Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA: “The MBA industry is in turmoil. Many business schools are revisiting their offerings to see if they still have relevance in the 21st century. And HBS is using its centennial year to convene worldwide experts on business education and plot its directions for the next 100 years. [...]

In 2001 the Boston Consulting Group has created a Strategy Gallery. BCG call it an online “metaphor engine.”  It is a collection of more than 250 cases dedicated to strategic management. The cases are based on the idea that metaphors can provide insights to strategic thinking. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.management-lab.com%2Fmanagementlab%2F%3Fp%3D237′; addthis_title = ‘The+Strategy+Gallery’; addthis_pub = ”;

Everybody is discussing about the executive pay topic. John E. Core, Wayne Guay and David F. Larcker have published a contribution about “The Power of the Pen and Executive Compensation” in the Journal of Financial Economics: Vol. 88 (1) 2008. In an online interview Larcker stated that “Two issues emerged, first, is the press picking [...]

The term “ABC” collaboration refers to academic, business practicioners and consultants. In a pre-conference session of the 28th annual meeting of the strategic management society in cologne Jay Barney, Hugh Courtney, Bolko von Oetinger and Paul Schoemaker discussed this topic. In my opinion this is a critical question for academics as well as practicioners. While [...]

Note the latest video “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy” with Professor Michael E. Porter from the Harvard University. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.management-lab.com%2Fmanagementlab%2F%3Fp%3D202′; addthis_title = ‘The+Five+Competitive+Forces’; addthis_pub = ”;

Knowledge@Wharton has published interviews with Richard Marston and Jeremy Siegel according to the topic “Will the Bank Plan Revive Global Markets?” Professor Marston points out that… “The initial plan was to buy up the debt. [...] The new plan focuses on equity. I think there’s a greater chance for success for two reasons. First of [...]

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will be announced on Monday, October 15, 1:00 p.m. CET (at the earliest). Interesting information on this event and former nobel prozes in economics can be found at the web page! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.management-lab.com%2Fmanagementlab%2F%3Fp%3D166′; addthis_title = ‘Nobel+Prize+in+Economics’; addthis_pub = ”;

The members of the Harvard Business School, Jay Light, Robert C. Merton, David Moss, Nicolas Retsinas and Clayton Rose have discussed the financial crisis in a recent panel discussion. The discussion titled “Turmoil on the Street: Fathoming the Financial Crisis” was held September 23. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.management-lab.com%2Fmanagementlab%2F%3Fp%3D159′; addthis_title = ‘Harvard+Business+Faculty+Members+Discuss+Financial+Crisis’; addthis_pub = ”;

In 2001 P.N. SubbaNarasimha has published an article with the title “Strategy in Turbulent Environments: The Role of Dynamic Competence” in the scholary journal MANAGERIAL AND DECISION ECONOMICS (22: 201–212 (2001): DOI: 10.1002/mde.1017). According to SubbaNarasimha turbulent environments exist… “because of escalating global competition, decreasing product life-cycles, increasing rates of technological change, and increasing inter-connectedness [...]

I just read the article “The Next Industrial Imperative” published in strategy+business (issue 51, Summer 2008) written by Peter Senge, Bryan Smith & Nina Kruschwitz (reprint number 08205). They describe how Sweden has become more independent from oil by introducing innovations. “The Sweden story is a valuable model of what historians call “basic innovation”: fundamental [...]