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The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Health Insurance: The New Competitive Advantage Wal-Mart is spearheading a government-backed effort to create an "employer mandate," which would force most companies to provide health insurance to employees. With Wal-Mart's size, it might have an advantage over its competitors in satisfying such a mandate.  |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
The Most Candid CEO The latest rankings are out -- see if the CEOs of companies you own stock in made the list.  |
The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sirius XM: 90% Stock Decline? Here's a Raise! Sirius XM Radio is locking up CEO Mel Karmazin for a few more years by bumping his annual salary and granting him 120 million options.  |
CRM July 1, 2009 David Myron |
Innovate Your Way Out of a Recession In a recession, an innovative organization can learn to focus on fewer projects - but ones that can meet and even exceed expectations.  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Christopher Barker |
Outsourcing Becomes the New Insourcing The trend of American manufacturing companies moving operations into China continues in full stride, but the enticement to do so has changed dramatically.  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Facebook Prepares to Face the Bankers ... With a new CFO.  |
Investment Advisor July 2009 James J. Green |
Danger & Opportunity: Taking the Really Long View A conversation with Robert Manning, CEO of MFS Investment Management.  |
LOMA Resource July 2009 Jennifer Rankin |
People Power Mass career customization restructures both the expectations and the mechanics of how careers are built.  |
CIO June 29, 2009 Kim S. Nash |
System Security: 5 Ways to Improve Your Defenses Against Attack A former Air Force CIO highlights practical ways to improve system and network security.  |
HBS Working Knowledge June 29, 2009 |
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change Learn about building a business in a down economy, motivating the troops, and other current topics.  |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 Christopher Barker |
Saddle Up for the Straight Talk Express A steel-industry executive, Nucor's Daniel DiMicco, speaks his mind about the domestic economy.  |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Netflix Has a Million-Dollar Advantage Media companies that will dominate in the future are those that know how to get the user to the content he/she wants. The Netflix Prize competition shows how seriously Netflix takes the whole movie recommendation issue.  |
CIO June 26, 2009 Kim S. Nash |
Obama's Cybersecurity Push: What It Means for CIOs President Obama aims to fix U.S. cybersecurity, but can the feds hit a moving target? Not without private sector support and practical solutions.  |
CIO June 26, 2009 Kim S. Nash |
Why CIOs and IT Need a Vacation When the economy finally recovers, workplace stress will only rise. CIOs should set a good example for their staff and rest up with a week off, now.  |
CIO June 25, 2009 Kristin Burnham |
How BPM Brought IT and End Users Together A business process management project did more than improve design processes for NACCO Materials Handling Group. It provided a lesson in how to work better with end users.  |
CIO June 25, 2009 Albert R. Eng |
What Your IT Budget Says About Your Organization's Value Can anyone tell what IT contributes to your business just by looking at your budget? If they can't, you're less effective than you could be.  |
CIO June 25, 2009 Rick Swanborg |
Beyond Virtualization: How Raytheon's IT Department Helps Meet Green Goals Raytheon's Green IT initiative started with data center virtualization. But today's Green IT initiatives encompass system development and business efficiency.  |
CIO June 24, 2009 Maryfran Johnson |
A "Whac-A-Mole" Approach to Security Current cybersecurity threats and responses are explored by several CIOs.  |
CIO June 24, 2009 Michael Friedenberg |
Best Practices Revealed at the CIO 100 Symposium At the 2009 CIO 100 Symposium, CIOs will learn best practices from speakers such as InterContinental's CIO Tom Conophy and JetBlue's CIO Joe Eng.  |
Bank Technology News July 2009 John Adams |
A BIT of Competition How much sharing banks should do with other institutions is a tough decision for CIOs and CROs, and even the forces that advocate shared assessments says convincing banks to fully relinquish proprietary controls is a challenge.  |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Tim Beyers |
Someone at Apple Should Pay Earlier reports from The Wall Street Journal were confirmed this week: Apple chief executive Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago at a Tennessee hospital. This should have been disclosed sooner.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
Reform and Jobs Pay-or-play isn't sitting well with the business community.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Jena McGregor |
The Midyear Review Takes On More Weight Widespread hiring freezes mean companies need to make the most of their talent - and get under-performers up to speed (or out) quicker.  |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Jena McGregor |
Straight Talk in a Slump What to say to a worried workforce.  |
InternetNews June 25, 2009 Ed Sutherland |
