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2009, Volume 12, Issue 4
IT Strategy for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in an Economic Downturn
Cost-Effective IT Solutions and Critical Success Factors for SMBs
What to Do When Traditional Diversification Strategies Fail
A Study on Diversification and Asset Correlation in Up and Down Markets
Women, the Recession, and the Impending Economic Recovery
An Exploration of Women's Attitudes Toward Debt, Risk, and Consumption
The Power of Sharing in an Uncertain World
Virtual Insourcing Can Reduce Costs, Increase Collaboration
Winner of the 2009 Graziadio School Student Paper Competition
Five Tactics to Create a Sustainable Restaurant Business
How to Communicate Change to Employees
Video Interview with Sun Microsystem's Terry McKenzie, Senior Director of Global Employee Communications and Communities
What's Next, Hollywood?
Audio Interview with Larry Tanz, President and Co-founder of Agility Studios
Keeping up with CSR During a Recession
Coming Soon: November 30! Video Interview with Bill Sanderson and Chuck Browne of Golden State Foods
2009, Volume 12, Issue 3
In Memory of Luis Villalobos
The Graziadio Business Report would like to pay its condolences to the family and friends of Luis Villalobos who passed away on October 1, 2009.
IT Outsourcing: China versus India
China presents a major threat to India in the global IT outsourcing industry.
Offshoring May Slow Impending U.S. Economic Recovery
When jobs eventually return, they will likely be in developing countries where labor is more cost-effective.
Domestic Partner Benefits in the United States
A Discussion of Issues Related to Cost, Plan Design, and Administration
Examining the Role of Short-Term Correlation in Portfolio Diversification
Study shows that the nearer and shorter the timeframe, the greater the likelihood an investment will move from uncorrelated to correlated.
Special Technical Analysis: The Buffett Approach to Valuing Stocks
Focusing on return on capital may be the key to investment success.
Editorial: E-Learning is Green Learning
Enhanced distance learning opportunities can help sustainability efforts over the short and long terms.
2009, Volume 12, Issue 2
What's Next LA: The Road to Economic Recovery
Dave Smith and Chris Thornberg preview what's to come at the Los Angeles Economic Forecast
Owner-Occupied Commercial Real Estate for the Entrepreneur
Practical Advice on Profiting from Commercial Real Estate in the United States
Price Fixing and Minimum Resale Price Restrictions Are Two Different Animals
Businesspersons making real-life pricing decisions need to know the difference.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the Workplace
How to Optimize the Performance of Employees with Adult ADHD
Special Technical Analysis: The Winner's Curse and Optimal Auction Bidding Strategies
Practical Strategies for Competitive Bidding Environments Derived from Management Science
What Determines Which Businesses Win and Which Lose?
Insights from Keith McFarland, author of The Breakthrough Company
Leveraging Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate
Audio Interview with ICE Chairman and Founder Jeff Sprecher
Editorial: Writing a Business Plan to Attract Investors
Experts offer advice on the best time for a start-up, approaching investors, and writing a good business plan.
The Book Corner
Reviews of: Authentic Conversations, Courageous Training, Enjoy!, How to Become and Expert on Anything in 2 Hours, Iconoclast, In the Land of Difficult People, Instant Appeal, Just Good Business, Lead by Example, Leadership Code, Moral Markets, Open Space Technology, and You've Gotta Have Heart
2009, Volume 12, Issue 1
Recognizing Organizational Culture in Managing Change
Structural changes can serve as the initial intervention for shifting culture.
The Successful Expatriate Leader in China
Expatriate managers must consider the cultural dimensions of leadership.
Believe It: Complaints Are Gifts
An organization can view complaining customers as a nuisance, or use their complaints to its advantage.
An Alternative Way to Manage Equity Portfolios
Active alpha portfolio management with exchange-traded funds: a simple strategy for the future.
Editorial: Taking Advantage of California's Retirees to Help Close the Budget Gap
Managerial volunteerism can play a key role in cutting California's costs.
The Book Corner
Reviews of: A Complaint is a Gift, A Sense of Urgency, Community, Data Driven, EQ Interview, Future Savvy, Groundswell, Contemporary Leadership and Intercultural Competence, Leadership from the Inside Out, Naming Rights, New Elite, On Competition, Positive Leadership, and Total Leadership.
