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SHORT TAKES
Manufacturers planning to build new facilities in the next three years may simply be replacing the capacity—and jobs—they shed earlier in the 1990s.
Practical Strategist: A Tune‐Up for the Pay‐for‐Performance Bandwagon
Dan SimpsonIn the past five years, pay‐for‐performance rewards systems have gotten more popular than casual Fridays. The proliferation of such plans is driven by solid rationale: People…
Theory in Action: Price Strategy: Time to Choose Your Weapons
Robert G. DoctersWhen it comes to battling new competitors and protecting their margins, large, established companies tend to use the same arsenal of strategies. They cut costs, introduce new…
THE Master BUILDER
Tom GroenfeldtNow back on a soild foundation, Champion Enterprises keeps expanding its manufactured home business.
The Search GOES ON
JoAnn GrecoCompanies can pick the right CEO from the line‐up of candidates if they know what to look for.
Penny Wise, EURO FOOLISH?
Americans haven't paid much attention to impending Euopean monetary union. But preparing business systems and procedures for EMU may be more complex than you think.
STRATEGISTS TO WATCH
Our fifth annual survey of the business leaders to keep an eye on the next year.
Underdog: A Military Contractor Spreads Its Wings
Harvey MeyerIn the $75 billion restructuring of the defense industry during the 1990s, no company that does business with the military has emerged unscathed. Take Raven Industries Inc., a…
Stack Attack: Leadership Beyond the Window Dressing
Bristol VossFour books, four different windows on the same, elusive subject: Leadership. One of them is so opaque it may as well be labeled “Warning, Shaft. Do Not Enter.” Another is clear…
The Last Word: Leadership
What is a leader? The warrior or the peacemaker? The director or the coach? To para‐phrase the late Supreme Court Justice William Brennan on obscenity, leadership may be hard to…
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