Study: Top CEOs 'Miserable' At Social Networking Only two Fortune 100 CEOs use Twitter and no top business leaders maintain a personal blog, findings that show "a miserable lack of social engagement," according to a new study.  |
Fast Company July 2009 Adam Werbach |
Nature's 10 Simple Rules for Business Survival In the emerging fields of biomechanics and biomimicry, scientists are decoding rules that can help form businesses as hardy and long lasting as a forest.  |
CIO June 24, 2009 |
How Social Networks Bloom in the Enterprise Council-member CIOs rely on employee word of mouth, user direction, and new attitudes on control to drive Web. 2.0 momentum.  |
CIO June 24, 2009 |
Download Personnel Matrix Models Adapt this method for managing IT support resources across functional lines.  |
CIO June 24, 2009 |
Users Tackle Business Transformation in Parallel Teams Quintiles Transnational CIO Bill Deam engages teams to map and perform business workflows.  |
CIO June 24, 2009 |
How to Save Your Strategic Rights The CIO of Santander Consumer USA convinced the business to keep him on the IT strategic team.  |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Cable Empires Strike Back In an effort to avoid losing subscribers to competing services, Comcast is teaming up with Time Warner to launch the TV Everywhere movement, offering content to cable subscribers online at no additional cost.  |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Citigroup: No Bonus? No Problem! The people at Citigroup aren't getting any bonuses. However, it looks like some of them are getting massive pay raises instead.  |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
These Companies Are Giving Money Away In a survey of 140 corporations, 53% of respondents upped their giving during 2008, even companies with profits down in the same period.  |
Information Age June 23, 2009 Pete Swabey |
Making the invisible visible Social network analysis can reveal the impromptu, ad-hoc business processes that really propel the enterprise  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 Pete Swabey |
The social process How social software is changing the way companies design and execute business processes  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 JJ Robinson |
IBM continues to tout data as a strategic asset IBM reiterates its 'data as a strategic asset' message as revenues dip 11%  |
Information Age June 17, 2009 Kenny MacIver |
People, process, technology According to conventional IT management theory, these are the three areas in order of importance that a successful technology implementation or change management project must address.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 Randy B. Hecht |
Pay Me! How to get the money you're owed when no one seems to have any.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 Jeff Wuorio |
Ramp Up Marketing in a Downturn 5 ways to save money and still get your message heard.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 |
The Superfluous Position Make sure every title has a necessary and definable role.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 Neale Martin |
You Can't Beat Habit Learning how to alter customers' routines likely means making significant changes to your own.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 Robert Kiyosaki |
You Can Rebuild It Sometimes you just have to melt down and start over.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 Jennifer Wang |
Will Business be Stimulated? A panel of experts make predictions about the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 Susan J. Lindner |
The Perfect Formula to Build Your Brand It's not enough to build a product and assume it will be the base of your brand.  |
Entrepreneur July 2009 Lindsay Holloway |
Why Events are Going Virtual As companies continue to costs, trade shows are becoming an expendable expense. Virtual platforms, however, are fast becoming the way to host, exhibit at and attend a tradeshow.  |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2009 Alyce Lomax |
Poor Move at Talbots Despite all the sacrifices employees have had to make, Talbots CEO Trudy Sullivan will receive $1.2 million to offset recent reductions in her retirement benefits.  |
Registered Rep. June 22, 2009 John Churchill |
Sir Allen Stanford Indicted Allen Stanford, the flamboyant 59-year-old billionaire CEO of the Stanford Group Companies was indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy to commit securities, mail and wire fraud.  |
Fast Company July 2009 Adam L. Penenberg |
Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple By introducing the Kindle, Jeff Bezos is emulating Steve Jobs -- and taking him on.  |
Fast Company July 2009 Danielle Sacks |
Behind the Rebranding Campaign of Wal-Mart's Scarlet Woman Nearly three years after being fired by Wal-Mart, marketer Julie Roehm faces her toughest rebranding campaign ever.  |
Fast Company July 2009 Chuck Salter |
Why America Is Addicted to Olive Garden Technology, savvy brand management, and a little bit of soul have made $6.7 billion Darden Restaurants the world's biggest casual-dining operation -- and it's still growing, even in tough times.  |
Fast Company July 2009 Tom Foster |
Patagonia's Founder on Why There's "No Such Thing as Sustainability" An exclusive interview with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, who may be pessimistic about the earth's future, but is determined to keep fighting.  |
