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Crunch time for IBM and HP: Can Palmisano and Fiorina deliver the goods?
One of the most famous names in modern computing will turn 80 years old in 2004. And IBM’s new CEO Sam Palmisano will be hoping the birthday celebrations are especially long and…
Dyson’s heroic struggle: How a vacuum cleaner’s success reveals brands need personal associations
eflecting on DuPont’s 1971 decision to withdraw its leather substitute Corfam after $350 million losses, chairman Richard Heckert observed “Innovation to me is inevitably linked…
Chasing success in China: Lessons from Microsoft, Motorola, Airbus and Boeing
For many large corporations the sheer size and potential of China as a business market has become too great an opportunity to ignore. Since joining the WTO, China’s profile as a…
Disaster areas: The role of the leader in minimizing risk and dealing with the aftermath
As the world watched the tragic events of September 11 unfold, people’s immediate thought was of the lives this disaster would claim. But Jeffrey W. Greenberg, CEO of Marsh &…
Philips gets wired for “green” benchmarking: Design for the environment
It is becoming more commonly accepted that “green” business practices can have a positive impact on companies. Organizations that prosper in the new century are likely to be those…
Food for thought at Tesco and Webvan: Online grocers in search of an ideal business model
The fundamental aims of any business are to provide the service that its customers require and to make a profit while in the process of doing so. The difficult bit will often be…
Visa, First American and space age banking : How top firms are using IT to move finance forward
Sick of feeling like a criminal when the sales clerk scrutinizes your every dollar bill before allowing them in the till? Tired of the jangle of pockets full of coins round the…
Telecom Italia felled twice by “Chinese” challenge: No majority stake
When Olivetti announced its takeover bid for Telecom Italia in February 1999, it resorted to a time‐honored feature of Italian capitalism to make a credible challenge. “Chinese…
Winning innovation: MacRobert Award highlights breadth of UK innovation
Despite the desperate general state of the UK’s engineering and manufacturing industry, great engineering innovation is still happening. This has again been highlighted by the…
Delivering innovation to the doorstep: Research highlights the importance of the delivery process not just the product
The importance of supply chain management (SCM) has grown steadily, as managers recognize the strategic potential that it can offer. Far more than just “logistics”, SCM…
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