Business Horizons

Contents
Volume 49, Number 3 May-June 2006

Editor's Perspective
A recipe for succession planning
Catherine M. Dalton 175

Executive Digest
Spotlight on marketing
Leslie M. Fine 179

Executive Focus
The ice man cometh: An interview with
Terry D. Growcock, Chairperson, Chief Executive Officer
and President of the Manitowoc Company
Catherine M. Dalton 185

Unemployment insurance system at risk: Snapshot of
a troubled partnership
Robert J. Grossman 193

Strategies to prevent economic recessions from
causing business failure
John A. Pearce II and Steven C. Michael 201

Much more at stake than Gewurztraminer: The U.S.
Supreme Court's wine decision
James V. Koch 211

Are foreign banks sure winners in post-WTO China?
M.K. Leung and Ricky Y.K. Chan 221

Competencies: ALternative frameworks for
competitive advantage
Robert L. Cardy and T.T. Selvarajan 235

Public relations comes of age
David Robinson 247

Books ON THE HORIZON by Mimi Dollinger
Chocolate: A bittersweet Saga of Dark and light
Mort Rosenblum 257

Disney War
James B. Stewart 258

The Martha Rules: 10 essentials for achieving success
as you start, build, or manage a business
Martha Stewart 259

Twilight in the desert: The coming Saudi oil shock and
the World economy
Matthew R. Simmons 260