Fast Company July 2009 Adam Werbach |
How Xerox Tapped the Power of Reuse How Xerox tapped the power of reuse.  |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2009 Maria Bartiromo |
Inside the Big Deal Between BlackRock and Barclays An interview with Barclays President Bob Diamond and BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink.  |
BusinessWeek June 18, 2009 Barry Maggs |
Come Back from the Beach a Bit Savvier This summer reading roundup spotlights a rake's guide to success, outsourced espionage, and a delicious wine caper, among other books.  |
BusinessWeek June 17, 2009 David Welch |
Henderson's Strategy to Fix GM With the Obama Administration pressuring for quick results, the CEO's first job is to remake a bureaucracy notoriously resistant to change.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Christopher Musico |
Service and Social Media: You're Not Social (Enough) Communities and channels are rapidly expanding - and your company needs to at least know its place in all of them.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Jill Jusko |
Financing Energy Projects For organizations willing and able to do the required homework, utility and government incentives can ease the burden of funding energy-efficiency projects within your organization.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Jill Jusko |
Federal Dollars Will Fuel Investment into Renewables A significant chunk of federal dollars will flow to developers of renewable energy technologies and other energy-related technologies as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Guy Barlow |
Keep Risk At Bay Although risk assessment never will be an exact science, today's IT solutions are effective and can help companies identify and mitigate risk.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 |
Executive View -- Energized for Efficiency Neil Rasmussen is helping Schneider Electric pursue its ambitious agenda of becoming a global leader in energy management -- and working to save the planet in the process.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 |
Thought Leader -- Reducing the Supply Chain Footprint HP's Christian Verstraete brings a systems engineer's eye for the big picture to managing the supply chain's "ecosystem."  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
Energy Management Champions How many companies have made energy efficiency and sustainability a part of their overall performance strategy?  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Steve Minter |
Can GPOs Help Ease the Pain? As manufacturers look for cost-cutting that won't cripple them in a recovery, group purchasing organizations let them "swing a bigger bat."  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Steve Minter |
Increase in Global Sourcing Expected Despite Supply Chain Risks Nearly two out of three financial executives expect global sourcing activities at their companies to increase during the next three years, a new study reports, even in the face of significant risks from extended supply chains.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 David Blanchard |
The Dos and Don'ts of Third-Party Logistics Although a third-party logistics provider can manage your logistics tasks, you still have to manage the 3PL.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 David Blanchard |
How to Select a 3PL Look for a third-party logistics provider that can help you optimize your supply chain network.  |
IndustryWeek June 17, 2009 Jill Jusko |
PLM Extends its Reach into Product Development Experts say they expect a steady expansion of product lifecycle management's reach within product development and a continued recognition that manufacturers remain focused on the mantra of better, cheaper and faster.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Lauren McKay |
Social Shepherds Many enterprises are developing social strategies to become more transparent, which is great for customers and corporations in general. There's always some amount of risk, however.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Christopher Musico |
Poking Holes in Attrition Social networking has the potential to transform the day-to-day operations of customer service representatives.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Jessica Tsai |
Required Reading: Socially Aware The co-author of Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom explains why it's not so easy for companies to simply hop aboard the social media bandwagon.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Jessica Tsai |
Social from the Inside Out By focusing on connecting employees, a socially entwined culture benefits clients.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Christopher Musico |
Infusing Social Communities into Service With Helpstream's on-demand offering, Infusionsoft bolsters its customer support.  |
CRM June 1, 2009 Rudy Chang |
A Community Gives Pitney Bowes Its Stamp of Approval A forum designed to address one problem evolves into an enterprise asset.  |
AskMen.com Mr. Mafioso |
Mafioso: Kim Jong-il It might be beneficial to learn from the mistakes of world class cafone Kim Jong-il.  |
AskMen.com Nate Steere |
Addressing Employee Complaints Employee complaints are inevitable, and it's not always easy to know what to say.  |
