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Planning the Japanese Way in the United States
Arthur J. GemmellThe chief strategist for the U.S. division of an $18 billion multinational—Fujitsu Limited—integrates Japanese planning priorities in a domestic market.
The Dutch Go Back to School for R&D
Jan VleggaarAkzo NV is the fourth‐largest company in the Netherlands and a significant force in the chemical industry. Its alliance with twelve U.S. colleges helps to ensure a stream of new…
Competing With Technology in the World Arena
Tamara J. EricksonCompanies manage R&D in a number of ways: globally, multinationally, internationally, or transnationally. Each represents a different strategic approach to meet the bases of…
Time to Structure an Environmental Policy Strategy
David T. BuzzelliIn the “Decade of the Environment,” companies must excel in environmental performance. How well that performance is received by the public, by regulators, and by environmentalists…
A Guide to Global Sourcing
Mark L. FaganA growing number of companies are purchasing materials and services from a worldwide arena to obtain the right product at the right price at the right time. Here's how to capture…
Strategies for Merger Success
Elizabeth A. GallThe key to successful mergers lies not only in careful attention to organizational structure and strategy, but in human resource programs and internal communications as well.
The Japanese Art of Managing Diversity
Milton LeontiadesJapanese corporations are about the only ones that have demonstrated the ability to move quickly into emerging new industries and out of declining industries.
The Shape of Twenty‐first Century Global Manufacturing
Joel D. Goldhar, David LeiTime is a resource that all companies have. Using it to compete in the global market is now an essential strategy.
New Marketing Mix Stresses Service
David A. CollierThe seven Ps of service management include some nontraditional ingredients to help formulate marketing strategy. Two examples illustrate how competitive advantage can be won or…
The End of Centralized Power
David A. HeenanPower is getting a dirty name, or at least a different one. Bookstores are crowded with various exposes hyping the disintegrating, fragmenting, upheaving, exploding, or breaking…
How to Develop an Information Technology Strategy
G. Michael AshmoreThere can be no doubt that information technology (IT) has emerged as a major force in determining success or failure in the business world. Even if one sets aside for the moment…
Techniques for Making People More Productive
Eugene F. FinkinToo often, managers responsible for the economic decline of a division claim that the division's problem is obsolete equipment, which can only be remedied by substantial new…
Why CEOs Have Difficulty Implementing Their Strategies
Michel M. RobertOver the course of the last few years, one has frequently heard the statement: “It's easy to develop a strategy, it's the implementation that's difficult.” This article discusses…
Idea Forum:: Strategic Concepts at a Glance
A major earthquake can harm a business in more ways than one. Besides the obvious dangers to life, premises, and equipment, the subsequent disruption of business could put an…
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