Avoid the trap of corporate self‐absorption, a top strategy consultant urges.
Personal digital assistants are making a comeback, thanks to industrial innovation.
In recent months there's been much angry outcry about the colossal compensation sums racked up by some CEOs—notably AT&T's Robert Allen's well‐publicized haul of up to $16 million…
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In recent months there's been much angry outcry about the colossal compensation sums racked up by some CEOs—notably AT&T's Robert Allen's well‐publicized haul of up to $16 million in 1995. Some observers, viewing such pay packages as rewards for boosting stock prices by cutting jobs, rail against a perceived lack of social conscience. Other critics, such as the administrators of CALPERS, California's powerful public employee pension fund, worry that excessive rewards for dramatic short‐term boosts in share prices ultimately will degrade the long‐term value of the equities they manage.
These days, small is better. Politicians in both parties are calling for smaller government, businesses are downsizing and even splitting themselves into small pieces, and even…
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These days, small is better. Politicians in both parties are calling for smaller government, businesses are downsizing and even splitting themselves into small pieces, and even unions are shrinking, with fewer members and calling fewer strikes than ever before.
Hundreds of thousands of financial professionals, upscale consumers, and regular folks start their day with juice, coffee, and some form of news provided by Bloomberg Financial…
You say you're a multi‐billion dollar telecommunications company with a very successful core business in long distance, wireless and local access, and paging, and you just spent…
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You say you're a multi‐billion dollar telecommunications company with a very successful core business in long distance, wireless and local access, and paging, and you just spent $2 billion investing in a heavily indebted media corporation.
“We've changed more in the last five years than in the previous 20,” Scott Flanders, president of Macmillan Publishing U.S.A. says of the high tech revolution that is transforming…
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“We've changed more in the last five years than in the previous 20,” Scott Flanders, president of Macmillan Publishing U.S.A. says of the high tech revolution that is transforming his company its compare parent, Simon & Schuster, into an interactive technology power well beyond the printed word Flanders has taken this corporate mandate to a new level at his home base in Indianapolis, where he preside over Macmillan's computer and reference publishing business, from trade books to CD‐ROMs. It is a pristine, paperless operation where a manuscript can be turned into a bound book in less than four weeks. At Indianapolis, Macmillan is an adventure in virtual publishing. It represents the corporate paradigm—be market focused—being implemented across Simon & Schuster's businesses.
These days every important trend in business converges on the decision to relocate.
You've finally cut to your core. But can you hold all the pieces together?
Every summer since 1957 selected leaders of U.S. industry have convened at a rustic but elegant Vail, Colo., conference facility to take a three‐week “leadership development”…
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Every summer since 1957 selected leaders of U.S. industry have convened at a rustic but elegant Vail, Colo., conference facility to take a three‐week “leadership development” seminar from professors of the highly rated University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Often the business school's Center for Continuing Studies' staff has had to turn away would‐be participants, including some very distinguished business leaders. But this year, the course will not be offered—university officials canceled it, citing declining profitability.