Bank Systems & Technology June 10, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Bonuses Still Point of Contention for Obama The President continues to push for restrictions on bonus compensation for financial executives.  |
Chemistry World June 11, 2009 Matt Wilkinson |
Dow Corning emphasises innovation US silicone-materials maker Dow Corning is transforming its business strategy to focus on innovations in sustainability, efficiency and alternative energy.  |
PHONE+ June 11, 2009 Sam Allman |
The 7 Deadly Sins of Business Working hard is no guarantee of success. With this in mind, here are seven common causes of business failure.  |
CIO June 10, 2009 Maryfran Johnson |
Why Even Successful Speakers Need To Practice Rehearsing your speech is the key to successful delivery. But when it comes down to practicing, there's more than one way to get it done. Our favorite speakers share their methods.  |
CIO June 10, 2009 Kristin Burnham |
How to Handle Negative Online Comments, Hold a Concise Meeting and Decline an After-work Invite Useful tips for at work behavior, including to how to present yourself online and keeping a meeting on track.  |
CIO May 12, 2009 Stephanie Overby |
The Truth About Obama's "Tax on Outsourcing" Misconceptions about President Barack Obama's plan to close overseas business tax loopholes abound. CIO.com sets the record straight about the five most common misperceptions.  |
Inc. June 2009 Margot Fraser |
How I Did It: Margot Fraser Margot Fraser, the founder of Birkenstock, USA, recalls 40 years of peace, love, and clunky sandals.  |
Inc. June 2009 Ryan McCarthy |
An Indie Record Store Fights for Survival To save their indie record store chain, the owners of Millennium Music decided to completely change it.  |
Inc. June 2009 Jason Del Rey |
Update: When Prices on Raw Materials Rise Faced with a spike in wholesale chocolate prices, gourmet chocolate company Choco-Logo raised prices and reexamined its entire cost structure.  |
Inc. June 2009 Leigh Buchanan |
Review: In Pursuit of Elegance Author Mathew E. May writes about the virtues of simplicity and symmetry in solving business problems.  |
Inc. June 2009 |
Blogger Logic: Why you should never rehire a quitter JobDig chairman G.L. Hoffman's blog post on 100 lessons for entrepreneurs was recently Twittered by start-up guru Guy Kawasaki. Here is lesson No. 70.  |
Inc. June 2009 Carl Schramm |
The Silver Lining for Small Business in a Recession The Kauffman Foundation president talks about why great companies tend to get launched during recessions.  |
Inc. June 2009 April Joyner |
CEO Passions: Herding Cattle Russ Mann, CEO of San Diego online marketing firm Covario, has a passion for herding cattle.  |
Inc. June 2009 |
Managing Business Insolvency and Bankruptcy Even after a business fails, an owner has important choices to make.  |
Inc. June 2009 |
Under Armour's Kevin Plank on How to Motivate Employees The founder of Under Armour speaks on motivating employees and improving employee morale during a recession.  |
Inc. June 2009 Nadine Heintz |
Managing: Unleashing Employee Creativity How West Paw Design turned all of its employees into designers.  |
Inc. June 2009 Nadine Heintz |
Ready, Set, Innovate Six tips for turning employees into innovators.  |
Inc. June 2009 Norm Brodsky |
Norm Brodsky: When Negotiating, Always Listen Before You Speak It pays to find out what the other side is thinking, then adjust your position accordingly.  |
Food Processing June 2009 |
How Much Does Your CEO Make? Another sign food & bev companies are doing well: CEO pay increases.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Elizabeth Wine |
BofA Gets New Chairman, New Capital As financial advisors continue to bear up under a perfect storm of market turmoil, and watch their companies raked over the coals for their roles in the economic collapse, the bad news keeps on coming.  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Carri Degenhardt-Burke |
Don't Burn Bridges, They Lead to the Future In this environment of consolidation and constant change, it pays to get to know the guy on the other side of your street  |
On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Frances A. McMorris |
Admitting Mistakes Now, Avoiding Them Later Find the time and a place to do a thorough and thoughtful analysis of your business practices and how it affects your clients. Find out what works and what doesn't.  |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Karen DeMasters |
Total Service Baystate Financial uses its wide array of services to advise small business owners.  |
Financial Advisor June 2009 Sherri Scordo |
Advisor Emporium Genworth Financial Wealth Management is enhancing its investment management platform to help advisors through the current challenging market  |
Insurance & Technology May 29, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell |
Alan Hughes Named BCBSNC CIO Hughes comes to Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina from GE Financial, where he has been CIO for Global Risk Management and Distribution Finance.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Russ Banham |
Fray on Pay The battle over executive compensation and what it means for you.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Randy Myers |
