythraking.(AT&T)
November 1, 2004... If we are, as they say, the sum of our mistakes, a 32-year career in pub c relations for one of the world's most battered companies, AT&T, leaves me with somewhat of a computational challenge Having tried hard to avoid making the same mistake...

Corporate reputation: pricing and competing in Chinese markets--strategies for multinationals.
November 1, 2004... Since the mid 1990s, many Chinese companies in home appliance and consumer goods industries have caught up with or surpassed leading global competitors in the Chinese market. In the television sector, Panasonic was a top brand in China before...

How much pain is enough?(Books to consider)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... Change without Pain: How Managers Can Overcome Initiative Overload, Organizational Chaos and Employee Burnout Eric Abrahamson Published by Harvard Business Press "If you want to understand something, try to change it... " (Kurt Lewin). ...

Capitalism: flawed but working.(Books to consider)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... The Support Economy: Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and The Next Episode of Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin Published by Viking Books While reading the introductory chapter to this book I felt like I was reading the...

Consilio Manuque.(franchising)(Excerpt)
November 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...

Note from the publisher.(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... Management journals and more; Emerald Management Xtra launches in 2005 For 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited will be launching the world's largest collection of peer-reviewed business and management journals, Emerald Management Xtra....