Reform of finance education in US business schools: An historian’s view
By Robert R. Locke, published by Real-World Economics Review on Dec 2011
Abstract:
This paper revisits the theme broached in the book Confronting Managerialism: How The Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Zedbooks, 2011). There the authors (Robert R Locke and J-C Spender) blamed mathematical models of markets devised by finance professors in business schools for market collapse, that is unbounded rationalism was held responsible for the unhappy outcomes. Lire la suite>>
By Dominique Turcq, published by Management Innovation Exchange, 30 June 2011
Analogous to what augmented reality is to reality, the augmented leader will soon be with us. It is not a super human hero with chips installed in his brain. It is you and me, if we are able to augment ourselves. Read more >>
Rethinking the Value of Talent
By Jeffrey Joerres and Dominique Turcq, published by the Business+Strategy online magazine, 30 May 2006
Classifying employees by their role in the success of your business rather than by their function can improve the effectiveness of recruiting, staff development, and deployment. Read more >>
Indian Automative Components: the Competitive Realities
By Anil Kumar, Dominique Turcq, Glen Mercer and Laxman Narasimhan, published by McKinsey Quarterly, Feb 1996
India’s automotive industry is accelerating fast. Triggered by market liberalizations that have kicked off a cycle of investment and growth, car demand this decade has been advancing at 20 percent a year. Provided there is no backsliding by policy makers, the domestic market could support sales of up to one million vehicles a year by the end of the century. Many hold high hopes of India also becoming a significant exporter to other LDC markets. Read more >>
India and China: Asia’s non-identical twin
By Dominique Turcq, published by McKinsey Quarterly, May 1995
For many corporations, India and China are two sides of the same coin. This is understandable. After all, India’s economic potential and the challenges it faces do look very much like those of China. And just as there was a fashion for China among multinational corporations, so India looks set to be the next flavor of the month. Read more >>
Memo to a CEO: Competition Policy in Europe
By David E. Meed and Dominique Turcq, published by McKinsey Quarterly, No.3, 1992
Recent actions by the European Commission, including its role in Nestle’s takeover bid for Perrier, break new ground in the enforcement of EC competition law. They are also a sign of times. Competition policy in Europe is beginning to bite, and it will get more and more complicated to win the Commission’s approval for mergers and acquisitions. Indeed, between 1986 and 1990 the Commission almost tripled the number of competition cases under review. It now really means business, and is not just tilting at windmills. Read more >>