127 Articles found for subject: People

In this issue of Spotlight, Edward de Bono talks to editor Sarah Powell about the development, application and impact of his ideas about thinking and creativity.

Content: Article | Author: Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Management, People

Economist Joseph Schumpeter was perhaps the most powerful thinker ever on innovation, entrepreneurship, and capitalism. He was also one of the most unusual personalities of the 20th century, as Harvard Business School professor emeritus Thomas K. McCraw shows in a new biography. Read our interview and book excerpt.

Content: Article | Authors: Sean Silverthorne, Thomas McCraw | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Economics, People

One of the most eminent authorities in the field of valuation is Tom Copeland, not least because of the fact that he is the co-author of the standard work in the field of valuation. Professor Copeland is the most appropriate person to ask which subjects are currently under discussion in the field of finance and financing. Are fundamental changes taking place or are the developments … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Tom Copeland | Sources: Monitor Group, NIVRA | Subjects: Finance, People

In this issue of Spotlight, Professor Henri-Claude de Bettignies speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the development of China as a world power and the opportunities and challenges this offers to western businesses.

Content: Article | Author: Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: International – China, People

Thirty-six years after his book Future Shock, the world’s most influential futurist sees the informal economy as a basis of revolutionary wealth.

Content: Article | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Miscellaneous, People

Errors in corporate strategy are often self-inflicted, and a singular focus on shareholder value is the “Bermuda Triangle” of strategy, according to Michael E. Porter, director of Harvard’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. Porter, who recently spoke at Wharton as part of the school’s SEI Center Distinguished Lecture Series, challenged managers to stop trying to be the best company in their industry and instead deliver … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Michael E. Porter | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: People, Strategy

An idiosyncratic economist preaches the innate morality of business.

Content: Article | Author: Andrea Gabor | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, People

Convention and tradition may still have their (smaller) place in organizations today, but not in the company envisioned and described by one of the world’s leading and most respected management gurus, Gary Hamel. “In the years ahead,” he says in this extensive and provocative interview, “the challenge for every organization is going to be to begin to think about how to measure and support three … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Stephen Bernhut | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: People, Strategy

An original thinker and a pioneer of the theory of harmonisation, Polish born Karol Adamiecki deserves to regain his place as one of Europe’s foremost management gurus.

Content: Article | Author: Morgen Witzel | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People

One of the world’s most recognized and respected authorities on intellectual capital offers his observations on how to manage and value one of the most challenging and dynamic issues facing business leaders today, intangible assets. Lev is a frequent witness in litigation involving intellectual capital, and a frequent and vocal critic of traditional accounting. He is also the leading exponent of a new, knowledge-based approach … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Stephen Bernhut | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Accounting, People

He turned a family-run gunpowder factory into a giant corporation, and rebuilt a faltering General Motors. Pierre du Pont proves that even the most moribund company can be rescued with the right management skills.

Content: Article | Author: Morgen Witzel | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People

For the past five centuries, the political genius of Niccoló Machiavelli has been overshadowed by his reputation as a cold supporter of corrupt ruling. Only recently have his true beliefs come to light.

Content: Article | Author: Morgen Witzel | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People

In this issue of Spotlight, Dick Grote speaks to editor Sarah Powell about the difference between standard performance appraisal and ‘forced ranking’ and the reasons why forced ranking is so contentious.

Content: Article | Authors: Dick Grote, Sarah Powell | Source: Emerald Now | Subjects: Human Resources, People

Building more efficient equipment is actually an important key to profitability says George David, chief executive of United Technologies.

Content: Article | Author: George David | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: People, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Author and Apple alumn Guy Kawasaki shares some lessons learned from wounds suffered during his long tour of duty in the technology trenches.

Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Source: AlwaysOn | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, People

According to this influential long-wave theorist, the world is due for a technological and economic boom that truly lifts all boats. When? That’s up to us.

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Economics, People

Jay Forrester’s computer models show the nonlinear roots of calamity and reveal the leverage that can help us avoid it.

Editor’s Note: Forrester is the father of system dynamics.

Content: Article | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subject: People

The world’s most famous management writer may have spent most of his working life in the US, but he owes many of his ideas to his European origins.

Content: Article | Author: Peter Starbuck | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: History, People

Peter F. Drucker is best known for his work on management. The White House press release of June 21, 2002, announcing that Drucker would be a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom cites Drucker as “the world’s foremost pioneer of management theory.” Indeed he is. Yet all this seminal work on management came about as Drucker pursued his main interest in a larger and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Joseph A. Maciariello | Source: Leader to Leader | Subject: People

The Toyota Production System has revolutionized industry. James Womack and Daniel Jones believe it can transform the world.

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Operations, People