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First corporate anorexia and now corporate amnesia

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 1 (1996) 1, pp. 4-5

Discusses criticisms of downsizing and its perceived demise. Spells out that perhaps downsizing has not led to the gains in productivity that it should do, and has therefore led to damaged employee morale. Produces evidence that 40% of executives were unhappy with the results of downsizing....

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The bandwagon effect

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 1 (1996) 1, pp. 38-39

Posits that divisionalization in companies, as we know it today, followed on from Du Pont in the 1920s, and goes on to show this in greater detail. Indicates that something eventful happened in the 1980s — management became a big and extremely lucrative business. Suggests Japanese incursions...

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The hollow ring of corporate America

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 2 (1997) 1, pp. 4-4

Questions whether corporate USA will be able to maintain competitiveness into the next millennium owing to unrelenting … restructuring, meaning a recovery is based on an illusion of improved productivity. States, bluntly, the USA needs to grow in order … to maintain market share — let alone to expand it. Recommends the USA must now develop markets, technologies and products …

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A strong focus at Amoco UK

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 1 (1996) 1, pp. 22-24

Details the strong links between employee objectives in the UK and the USA at Amoco. Posits that Amoco has six …

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How the theory developed (stakeholders)

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 1 (1996) 2, pp. 6-7

the stakeholder theory really began in the late 1950s and 1960s USA, with the UK taking up the reins in the 1970s …. Chronicles that in the UK companies may have to adopt an inclusive stakeholder approach but in the USA the arguments move on. …

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A tradition of innovation at 3M

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 2 (1997) 2, pp. 31-33

Concentrates on 3M, a US company founded in 1902 in which, from the beginning, innovation was necessary. Chronicles that 3M (from the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) employs 86,000 people in more than 60 countries with yearly revenues of US$115 billion on average. Discusses...

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