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The Party Line
Pamela GoettUntil very recently, I had a party line. It was an inexpensive service on a phone I didn't use often. Naturally, sometimes I'd pick up the phone only to hear someone's voice…
SHORT TAKERS
Do you want to get away from it all? Good luck. Even in the middle of the ocean, you can still stay connected to the rest of the world.
CLIPPINGS
In the new economics of competition, what matters most is not inputs and scale, but productivity—and that is true in all industries. The term high‐tech, normally used to refer to…
Real Time Strategy: The Real‐Time Toolbox
Richard W. OliverRecently, I was asked to be the technical editor for a book that purported to put in one volume all the knowledge gained from an MBA program. Since a typical MBA program requires…
Management: How to Loosen Organizational Boundaries
Ron AshkenasSpeed, flexibility, integration and innovation are becoming the new drivers of organizational success. Institutionalizing these new success factors requires not just new…
Customer Relationships: Changing the Game: CRM in the e‐World
Shahla ButlerEmerging technologies have enabled companies to collect, store, and analyze customer information in ways that have greatly improved their ability to attract and retain customers…
THE PURSUIT OF HEALTH, WEALTH, AND RISK
Shifts in the nature of wealth will change the way people manage their financial and career assets and the way corporations manage risk.
COVER STORY
THE PROPOSED AMERICA ONLINE‐TIME WARNER MERGER—AT $165 BILLION, the largest in U.S. history, so far—may create the biggest media giant the world has ever seen, but that's not the…
ONLINE MARKETPLACES:: A NEW STRATEGIC OPTION
Robert L. SegalNew online marketplaces are filling a void in the B2B market, and they might just be coopting manufacturers' distribution channels.
SUPPLY CHAIN INTERDICTION and CORPORATE WARFARE
Shawn D. CartwrightYou're probably too busy getting the kinks out of your own supply chain to worry about your competitor's. But you should.
HOW E‐BUSINESS IS TRANSFORMING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Gary J. CrossWith the Internet, companies can access a broader range of trading partners and exchange detailed information more quickly and more cheaply than ever before.
THE PRACTICALITIES OF DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL E‐BUSINESS STRATEGY
Christopher LordFor mid‐market and fast growing companies looking to increase their successes in launching an e‐business venture, an organic bottom‐up solution is critical.
Stack Attack: The Elephant of Leadership
Lane VossLike the blind men describing the elephant, the authors in this month's Stack grapple with leadership. It may be that, in the end, leadership is impossible to define, analyze, or…
The Last World: Communication
Human beings have extraordinarily sophisticated physiological and technological means of communication. Maybe that's why communication can be so difficult. How much should we say…
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