The Harvard Business Review Annotated Bibliography: All Articles, 1922 through 2007, with Indexes to Authors, Titles and Subjects

473 Pages·2009·11.91 MB·English

by  Stephen K. Johnson

The Harvard Business Review
Annotated Bibliography
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The Harvard
Business Review
Annotated Bibliography
All Articles, 1922 through 2007, with
Indexes to Authors, Titles and Subjects
S K. J
TEPHEN OHNSON
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Johnson, Stephen K., 1958–
The Harvard business review annotated bibliography :
all articles, 1922 through 2007, with indexes to authors,
titles and subjects / Stephen K. Johnson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7864-4182-2
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1. Harvard business review—Bibliography.
2. Business—Bibliography.
3. Economic history—Bibliography. I. Title.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY 3
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Multicultural Issues 3; Book Reviews
Encompassing an Array of Topics 5; Business as a Profession or Philosophy 6; Business
Ecosystems 8; Business School Curriculum 8; Change Management 10; Corporate
Board of Directors Topics 14; Corporate or Individual Philanthropy 19; Corporate
Reorganization or Downsizing 20; Employee Assessment 21; Employee Pensions or
Retirement Issues 22; Employee Problems 25; Employee Profit Sharing or Employee
Owned Businesses 28; Employee Turnover or Termination Issues 29; Employee Wage
or Salary Structures 30; Entrepreneurial Issues 32; Executive Growth or Professional
Development 38; Foreign Operations or Subsidiaries 44; Gender or Racial Workplace
Issues 47; Health Care Delivery Issues 50; Human Resource Management Issues 54;
Innovation, Creativity or Knowledge Based Economy 61; Job Design and Enrichment
Issues 68; Labor Unions or Labor Relations 71; Leadership Issues 79; Lines of Business
Reporting 85; Management Science or Theoretical Framework 86; Management Styles
or Management Responsibilities 88; Managerial Communication Issues 94; Managerial
Compensation Issues 98; Managerial Decision Making 103; Managerial Goals and
Achievement of Goals 105; Managerial Selection or Assessment of Management 106;
Middle Management Issues 111; Multinational Companies 113; Nonprofit Organization
Topics 116; Organizational Behavior and Dynamics 118; Organizational Effectiveness
125; Public Interest Topics 129; Research and Development 134; Role and Impact of
Management Consultants 136; Upper-Echelon Managerial Concerns 138; Work Groups
or Teamwork 141; Worker Safety or Mental Health Concerns 144; Worker Training and
Development Topics 145
Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Advertising Campaigns or Advertising Media 147; Brand Management 152; Consumer
Demographics or Behavior 155; Credit or Leasing Arrangements 157; Customer Service
Issues 158; Customized Products or Niche Marketing 161; Distribution Channels and
Logistics 161; Electronic Commerce 164; Industrial or Commercial Markets 168; Interna-
tional Marketing 169; Market Share 172; Market Strategy, Positioning and Segmentation
Topics 173; Market Trends or Forecasting Topics 180; Marketing Research 181; Mass
Communication Issues 185; New Product Development 185; Pricing Strategies and
Decisions 190; Product Life Cycles 192; Public Relations 193; Purchasing Groups 194;
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Retailing, Selling and Promotion Issues 195; Sales Force Management 200; Sampling,
Testing and Survey Instruments 205; Service Economy Markets 205; Trade Associations
or Cooperatives 208; Vendor Relations 208; Vertical or Horizontal Integration 208
Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Alliance Building 209; Analysis, Simulation Activities 210; Competitive or Strategic
Advantages 211; Corporate Objectives or Performance 213; Opportunities or Threats
216; Profitability or Corporate Growth 217; Strategic Business Units 220; Strategic
Planning 221
Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Agribusiness Concerns 225; Automobile and Trucking Industries 226; Command
Economies or Totalitarian Governments 227; Currency Transactions 229; Economic
Depression or Recession Conditions 230; Economic Conditions in Foreign Nations or
Regions (excludes the United States, Japan and Communist/Totalitarian Nations) 231;
Economic Development or Industrial Policy Topics 233; Economic Indicators, Output,
Statistics or Productivity 237; Economic or Business Forecasting 240; Economic Safety
Net Topics 241; Economics as a Profession or the Role of Economists 242; Energy or
Fuel Resources 243; Environmental Issues and Costs 245; Federal Reserve System and
Monetary Policy 248; Global Economics or Foreign Trade Topics 249; Inflation or
Deflation and Its Impact on an Economy 256; Japanese Economic and Business Prac-
tices 257; Market Economies or Free Enterprise 258; Nationalized or State-Owned
Businesses 261; Regulated or Subsidized Industries 261; Tax or Fiscal Policy Issues 262;
Transportation Industries (e.g., Airlines, Rail, Highways) 265; Unemployment Issues
269; Wartime Economy 270; World War II’s Aftermath 275
Finance and Banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Banking Industry Activities 277; Bond Portfolios or Bond Markets 281; Company
Takeover Issues or Merger-Acquisitions Topics 282; Consumer Credit Industry 287;
Corporate Finance Decisions 288; Dividend Policies or Strategies 296; Initial Public
Offerings 296; Institutional Investment 297; International Finance 298; Investment
Banking, Private Equity, Capital Markets and Venture Capital Issues 300; Publicly
Traded Companies or Disclosure Process 302; Real Estate Issues 304; Securities and
Investment Analysis 306; Shareholder Relations or Shareholder Value Issues 308;
Socially Responsible Investments 310
Business Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Anti-Trust Laws and Situations 311; Arbitration or Negotiation Activity 313; Bank-