Cleaner (Balance) Sheets: The 2009 Working Capital Scorecard Hard times have inspired companies to wring lots of cash out of working capital. How much better can they get at it?  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Alix Stuart |
Cheaper Advice It's a buyer's market for consulting services, but if you don't manage an engagement carefully, you could pay more than you bargained for.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Scott Leibs |
Comp & Circumstance Government involvement in executive compensation could spur unintended consequences, but wiser pay policies still may emerge.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Alix Stuart |
Prescription for Progress? The enormous changes being contemplated for health care, and the staggering costs associated with them, which could draw heavily upon corporate coffers, ensure that even if the road to reform is fast, it will not be smooth.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Reason & Stuart |
Crackdown Alert After a GAO report documents a slowdown in the SEC's case generation and penalty volume under former chairman Christopher Cox, the regulator's new leaders talk tough.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 |
Hot or Not? When cash is tight, which business activities should rank among a company's top spending priorities?  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
Going Green Now Five types of environmentally responsible corporate initiatives that will pay for themselves quickly.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Josh Hyatt |
Structural Improvements Squeezed by a contracting economy, everyone from lawyers and accountants to ad agencies and recruiters is changing price structures to reduce upfront costs for buyers.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Scott Leibs |
Live and Learn Companies get better at using technology to use training dollars more efficiently.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Vincent Ryan |
Tripped Up More companies are violating loan covenants, but there are ways to avoid taking a hard fall.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Kate O'Sullivan |
Disciplinarians' Dilemma Derided as enemies of innovation, CFOs can, in fact, be its valuable friends.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Vincent Ryan |
Green Counters Sophisticated tools for carbon-emissions accounting are coming to market. But are U.S. companies ready for them?  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Edward Teach |
"I Should Have Said No." A CFO who confessed to fraud wants business students to learn from his mistakes. An interview with Aaron Beam, former CFO, HealthSouth Corp.  |
CFO June 1, 2009 Josh Hyatt |
Think Small "Door-to-door" expense management can be a great way to reduce the cost of business travel.  |
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2009 Megan Pacella |
Fair Trade The down economy has a lot of small businesses in a money squeeze, but you don't always need cash to get the products and services you need to run your business.  |
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2009 Megan Pacella |
Management 101 Take a peek inside DK Publishing's Essential Managers series for answers to common employer questions.  |
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2009 |
Recession Risk What kind of entrepreneur opens up two temporary stores during this economy?  |
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2009 Shannon McRae |
This Is Your Life If you're ready to let go of the feeling that your business can't operate if you're not behind your desk, having a star team of employees is the first step toward making the leap.  |
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2009 Sue Marquette Poremba |
Chain Reaction How a business reacts to a crisis can be the difference between keeping customers happy and losing them -- and their referrals -- for good. Here are some tips to help you handle your next customer crisis.  |
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2009 Megan Pacella |
Strong Support Train your people to have the answers customers want -- even when hard questions arise.  |
MyBusiness Jun/Jul 2009 |
How Much Is Too Much? You say the customer is always right, but sometimes, good client service can cost you. How do you avoid the high cost of good customer service?  |
IndustryWeek May 29, 2009 Steve Minter |
Purchasing Officers: Confident Now, But is Trouble Ahead? While the recession has strengthened their negotiating positions, many purchasing professionals have not yet assessed the impact of the recession on their supply-management strategy.  |
IndustryWeek May 29, 2009 Steve Minter |
Closing the Gap on Ad-Hoc Spending Saving $74 million  |
Information Age May 19, 2009 JJ Robinson |
IT Outsourcing: A Buyer's Market Businesses are demanding shorter deals and more flexibility from their outsourcing providers, says Morrison and Foerster's Alistair Maughan.  |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Not Just the CCO While the chief compliance officer (CCO) should be the main player in the compliance review process, whenever possible at least one other firm officer be involved.  |
Bank Technology News June 2009 John Adams |
Rebuilding Trust in Mortgage Lenders The bad times that remain in the consumer lending market are partly born of a sense of betrayal - secondary market investors simply no longer trust lenders.  |
