Joel Kurtzman
War is war—and very different from business. In war, your enemy is hidden on the other side of the hill and is waiting there to surprise and destroy you. Your enemy is an army or air force or navy, like you, and the match is like chess.
But in business, the enemy is more like the old comic-strip character Pogo once said: “We have met the … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Joel Kurtzman | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subject: Competition
How the Markets Really Work
A former reporter and editor at the New York Times and the Harvard Business Review who now works at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kurtzman here offers insight into how the stock and bond markets function. He explains how these markets operate and what they do (e.g., package debt in the form of bond offerings, establish pricing for securities and commodities, connect those who seek capital with those who … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Author: Joel Kurtzman | Subject: Economics
Why US deficits get worse
The way out of the US trade deficit may be a stronger dollar, not a weaker one, because of the way the world economy now works. Policymakers need to fight economic insanity and forget those old remedies that no longer work.
Content: Article | Author: Joel Kurtzman | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: Economics
Is China going the way of Brazil?
Ever since the Mao jacket went the way of the ozone layer, China has been the world’s darling economy. ‘Bigness’ and very high rates of growth have persuaded otherwise canny investors to overlook some rather significant risks.
Content: Article | Author: Joel Kurtzman | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: International – China
MBA in a Box: Practical Ideas from the Best Brains in Business
The pitch is a tad gimmicky: a book called MBA in a Box that is packaged in-wait for it-a box! But this canary-yellow tome has more going for it than a clever concept. Editor Joel Kurtzman, a former chief of the Harvard Business Review, has rounded up fresh writings from a winner’s circle of business thinkers in order to present in an approachable format all … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Authors: Glenn Rifkin, Joel Kurtzman, Victoria Griffith | Subjects: Management, MBA Related
Whither Germany? Whither Europe? An Interview with Prof. Norbert Walter
This piece is a little dated (1996) but it discusses some general issues regarding the German economy and culture that will be of interest to those with little background. Norbert Walter is (was?) Chief Economist with Deutsche Bank Group.
Content: Article | Author: Joel Kurtzman | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International – Europe, People