Volume 48, Number 4

Contents

Editor's Perspective
AWOL leadership
Catherine M. Dalton / 269

Executive Digest
Spotlight on entrepeneurship
S. Trevis Certo and Samuel C. Certo / 271

Executive Focus
On time, all of the time: an interview with FedEx corporation's Alan B. Graf, Jr.
Catherine M. Dalton / 275

Managing insights velocity: the design of problem solving meetings
Richard T. Watson and Cliff Saunders / 285

Why a poor governance environment does not deter foreign direct investment: the case of China and its implications for investment protection
Shaomin Li / 297

Does the "management approach" contribute to segment reporting transparency?
Jack W. Paul and James A. Largay III / 303

Outsourcing: Pros and Cons
Murray Weidenbaum / 311

Strategic Corporate social responsibility as global brand insurance
William B. Werther Jr. and David Chandler / 317

Calling all parties: now is the time to come to the aid of the balance sheet
Mark E. Haskins and Robert J. Sack / 325

On the edge: Perceptions and responses to life imbalance
Charles R. Stoner, Jennifer Robin and Lori Russell-Chapin / 337

Insights from the new conglomerates
Gerry Kerr and James Darroch / 347

Books on the Horizon by Mimi Dollinger
Backstory: inside the business of news
Ken Auletta / 363

Beans: four principles for running a business in good times or bad
Leslie A. Yerkes and Charles Decker / 364

The wisdom of crowds: why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies and nations
James Surowiecki / 365

Managing for the long run: lessons in competitive advantage from great family businesses
Danny Miller and Isabelle Le Brenton-Miller / 365

Includes bibliographical references.