2008, Volume 11, Issue 4
What Happened to the U.S. Housing Market?
As the U.S. financial system struggles to regain stability, Peggy Crawford, PhD, and Terri Young, PhD, examine the role that subprime mortgages and the fall of Fannie and Freddie played in the crisis.
U.S. Could Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards in 2014
Two authors demonstrate varying ways in which IFRS adoption could impact business.
Best Practices for Headcount Reporting
Future workforce planning efforts must systematically account for alternative worker types.
Discovering Leadership Potential
There is a critical, worldwide need for Authentic Visionary Leadership.
How Intercultural Competence Drives Success in Global Virtual Teams
David Callen, MSOD, is the winner of the 2008 Graziadio School Student Paper Competition. His award-winning paper takes an innovative look at the virtual teams that organizations may employ for collaboration across international settings.
Corporate Governance, SOX, and the Business Judgment Rule
Audio interview with CEO coach John Rehfeld.
Editorial: Crisis in America: A Nation at Risk
Middle-class Americans must rescue America to save themselves.
The Book Corner
Driving Growth Through Innovation, Emerging Real Estate Markets, Fight Foreclosure!, Guide to Advanced Investing Techniques, Managing Brand You, Judgment, Marketing to Hispanics, New Paradigm for Financial Markets, Social Intelligence, Age Curve, Non-Verbal Advantage, Trillion Dollar Meltdown.
2008, Volume 11, Issue 3
America's Financial Crisis
Graziadio faculty discuss the factors that led to the crisis and offered an outlook for the financial sector and the overall economy.
Where Do Older Workers Go?
Post-retirement employment options vary dramatically by country, but the range of choices may offer new solutions.
Supplier Diversity and Competitive Advantage: New Opportunities in Emerging Domestic Markets
6 Strategies for Partnering with Key Minority Stakeholders
IT-Enabled Information Transparency: A Strategic Approach
The use of information as a competitive advantage.
Creating Wealth in Low Income Communities
Audio interview with Forescee Hogan-Rowles, President and CEO of the Community Financial Resource Center.
The Book Corner
The New Human Capital Strategy, Save Now or Die Trying, The Automatic Millionaire, The 4-Hour Workweek, Flight Plan, The Big Switch, Myself and Other More Important Matters, Creating A World Without Poverty, Persuasion IQ, Supercapitalism, Followership, The Leadership Advantage, The AI Handbook.
2008, Volume 11, Issue 2
High CEO Pay Could Draw Renewed Attention in Election Year
How effective are the SEC's new pay disclosure rules?
Commercial Banking and Treasury Management in Mexico
How significant changes in the Mexican financial sector are impacting U.S.-Mexico business transactions.
The Tie-In Decision
The current state of the law and economics of tie-in sales and the implications for the business manager.
Empowering Employees to Success
Audio interview with Steve Bilt, president and CEO of Bright Now! Dental.
The Book Corner
Recommendations by Graziadio faculty for The Leaders We Need, One Foot Out the Door, Executive Coaching for Results, and From Difficult to Disturbed.
2008, Volume 11, Issue 1
The Top 10 U.S. Economic Issues to Monitor
A controversial look at today's economy and the issues to consider in planning for the future and for retirement.
Harassment Prevention Training 2008
Staying in step with California's mandatory harassment prevention training law.
Putting Performance and Happiness Together in the Workplace
Both job performance and employees' level of happiness impact the potential of success for an organization.
Learning to Love Financial Market Barbarians
Yes, traders do make a valuable contribution to society.
Graziadio and Pepperdine Audio and Video Interviews
Interesting interviews and lectures with business leaders at the Graziadio School of Business and Management and Pepperdine University.
The Book Corner
The Age of Turbulence, A Class with Drucker, Big Think Strategy, The Breakthrough Company, The CEO Within, The Foreclosures.Com Guide, Getting to Innovation, Know Can Do!, Managing Government Employees, Negotiation Genius, Network Security Essentials, The Opposable Mind, and Radical Trust
Graziadio Business Report launches new blog
GBR blog provides timely analysis of today's business environment.
In Memory of Robert Hockenberg
The Graziadio Business Report would like to pay its condolences to the family and friends of Robert Hockenberg.
