1297 Posts found for Source: strategy+business

The sum of operational, executive, and engineering cultures is greater than the corporate whole.

Editor’s Note: offers an interesting summary look at the theories of MIT OD professor Edgar Schein (three cultures) and sociologist Neil Fligstein (evolving historical corporate cultures that match the external environment)

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

Practically speaking, it’s time to rethink core concepts of management education.

Content: Article | Authors: Henry Mintzberg, Jonathan R. Gosling | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

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European companies lag behind U.S. corporations in starting new businesses. A few best-practice companies show how the continent can compete.

Editor’s Note: though a bit topical and ostensibly focused on Europe, the article lays out a general guide for any company considering setting up a corporate venturing initiative.

Content: Article | Authors: Frank Vrancken Peeters, Mark Melford, Rob Schuyt | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Industry Specific, Venture Capital

Tom Peters galvanized a free-agent nation with his manifesto, “The Brand Called You.” But there is something missing from his vision: us.

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, Trends / Analysis

Centralized management still confounds corporations that need to be fast and flexible. There’s a way to move from Taylorism to Welchism – but it means rejecting command-and-control.

Editor’s Note: offers an analysis of four basic managment models and the environments appropriate for each.

Content: Article | Authors: Paul F. Kocourek, Paul Hyde | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management

Though a bit topical, this short piece offers some useful general pricing observations.

Content: Article | Authors: Raman Muralidharan, Rhonda Germany | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Pricing

By imposing togetherness and teamwork across divisional boundaries, companies risk losing the people whose tacit knowledge actually drives growth.

Content: Article | Author: Art Kleiner | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Organizational Behavior

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Fred Hassan’s human touch transformed Pharmacia & Upjohn from hostile tribes into a growing global concern.

Content: Article | Author: Victoria Griffith | Source: strategy+business | Subject: People

“The 38-year-old associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab has engineered major breakthroughs in software agents, programs that are changing the face of Internet shopping and are on the verge of turning retailing on its head. But to Dr. Maes (pronounced “Mahs”), it’s not the technology but its effect that is important. She is the prototype of the New Economy scholar/entrepreneur: a … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Information Technology

Investors have risked billions on Webvan, Urbanfetch, and other same-day transporters. The economics, though, show they won’t deliver for long.

Content: Case Study | Authors: Anand Devendran, Anne Chung, Martha Turner, Pat Houston, Silas Byrne, Tim Laseter | Source: strategy+business | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Retail

To grow a new fiber-optics business at Internet speed, the Canadian giant gave up manufacturing and turned its vendors into strategic partners.

Content: Case Study | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Industry Specific, Operations | Industry: Telecommunications

For the pioneering U.K. startup, clicks without bricks and building share without care led to a first-mover disadvantage.

Content: Case Study | Author: Victoria Griffith | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Finance / Banking

The acquisitions binge of the ’90s has turned into the value trough of today. Here’s how to rebuild a vacuumed company.

Content: Article | Authors: Matthew G. McKenna, Paul F. Kocourek, Steven Y. Chung | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Strategy

Knowledge remains the strongest force for business-building – if you’re willing to link it to the bottom line and borrow inspiration from everywhere.

Content: Article | Authors: Charles E. Lucier, Jan Torsilieri | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Knowledge Management

America’s graduate management programs are trying to be all things to all constituencies. Which means they’re serving nobody well – least of all American business.

Content: Article | Author: Paul O. Gaddis | Source: strategy+business | Subject: MBA Related

“Does history repeat itself when companies seek ways to innovate? Are there patterns among the business strategies chosen by successful companies from one decade to the next?

To find out, we studied nearly 200 business strategies, most from the past 20 years, but some from a century ago. From this research we identified 10 essential “innovation themes,” which are repeated and proven over time.”

Content: Article | Authors: David Y. Choi, Liisa Välikangas | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Innovation, Management

The controversial Canadian theorist claims he can create the perfect organization. Has he found the key to management – or merely a justification for bureaucracy?

Editor’s Note: this article introduces Jaques’ Requisite Organization concepts which are very controversial but also very thought-provoking and worthy of consideration on various levels. I was particularly struck by how relevant some of his ideas are in light of recent … [ Read more ]

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

The culture of science is changing. The ultimate tool in most fields, once the powerful equation, is now the powerful computer, and this change describes a shift from the quest for powerful abstract formulas to a more open-ended willingness to plug in the data and see what happens. It is a shift from a culture of powerful explanations to a culture of powerful descriptions.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business