Concept Elemental

This collection contains the following:

Finance topics:

Banks, Bailouts, and Emerging Economies: The Key of Economic Diversification.
The Truth About Annuities and Retirement Income. New publication for retirees and those nearing retirement about key considerations in planning for income throughout retirement.
Cross-listing in the USA, Corporate Governance, and CEO Turnover.
Giving the Bond Market More Color Through Transparency. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times (Lex column) and Bloomberg cited and/or referenced research in articles Nov and Dec 2006.
Effects of Terrorism on Global Capital Markets

These and other finance topics are available at www.smubizexperts.com.

Leadership topics:

What's Missing in Leadership Today? Featured in Human Resource Executive online, July, 2007.

Power Dynamics Make the World Spin 'Round. Appears on the SMU Cox faculty research site www.bizexperts.com and was published September 2006 by The Economist Intelligence Unit's Executive Briefing, a proprietary website for global executives and managers.

Managing Team Diversity: Getting Into the Mind of the Team. Published September 2005 by The Economist Intelligence Unit's Executive Briefing, a proprietary website.

Route to Building Competitive Advantage: Harley Davidson. This article discusses how the competitive strategy used by Harley Davidson enabled them to survive intense Japanese competition and define a new product concept in a highly mature market. Appears on www.smubizexperts.com. (Fall 2004)

Executive Briefing Series. Editor-in-chief for 15 research reports for multinationals operating in Asia from 1996-2002. A few topics include:

Joint Ventures in China
Concepts of Leadership in China and the US
Developing Global Executives
Human Resource Practices in India

Corporate strategy topics:

Changing Industry Ecosystems: How Firms Adapt, Position, Compete, and Organize. This article, based on SMU Cox research, views industries as economic complex adaptive ecosystems. Appears on www.smubizexperts.com and published in May 2005 by The Economist Intelligence Unit's Executive Briefing, a proprietary website.

Disenchantment in the American Workplace: More Virtuous Practices Needed by Firms. Research by Richard Mason and co-author shows the business world that supporting the humanity of employees returns much more than the widespread focus of incremental productivity gains. Appears on www.smubizexperts.com (January 2005).

Marketing topics:

Cut Me Some Slack: To Exploit or Explore Competencies?
Consumers as Goal Seekers and Persuasion Sentries
Cherry Picking: An Economically-Grounded Consumer Behavior
What's in a Brand Name? The Battle between National Brands and Store Brands
How Consumers Choose a Store: 'Assortment Really Matters'

These and other marketing topics are available at www.smubizexperts.com.