... , pp. 15 ‐ 20 . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Product technology Business failures Innovation Computers In September 1999 Sun Microsystems launched a product that they expected would sell a million units in its second year. The Sun Ray, a simple, low‐cost computer...

... Limited 2006 Decision making Business performance Business failures Automotive industry Corporate strategy Human resource management But General Motors, a company so important to the US economy, is at risk of suffering a catastrophic failure, it is claimed by experts – one of whom says...

... Business failures Footwear industry The trouble with having good ideas is that, if they work and they're visible to competitors, your rivals steal them and your competitive advantage is gone. A key to sustained competitive advantage is to have distinct capabilities that competitors would find...

... Publishing Limited 2006 Management strategy Turnarounds Business failures Senior management You cannot see the wood for the trees. An apt expression to describe a situation where someone is too close to a problem to be able to identify what caused it. It happens to top executives when...

... pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy‐to‐digest format. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Management strategy Business failures An Wang made himself president, CEO and director of Research creating an environment intolerant of dissent...

... Business failures Take a look at the Coca‐Cola Company and you don't think of business failure. You think of the fame and fortune which global success over decades brings. A company whose name is known in the most remote corners of the globe, an institution, a constant in a changing world...

..., but finding failure rather than success. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Business failures Advertising Entrepreneurs Sport Cable broadcasting Asked about his success as an entrepreneur and businessman, Sir Richard Branson is reputed to have said: “Success comes from making...

.... Corporate strategy Business failures Mergers and acquisitions As a corporate leader with an impact so remarkable that his name reverberates even outside the business world, Jack Welch’s views should always make people stand up and listen. In a letter to shareholders in 2001, the General Electric...

... MCB UP Limited 2002 TQM Business failures Organizational performance Individual behavior Strategic management Companies implement TQM initiatives because they seem to be a “fast track” to improved performance and profitability. TQM is also customer driven because as more and more...