July–August 1999
-
Retailing:Â Confronting the Challenges That Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
Magazine ArticleNew technologies can be dazzling. But do they represent the future of retailing? Have the fundamentals really changed?
-
How E-Commerce Will Trump Brand Management
Magazine ArticleThe Internet promises to give marketing the same boost in productivity that new operational strategies have given to manufacturing.
-
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies.
-
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks.
-
Why Good Companies Go Bad
Magazine ArticleWhen business conditions change, the most successful companies are often the slowest to adapt. To avoid being left behind, executives must understand the true sources of corporate inertia.
-
Are You Paying Too Much for That Acquisition?
Magazine ArticleThe key is knowing what your top price is—and having the discipline to stick to it.
-
What High-Tech Managers Need to Know About Brands
Magazine ArticleBrands are not just names slapped on products by the marketing department; they embody the value those products have for your customers. That may be more true for high-tech products than it is for soap.
-
Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic Mechanisms
Magazine ArticleIf you need help transforming your organization’s wildest dreams into reality, introduce a new managerial device that’s as simple as it is effective.
-
The Toxic Handler: Organizational Hero—and Casualty
Magazine ArticleWhen companies cause emotional pain through nasty bosses, layoffs, and change, a certain breed of “healing” manager steps in to keep the gears moving. They are toxic handlers—unsung corporate heroes who save the day, but often pay a high price.
-
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
Magazine ArticleIn many countries, diversified business groups substitute for the institutions that support effective markets in capital, labor, and goods and services. Their capacity for doing this must be strengthened through restructuring, not destroyed through dismantling.
-
The Case of the Religious Network Group
Magazine ArticleNetwork groups for black and Hispanic employees had been an unqualified success. Now a Christian group was forming—and Bill Thompson didn’t know what to think about it.
-
Hiring Without Firing
Magazine ArticleHitting the hiring bull’s-eye is one of an executive’s most important—and most difficult—responsibilities. Ten common mistakes can get in the way, but a pointed and systematic approach can virtually guarantee success.