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Author's Choice: Can You Support Your Successor?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Frances Hesselbein, author of Hesselbein on Leadership , introduces a lesson on one of the many pitfalls that leaders must avoid as they prepare to hand over the reins from Succession , by Marshall Goldsmith.

A Better Way to Fix Bankers' Pay

by Shumeet Banerji — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Instead of bashing bonuses, let's put in place the incentives we need: linking compensation to risk and capital.

A Global Financial Governance Primer

by Alan Gemes, Peter T. Golder, and Thorsten Liebert — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Government leaders are designing the next regulatory regime for banks; their answers to four basic questions will determine how well it works.

What Banking Needs to Become

by Vanessa Wallace and Andrew Herrick — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Regulations and consumer expectations are changing. The business models, capabilities, and practices of the financial-services industry must change with them.

Profits Down, Spending Steady: The Global Innovation 1000

by Barry Jaruzelski and Kevin Dehoff — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Booz & Company's annual study of the world's biggest corporate R&D spenders finds that most companies have stuck with their innovation programs despite the recession -- and many are boosting spending to compete more effectively in the upturn.

Integrated Innovation at Pitney Bowes

by David Dobson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

In tough times, this venerable mail and documents company boosted not only its R&D spending but the creativity of its approach.

An Immodest Proposal for the Next Big Fuel

by Jay Ogilvy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

If nuclear energy represents a genuine way to deal with climate change, let's test it through a massive joint project involving the U.S., Japan, France, and China.

Welcome, "Stateholder"

by Robert Gogel and Ludo Van der Heyden — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The newest corporate stakeholders -- government representatives -- must learn to become effective agents for reform.

Author's Choice: The Successful Entrepreneur's Secret

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Scott D. Anthony, author of The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times , introduces a lesson in correcting your company's course from Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company -- and Revolutionized an Industry , by Marc Benioff and Carlye Adler.

The Promise of "Self-segmentation"

by Nick Wreden — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Rather than putting consumers in arbitrary "buckets" for targeting, marketers should join them online in communities of passion and interest.

What a Declining Business Media Means to CEOs

by William J. Holstein — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

As cost cutting narrows the field of business journalism, it has become more difficult to put out a corporate story -- or take one in.

Filling the Gulf States' Infrastructure Gap

by Ibrahim El-Husseini, Fadi Majdalani, and Alessandro Borgogna — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

If Middle East countries use lower oil prices as an excuse to neglect development of roads, bridges, and power lines, their bright future could be stymied before it begins.

Cut Costs, Grow Stronger

by Shumeet Banerji, Paul Leinwand, and Cesare R. Mainardi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

To reduce expenses for the long term and lead the way to recovery, start by taking a strategic view of your capabilities.

Author's Choice: What Is -- and Isn't -- Micromanaging?

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Blythe McGarvie, author of Shaking the Globe: Courageous Decision-Making in a Changing World , introduces a lesson in raising the level of corporate discourse from Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask , by Ram Charan.

India's Demographic Moment

by Nandan Nilekani — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

With the right conditions in place -- education, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness among them -- a young, eager, educated workforce can be the key to prosperity.

Are You Killing Enough Ideas?

by Zia Khan and Jon Katzenbach — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Companies can improve their innovation performance by getting their formal and informal organizations in sync.

Inside the Kraft Foods Transformation

Introduced by Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Eleven of the top leaders from the largest food and beverage company in the U.S. talk about their three-year turnaround and their campaign to reorganize for growth.

Reinventing Print Media

by Matthew Egol, Harry Hawkes, and Greg Springs — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Four new strategies offer a path to future profits for today's troubled newspaper and magazine companies.

The Thought Leader Interview: Tim Brown

by Art Kleiner — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The CEO of Silicon Valley-based design firm IDEO contends that elegant, customer-centric design stems from a simple set of thinking practices.

The Promise (and Perils) of Open Collaboration

by Andrea Gabor — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Companies like IBM and P&G have prospered by opening their borders, but there are cautionary lessons from the quality movement of the 1980s.

Rising to the Corporate Education Challenge

by Thomas Ripsam, Edward C. Landry, and Bradley Fusco — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Amid layoffs and restructuring, many companies are rethinking, not discarding, their efforts to build worker capabilities.

The Consumerization of Corporate IT

by Jim Ginsburgh and Eduardo Alvarez — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Allowing employees access to online IT services, such as e-mail, desktop applications, and file storage, could save corporations money and improve productivity.

Managing with the Brain in Mind

by David Rock — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Neuroscience research is revealing the social nature of the high-performance workplace.

A Walled Garden for Capital

by Hazel Henderson — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

New socially responsible trading networks seek to facilitate long-term profitable investment.

Knockoffs Come of Age

by Edward Tse, Kevin Ma, and Yu Huang — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Once associated with pirated goods, China's shan zhai companies have become competitive players, even in mature industries.

Selling Gets Complex

by Geoffrey James — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The Internet, technology, and globalization have changed this age-old game for good.

A Better Model for Health Care

by Gary D. Ahlquist, Minoo Javanmardian, and Sanjay B. Saxena — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An innovative experiment in Florida shows the potential for more systemic collaboration as the catalyst for lower costs and improved quality.

The Talent Innovation Imperative

by DeAnne Aguirre, Laird Post, and Sylvia Ann Hewlett — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Any company that competes on the global stage must, in light of today's changing workforce, rethink the way it manages people.

Managing Telecommuters

by Matt Palmquist — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

How telecommuting policies affect productivity and work-family conflict.

A Five-step Guide to Building Successful Brands

by Matt Palmquist — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A winning product launch requires differentiation, positioning, personality, vision, and added value.