8-26-08
A Growth Strategy for the Long Term
by Rabih Abouchakra, Mazen Ramsay Najjar, and Richard Shediac
Economies that depend primarily on a single resource are exposed to ongoing shocks, but an export-based diversification strategy can alleviate the tremors. |
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8-19-08
Hearts and Minds
by Edward H. Baker
Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter on why urgency in the face of change matters — right now. |
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8-12-08
RFID Redux
by Jeffrey Rothfeder
No longer the tech darling, RFID is slowly reemerging as a valuable way to monitor small pieces of big supply chains. |
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8-05-08
Survival-of-the-Fittest Innovation
by Edward Baker
Booz & Company Partner Alexander Kandybin on why consumer products companies should look to the power of natural selection to break out of the incremental innovation trap. |
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7-29-08
The Decline of the Expat Executive
by William J. Holstein
Peter Felix, president of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, discusses the new effort by multinationals to hire local executives in foreign locales. |
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7-22-08
Sidestepping Disaster
by William J. Holstein
Extending supply chains to low-cost nations may make economic sense, but disruptions from natural catastrophes can drown the gains. |
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7-15-08
The Evolution of Online Media
by Melissa Master Cavanaugh
Author of Always On and Booz & Company Partner Christopher Vollmer on how the media environment is changing and what it means for advertisers and marketers. |
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7-08-08
The New Chinese Environment
by Brendan Vaughan
To do business in China, companies can no longer ignore their effect on the country’s water and air. |
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7-01-08
Building the Perfect Workforce
by Gwen Moran
Community college partnerships are training workers with made-to-order skills. |
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6-24-08
Indian Outsourcers Go Global
by William Holstein
Facing mounting competitive pressure, India’s biggest firms are reshaping themselves as multinationals. |
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6-17-08
The Sum of the Parts
by Michael Cooke, Richard Turner, and Stephen Chen
Effective product innovation depends on fast access to critical design and engineering data. At Whirlpool, the challenge turns out to be as much human as it is technological. |
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6-10-08
It’s Not about the Money
by John Frehse
To improve employee morale and productivity, increasing compensation may be precisely the wrong tack. |
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6-03-08
Friendlier Skies
by Jürgen Ringbeck and Stephan Gross
Consolidation in the increasingly competitive European airline industry has been long delayed, but the wait is coming to an end. |
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5-28-08
Six Keys to a Winning Manufacturing Strategy
by William J. Holstein
How John Deere bucked industrial trends to become an international growth star. |
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5-22-08
Lessons of Silence
by Bruno Kahne
What the deaf can teach us about listening — and making ourselves heard. |
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5-13-08
Taking a Chance on Oil
by Georges Chehade and Eduard Gracia
Geopolitical and financial uncertainty contribute more than an imbalance between supply and demand to sky-high oil prices. |
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5-06-08
The Next Empire
by Edward Baker
What can the U.S. do to maintain its competitive position against the E.U. and China? Foreign policy scholar Parag Khanna believes the answer lies right under our noses. |
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4-29-08
Winning the PR Wars
by William J. Holstein
CEOs must learn to manage the media if they want to influence how their stories are told. |
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4-22-08
A Clear Look at Biofuels
by Bill Jackson, Eric Spiegel, and Leslie Moeller
Myths abound regarding the pros and cons of biofuels. Here is a scorecard to separate truth from fiction. |
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4-15-08
The Truth about Exports
by William J. Holstein
The numbers may be rosy, but the U.S. export initiative is still hobbled. |
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4-08-08
Business Success from the Bottom Up
by Laura W. Geller
Management consultant Ralph Sink believes that people, when given ownership and held accountable, will shine. |
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4-01-08
Competing on the Eco Front
by Jürgen Ringbeck and Stephan Gross
Environmentally friendly countries have a leg up in the competition for international travelers, but sustaining that advantage takes work. |
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3-25-08
Anyone Around Here Nervous?
by Art Kleiner
Public relations guru Robert Dilenschneider on getting ahead when everyone else is concerned about falling behind. |
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3-18-08
China’s Shifting Competitive Equation
by Christoph Alexander Bliss, Ronald Haddock, and Kaj Grichnik
Multinational companies must respond to China’s rising costs by bringing their own global best practices to its shores. |
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3-11-08
We Are All Pirates
by Edward Baker
Author Matt Mason takes a hard look at how established companies should face the growing threat of copyright piracy. |
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3-04-08
Speaking of Jargon
by Gwen Moran
If we hate it so much, why do we all use it? |
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2-26-08
The Intelligent Highway: A Smart Idea?
by Joyce Wenger, Jack Opiola, and Tony Ioannidis
Roadways that give drivers safety updates and ease congestion may finally become part of U.S. transportation infrastructure. |
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2-19-08
Reining In the Overpaid (and Underperforming) Chief Executive
by William J. Holstein
Corporate governance expert Nell Minow explains the relationship between outlandish severance packages and the risky financial instruments linked to subprime mortgages. |
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2-12-08
Freeing Ideas from Their Silos
by Steven Mains and Laura W. Geller
How the U.S. Army has transformed its approach to sharing knowledge, and what businesses can learn from it. |
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2-05-08
Travel 2.0
by Volkmar Koch, Jürgen Ringbeck, and Stefan Stroh
Winning over the travelers of the future will require technologies that, like human travel agents, can segment customers accurately and give them what they want.
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1-29-08
A Challenge for India
by Sheridan Prasso
N.R. Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and cofounder of Infosys Technologies, sees a bright future for developing countries — if they can use their success to address the problems of poverty. |
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1-22-08
Signals for the Coming Year
by Art Kleiner
Change may be certain, but for a business decision maker, some changes have more impact than others. Here are eight trends that will make the greatest difference in 2008. |
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1-15-08
Growing a New Niche in Retail Banking
by Alan Gemes, Fabienne Konik, and Caroline Moss
How some top performers are adapting to target the lucrative mass affluent market. |
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1-08-08
Making Innovation Strategy Succeed
by Amy Bernstein
Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President Barry Jaruzelski discusses the process and findings of the annual Global Innovation 1000 study. |
