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Summer 2009


Leading Ideas

5-26-09
$950 Billion in Extra Capital
By Barry Jaruzelski, Conrad Winkler, and Eric Dustman
5-26-09
Toyota’s IT Transformation
By Barbra Cooper with Karen Nocket
5-26-09
How to Shut Down a Project Gracefully
By Rita Gunther McGrath
5-26-09
The Promise of Private-label Media
By Matthew Egol, Leslie H. Moeller, and Christopher Vollmer

Operating Strategies

5-26-09
Reframing Your Business Equation
By Tim Laseter and M. Eric Johnson
Companies and industries are often driven by implicit formulas. Questioning their validity can lead to breakthroughs.

Public & Private

5-26-09
The Challenges of Balance
By Joe Saddi, Karim Sabbagh, and Richard Shediac
In their quest to build sustainable economies, the Gulf states of the Middle East are learning to manage opposing forces.

First Person

5-26-09
Promoting Entrepreneurship in the West Bank
By Donald L. Pressley and Cheryl S. Steele
How a conference of multiple stakeholders is bringing financial investment to a region marked by conflict.

Strategy & Competition

5-26-09
The Best Years of the Auto Industry Are Still to Come
By Ronald Haddock and John Jullens
Even as they struggle through the economic meltdown, vehicle makers can look ahead to a high-growth, flexible, global future.

Marketing & Media

5-26-09
The Trouble with Brands
By John Gerzema and Ed Lebar
Most consumer brands are not creating value. The exceptions share a set of “energized” attributes that companies can identify and exploit.

Special Report

5-26-09
CEO Succession 2008: Stability in the Storm
By Per-Ola Karlsson and Gary L. Neilson
Booz & Company’s annual survey of chief executive arrivals and departures shows that the financial crisis has held down the rate of CEO turnover — for now.

Management

5-26-09
Making the Most of M&A
By Gerald Adolph and Justin Pettit
Mergers and acquisitions are becoming more critical — and more perilous — than ever. You can build your capabilities, even in the midst of turmoil.

The Creative Mind

5-26-09
Dov Frohman Leads the Hard Way
By Paula Margulies
The management author and former CEO of Intel Israel on the need to do the unexpected and attempt the impossible.

Thought Leader

5-26-09
Esther Dyson: The Thought Leader Interview
By Art Kleiner
A long-standing champion of high-tech innovation foresees a fundamental shift toward more transparent institutions and a more relationship-driven economy.

Knowledge Review

5-26-09
Epics of Enterprise
By Milton Moskowitz
A connoisseur of corporate histories conducts a guided tour of the favorites in his collection.

Books in Brief

5-26-09
Books in Brief
By David K. Hurst
Meltdowns past and present, confused credit markets, irrational individuals, and the seedy business of infomercials.

Recent Research

5-26-09
Recent Research
By Bridget Finn and Michal Lev-Ram
Consumer choice theory, outsourced labor standards, the secrets of competitive advantage, and more.

Intellectual Capitalist

5-26-09
Season of the Witch
By Bruce Feirstein
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