strategy+business - Summer 2008
Below are the articles that can be found in the current issue of strategy+business.
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Summer 2008
Leading Ideas
6-10-08
A Better Customer Service Connection
By Timothy Hoying, Ashish Jain, and Madhu Mukerji-Miller
6-10-08
Building the Sustainable City
By Nick Beglinger and Tariq Hussain
6-10-08
Islamic Finance Goes Global
By Edward Baker
6-10-08
A Tailored Approach for Successful Growth
By Alex Koster, Michael Szczepanski, and Christoph Lechner
First Person
6-10-08
The Making of a Market-Minded Environmentalist
By Fred Krupp
How I stopped looking at industry as the enemy and enlisted it as an ally in fighting climate change.
Breakthrough Thoughts
6-10-08
First Capital, Then Strategy
By Seamus McMahon and Michael McKeon
The turbulence of financial markets is reversing the sequence of an optimal planning process.
Public and Private
6-10-08
The Forgotten Lessons of the Marshall Plan
By R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan
To combat poverty in Africa, government should redirect aid to foster local business.
Culture & Change
6-10-08
The Talent Lie
By Edward E. Lawler III
“Putting people first” can be more than a slogan.
Global Perspective
6-10-08
The Next Industrial Imperative
By Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, and Nina Kruschwitz
Facing up to climate change requires a revolution in business thinking.
6-10-08
Start with Sourcing
By Martha Turner and Pat Houston
Procurement lies at the heart of a successful green strategy.
6-10-08
The Critical Enabler
By Gary M. Rahl
As businesses improve their environmental performance, government should be a powerful partner.
Special Report
6-10-08
CEO Succession 2007: The Performance Paradox
By Per-Ola Karlsson, Gary L. Neilson, and Juan Carlos Webster
The news this year is that even those chief executives who deliver subpar returns are showing unexpected staying power.
Business Models
6-10-08
The 21st-Century MBA
By Mary C. Gentile
In a world that requires business leaders to address the concerns of all their stakeholders, we must reshape management education to be both practical and aspirational.
Thought Leader
6-10-08
Jeffrey Liker: The Thought Leader Interview
By Jeffrey Rothfeder
The lean process expert explains why it’s so hard to emulate Toyota.
Knowledge Review
6-10-08
Starbucks and the Power of Story
by Tom Ehrenfeld
How the coffee retailer uses its own narrative to brew global success.
Books in Brief
6-10-08
Books in Brief
by David K. Hurst
The mensch of corporate turnarounds, the earthy language of “Neutron Jack,” the work–life balance of Mormon executives, and the cognition of effective leaders.
Recent Research
6-10-08
Recent Research
by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer
On successful imitators, differentiated searchers, insecure fast-trackers, and more.
Intellectual Capitalist
6-10-08
Light My Fire
By Bruce Feirstein
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