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Mission Impossible
Pamela Goett“When my boss handed me the company's new mission statement,” my brother Mark said, “he made me promise not to laugh when I read it. But I did get a chuckle out if it.” Now, Mark…
SHORTTAKES
Offering stock and stock options is an ever‐more popular strategy large companies use to attract and retain their senior and midlevel managers. Giving employees a financial stake…
CLIPPINGS
The rule for success in the 1990s is simple and surprising: Move toward the forces that are powering both uncertainty and growth. Foreign trade, technology, corporate…
Strategic Thinking: Everything I Need to Know About Strategy I Learned At the National Zoo
Jeanne M. LiedtkaIt was elementary school field trip day at the National Zoo, and the lines at the animal exhibits were long and hot. Escaping to the deserted orangutan learning laboratory, called…
Theory in Action: Making Strategy Work
Timothy J. GalpinAl “Chainsaw” Dunlap's recent announcement of a 50% job cut at Sunbeam aside, “growth” has replaced “downsizing” as the dominant strategic focus throughout American business…
A QUANTUM CHANGE AT LOS ALAMOS
Miriam LeuchterWith the Cold War faded to a memory, the renowned national lab has joined the business revolution.
TAKING CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Rick MullinCompanies are forging more intimate bonds with both suppliers and customers, to everyone's benefit.
GETTING A GRIP ON ENERGY COSTS
Elisa WoodElectric utility deregulation will let companies cut the price of power.
WHO'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT?
Tom GroenfeldtSometimes business strategists and information technology managers seem to zoom down different roads. To succeed, companies need to get their business and l/T strategies on the…
PUTTING BUSINESS PLANNING SOFTWARE TO THE TEST
Owen P. Hall, Chad MestlerSeven programs that make writing plans easy
NEW SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESS STRATEGISTS
Sunny Baker, Kim BakerWith prices plummeting and quality soaring, new software packages offer executives more than ever before. Here's our fourth annual round‐up, plus reviews of the best of them.
Stack Attack: It's All About…
Bristol VossIn the fashion world, designers and their spokespeople frequently lead into a summary of the latest clothing collection with, “It's all about _,” and then fill in the blank with…
The Last Word: Information Technology
As an efficiency tool, I/T often creates its own inefficiencies, as Danny Kaye discovered in The Man from the Diner's Club. But the right technology—and, more important, the right…
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