Monthly Archives: November 2011
Which Companies Benefit Most from UN Global Compact Membership?
By Jette Steen Knudsen
In this article I examine a key business question: which kinds of companies are most likely to benefit from joining international...
Making Inclusive Growth a Reality: Lessons from India
By Raghav Narsalay and Anish Gupta
Reaching out to the poor in emerging markets has long been a laudable social goal. But in India today,...
Web 2.0 for B2Bs Strategic Brief
By Donna L. Hoffman
The LEAD model is both a guidepost for managing social media and also an early warning system so you don’t fall...
Five Styles of Business Analytics
By Mark Torr and Diane Hatcher
Whether you’re using one, two or all five business analytics approaches, the technologies are capable of much more than...
Understanding Cloud Computing Competition, Environment and Finance
By Federico Etro
Cloud computing allows firms to rent computing power and storage from cloud computing providers, and to pay on demand; this improves productivity...
The Need For Reputation Management Capabilities
By Daniel Diermeier
Maintaining a strong reputation is critical for a company’s sustained success. Yet, almost every day a new crisis makes the headlines. These...
Worry: I know there is a crisis waiting for me
By Thomas DeLong
Jana Jones was a successful, experienced manager who had run a multi-million dollar business. She projected the image of being able to...
On The Trail with the Idea Hunters
By Andy Boynton, Bill Fischer, with William Bole
High-value ideas are not necessarily created. More often than not, they are already out there, waiting to...
Managing Paradox: the discipline of strategic execution
By Andrew Binns and Wendy Smith
When a business faces the paradox between transforming for the future and securing its current market position, leading change...
Complexity Kills Profits – CEOs need to simplify their businesses
By Simon Collinson and Melvin Jay
The competitive environment is becoming more complex and unpredictable, and senior managers have no control over the underlying trends,...
Cloud computing and mobility: Adjusting in a New World – From Threat to Ally
By Christopher Clark
One of the most important CIO agenda items for 2012 is addressing and managing employee-owned mobile devices. This is where productivity, cost...
Making Best Practices Stick
By Adrian Done, Chris Voss and Niels Gorm Rytter
Several key factors influence the short-term success and long-term sustainability of best practice interventions. Management of...
The Anatomy of Board of Director Culture
By Patrick R. Dailey
Culture matters more than before. Unless the right board culture is in place, nothing very special is likely to happen.
Talented directors...
Adapt to Survive – a picture of leadership in 2030
By Georg Vielmetter
The business world is changing. Over the next twenty years, various global pressures will have a major impact on European organisations and...
Operationalising Excellence: Making it Happen – Part I
By Sean Culey
In the last edition of The European Business Review, my article called ‘The 7 Keys to Unlocking Organisational Greatness’ was published, in...
Getting a Job In 2025
By Lynda Gratton
Lynda Gratton’s new research identifies the careers and skills likely to be valued in the next decade.
Even with my own three decades...
Redesigning Leadership: Design, Technology, Business + Life
By John Maeda and Becky Bermont
There is a simple saying in Japanese that epitomizes the nature of striving for excellence, “Ue ni wa ue...