2007, Volume 10, Issue 4
Organizational Design and Implementation
Do you need to consider redesigning your organization? How do you know?
Commercial Banking in the U.S. versus Canada
What every business needs to know about banking differences in these countries.
Managing the Critical Role of the Warehouse Supervisor
Training needs evolve as warehouse supervisors take on increasingly complex supervisory functions.
The Book Corner
The Manager's Guide to Rewards; An Empire of Wealth; Engaged Leadership; Creative Cash Flow Reporting; Truth: The New Rules for Marketing in a Skeptical World; The Employer's Legal Advisor; Fun Works (2nd edition); and Beyond Buzz.
Creating a Community in Southern California that Values Sharing Knowledge
Speakers for the Southern California Knowledge Management Conference share their companies' biggest challenges and solutions.
2007, Volume 10, Issue 3
The Employers' Legal Obligations to Employees in the Military
Hiring the citizen soldier has great benefits but there are also strict laws governing their treatment that every employer needs to know.
Will the Sub-prime Meltdown Burst the Housing Bubble?
As housing prices continue to make front page news, both buyers and sellers worry over the impact on their personal economic future.
Employee Incentives
A welfare benefit plan can provide big benefits for your employees and tax savings for your company.
Developing a Barometer for Workplace Attitude (WPA)
How can attitude in the workplace be measured to impact positive change?
The Book Corner
How to Talk to Customers; True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership; The Future of Management; Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity; Great Employees Only; and Getting Your Way Every Day.
2007, Volume 10, Issue 2
Strategic Leadership
Part 1: Applying lessons learned from research about strategic leadership development.
Benefits of International Portfolio Diversification
Findings indicate that co-movements among the U.S., Germany, and Japan markets are significant.
Emotional Dynamism: Playing the Music of Leadership
A new framework for leveraging the power of emotions.
The Family-Owned Business
There are three major pitfalls to avoid when operating a family-run business.
Managing Organizational Knowledge
Insights offered from the Southern California aerospace industry for managing knowledge assets.
Aligning Business with a Value Statement
Conversation with Dacor Executives: Michael Joseph, CEO; Stephen Joseph, Director of Interactive and Direct Marketing; Mauricio Roca, Director of Business Development; and Tony Zavala, Executive Vice President and COO.
The Book Corner
Alignment: Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies; Crash Course in Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis; Know-How: The 8 Skills that Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't; Two Weeks to a Breakthrough
2007, Volume 10, Issue 1
SEC Quest to Regulate Hedge Funds Hits Speed Bump
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals invalidates the so-called "Hedge Fund Rule," requiring the SEC to create a more logical set of comprehensive hedge fund regulations.
The Moral and Financial Conflict of Socially Responsible Investing
Is there a financial reward for following a moral conscience in socially responsible investments?
What You Need to Know about Labor Shortages
How will the predicted U.S. labor shortage impact your business?
The Book Corner
The Triple Bottom Line; A Leader's Legacy; L. L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon; Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel and Use It Wisely; The Kindness Revolution
2006, Volume 09, Issue 4
Seasonality and the Stock Market
Contrary to popular opinion, it may not be an advantage to hold stocks for long periods.
Seven Neurotic Styles of Management
A neurotic managerial style has undesirable consequences for individuals, teams, and the organization.
Airline Industry Key Success Factors
The ability for airlines to succeed today is measured according to several key success factors.
IT in Healthcare
A simple method for developing a business case to evaluate IT investments in the healthcare industry.
Using ADR to Resolve Worker's Compensation Claims
Should employers mediate worker's compensation claims?
The Book Corner
Financial Intelligence; Encouraging the Heart; Smarter, Faster, Better; Leviathans; The Wisdom Network; Mastering Business Negotiation; The Age of Fallibility; The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Handbook of Coaching; Focus Like a Laser Beam
2006, Volume 09, Issue 3
Making Marketing Accountable
Twelve characteristics to provide standards and metrics that create accountability for marketing decisions.
Achieving Corporate Success and Maximized Value
A six-stakeholder strategy to create long-term corporate success while creating value for the company.
Class Action Shareholder Suits Face Legal Setbacks
Two Supreme Court rulings go against shareholders.
The Book Corner
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything; Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z; Deals from Hell
2006, Volume 09, Issue 2
HR's Strategic Partnership with Line Management
Human Resources plays an important, strategic role in supporting organizations.