ruptcy Issues 314; Commercial Liability Issues 315; Consumer Interests and Protection
315; Contracts and Agreements 317; Estate, Trusts or Inheritance Topics 317; Ethics or
Dishonesty Issues 317; Governmental Impact or Regulation 321; Insurance or Risk
Management Issues 324; Intellectual Property Topics or Trade Secrets 325; Judicial
Action or Litigation 327; Role of Attorneys 327
Accounting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Accounts Receivable Strategy 328; Assets Issues Concerning Accounting 329; Audit
Issues 329; Cash Flow Issues 329; Depreciation Methods 330; FASB or GAAP State-
ments 330; General Accounting Principles and Issues 331; Inflation Accounting 332;
International Accounting Issues 332; Inventory Management Issues 333; Management or
Cost Accounting Topics 334; Operating or Other Budget Topics 337; Other Financial
Accounting Topics 338; Pension Accounting Topics 340; Role of Accountants 340; Tax
Accounting Strategies 341
Decision Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Flow Charts or Decision Trees 341; Mathematical or Statistical Analysis for Problem Solv-
ing Purposes 342; Operational Research Topics 344; Utilization of Graphic Displays 345
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Information Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Automation or Computerization and Its Impact 346; Computer Privacy or Computer
Ethics Issues 350; Computer Security Issues 350; Computer Software Industry or Issues
350; Information or Network Based Economy 351; Systems Management or Mainte-
nance 352; Telecommunication or Network Issues 356; Workforce or Marketplace Inte-
gration with Technology 356
Operations and Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Computer Aided Design or Manufacturing 358; Engineers and Engineering 359; Fac-
tory Operations 359; Factory Locations 360; Manufacturing Resource Planning 362;
Manufacturing Systems 364; Materials and Supply Chain Management 366; Product
Costs 369; Product Development and Time to Market 370; Project Analysis 371;
Quality Control Issues 371; Reengineering Issues 373; Technological Change 373
Public Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Business-Government Interaction 374; Domestic Politics 377; Foreign Policy or Inter-
national Affairs 378; National Defense Issues 378; Public Administration 381; Urban—
Regional Affairs 383
Social Behavior, Race, Culture and Religion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Importance of Scientific Research 387
Importance of Education Articles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Author Index 391
Title Index 414
Subject Index 458
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Preface
Being a business librarian is a perfect ca- rial dealing with issues involving organizational
reer for someone like myself, given my love for behavior; an MIS professor having students cri-
the stock market, business-oriented cable pro- tique articles published during the 1940s in in-
gramming, and business publications such as fancy of MIS and the computer; or, to cite a
the Wall StreetJournal, FortuneMagazine, Busi- recent case, a professor leading a law seminar
ness Week, The Financial Times, and my fa- focusing on the impact of globalization, part of
vorite, the Harvard Business Review. With its which involved taking the class to Argentina).
feature articles, case studies, interviews and What I realized over ten years ago was that it
monthly segments “Keeping Informed,” “Tool paid to be on top of articles published by Har-
Kit,” “First Person” and “Forethought,” Harvard vardBusinessReviewif I wanted to help satisfy
BusinessReviewprovides insight into the world’s the needs of library users on my campus. To
economy as well as its social structure, its bio- achieve this, as well as enhance my personal
logical environment, and a plethora of other grasp of business, I started writing two or three
subjects and issues relevant to one’s work life as annotations on every article to appear in Har-
well as the markets and emerging technologies. vard Business Review since it inception in Oc-
Its articles, be they from a recent issue or some- tober 1922. It was a fascinating project, one that
thing published 40 or 50 years ago, possess a it took me nine years to complete.
timeless quality, and more often than not, often My real hope is that this annotative bibli-
stand the test of time. ography can trigger greater use in classroom
As a university librarian, I often work with discussion and research on college campuses
students and faculty members who major or and other organizations. Moreover, I hope that
teach in departments other than our school of the bibliography can contribute to 20th cen-
business (e.g., education and law, public ad- tury (and early 21st century) American and
ministration, psychology and social behavior). world history. What I instantly found were
Students in this context often need articles fo- first-person accounts of what it was like to op-
cusing on leadership, organizational behavior, erate a business during the 1920s, the Great De-
human resource management, decision mak- pression and under Franklin Roosevelt’s New
ing, communication and ethics for their course Deal programs; in Europe during the same time
work. Harvard Business Review is often the period, and of the events that led to the rise of
source that provides the most germane material. Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and subsequently
Faculty members also can use Harvard Business World War II. There is great historical signifi-
Review for a myriad of course requirements cance in these articles on how American busi-
(e.g., someone teaching a seminar class for ness and industry mobilized for World War II
school administrators who is in need of mate- and then the rampant inflation and labor strife
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