Showing papers in "Harvard Business Review in 1987"
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TL;DR: A new survey demonstrates that companies that establish ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) and simultaneously encourage worker participation, do much better than comparable companies that do neither.
Abstract: A new survey demonstrates that companies that establish ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) and simultaneously encourage worker participation, do much better than comparable companies that do neither.
110 citations
TL;DR: The difference is that information technology can transform the way businesses collect and use data as mentioned in this paper, and applied imaginatively, it can be applied to data collection and use in the real world.
Abstract: A new regulation takes effect: some companies respond quickly; others can't. Budget guidelines are changed: some companies distribute them immediately; others can't. The difference is information technology. Applied imaginatively, it can transform the way businesses collect and use data.
71 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how effective managers, using a technique the author calls strategic opportunism, establish the necessary balance between today's need and tomorrow's goals, which is called strategic opportunistic management.
Abstract: Day-to-day problems often demand so much of an executive's attention that they obscure the long-term vision. Here's how effective managers, using a technique the author calls strategic opportunism, establish the necessary balance between today's need and tomorrow's goals.
65 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, Campbell v. General Motors Inc., which involves a General Motors bus in San Francisco, California, was cited. But the case was not considered in this paper. And it was not discussed in this article.
Abstract: No maker or seller of products is immune to product liability litigation, but close attention to the potential handling of a product and its possible hazards will reduce the odds of losing a lawsuit arising from injury or death. One of the cases cited in this article is Campbell v. General Motors Inc., which involves a General Motors bus in San Francisco, California.
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