Six Components of a Model for Workplace Spirituality
The idea of pursuing spirituality in the workplace has grown from fad to trend within many organizations.
Obesity, Social Responsibility, and Economic Value
When the public became more aware of the impact of obesity and health concerns, people reacted with different purchasing choices.
The Book Corner
Questions of Character; Leading Strategic Change; Blue Ocean Strategy; Why Should Anyone be Led by YOU?; The Theory & Practice of Investment Management
2006, Volume 09, Issue 1
A Winning Tool to Manage Price: The Pricing Checklist
Have you reviewed your pricing strategies lately?
Update: The Price of Oil
What is the impact of the relentless increase in the price of oil on global economies?
Mapping IT Resources for Successful Implementations
A strategy for leveraging multiple, often competing, resources required to succeed with complex system implementations.
Is the Real Estate Market a House of Cards?
The upswing in housing prices may increase consumer spending by homeowners who believe this bubble has made them richer.
The Book Corner
CFROI Cash Flow Return on Investment Valuation; Organizational Behavior; Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting and Orienting New Employees
2005, Volume 08, Issue 4
5-Forces Industry Analysis
A look at Porter's 5-Forces Industry Analysis as a tool to assess the key success factors in the National Basketball Association.
Does a Non-Public Business Need SOX?
Non-public companies need to be aware of the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on their business decisions.
The Company Director's Role In Company Growth
The attention of boards of directors is swinging away from oversight back to where it should be—focusing on company growth.
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
Using an exercise in negotiations gives businesses an opportunity to examine ethics.
The Book Corner
Why Good Companies Go Bad; Resonant Leadership; Telebomb; Becoming a Manager; Investing in Your Company's Human Capital
2005, Volume 08, Issue 3
HOT TOPIC!
Fair Trade or Strategic Concern: The Unocal War - What impact will the failed Chinese acquisition of Unocal have on future U.S.-Chinese business relationships?
A Blueprint for Change: Appreciative Inquiry
How do we free the energy within organizations to find what works in order to enable positive change?
D & O Policies: Greater Risks, Less Coverage
The Age of Scandal is reflected in policy changes to Directors and Officers Liability Insurance coverage.
Avoiding Ethical Misconduct Disasters
Strategic planning for organizational "integrity" continuity is essential for avoiding, mitigating, and surviving organizational scandals and (un)ethical disasters.
The Positive Psychology Approach to Goal Management
Applying Positive Psychology to goal management increases effectiveness.
IT Matters: The IT Governance Road Map
IT governance is an escalating issue for firms struggling with how to leverage IT to provide a competitive advantage for the company.
Editor's Note: Developing Keys for Group Dynamics
How do you get assertive leaders to cooperate in a group dynamic rather than compete?
2005, Volume 08, Issue 2
Leading and Managing Change
Leading change management involves some simple, but too often forgotten rules.
An Uphill Battle
China faces diffusion of Internet and eCommerce technologies in the new millennium.
The Leader's Role in Strategy
Leadership is critical to forming and implementing strategy and without it, good strategy does not happen.
Connecting Enterprise Information and People in a Web World
Before investing in complex IT initiatives, the company should be aware of the potential pitfalls.
Resolving Intra-Organization Conflicts
A look at using meditation/arbitration techniques for resolving intra-organization disputes.
Interview: with James M. Kouzes, The Practical Nuances of Leadership
James M. Kouzes, author and leadership scholar
IT Matters: Ethics, Information Systems, and a Steel Ax
The ethics of IS enabled redistribution of power within an organization.
Editorial: The "Measurement Trap"
We invited Professor Bill Bleuel, an expert in the quantitative aspects of business, to be a guest columnist in this issue and write about one of his specializations: business measurements.
2005, Volume 08, Issue 1
The Link Between Price and Profit Margin in a Global Market
When exchange rates vary significantly, small firms need a pricing strategy.
The Impact of Empowered Employees on Corporate Value
The corporate culture of the 100 best companies to work for offers the key to maximizing shareholder wealth.
What You Need to Know about Attorneys' Fees
Knowing the types of attorney compensation arrangements may help you negotiate more favorable fees.
Managing Resistance to Change
Effective leaders need to manage the logical consistency of change in an organization.
