In many ways, Japan and Germany are very similar: Both countries recovered rapidly from the horrors of World War II. At the same time, innovative strength and standard-setting technologies helped both to establish themselves as world-class exporters …  >>

Issue 4, 2005

The results of our studies are alarming: Twothirds of all managers of companies approaching a crisis ignore all the symptoms of the demise until it is almost too late, rather than using this opportunity to implement a strategic and sustainable reorientation …  >>

Issue 3, 2005

Profitable and sustainable growth formed the central concepts of previous editions of think: act …  >>

The Russian automotive market will become one the world's biggest growth markets within the next ten years …  >>

This paper discusses how to simultaneously mobilize and motivate the workforce to achieve the dual goal of restructuring and growth. We present the trust-based organization as an integrative concept designed to achieve exactly that …  >>