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Leading Ideas

Leading Ideas are reports on management trends, thinking, and practice. They are crafted to help senior decision makers see their work and their environment in new ways so they can act more effectively.

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August 18, 2009

Does Health Care Have an Electronic Future?

The Obama administration’s focus on digital patient records to minimize medical errors and improve efficiency has promise, but will face significant obstacles.
August 11, 2009

All Brands Are Niche Brands

Subaru’s chief marketing officer on how to sell cars in a tough market.
August 4, 2009

Overcoming Nuclear Power’s Biggest Hurdle

A cap and trade system for storing radioactive waste may be the best means to wake up a critical but moribund industry.
July 28, 2009

Revving the Growth Engine

India’s burgeoning middle class is fueling automobile sales, though most consumers still choose two-wheel vehicles — at least for now.
July 21, 2009

Leading Out of the Downturn

The most important task for corporate leaders, says consultant and author Steve Zaffron, is to reorient the minds of their employees toward a positive vision of the future.
July 14, 2009

Debugging the Supply Chain

Ten-year-old Cricket Communications found that even the oft overlooked supply chain can be a lucrative target for innovation.
July 7, 2009

Energy Policy by the Numbers

A Cambridge scientist says it will take better arithmetic and less passion to replace fossil fuels by 2050.
June 30, 2009

Why Cloud Computing Is Gaining Strength in the IT Marketplace

Web-based computing services are already saving money for many large enterprises. It’s time to jump on the bandwagon.
June 23, 2009

A “Hands-on” Approach to Surviving the Recession

Noble Group CEO Richard Elman discusses risk, opportunity, and his growth strategy for the commodities business.
June 16, 2009

Can the U.S. Learn to Love Renewables?

The CEO of Applied Materials offers a road map for the adoption of solar energy technologies in the United States.
June 9, 2009

Putting the Stimulus to Work

How to spend $800 billion and actually improve the nation’s infrastructure.
June 2, 2009

The Promise of In-market Innovation

A new strategy recommends putting out new products in large volume and letting the marketplace — not focus groups — separate winners from losers.
May 26, 2009

China’s Multinational Quandary

Lenovo’s ill-fated ambitions reveal the difficulties China faces in developing and managing innovative global corporations.
May 19, 2009

How LexisNexis Is Winning on the Web

CEO Andrew Prozes on why his company needed to transform itself to survive in the highly competitive online data and content marketplace.
May 12, 2009

Building Talent in a Time of Layoffs

Companies need to assess their workforces today, but they should also look at their likely needs as conditions change.
May 5, 2009

For Indian Companies, It’s Globalization as Usual

Nirmalya Kumar, a professor of marketing at the London Business School, argues in a new book that although the world economic crisis may have taken the bite out of some Indian companies, most will adapt and emerge globally.
April 28, 2009

Is State Control Making a Comeback?

In considering the relationship between the public and private sectors, it’s time to distinguish the plausible visions of the future — such as a new regulatory environment — from those, like permanent government ownership of banks and industry, that are not plausible.
April 21, 2009

It’s a Virtual World

Slowly, companies are leaving the physical world behind to cut costs, improve communication, and find new ways to collaborate.
April 14, 2009

Getting Rid of Grades to Boost Performance

The practice of assigning letter grades to jobs has had perverse consequences. Aligning jobs with accountability is a much better idea.
April 7, 2009

Convincing Consumers to Spend Again

In a brutal sales environment, retailers and manufacturers, led by the auto industry, are finding that smarter marketing — not better products — may be the best way to a customer’s heart.
March 31, 2009

Beyond 3G

Mobile phone operators are turning to LTE as the fourth-generation technology to provide inexpensive wireless broadband access for cost-conscious consumers and businesses.
March 24, 2009

Global Partnerships Unplugged

A survey finds that information technology is a neglected asset in joint ventures, leading to disturbing results.
March 17, 2009

Betting on China

Even in the face of the economic downturn, a survey finds that multinationals in China are upgrading their mainland operations and encouraging the government to improve the education and productivity of Chinese workers.
March 10, 2009

Here Come the Sogo Shosha

Japan’s little-known trading companies are buying startup technology businesses in the U.S., hoping to catch the next wave of American economic growth.
March 3, 2009

Making It Easy to Do the Right Thing

In recovering from a crisis, ethical business practice and high performance aren’t opposed.
February 24, 2009

Keeping Up with Workforce 2020

For many companies, success in the next decade will depend on how well they implement information technologies that transform when and how people do their jobs.
February 17, 2009

Paradox of Capitalism

Economist Robert Reich believes that the excesses of capitalism have produced a world order in which people feel good as consumers but suffer as citizens.
February 10, 2009

Why Some Companies Are Making the Wrong Moves

A new survey reveals a disconnect between what managers should be doing and what they are doing.
February 3, 2009

The Future Is Lithium

The advent of environmentally friendly automobiles is jump-starting a global battle over battery technology.
January 27, 2009

Business Performance during a Disease Outbreak

A new study measures how businesses could survive economic disruption in the event of a pandemic.
January 20, 2009

Get Out of the Silo

Marketing expert David Aaker argues that to succeed in today’s global arena, marketers must learn to appeal to consumers whose interests transcend individual products and regions.
January 13, 2009

Building Cars by Design

Faced with plummeting demand, automakers should make vehicles with features that match customer preferences.
January 6, 2009

It’s Getting Diverse at the Top

To take advantage of market growth in developing countries, U.S. multinationals are turning to non-Americans to head their operations.


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