Journal of Business Strategy articles from September 2001

Journal of Business Strategy archives from September 2001

Who Shall Lead Them?(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines is known throughout the land for his consumption of mass quantities of bourbon, chain smoking, and for dressing up in very peculiar costumes when the spirit moves him. He's also got something of a reputation...

It's the Economy, Stupid.(Decision Analyst U.S. Economic Index)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Decision Analyst U.S. Economic Index for July showed that the economy as continuing the same stagnant path it had followed since January. Worse, the July results showed consumer confidence in the economy beginning to slip. The survey found...

Leaders Lag.(Development Dimensions International Inc. report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... According to a recent leadership survey by Development Dimensions International (DDI) more than two-thirds of leaders exhibit personality traits that could derail their careers. The most common derailers were being overly concrete, which 30% of...

Oil's Not Slick.(Brouillard Communications report)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... In polling managers about which companies they would most like to run, Brouillard Communications found that a negative reputation can outweigh positive performance. The firms respondents had least interest in running were ExxonMobil (26%),...

Virtual Travel.(Runzheimer International survey)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Runzheimer International found that 48% of organizations use online booking for travel services, and 63% of those not currently using it will adopt an online system in the near future. But not everyone is happy Among the complaints users had...

The Glass Ceiling, Redux.(opinions about rewards for women in financial services companies)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Women in financial services firms are less likely than men to report that work-related rewards were allocated fairly. A poll by Catalyst found that 65% of women believed they had to work harder than men to get the same rewards; only 13% of men...

Flying High.(corporate jet costs)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... It's cheaper to own a part interest in a corporate jet than the whole jet, plus crew, plus maintenance costs, but it's not cheap. Let's say you opt for a one-sixteenth interest in a Gulfstream V, with a flight range of up to 7,526 statute...

Top 200 Companies Average Board Total Remuneration by Element.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... Top 200 Companies Average Board Total Remuneration by Element 1995 2000 Stock Award/Options $15,858 $71,971 Stock Retainer $3,874 $12,009 Value of Pension ...

Nuisance Value.(study on multinational corporate management)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2001... From From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, by Yves Doz, Jose Santos, and Peter Williamson, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 2001. ... [T]oday's multinationals lack the structures, processes, and...

Triple Threat.(management strategy)
September 1, 2001... From Drive Your People Wild Without Driving Them Crazy, by Jennifer White, Capstone/Wiley Oxford, UK/New York, 2001. The way to produce results both [sic] in your company is to let the power of momentum work for you. In our...

Missing You.(relations with former employees)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... From Get Weird! 101 Innovative Ways to Make Your Company a Great Place to Work, by John Putzier, AMACOM, New York, 2001. Just as your college uses alumni associations to keep in touch and keep you contributing, your company can do the same....

Translated from the Welch.(Jack Welch's view on budgets)(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
September 1, 2001... From The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership, by Jeffrey A. Krames, McGraw Hill, New York, 2001. Budgets: Jack Welch hates budgets. He feels they should never have been invented: "The budget is the bane of Corporate America," he says. If...

CEO: Long-term Strategist or Short-term Hired Gun?(chief executive officer turnover)
September 1, 2001... Lost amid the statistical rhetoric about the economic devastation of the past year, with whole industries (such as telecommunications) laid waste, and the future stolen before it even had a chance (e-commerce), lies a largely unnoticed fact:...

PREPARING TO RIDE THE WIRELESS WAVE.(information technology outlook)(Industry Overview)
September 1, 2001... Let's say you're a mobile worker and have a one-hour layover at an airport, during which you want to connect to the office. You could race to a wireline phone, unpack your PC, connect the wires, and wait to establish a network connection. In 20...

IMPROVING RETURNS ON M-COMMERCE INVESTMENTS.(mobile commerce)
September 1, 2001... The idea that mobile commerce will become part of e-commerce's next evolutionary stage is fast becoming accepted wisdom. Visions of mobile computers and cell phones dance on our heads, bringing to mind Star Trek tricorders and communicators....

CHEAP AND CHEERFUL.(cost saving measures at Fastenal)
September 1, 2001... Fastenal's strategy is to pinch every penny twice before letting it go. So far, it's working. Even renowned miser Jack Benny might have been awed by the practices at Fastenal, Inc., a $746 million Winona, Minnesota, distributor of...

NINTH ANNUAL STERATEGISTS TO WATCH.
September 1, 2001... Here are eight more people solidly behind the eight ball and their plans for setting up winning shots. You don't have to be a dot-com startup to have problems in this economy. For the last year, we've heard all those sharp gasps of breath...

MARKETING IS NOT A ONE-NIGHT STAND.(customer relations)
September 1, 2001... In an age of "conversational marketing," there are clear parallels between the new rules of marketing and the old rules of courtship. Almost everywhere you look--from pulp fiction to magazines, from self-help guides to seminal...

THE FOUR PHASES OF INNOVATION?
September 1, 2001... Here's a process for cherry-picking the new product ideas that are most likely to succeed. INNOVATION IN BUSINESS CANT be left to chance. If you're going to achieve your organization's future growth goals, you have to actively direct,...

The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Michael Hammer Crown Business, New York www.randomhouse.com Author's Credentials: Talk about someone who needs no introduction. Former professor at MIT, author of Reengineering the Corporation, The Reengineering Revolution, and...

The Natural Laws of Business: How to Harness the Power of Evolution, Physics, and Economics to Achieve Business Success.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Richard Koch Currency/Doubleday, New York www.randomhouse.com Author's Credentials: Former partner with Bain and Company and author of The 80/20 Principle. Thesis: Science has revealed universal patterns that predict and...

Judo Strategy: Turning Your Competitors' Strength to Your Advantage.(Review)
September 1, 2001... David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak Harvard Business School Press, Boston, www.hbsp.harvard.edu Authors' Credentials: Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Research Associate at...

The Myth of Excellence: Why Great Companies Never Try to Be the Best at Everything.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Frederick A. Crawford Ryan Mathews Crown Business, New York www.randomhouse.com Authors' Credentials: Executive vice president and global leader of the consumer products, retail, and distribution practice of Cap Gemini Ernst...