Will Your Company's Electronic Records Storage Withstand Legal Scrutiny?
New U.S. and global compliance regulations require stricter maintenance of accurate and trustworthy record keeping.
Editorial: Phishing
The lure of "phishing" is costing both the consumer and legitimate online companies.
The Book Corner
The IT Payoff; The Commanding Heights; Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency; Visionary Leadership
2004, Volume 07, Issue 3
Businesspersons Beware: Lying is a Crime
The rules regarding lying in business in the U.S. are currently being vigorously enforced.
The Crude Facts About the Price of Oil
How dramatic are the price increases? What is causing prices to increase?
Attempting to Control Health Care Costs--Again
Consumer Driven Health Care Plans and Health Savings Accounts
Litigate or Arbitrate?
A quandary, both domestically and internationally, for parties engaged in commercial disputes
Presidential Elections and Stock Market Cycles
Can you profit from the relationship?
Strengthening Value-Centered Ethics (Part 2)
Managerial leadership action roles: what, why, and how?
The Book Corner
The Monk and The Riddle; How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work; Inviting Disaster: Lessons from the Edge of Technology; The Feiner Points of Leadership
2004, Volume 07, Issue 2
The Uncertain World of Trademark Dilution
The Supreme Court speaks, but questions still remain
The Twin Deficits
A Looming Crisis?
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Pay Off?
Evidence from the Failed 1999 WTO Meeting in Seattle
From Michelangelo to the Modern Boardroom
Vision, Courage, and Creativity – Artistic Insights on Effective Leadership
Preparing for a Future Labor Shortage
How to stay ahead of the curve
Strengthening Values Centered Leadership
What, Why and How?
Conversation with Robert Miller
Chairman of the Board of Rite Aid
The Book Corner
A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America; Greening the Firm; WIRED; The Smartest Guys in the Room
Editor's Note: Deeper Questions
Where is the knowledge we lost with information? TS Eliot
2004, Volume 07, Issue 1
Slips, Trips and Falls
A primer for businesses on the law of premises liability
The Dollar vs. the Euro
How low will it go?
Merging Successfully
The importance of understanding organizational culture in mergers and acquisitions
Slowing Runaway Juries
Court decisions provide new guidance for punitive damage awards.
Wired!
Hong Kong, China and Japan flex their electronic muscles.
Using Conflict to Your Advantage
Butting heads is not always bad.
Conversation with Tom Ross
Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Information Systems Division, American Honda
Editor's Note: Don't Panic!
Try the Way of the Trout.
The Book Corner
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement; The Kimchi Matters; Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power; Now, Discover Your Strengths
2003, Volume 06, Issue 4
Negotiating Effectively
Make the first move a strategic choice
The Car Deal Exercise
An exercise to teach about "first gambits" in negotiation
What Stays and Who Pays?
The rights of buyers and sellers pertaining to defective parts
Why Good Leaders Do Bad Things
Mental gymnastics behind unethical behavior
Inflation to Deflation and Back?
Comparing the U.S. to Japan and Germany
Main Street and Hedging
Alternatives to hedge funds for Main Street investors
Using Dashboard Based Business Intelligence Systems
An approach to improve business performance
Conversation with Betsy Bernard
Former President, AT&T
IT Matters: Digital Indemnity
Identity Management Systems Help Create an Electronic Trail of Users and Applications for regulators to follow, but better processes must also be instituted
Editor's Note: Cybersatire
The Lighter Side of Business and Technology
The Book Corner
The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism; Co-opetition: A Revolutionary Mindset that Alters Cooperation and Competition; The Knowing-Doing Gap; Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
2003, Volume 06, Issue 3
The Cost of Lost Data
The importance of investing in that "ounce of prevention"
Consolidate All IT?
Deciding whether to bring "Shadow IT Groups" back under direct IT control
Facing Up to the Possibility of Deflation
Practical and relevant business responses for uncertain times
Hedging Strategies for Uncertain Times
An overview
Creating and Sustaining an Ethical Workplace Culture
The values -attitude - behavior chain
Blowing the Whistle
Will your corporate attorney be the new whistleblower?
Dialogue With Four Executives
Daniel Burnham, Nancy McGaw, Mila Baker, and Blair Shepard
Editor's Note: Onward and Upward?
