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Outlook Point of View (2001)
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- Mapping the way to overcoming channel conflict (March 2001)
The fundamentals of channel design—identifying customers, creating value propositions, and determining how to deliver goods and services to the marketplace—are not changed by new technologies.
- Internet privacy: A look under the covers (March 2001)
Be wary. Be very wary of the Internet as a place where identities can be violated and abused. So, correctly, warns the media and the United States Congress. But how concerned are consumers?
- After the Alliance: Managing Cultural Differences (April 2001)
Most executives agree that the cultural fit between partners matters deeply to the success of any alliance. Yet even when they diagnose a poor fit, few companies are prepared to reject the proposed partnership for this reason alone.
- Collaborating for Competitive Advantage (April 2001)
A recent study carried out for the European Logistics Association by Accenture and two leading European Universities has projected that, within the next 3-7 years, the European logistics market will be dominated by a small number of pan-European players.
- A wireless world: The internet sheds its chains (April 2001)
Today wireless technology is seen primarily as telephone technology. Indeed, the number of mobile phones is growing, and it's expected to surpass the number of land line phones by 2004.
- Are Your Subsidiaries Ready to be Sold? (May 2001)
When your company puts a subsidiary up for sale, what are you selling? Most CEOs do not consider that the subsidiary's strategy is part of the package.
- eFulfillment: Turning The Virtual Into Reality (May 2001)
Most eCommerce companies eventually have to convert virtual interaction with their customers via the website into physical delivery of products. Such 'eFulfillment' has brought down many promising ventures.
- Globalization: What Lies Ahead for Financial Services (June 2001)
Today nearly one-third of the world's largest financial services companies have "gone global," with a significant portion of their assets, operations and revenue generation outside their home country.
- Rediscovering Continuous Improvement (July 2001)
Whatever happened to continuous improvement? A couple of decades ago, it was seen along with total quality and Kaizen techniques as providing a universal panacea for all of industry's ills.
- Getting Value from Silent Commerce Today (August 2001)
What if your products could tell you where they are and how they are being used? What if they could interact with your customers? Enter article text or link here
- The science of alliances: Negotiating (August 2001)
In today's economy, networked businesses flourish by borrowing assets through strategic alliances. These alliances can be highly effective, when done right.
- Becoming an Alliance Partner of Choice (October 2001)
As alliances proliferate, a handful of companies have emerged as "partners of choice," reputedly the best partner in an industry or business sector.
- Dealing With the Unknown - Can B2B eMarkets Build Trust? (October 2001)
Independent eMarkets are designed to aggregate a large number of buyers, sellers or both. The promise is falling short, however, with trading volumes either shifting to consortium or private eMarkets, or not being generated through eMarkets at all.
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