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Leadership during a downturn and flexibility for the future: Interview with Scott McGregor, CEO of Philips Semiconductors
Scott McGregorScott McGregor is President and CEO of Philips Semiconductors, one of the five divisions of Royal Philips Electronics. Philips Semiconductors, based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands…
Airbus paves way for its giant contender: Competition in a volatile industry
Few industries can match aircraft manufacture and carriers for their volatility – there are so many external factors that can affect the bottom line. The last two years have seen…
IBM’s great innovations: How Big Blue stays ahead by keeping up with the times
In the past couple of years IBM has frequently hit the headlines, and mostly the press has been good. New chairman and chief executive Sam Palmisano made waves with two high…
The rise of offshore outsourcing to India: Distinctive capabilities and low labor costs
Outsourcing of information technology (IT) and financial services has changed enormously over the past decade. To date, India has been the principal winner in this offshore…
Transforming Andersen into Accenture: Rebranding helps the best get even better
Is a change as good as a rest? For Accenture it was much better than that. As Andersen Consulting, the company was already hugely successful. But an effective program of…
EasyGroup hits turbulence: Successful companies find failure comes easy
Asked about his success as an entrepreneur and businessman, Sir Richard Branson is reputed to have said: “Success comes from making enough mistakes”. Well, we know what he means…
Kaizen at Nippon: behind the theory: new research offers insights into how a fundamental Japanese concept functions as a working practice
Kaizen – or continuous improvement – has long been recognized as a key factor in the success of Japanese companies. Consequently, many Western companies have striven to imitate…
Surviving the danger zone: A step‐by‐step guide to getting your business back on track
Let’s face facts. Times are hard. The business boom of the 1990s is long gone, replaced by fluctuating markets, financial uncertainty and a lot of worried managers. Are you one of…
Innovation performance and the role of senior management: Benchmarking innovation best practices
Product innovation – the development of new and improved products – is crucial to the prosperity of the modern corporation. New products launches within the last three years…
Interoperability best practices: The ongoing problems of sharing engineering data
Few single issues present a more formidable impediment to effective innovation and rapid product development than the problem of effectively communicating and exchanging digital…
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