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Volume 24 Number 2
(ISSN 0360-8581) Second Quarter 1996

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2 From the Editor
David J. Wells

4 Back on Top? A Survey of American Business
Peter David

20 The New Corporate Architecture
Gregory Dess, Abdul Rasheed, Kevin McLaughlin, and Richard Priem

29 Building Competitive Advantage Through a Global Network of Capabilities
Andrew Bartmess and Keith Cerny

43 The Evolution of a Global Cash Management System
Christopher Holland, Georr Lockett, lean-Michel Richard, and Ian Blackman

53 IT Outsourcing: Maximize Flexibility and Control
Mary Lacity, Leslie Willcocks, and David Feeny

62 Becoming a Virtual Company
William R. Pape

64 Flexible Re-Cycling and High-Technology Entrepreneurship
Homa Bahrami and Stuart Evans

81 Spin Doctors
Hal Plotkin

85 Virtual Realities
Edward O. Welles

92 Achieving Dynamic Stability Through Information Technology
Andrew C. Boynton

104 Not Your Father's Economist
Polly LaBarre

107 Government's New Role in Globalization
Roy McLaren


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