1297 Posts found for Source: strategy+business

co-director of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the school’s John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education; developed the concept of multiple intelligences.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

chairman and chief executive officer of France Telecom

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

Author and Class of 1960 Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management | Industry: Education / Training

Part scientist, part artist and part philosopher, John Seely Brown is chief scientist of the Xerox Corporation and director of its Palo Alto Research Center, better known as PARC.

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

In Europe last year, telecommunications and financial companies joined at a rate of one alliance a month. The trend will go global, because financial content is where the money is.

Content: Article | Authors: Adam Seale, David Osborn, Wouter Rosingh | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Finance, Industry Specific | Industry: Telecommunications

Italy has worked hard to modernize its economy, but still lags in reforming labor markets, financial systems, and education. Will the nation push ahead, or hang on to the status quo?

Content: Article | Author: Richard H.K. Vietor | Source: strategy+business | Subject: International – Europe

Disparaged in the developed world, emerging-market conglomerates are here to stay, provided they adapt to their ever-changing environment. If they do adapt, what role are they likely to play?

Content: Article | Authors: Chipper Boulas, Ian Buchanan, Jorge H. Forteza, Lando Zappei, Zafer Achi | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International, Strategy

This interesting article (written before the dot.com shakeout) shows some interesting fallacies of thought but also makes some interesting and useful observations and analyses. Discusses three types of coprorations: Godzillas, Titans and Bystanders. Lists the following as features critical to Godzilla companies: Clarity of Focus; The Primacy of the Customer; Zero-Based Organization; Location Irrelevance; Value Chain Shortcuts; Pointcast vs. Broadcast; The CEO as … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Kenichi Ohmae | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Strategy, Trends / Analysis

Competition brings out the best in products and the worst in people.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Competition

Beset by new competitive reality, firms typically start to focus on better asset management (reduction of working capital) as well as in reduction of investment requirements by selective outsourcing. However, vitality in the medium to longer term comes not from asset reduction but from resource leverage.

Content: Quotation | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Outsourcing / BPO, Strategy

While most U.S. companies have passed through their digital infancy, time is running out for critical decisions on mission, leadership, processes, structure, and talent.

Content: Article | Authors: Dianna Sasina, Gary L. Neilson, Gil Irwin, Jill Albrinck | Source: strategy+business | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

The inefficient, tradition-bound, $4 billion trade-book industry is using the Internet to unlock an additional $2 billion-plus.

Editor’s Note: this article claims to identify a number of Internet axioms worth consideration by dot-com startups and traditional retailers alike. I didn’t find those at all persuasive or helpful. What I did find interesting was the detailed description of the publishing industry.

Content: Article | Authors: Joshua L. Wright, Juliana Y. Park, Patrick W. Houston, Timothy M. Laseter | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Industry Specific | Industry: Publishing

This article examines a wide range of regulatory challenges to the new cyber order, offering the following mini-articles:

EUROPE
Despite Unification, Local Laws Might Take the “E” out of “EU”

ASIA-PACIFIC
In China, Malaysia and Singapore, Freedom and Control Dance a Digital Minuet

UNITED STATES:

A Presidential Campaign Tests the E-business Influence of Silicon Valley and Big Labor

Content: Article | Authors: Doug Garr, Mark Landler, Martin Vander Weyer | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International, IT / Technology / E-Business

The foundation of the company is no longer the company: It’s the team.

Editor’s Note: I found the discussion of two cultures in startups – hype and craft – to be especially interesting, and accurate from my personal experiences.

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

How a half-billion-dollar Seattle outdoor-equipment retailer became a virtual merchandiser.

Content: Case Study | Author: Lawrence M. Fisher | Source: strategy+business | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business | Industry: Retail | Company: Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)

The valuation of New Economy players represents a bet by the world’s financial markets that a few companies will leverage the Internet to fundamentally change the competitive game in their industries. It is a gamble that powerful, low-cost business models will emerge; that new businesses will rise from disintermediated value chains, and that some companies will exert such influence that they will generate extraordinary long-term … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Charles E. Lucier, Janet D. Torsilieri | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Best Practices, Strategy

No one ever said enterprise resource planning was easy. Here’s how to make it work – on time and under budget.

Content: Article | Authors: Edward Frey, Joseph Nemec Jr., Scott Buckhout | Source: strategy+business | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Booz·Allen & Hamilton site bills itself as the address where the best ideas in business are debated; incl. quotes, book reviews, articles, forums, etc.

Content: Online Resource | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Management

Discusses results of study conducted by the World Economic Forum and Booz-Allen & Hamilton analyzing leadership as an institutional capacity, not solely a personality trait of individuals. Primary conclusion: CEOs of enduring companies use effective communications and enabling management systems to create organizational alignment around business objectives, while encouraging adaptability in the face of discontinuous threats or opportunities. Alignment and adaptability create the environmental conditions … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Leadership

Authors talk about need for today’s CEOs to be extraordinary leaders who can change the world. The companies that successfully changed the world according to authors’ study of 55 industries, excelled in strategic learning. Companies can learn faster by employing three strategic learning disciplines: knowing where you are, sensing opportunities, and analyzing bets.

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