Table of Content - April/May 2002

Straightened Up and Flying Right
Straightened Up and Flying Right
Delta Air Lines, once a technology laggard, is using information technology to propel innovation, CEO Leo Mullin says.
—A Context Interview

Pick a Car, Any Car
In a surprising new kind of strategy, GM sometimes recommends competitors’ vehicles.
—by Joanne Kelley

GE Brins Good Thinks To Life
The company thrives by moving to the next level: serving its customers’ customers.
—by Bob Gilbert

All Together Now
A financial data empire gets its house in order by ‘synchronizing’ its business.
—by Joanne Kelley

Managing from a Distance—A Really Long Distance
A developer operates railroads on four continents with a staff of 3 1/2, from Pittsburgh.
—by Bill Steigerwald

 
 
 
 

INSIGHT
Platforms for Growth
GM and Deere show how adding communication technology to existing products can allow for innovative services.
—by Chunka Mui


Outsourcing Is Hot; Don’t Get Burned
With companies outsourcing entire business processes, the author lists the five key questions to ask.
—by John Erik Garr


Turning the Web Inside-Out
Standards that help computers work together more effectively are letting the Internet take a much more powerful form.
—by Chris Thomas



OPENING REMARKS
WWW.ord to the Wise
—Paul B. Carroll,
Editor-in-Chief

The Write Stuff
Letters to the Editor.

Off the Cuff

    



CATALYST
BOOK EXCERPT
Copyright? Or Copywrong?
Arguing that intellectual-property law is stifling innovation, the author tells the startling story of how AT&T slowed the creation of the Internet.
—by Lawrence Lessig

Why CRM Fails
Too many companies are merely automating the handling of the same old information about customers, the author says.
—by Peer Munck

CDWho?
Unusual flexibility in dealing with customers helps make a little-known retailer, CDW, a New Market Leader.
—by Andrew Carlson

THE LAST WORD
A Truly Embryonic Technology

Two eminent cell biologists argue over the promise—and perils—of human cloning and genetic engineering.




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