Keeping Score : Using the Right Metrics to Drive World-Class Performance
Content: Book | Author: Mark Graham Brown | Subjects: Management, Operations
Winning Score : How to Design and Implement Winning Scorecards
Content: Book | Author: Mark Graham Brown | Subjects: Management, Operations
George Gilder
The central event of the 20th century is the overthrow of matter. In technology, economics, and the politics of nations, wealth in the form of physical resources is steadily declining in value and significance. The powers of mind are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of things.
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Knowledge, Trends / Analysis
Microcosm : The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology
Content: Book | Author: George Gilder | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis
Telecosm : How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize Our World
Content: Book | Author: George Gilder | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis
World Class : Thriving Locally in the Global Economy
Content: Book | Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter | Subjects: International, Management
How Much Information?
Suffering from information overload? According to this new study from the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley, “the world’s total yearly production of print, film, optical, and magnetic content would require roughly 1.5 billion gigabytes of storage.” Magnetic storage is by far the most common medium for storing information, accounting for an estimated 635,660 to 1,693,000 terabytes per … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: University of California Berkeley | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Miscellaneous
Can peer-to-peer grow up?
The latest tech craze needs one hit company to make it valid. The Silicon Valley elite is betting on InfraSearch.
Content: Article | Author: Justin Hibbard | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Trends / Analysis
Managing in the New Economy
Content: Book | Author: Joan Magretta | Subject: Management
You Can’t Create a Leader in a Classroom
Professor Henry Mintzberg is one of the world’s most influential teachers of business strategy. Now he’s developing a new lesson plan: to change the very essence of business education itself.
Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Reingold | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training
Powerful Patterns Shaping eBusiness
Professor Mohan Sawhney describes the implications of three eBusiness patterns on investment decisions and new business models. Three major topics discussed include: Wave Theory, The Myth of Substitution, and Migration of Intelligence.
Content: Article | Author: Mohanbir Sawhney | Source: nMinds | Subject: Trends / Analysis
What Will It Take to Win in the Next Phase of the New Economy?
This April, the new economy suddenly entered a new phase: the Next Phase. Just when we’d all grown accustomed to dueling business models, high-flying IPOs, built-to-flip companies, and less-is-more balance sheets, the game changed. The Next Phase featured funerals for once-proud dotcoms, sputtering IPOs, and the rediscovery of the power of profitability. The question now is, what will it take to win in the Next … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Trends / Analysis
Akio Morita
If we face a recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Ann Winblad
Founder of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Content: Thought Leader | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Stewart Alsop
former journalist – now VC with New Enterprise Associates
Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
The Corporate Library
This excellent site is intended to serve as a central repository for research, study and critical thinking about the nature of the modern global corporation, with a special focus on corporate governance and the relationship between company management, their boards and their shareowners.
Content: Online Resource | Source: The Corporate Library | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Management
The Value Chain (Industry Week)
From Industry Week, The Value Chain is an online publication providing up-to-date information, articles, and resources on value chain management (VCM), a theory of management that considers every step of manufacturing a product, from raw materials “right down to disposing of the packaging after use.” Along with feature articles and columns about value chain management, the site also contains a FAQ, which offers excellent basic … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: IndustryWeek | Subjects: Management, Strategy
Special: Has B-school known the secrets of e-biz all along?
This 9 piece article claims “The secrets to successful e-business aren’t secrets at all. They’ve been taught for years in the nation’s top business schools.” Provides an excellent discussion of the need to apply fundamental business principles regardless of the industry or ‘new economy’ nature of the firm.
Content: Article | Author: Kayte Vanscoy | Source: ZDNet | Subjects: Management, MBA Related
The One Minute Manager
Content: Book | Authors: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson | Subject: Management
Seth Neiman
Managing Partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners
Content: Thought Leader | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital