- 1.Frenemies with Benefits
When their profit goals differ, fiercely competitive firms may decide to collaborate with each other on complementary offerings.
- 2.Why do large projects go over budget?
A study of more than 100 years of infrastructure megaprojects reveals a consistent pattern of challenges at their core.
- 3.The neuroscience of strategic leadershipResearch shows how leaders can take the high road less traveled.
- 4.Robotic seals and bionic limbs: How Japan is creating opportunity for medtechWith the oldest population in the world and a worsening shortage of nurses, Japan has become a test market for new technologies to care for the elderly.
- 5.The art and practice of Japanese managementJapan's extraordinary postwar industrial success was defined by lean production, consensus and continuous improvement. But lately it has been the country's perceived weak points, such as lifetime employment and over-regulation, that have come to the forefront of the debate on Japanese management. But new ideas are emerging with the younger, more flexible generation of Japanese managers, which means there will still be plenty for the outside world to learn from Japan. Adapted from "The Witch Doctors" (Times Books, 1996).
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