Outlook by Issue: 1999, Number 2, Outlook Journal

Features

Maximizing Your Return on Investment in Human Performance
How businesses treat their people has a demonstrable effect on the bottom line.

The Leader Within
Truly effective leadership doesn't mean following a universal set of guidelines. Instead, it is grounded in a high degree of self-awareness and the ability to leverage those personal strengths that set each individual apart.

The eEconomy: It's Later Than You Think
Because eCommerce is changing the underlying economics of business, industry leadership today is no guarantee of success tomorrow. To survive and thrive in the eEconomy, established companies must undergo a complex, painful transition. Here's why.

Co-creation: A New Source of Value
With the Internet, customers are now able to be so intimately involved in the development and usage of what you have to sell that they can become co-creators of value. But there are certain things you need to do to make this newly enhanced relationship successful.

Listen up! The Economics of Attention
Learning to manage your organization's scarcest asset – attention.

Putting Government Reform on a Firmer Foundation
The time is right for a more integrated approach to public-sector reform in developed countries. Those governments with a clear vision and a strategic plan will be in the strongest possible position to respond to increasing demands and manage new partnerships with the private sector.

Europe's Changing Energy Landscape
As Europe's power industries converge into a single, highly competitive energy market, innovative companies that move quickly will secure the high ground.

Knowledge Makers
Why Do Ideas Matter?
Because the business environment is dynamic and continually throws new challenges their way, say former Harvard Business Review editors Nan Stone and Joan Magretta.

The Change Report
China Telecom Builds a Mobile Colossus
Remember the dream of selling a can of soda every day to each of China's 1.3 billion consumers? The cliché remains a lure for many international businesses. But consider, for a moment, the Chinese market from the Chinese side.

A Trend-Setting Bank Merger in Singapore
As Asia's banks pick up the pieces in the wake of the regional financial crisis, the merger of Singapore's Keppel Bank and Tat Lee Bank could be a trendsetter for changes in the industry.

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