Journal of Business Strategy: Volume 20 Issue 5

SHORT TAKES

If you were hoping for easing of the tight labor market in the traditionally slow last quarter, you'll be disappointed. Milwaukee‐based Manpower's Employment Outlook Survey…

CLIPPINGS

By contrast, successful start‐ups, such as Excite (Internet media), Amgen (biotechnology), and Tivoli (network management software), grew and prospered under the constraints of…

Real Time Strategy: Strategy as Sports! War!… Food?

Richard W. Oliver

Students of corporate strategy are used to seeing metaphors used to help explain strategic concepts. Most typical are those metaphors using sports, war, or the military. In fact…

OFFICE DESIGN

JoAnn Greco

That so many companies are even tentatively reexamining the traditional workspace may also be tacit recognition that office environments are important in attracting and retaining…

DIVIDE AND CONQUER

Sunny Baker, Kim Baker

You can collect huge masses of data about your customers, but if you don't sort it, it won't do you any good. Mapping software may be just what you need.

PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND

Brian J. Kelly

Don't regard computer security issues as fires to put out. First assess the real risks, then establish a coordinated strategy for protecting against them.

Stack Attack: Leadership: Copy or Build

Bristol Lane Voss

Leadership as a topic never goes away and probably never will as long as it's such an important part of being a successful strategist. And so we tackle this hearty evergreen…

The Last World: In Their Own Words

In our cover story, we told you about these noteworthy strategists. Here, we give them a chance to speak for themselves. It's fitting that they should have the last word.