Principled profitability and responsible consumption
IT Matters: Portal Combat
What the Enterprise Portal Market Suggests about Successful Deployment of Enterprise Portal Software
2003, Volume 06, Issue 2
Do Not Call!
Hanging up on telemarketing?
Improving Research Performance
Teamwork trumps solo endeavors
Just-in-Time to Just-in-Case
Managing a supply chain in uncertain times
Special Purpose Entities
Throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
Increasing the Firm's Strategic IQ
Dynamic versus static strategic planning
Conversation with Bert Boeckmann
Boeckmann Takes the High Road Among Car Dealerships
Editor's Note: Shock and Awe
Motherhood and Management
IT Matters: Webhosting
Still a Viable Option but It is Critical to Know Where to Look and What to Look For
2003, Volume 06, Issue 1
Recognize the True Cost of Compensation
Expensing options increases transparency in financial reporting
Reforming Corporate America
How does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act impact American business?
Learn from Experience
A four-step process for communicating business ethics
Use Emotional Intelligence to Cope in Tough Times
How managers can help staff deal with job insecurity
Predicting Bankruptcy in the WorldCom Age
How to determine when it is safe to grant credit.
Communicating Your Strategy
The forgotten fundamental of strategic implementation
Conversation with Lacy Edwards
Software Industry Entrepreneur
Editor's Note: Scary Business
Sometimes knowledge can help you avoid "things that go bump in the night."
2002, Volume 05, Issue 4
Consider the Pros and Cons of Expensing Stock Options
Thinking twice about FASB's proposed standard
Build Value in a Small Business
Transform a job into an investment
Calculating the Strategic Value of Customer Satisfaction
What do your metrics tell you?
Protect Trade Secrets
Know your rights when an employee leaves
Managing in an Era of Multiple Cultures
Finding synergies instead of conflict
Conversation with Paul Orfalea
Visionary founder of Kinko's
2002, Volume 05, Issue 3
Who's Driving American Firms?
Directors facing new responsibilities
Supreme Court Sides With Business
Court narrows ADA protection
Mediate, Arbitrate or Litigate?
Alternate Dispute Resolution Catching On
Encourage Your Employees to Play
Simulations provide opportunities to learn about making complex decisions
Managerial Leadership at Twelve O'Clock
Link management practice to business results
Using Asset Allocation Strategies to Recover from a Bear Hug
Why not put everything in stocks?
Editor's Note: Bad Boys in the Board Room
Watcha gonna do when they come for you?
2002, Volume 05, Issue 2
Go Directly to Jail?
Careless decisions lead uncritical executives to trouble
Making Mergers a Growth Strategy
Go beyond resource-based thinking to create real value
Artificial Intelligence Techniques Enhance Business Forecasts
Computer-based analysis increases accuracy
E-Commerce Reboots
Leveraging the Internet to transform business practice
Sealing Cracks in the Capital Markets
Investors will pay risk premiums until new behaviors are instituted
Does Market Efficiency Trump Behavioral Bias in Finance Decisions?
Understanding the effect of each can improve decision making
Conversation with John Shields
Former Chairman and CEO of Trader Joe's
Editor's Note: Weapons of Mass Disruption
Logistics critical in uncertain times
IT Matters: Web Services Prevail Despite Travail
Tech slump yields economies for supply-chain and sell-chain automation
2002, Volume 05, Issue 1
Build a Culture of Value Creation
Three essential steps for value-based management
Small Firms Keep R&D Vibrant
Stay competitive despite limited resources
Defining Disability Under the ADA
Supreme Court prompts more questions
Choose Tomorrow's Leaders Today
Succession planning grooms firms for success
Putting Spirituality to Work
Leaders can make hard decisions a matter of faith!
Teams Use IT to Manage Client Impressions
Effective use can clarify expectations and increase satisfaction
Conversation with Joe Rokus
Chairman and CEO of Reid Plastics and of Berkly Industries; Vice Chairman of Consolidated Container Corporation
Editor's Note: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Ambivalence may or may not be my problem
IT Matters: Fifty Years and Counting
Our picks for best E-BIZ insights on the web
2001, Volume 04, Issue 4
Doing Business in a Volatile World
Graziadio School faculty reflect on ways in which business perspectives have changed since September 11
Are Workplace Bullies Sabotaging Your Ability to Compete?
