Journal of Business Strategy: Volume 20 Issue 4

SHORT TAKES

Many companies, especially high‐tech firms, can benefit by setting up their own internal venture capital fund, according to Michael Grossi, a senior consultant with Boston‐based…

CLIPPINGS

When you're competing for the future, you're trying to walk down a fairly narrow road without falling off on either side. On one side of that road is what I would call…

Real Time Strategy: The Secret Formula

Richard W. Oliver

From the dawn of recorded business history, there has been a “secret formula” that every successful business leader has followed. Those who didn't know the formula, or those who…

Brand Strategies: Branding: Shotgun or Rifle?

Robert G. Docters

Based on the evidence, brand must be one of the biggest guns in the corporate arsenal and thus worthy of significant investment. After all, consumer product companies regularly…

PERFORMANCE MEASURES:: CALIBRATING FOR GROWTH

Mehrdad Baghai, Lar Bradshaw, Stephen Coley, David White

When it comes to performance metrics, one size definitely does not fit ail—the right metric applied at the wrong time can stunt corporate growth.

SECRETS OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS

David A. Hofrichter

The best employee performance measurement system ever designed won't work in your company unless it aligns with your culture and strategy.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS

Harvey Meyer

Some companies are finding that reverse logistics offers them a way to make a profit from their returned goods.

GLOBAL E‐COMMERCE, LOCAL PROBLEMS

Sunny Baker

Technology can immeasurably enhance global business effectiveness, but it doesn't provide all the answers.

HEALTH CARE'S OTHER CRISIS: DWINDLING CHOICES

Robert W. Burnett

While health care costs rise, choices of health plans diminish, and employers are caught in the middle. But there are ways to fight back.

Stack Attack: Be Nimble, Be Quick

Bristol Lane Voss

As Stack was finishing up this column, Merrill Lynch made the stunning announcement it will offer low‐priced, un‐brokered, on‐line trading by the end of the year (it had…

The Last Word: Measurement

“You can't manage what you can't measure” is the mantra of the 90s. It's hardly a new concept. The need for a means to measure achievement appears to have been with us since the…