Bank Technology News June 2009 John Adams |
Madoff Backlash Increases Need For Self-Service Tools Bernie Madoff's journey to jail has had a lot of fallout, including effects on wealth managers who now have a new dynamic on their hands: scared clients with shrinking assets who've also lost faith in the wealth management profession.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Mark Henricks |
When Second Really is the Best When Donna DeCunzo-Taddeo set out to launch a new high-end tequila in 2000, her plans were decidedly ambitious: take on market leader The Patron Spirits Company of Las Vegas. Sometimes it pays to follow a good act.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Amy Cosper |
Editor's Note: Brilliance in the New Bailout The key to surviving the recession is doing everything better and exploiting hidden opportunities.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Mikal E. Belicove |
The Purpose-Driven Website Assuming your website is successful, what will it have accomplished?  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Asheesh Advani |
Put Your Advisory Board to Work It's time to rethink the roll of advisors and how they are compensated.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Cliff Ennico |
Keep Lawsuits off Your Back 5 ways to reduce your liability risk.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Chris Penttila |
Knowledge is Power Ensure that important company clients, projects and processes aren't lost when an employee walks out the door.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Barry Farber |
Chasing Down Large Accounts Six tips to help you land larger clients.  |
Entrepreneur June 2009 George Solomon |
Quiz: Risk Assessment Calculator See if you score high on the financial fitness quiz.  |
Investment Advisor June 2009 James J. Green |
Leadership In volatile times, communication and culture are broker/dealer leaders' touchstones.  |
IndustryWeek May 27, 2009 Josh Cable |
Firms Focus on Information Security Protecting trade secrets and intellectual property is critical in any economy.  |
IndustryWeek May 27, 2009 Josh Cable |
Tips for Selecting an ERP Software Vendor The right ERP software vendor will be equipped to offer the kinds of support services and tools that allow you to solve your most difficult business challenges, rapidly deploy applications and maximize your return on investment.  |
IndustryWeek May 27, 2009 Josh Cable |
Green Computing More Hype than Reality According to the preliminary findings of a survey conducted by Columbus, Ohio-based Redemtech, companies are making limited progress toward making their corporate IT programs more sustainable.  |
IndustryWeek May 27, 2009 Josh Cable |
Five Infrastructure Shortfalls that Impact Security There are a number of core factors contributing to the occurrences of corporate security and data breaches.  |
IndustryWeek May 27, 2009 David Blanchard |
How to Optimize Your Supply Chain to Improve Cash Flow Manufacturers today face three significant organization-related challenges: maximizing profits, conserving cash flow and creating shareholder value. One way to solve these challenges is through the process of EBITDA optimization.  |
IndustryWeek May 27, 2009 Josh Cable |
Lean Gurus For many manufacturers embarking on a path of continuous improvement, the lean journey begins with a call to a consultant.  |
IndustryWeek May 27, 2009 Josh Cable |
Lean On These Keys to Success Lean experts offer these insights into core concepts and best practices that companies need to understand when starting on the lean path.  |
Wired May 22, 2009 Chris Anderson |
The New New Economy: More Startups, Fewer Giants, Infinite Opportunity "Involuntary entrepreneurship" is now creating tens of thousands of small businesses and a huge market of contract and freelance labor.  |
Wired May 22, 2009 Steven Levy |
Secret of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews Profitability The history of the AdWords system for auctioning online ads, how it works, and how auctions have come into other aspects of Google's business.  |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
Juiced With Employee Incentives CEO of private-label beverage maker Cliffstar challenges employees to take charge of their own destinies with a program that rewards continuous-improvement behaviors.  |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009 Jonathan Katz |
CEO Turnover Spikes Volatility in the economy does not necessarily lead to volatility in the C-suite.  |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009 John Teresko |
Bookshelf: JIT Implementation Manual: The Complete Guide to Just-In-Time Manufacturing, Second Edition Are you implementing a just-in-time strategy? The second edition of Hirano's JIT Implementation Manual offers step-by-step guidance.  |
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009 John Teresko |
Bookshelf: Management Rewired: Why Feedback Doesn't Work and Other Surprising Lessons From the Latest Brain Science Author Charles S. Jacobs takes a leap from the latest neuroscience to its implications for business-world competitiveness.  |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Deborah Scally |
Outlook for M&A: 2009 Interestingly, for some banks, M&A will be a viable -- even attractive -- strategic option.  |
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