Management Skills for the 21st Century
A group exercise reveals that the effective 21st century manager is likely to be a transformational leader.
1998 Volume 1 Issue 2
Middlaning
A few basic rules for becoming a “Middlaner,” one who is deliberately living a reasonable and appropriately balanced lifestyle.
Decision-Making in a Global Environment
An exploration of emerging challenges to current worldviews with suggestions as to how business practitioners can anticipate the future and plan accordingly.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the GBR, Volume I, Issue 2
Several world events, including President Clinton’s recent trip to China, inspired the global focus of this issue of the Graziadio Business Review.
Conversation with Global Pacific Information Services’ Jeffrey Rigsby
Rigsby, President and CEO of Global Pacific Information Services, Inc., discusses breaking out of banking to start his own business.
Cultural Insights on Doing Business in China
The hidden obstacles of tradition, social structure, and thought patterns require extensive, time-consuming experience to overcome when doing business in China.
When Worlds Collide
A case study of Evergreen, one of the largest commercial printers in America, which unsuccessfully implemented an electronic forms division.
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the GBR
Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Graziadio Business Review, an electronic journal dedicated to serving business practitioners.
Guide to Personal Investment Software
The selection of an appropriate software package can have a significant impact on the overall success of a small investor.
Southeast Asia: Crisis To Recovery
Factors of excessive lending from global liquidity, weak financial sectors, a lack of transparency all lent to the Asian financial crisis.
Growth Strategies for High Tech Firms
Ansoff’s Growth Strategy Matrix can identify six separate market conditions, or cells, which represent increasing risk for marketers for high-tech roll outs.
Conversation with Imperial Bank’s George L. Graziadio
GBR Editors discuss the importance of lifelong learning with George L. Graziadio, Chairman and Co-Founder of Imperial Bank and namesake of Pepperdine’s business school.
The Human Realities of Corporate Downsizing
Downsizing typically leads to a widespread lack of commitment but can also bring new energy and enthusiasm which often go unrecognized.
AB Corporation Case Study
A case study using the lens of memos, news stories, and e-mail notes to allow readers to view events at AB, Inc., as a learning tool for the art and science of management.
