Boards & Corporate Governance
The Shareholders vs. Stakeholders Debate
Stakeholder theory may be more conducive than shareholder theory to curbing company impropriety.
Volume 44, Issue #4
Summer 2003 Issue
SUMMER 2003 VOL. 44 · NO. 4 Rethinking the Knowledge-Based Organization For “knowledge-based” to be more than a buzzword, managers must recognize that the concept has little to do with the kind of products they sell. Whether it‘s a cement maker like Holcim or a financial services company like CapitalOne, a company‘s knowledge base is […]
Executing Strategy
Leveraging the Incumbent’s Advantage
Marco Iansiti, F. Warren McFarlan and George Westerman
New Product Development
The New Frontier of Experience Innovation
C. K. Prahalad and Venkatram Ramaswamy
Innovation Strategy
Toward an Innovation Sourcing Strategy
Jane C. Linder, Sirkka Jarvenpaa and Thomas H. Davenport
The Digital Transformation of Traditional Business
Angela Andal-Ancion, Phillip A. Cartwright and George S. Yip
Leadership Skills
Developing Versatile Leadership
Leadership consists of opposing strengths, but most leaders overdevelop one strength.
Robert E. Kaplan and Robert B. Kaiser
Organizational Behavior
What Creates Energy in Organizations?
Is energy truly related to performance or learning in organizations? And how is it created?
Rob Cross, Wayne Baker and Andrew Parker
Developing Strategy
The Dysfunctional Evolution of Goal Setting
A misapplied bottom-up approach can often lead to unintended consequences.
John Humphreys
Organizational Structure
The Flattening Corporation
A trend toward fewer managerial layers may be a response to technological and environmental change.
Caroline Ellis
Marketing Strategy
Tapping Into Association Marketing
Conceptual frameworks provide insight into creating marketing strategies targeted at groups.