Planning Review: Volume 13 Issue 1
Table of contents
Planning an Avon turnaround
John ThackraySCENE: A bright September morning in the Terrace Room of the Plaza Hotel in New York. There's a giant screen center stage and scattered TV monitors emitting a cold blue light. A…
The outlook for productivity growth
Leon TaubProductivity growth in the United States slowed dramatically during the Seventies. One measure of total factor productivity growth averaged 2.6 percent from 1948 to 1966, and 1.7…
G.E. = Giant Entrepreneur?
This is the third article in Planning Review featuring G.E.'s experiments with planning. In the first (September 1977), Michael G. Allen, then vice president for corporate…
Eight half‐truths of strategic planning: A fresh look
Vasudevan Ramanujam, N. VenkatramanFor some time now, the business press has been sounding the death knell of strategic planning. Introduced in the mid‐Fifties, formal and comprehensive approaches to strategic…
Hot midsized companies: How their ceos play to win
Donald K. Clifford, Richard E. CavanaghA two‐year inquiry was commissioned by the American Business Conference (ABC) and conducted by McKinsey & Company, Inc., to explain how and why certain midsized growth companies…
Acquisition risk assessment and valuation
Robert C. Statius MullerThe annual reports of many corporations proclaim that creating shareholder wealth is their fundamental economic objective. But when it comes to making acquisitions, these…
The 1985 management issues forum: Conducted by The Conference Board
How will future events affect the way we manage? And how are top corporate executives meeting the challenge of change?
Competitive Tactics: the qualities of a good (Poker) player
Know the percentages and play to them except when you have a well‐defined tactical reason for doing otherwise.