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May 21, 2012
Strategy: Growth

Everything you think you know about business growth is wrong. Professor Ed Hess debunks some popular myths.

Everything you think you know about business growth is wrong. Professor Ed Hess debunks some popular myths about growth and provides proven truths to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses successfully.

 

May 10, 2012
Capitalism and ecology: a rebuttal

Richard Telofski responds to our recently published article on capitalism and the ecological crisis.

Richard Telofski responds to our recently published article on capitalism and the ecological crisis.

April 24, 2012
Strategy: Leaders

Professor Graham Jones, founder of Top Performance Consulting, outlines how we can ensure the future health of our organisations through ‘real’ leadership.

Professor Graham Jones, founder of Top Performance Consulting, outlines how we can ensure the future health of our organisations through ‘real’ leadership.

 

My experience of coaching numerous senior leaders has led to my realisation that there are two broad sets of motives for being a leader that drive different behaviours and lead to different impacts on organisations. I have consequently identified two types of leader, which I call ‘real’ and ‘safe’. 

April 12, 2012
Varian Medical Systems holds radiotherapy workshop for African clinicians

 

Clinicians from across Africa attended a week-long workshop in Durban, South Africa, to learn about image-guided RapidArc IMRT technology.

 

Clinicians from across Africa attended a week-long workshop in Durban, South Africa, to learn about image-guided RapidArc IMRT technology.

Doctors and decision makers from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Kenya and Angola gathered at Addington Hospital in Durban, which has treated 250 patients with RapidArc since becoming the first public hospital in Africa to use this technique in 2010.

March 20, 2012
Steel leads US recovery

America's steel industry is leading manufacturing out of the recession, according to a recent report.

America's steel industry is leading manufacturing out of the recession, according to a recent report.

In his analysis Economic Impacts of the American Steel Industry, Dr. Timothy J. Considine, professor of energy economics, University of Wyoming, notes that "Every one job in the US steel industry supports seven jobs in the US economy, reflecting its ripple effect on employment."

For 2011, the report states, the American steel industry directly employed 150,700 people, and the multiplier effect means it supported more than 1,022,009 jobs.

March 7, 2012
Strategy: Exports

Statistics show that companies that export tend to do better at home. Sheila Khatri has some valuable advice for companies thinking of exporting services to India.

Statistics show that companies that export tend to do better at home. Sheila Khatri, president of Moti International, has some valuable advice for companies thinking of exporting services to India.

Recently, I was enjoying a café latte with a university professor who is a thought-leader in a cutting-edge field useful to vaccine development. Not only is he smart with a Ph.D., having established his biotechnology company five years ago, he’s also entrepreneurial.

March 5, 2012
Sustainability: Green business

Zhike Lei, assistant professor at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin, explains why corporate tree-hugging is no longer enough in the battle to tackle the sustainability challenge.

Zhike Lei, assistant professor at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin, explains why corporate tree-hugging is no longer enough in the battle to tackle the sustainability challenge.

November 30, 2011
Strategy: Globalization

To expand into global markets, you must develop your competitive edge to create the differences that make all the difference, says Mona Pearl.

To expand into global markets, you must develop your competitive edge to create the differences that make all the difference, says Mona Pearl.

 

November 8, 2011
Seeing China clearly

Troy Parfitt offers some home truths about doing business in China, among which is the warning that “win-win” is a western concept, not a Chinese one. Preconceptions can be shockingly wrong.

Troy Parfitt offers some home truths about doing business in China, among which is the warning that “win-win” is a western concept, not a Chinese one. Preconceptions can be shockingly wrong.

 

November 4, 2011
Global firms grow in emerging markets through local brand acquisition

Georgetown study finds globalization has positive effect for local entrepreneurs in emerging economies.

Though multinational corporations are having success in emerging markets, it’s not necessarily because their global brands and products are besting local competition, according to new research from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Rather, those corporations are entering and succeeding in emerging markets by launching adapted products and acquiring local brands.

October 7, 2011
Supply chain: Operations management

Alan Braithwaite, chairman of LCP Consulting and visiting professor at Cranfield, outlines what challenges he foresees within operations management for the coming decade.

Alan Braithwaite, chairman of LCP Consulting and visiting professor at Cranfield, outlines what challenges he foresees within operations management for the coming decade.

 

August 30, 2011
National Foods Limited

Alan Swaby talks to one Zimbabwean business gradually regaining its feet and trying to make sense out of the chaos of the recent past.

Alan Swaby talks to one Zimbabwean business gradually regaining its feet and trying to make sense out of the chaos of the recent past.

 

March 1, 2011
A notch above: How automakers manipulate fuel economy

Car companies do just enough to avoid higher vehicle taxes, says Ross professor Joel Slemrod.

With the recent announcement that the US government will propose new fuel economy standards this fall, a University of Michigan study shows that automakers fine-tune vehicle fuel economy to qualify for more favorable treatment.

February 23, 2011
Wilful Blindness blog#3: The new drunk driving?

As we all work longer and longer hours, take less vacation and work through the weekend, we think we're heroic. The truth is we're not; we're stupid.

As we all work longer and longer hours, take less vacation and work through the weekend, we think we're heroic. The truth is we're not; we're stupid.

January 4, 2011
Moral will and skill

All organizations need employees who manifest what Aristotle called moral will and moral skill: the ability to do a great job in a way that respects individuals and society.

Do you have a job description? I probably did, once, somewhere. I don’t remember what it said but I feel pretty sure it neither described what I did nor gave me any help prioritizing all the demands on my time. In most organizations that I work with, job descriptions serve a negative purpose: they exist to help managers fire under-performers or to arbitrate in territorial disputes.