Charging ahead with electric vehicles.
New models of electric vehicles are making their debut as automakers
march toward the government's deadline for getting specific volumes
of pollution-free vehicles onto American highways. . . .
The problems and promise of electric vehicle production.
The driving forces behind electric vehicles in the United States -
and the rest of the world - are air quality, energy security, and the
assumption of future economic benefits.
Because the electric . . .
Limitless vs. sustained growth strategies: what's the answer
to the corporate growth dilemma?
Today, a growing number of economists are again proposing limitless
corporate growth. They suggest that technological and commercial
innovations will revolutionize the economy and recommend that . . .
The coming age of organizational resilience.
"Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Con forms"
- Motto of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair
To ensure growth and survival in today's business environment,
companies are developing new and unique . . .
Changing environment requires strategic planning to prevent
employee lawsuits.
Court decisions and legislative action have given employees new
protections in the workplace. As a result, managers must be increasingly
vigilant to avoid surprise lawsuits.
American workers first . . .
Reengineering the employee recruitment: retain the best that
remains.
In this age of greater employee involvement and fewer employees in a
firm's work force, it is essential for businesses to find and keep
the best people available. To accomplish this requires a fresh . . .
Creating a culture of diversity management: moving from awareness
to action.
Your firm may only be at the "intellectual awareness" stage
of diversity management. These authors explain the critical stages for
enacting a comprehensive program to manage diversity for . . .
Reaping diversity's competitive rewards. (diversity in the
workplace)
Can a company use worker diversity to its financial and societal
advantage? This author tells how one company managed diversity to help
capture an important market - and changed an entire . . .
The Asian miracle in aviation will continue.
Paul Krugman, MIT economist, stirred up some controversy when he said
that the "Asian economic miracle" was a myth and that,
basically, all Asian growth is attributable to increased input . . .
Nonprofit misconduct: board take heed. (nonprofit
organizations)
Management guru, thinker, and author Peter Drucker observed that the
"nonprofit institution has been America's resounding success
in the last 40 years. In many ways, it is the 'growth
industry' of . . .
Too many managers ignore antitrust laws.
The potential impact of federal and state antitrust laws on the
operations of a business is omnipresent. Too many managers, however,
consider antitrust laws the concern only of the corporate counsel. . . .
Surfing the Net-which wave to ride?
Along with the development of the personal computer, the creation and
evolution of the Internet is one of the greatest technological
innovations of the past 20 years. It is a phenomenon that is . . .
Trends and turbulence on the information superhighway.
The heart of today's battle for dominance in the
telecommunications industry involves a fight for access to
"broadband" revenues. This focus has caused the vast majority
of telecommunications . . .
Web publishing is easy with Microsoft Office 95.
Technological innovations in computing and telecommunications have
moved us into the age of digital media. At the same time, the World Wide
Web has become a major driver for commerce and personal . . .
The folly of the AQMD's subsidized electric vehicle. (Air
Quality Management District)(L.A. Forum)
Just as the electric appliances in the General Motors commercial rush
out to catch a glimpse of the electric vehicle (EV), so are various
government agencies in the State of California rushing to . . .
Electric vehicles are critical to healthful air.(L.A.
Forum)
When General Motors Corporation introduced the EV-1 in the greater
Los Angeles area late last year, what was only an idea for
California's environmental regulators in the late 1980s suddenly
became a . . .
Electric vehicles: helping California fight the war on smog.(L.A.
Forum)
The story recounted a dramatic decline in smog levels. The South
Coast Air Basin, also known as Greater Los Angeles, had a record-low
seven smog alerts in 1996. In 1970, the year of the first Earth . . .
L.A. and California: incubator for ideas and innovations.(L.A.
Forum)
Our journal was created in 1975 as Los Angeles Business &
Economics to provide a forum for the discussion of business and
economics issues of concern in the greater Los Angeles area. In 1982,
the . . .
Performance appraisals: any use for training?
The decade of the '90s has constant reminders for Americans that
survival in a dynamic, global economy is becoming even more dependent on
an educated, highly-skilled, well-trained work force. It has . . .
Keys to success in today's business environment.
To ensure growth and survival in today's business environment,
companies are developing new and unique approaches to attract and retain
customers. These approaches are required of firms that intend . . .
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