Learn to identify and extinguish problem behavior
Gender Impacts Virtual Work Teams
Men want clear objectives while women value communication
Supreme Court Faces Key Business Cases
ADA, Patents, Property Rights, and HMOs top list
The Economic Downturn is No Surprise
Signs were clear during expansion in the Nineties
The Strategic Downside of Downsizing
Organizations lose critical knowledge they didn't know they had
Conversation with Michael Josephson
Founder and President of the Joseph and Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics and the CHARACTER COUNTS! Coalition
Editor's Note: Corporate Citizenship in the Wake of September 11!
Moving forward together
IT Matters: Management and the Internet
Our picks for best E-BIZ insights on the web
2001, Volume 04, Issue 3
Electricity Price Gouging in California?
High profits prompt charges of market manipulation
Waiting Games People Play
If you have to keep them waiting…keep them happy or distracted
The Fine Art of Delegation
Most employees want more responsibility...Here's how to give it to them
Business at the Bar
Supreme Court decisions impact business decision-making
Too Late for an IPO?
Capital still available for quality offerings
Suddenly Unemployed?
Handling career interruptions in an era of downsizing
Conversation with Senator Debra Bowen
Chair of the California Senate's Committee on Energy, Utilities & Communications talks about the state's electricity emergency.
Editor's Note: Surf's Up!
Gnarly features in this endless summer issue
2001, Volume 04, Issue 2
Has the Dow Really Escaped the Bear?
Price-weighted Dow explores bear country with the S&P
Downsizing with Dignity
Management principles gleaned during a plant closure
Is Price Everything?
E-Finance's Impact on the Stock Markets
The California Electricity Crisis
Economic Lessons from a Failing Deregulation Process
Dot.Gone
What did investors learn from Y2K?
Trust as a Competitive Advantage
Why family firms have an edge in the global marketplace
Knowledge Management and Business Portals
Choosing the right tools and ensuring a smooth deployment
Conversation with Salomon Smith Barney's Mitchell J. Held
Mitchell J. Held, Managing Director within Salomon Smith Barney's Economic & Market Analysis Department
Editor's Note: A Quarter Without Quarter
The energy crisis, downsizing, and a dangerous obsession with bottoms
2001, Volume 04, Issue 1
Language, Culture and Global Business
The interpreter as a tool for effective cross-border communication
Repetition Leads To Innovation
The role of recursive conversation in product development
What's the Problem?
How proximal objectives focus the problem solving process
Who Wants to Lose a Million?
Technical analysis focuses on "timing the market" to help avoid loss
The Power of Performance Profiling
Eight good reasons to concentrate on results
Personality Traits and Workplace Culture
Online tests measure the fit between person and organization
Conversation with Dr. Clyde Oden Jr.
Dr. Clyde Oden Jr.'s Vision of Community in South Los Angeles
Editor's Note: Quakes, Flakes, and Double Takes
We examine pressing issues and serve cookies for dessert
2000, Volume 03, Issue 4
Building Wealth
The advantages of a qualified retirement plan
Business Be Advised!
Court ADA ruling suggests more special accommodations likely
Planning In A Complex World
Tacit Knowledge Of Interacting Systems Can Yield Strategic Options
SEC Requires Fair Disclosure
Victory For Main St. vs. Wall St.
Using Internet Portals To Manage The Information Deluge
Free Services That Mean Business
How Small Firms Plan To Grow
One-Third Of Firms In Survey Plan To Expand Globally
IT Matters: MP3.com Completes Settlements
Door opens for legal online delivery of copyrighted music.
2000, Volume 03, Issue 3
The Battle Over Merger Accounting
Proposed pooling ban unlikely to halt activity
Managing earning or Cooking The Books?
How firms make the numbers with creative accounting
What Directors Need To Know
The link between timely information and responsible governance
Still Thinking Of Doing An IPO?
Step-by-step for doing it right
Do Japan's High Tech Failures Open Doors For Western Firms?
Foreign firms must understand evolving infrastructure
Conversation with Dr. Matsumoto
Senior Economist at the DBJ looks at Japan's economic recovery
2000, Volume 03, Issue 2
Thinking of doing an IPO?
