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Issue 2, 1990

The New Environmental Stewardship

Heads of corporations have long been fluent in the languages of competition, finance, shareholder value, and - more recently - manufacturing strategies and global information networks. But for many, environmental management was an issue to be looked after elsewhere in the organisation.
Issue 1, 1990

Japan's Changing Management Style

In response to the rapidly changing world markets in which they compete, Japanese firms are facing the need for significant changes in the way they manage themselves. While some changes are already under way, more drastic changes may be expected. Specifically, Japanese firms are moving toward a...
Issue 1, 1990

Viewpoint Beyond Tiananmen: Is There a Future for Foreign...

The recent events in China's Tiananmen Square sent a deep shudder through the boardrooms of many firms in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan. While most foreign companies doing business in the People's Republic of China (PRC) have felt somewhat uneasy about making significant commitments...
Issue 4, 1990

Viewpoint What Executives Need to Learn

Executives who understand their work in terms of a flow of information are still a very small minority. Most of us continue to use computers primarily to do things we have always done - that is, to crunch numbers. Information - which means the right knowledge to take effective action - is still...
Issue 3, 1990

Toward Effective Supplier Management: International...

The purchasing function is acquiring high priority in the eyes of senior management for a number of reasons. First, increasingly global strategies for marketing and manufacturing require equally global approaches to sourcing. The skills and knowledge required for effective worldwide sourcing are...
Issue 3, 1990

Industry/Government Partnering: Toward a New Industrial...

Confronted with an increasingly competitive business environment at both national and international levels, corporations of all sizes are finding collaboration, teaming, and partnering more and more important, both tactically and strategically. Corporations increasingly recognize that the larger-...
Issue 3, 1990

Viewpoint The Other Germany: An Open Door to Europe and...

"With German unification apparently imminent, there is a danger that Americans will adopt a passive attitude towards commercial relations with the German Democratic Republic (GDR). European and Japanese firms, however, are not waiting for unification, but are moving quickly and decisively to take...
Issue 2, 1990

How the Japanese Manage Risk

Americans hear so much about Japan as the success story of the international economy, they sometimes forget that the Japanese have economic problems of their own. Japan has its declining industries such as steel and its low-wage competitors such as South Korea and Taiwan. And in an era of fast-...
Issue 2, 1990

Corporate Management of a Major Crisis

The way a company manages a major crisis can literally spell the difference between life and death - both for the immediate victims of the crisis and for the company itself. Over the past decade, several major crises have had severe environmental, health, and safety consequences, as well as drastic...
Issue 1, 1990

Strategic Alliances in High-Tech Industries

As the next century approaches, significant trends now emerging in global economics and technology will have major implications for corporate international strategies. While Europe and North America are forming stronger regional trading blocs, Western firms are also pursuing increasingly attractive...