All executives would like their organizations to perform better, and most seek ways to make that happen. This paper focuses on how supply chains -- the series of activities through which products and services are created and then distributed to customers -- can enhance firm performance. For the...

Many executives and scholars have argued that effective strategy implementation is at least as important as--if not more important than--developing a brilliant strategy. While there are several extant viewpoints regarding what is required for successful strategy implementation, perhaps the most...

Management fads present executives with an interesting paradox. With the benefit of hindsight, many fads appear silly. Yet, it seems that as each management fad falls out of favor, a new fad emerges and gains legions of devoted followers. Our short graphic novel, The Good, The Fad, And The Ugly,...