Tag: Business
The myth of excellence
In the black-and-white world of business opinion, Marks and Spencer is now firmly out of fashion. But corporate success depends on establishing and defining one’s own self.
Alight here for a business platform
George Westinghouse was a titan of American industry. Like Bill Gates, he made a fortune by controlling a vital standard. He also lost a large one by overextending himself.
Playing chicken can clip one’s wings
In which Rebel Without A Cause illuminates the risks and the rewards of making credible commitments.
Where size is not everything
Concentration in the car industry is increasing as the market goes global: a common story, and an untrue one.
The car that lost its way
BMW has a chequered history, and if the current management had learned lessons from the past they would never have purchased Rover.
Perennial hits hard times
What makes a successful retailer? It seems that Marks and Spencer may have forgotten the capabilities that put them on top.
Few competitors in a novel business
Why Tom Wolfe’s latest book is a better business novel than any of the English competitors
The fate of Project Tiny Tim
This case was prepared by Professor John Kay, under the direction of emeritus Professor Charles Dickens. It is intended as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation.
The adaptive capacity of the firm as a key to European...
Globalisation of business means that the structure of modern industry is based increasingly around competitive advantage, and that these competitive advantage are more and more based on knowledge, intellectual capital, and the management of information. These claims sound familiar. But their implications are not.
The oblique approach
With maturity – personal or corporate – comes the principle of obliquity. Many people have noted the paradox that the most profitable companies are not necessarily the most profit oriented.