Critical information for deciding whether the time is right
Serving each other on the inside
Proven method for improving Internal customer service
Managing innovation through corporate venturing
New management models boost large firms in emerging markets
The Death of the Sales Force?
ECR model may place emphasis on service and technical support
Will Marketers survive the "Information Age?"
High touch may be vital in a world with "perfect" competition
Conversation with Steven J. Goldman
Steven J. Goldman Manages Growth at Power-One, Inc.
2000, Volume 03, Issue 1
E-Business: The New Management Challenge
The Internet continues to erode the brick and mortar marketplace
Knowledge Management & the Internet
Harnessing the power of search engines.
Are You Ready for E-Commerce?
Make customers the focus of your online venture
Economic Forecasting
How pros predict the future
The Bull Market's Flawed Foundation
Tighter money supply ahead
Re-Assessing the Health of the Asian Tigers
Reform & recovery offer hope
The Learning Organization in Practice
New principles for effective training
Conversation with Daniel Burnham
Raytheon's Daniel Burnham Reflects On His Rise To The Top
1999, Volume 02, Issue 4
Conversation with McDonald's Mike Roberts
How McDonald's Mike Roberts keeps an international firm local
Preserve & Strengthen a business partnership
Ten-step process resolves conflict and increases mutual understanding
Telecommuting...Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
Personal and professional issues for those planning to ride the telecommuniting wave
Teambuilding for Competitive Advantage
Utilize tacit knowledge for innovation and problem solving through effective team leadership
Parable of the Commons
A cautionary tale of environmental liability
The Electronic Day Trader and Ruin
How probability opposes short term investors
1999, Volume 02, Issue 3
Balancing Act for Employer's in Today's Labor Market
Keen competition in times of low inflation and low unemployment
How Gerber Used a Decision Tree in Strategic Decision-Making
Possible outcomes explored in investigation by Consumer Products Safety Commission
Get Your Message Across!
Proven methods for effective business presentations
Customer Satisfaction Measurement
Perceptions in German marketing research firms
E-Commerce and Taxation
Three options offered for gathering billions in tax revenues from Internet sales
To Join or Not to Join?
Considerations in joining the board of a nonprofit organization
Conversation with...Dr. Gary Hamel
Internationally-known management consultant
1999, Volume 02, Issue 2
Maximize business achievement
Put P.R.I.D.E. in your people's stride
Cultivating the customer asset
Improve service by recognizing different stages of customer development
Knowledge is Power...
But knowledge management requires organizational change
Defamation vs. negligent referral
A policy of giving only basic employee references may lead to liability
E-Commerce & Taxation
Three options offered for gathering billions in tax revenues from Internet sales
Preserving family & business assets
An overlooked step in the business of life
Conversation with Wayne "Buz" Knyal
CEO and President of Franchise Mortgage Acceptance Company
1999, Volume 02, Issue 1
Business and Universities moving to collaborative technologies
Groupware enhances work and study projects
Launching an effective citizen advisory panel
Success linked to clear objectives, high-level corporate support, broad community involvement, and positive intergroup dynamics.
Tips for reducing executive stress
Time management and self awareness can bring peace of body and mind
Russia at the crossroads
Devaluation of Ruble reflects need for further economic reforms
1998, Volume 01, Issue 3
T.I.P.S.
The Innovative Practices Summary
Th European Directive On Data Privacy
Will Americans Qualify For E-Commerce In Europe?
Debt tied to lower firm performance
Finding calls for review of rise in debt use
Retirement call to action
Responsibility rests on boomers
Editor's Note: Welcome
Welcome to the Graziadio Business Report, Volume I, Issue 3
1998, Volume 01, Issue 2
Decision Making In A Global Environment
Managers advised to consider new economic variables
Cultural Insights On Doing Business In China
Concepts of "face" and "trust" are just the beginning
Management Skills For The 21st Century
Communication and Interpersonal Skills rank first
Middlaning
Living a reasonable and appropriately balanced life
Editor's Note: Welcome
Welcome to the Graziadio Business Report Volume I, Issue 2
When Worlds Collide Case Study
A study of a manufacturer's involvement in software pacakage development
1998, Volume 01, Issue 1
The Human Realities of Corporate Downsizing:
Resolving the past and seizing opportunities for the future
AB Corporation Case Study
Introduction to interactive case
