May–June 1993

State-owned companies need more than private owners. They need private owners with free-market skills and tenacity.

Managers may need to reconsider 1980s quality programs in the wake of 1990s downsizing.

It’s not that managers dislike the idea of doing the right thing…

How managers can cut expenses they once ignored.

Long past the age of retirement, HBR’s most widely read author refuses to slow down.

To save my restaurant chain, I had to shed corporate staff and allow my managers to manage.

All companies compete in logistically distinct businesses serving distinct customers.

Everybody wants to reduce the deficit, whether they know what it is or not. But that is not necessarily a healthy goal.

Forget the old R&D pipeline. Companies that integrate new research with the existing manufacturing process can cut costs—and time.

For most companies today, the only truly sustainable advantage comes from out-innovating the competition.