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What's Hot: Creativity

A guide to books and Web sites devoted to boosting creativity and enhancing brainstorming sessions.  Read more

The Most Creative Product Ever

A noteworthy business author explains why it's not what you make, it's the way and the why you do what you do.  Read more

Stop! Back Up!

Recent study shows how few companies have a formal policy for backing up crucial computer files.  Read more

A PC with a View

3M develops the Privacy Filter so users can privately view their computer monitors.  Read more

Dark Sides Of Intrapreneuring

Such companies as 3M, DuPont, Monsanto, and Procter & Gamble have practiced forms of intrapreneurship under other names for years ("Secrets of Intrapr...  Read more

In Search Of Excellence, By Thomas J. Peters And Robert H. Waterman Jr. Harper Row, 10 E. 53rd St., New York, Ny 10022; 360 Pp., $19.95.

A host of American companies are held as exemplary, in a readable attempt to define good -- and spotlight bad -- management practice. The cited models inc...  Read more

The Coated-paper Copier

If your copy volume is less than 2,000 copies per month, or if you want to spend very little money, coated-paper copiers may be for you. There are about ...  Read more

What's The Problem?

It's one of the most important questions you'll ever ask yourself while running your business. "What's the problem?" Sounds like ...  Read more

Why Can't Salespeople Be More Creative?

The sales profession has been left behind. Countless books and articles have been written about fostering creativity amongst engineers, product developer...  Read more

The MVP of Super Bowl Product Placement

Officials at the Indianapolis company that makes the head set worn by Drew Brees' baby son had no idea they were on the verge of amazing product placement.  Read more

Down in the Dump

Profile of a start-up company that has created a foam to spread over landfill garbage.  Read more

A growing number of Fortune 500 companies are thinking about starting franchise operations as a way to expand and diversify quickly. Through a subsidiary,...  Read more

Doubting Thomas

Tom Peters discusses his experiences in the world of business and the nature of entrepreneurship.  Read more

How to Maintain Brand Consistency Across Product Lines

With a diversity of products, how do you keep your brand name pure? It's all about who your brand resonates with and why.  Read more

Pulling the Plug

A management expert explains that to make room for new projects, you must stop some old ones.  Read more

Leadership: Building Companies to Last

A study of companies that shows certain traits in visionary companies suggest basic rules for success.  Read more

Where Great Ideas for New Businesses Come From

How four companies came into being.  Read more

Copier Wars

Dozens of copier companies are battling for your business.Here's how to choose a machine you can live with.  Read more

Doing Business Behind Bars

With its carpeted cubicles and computer terminals, Stillwater Data Processing Systems Inc. looks like any other modern, high-technology office. At 5 p.m....  Read more

Top 9 Company Names

Though some experts would argue that a company name doesn't affect the success of a business, there is a thing or two that small businesses can learn from th...  View slideshow

How to Tap Employee Ideas

Encouraging your employees' creativity can not only create an engaging work environment, but create new business. Seven experts share their tips on getting e...  Read more

The Sacred and the Mundane

Icons of business prove that the more things change, the more the important stuff remains the same.  Read more

An Excellent Question

The author of In Search of Excellence answers the 10 questions most frequently asked about his book.  Read more

Collective Effort

Profile of an EOY winner. The competitive advantages of an employee-owned company.  Read more

Rising Sons

The success of American growth companies has inspired the first generation of japanese entrepeneurs in the past four decades.  Read more

HighJump Software Launches Warehouse Management System

HighJump Software, a 3M company (NYSE:MMM), has unveiled a new warehouse management system specifically designed to help small and midsize businesses mana...  Read more

Home Sweet Homebase

Most entrepreneurs start their companies in whatever town they happen to be living. But sometimes the city you're living in can feel all wrong. That was t...  Read more

High Noon in Aisle Five

If Rupert Murdoch's boys rode into your company's territory, what would you do: run for the hills or stay and fight? In the tradition of Gary Cooper's greate...  Read more

A Little Radical Thinking

In my company, this time of year we do our annual planning. While January is the beginning of the calendar year, it often seems natural to sit down at the...  Read more

What Makes a Company Great?

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers an overview and review of J. Collins and J. Porras's book 'Built to Last.'  Read more

Setting Up Entrepreneurial Units

For the existing business to be capable of innovation, it has to create a structure that allows people to be entrepreneurital. . . . This means, first, t...  Read more

Data Backup: Why They Started

Five reasons computer users give for backing up files religiously.  Read more

Casio Drops Projector Prices by $100

For those with a little cash on hand, this recession is proving to be a great time to scoop up bargains. (I should know; I spent the first day of Passover...  Read more

Paradise Lost

How had it come to this? Reell Precision Manufacturing was supposed to be a different kind of company. For years, it thrived, leading its industry, generatin...  Read more

HighJump Introduces Supply Chain Software

Supply Chain Advantage 10.0 features expanded internationalization.  Read more

Should You Encourage Employee Side Projects?

It's counterintuitive to encourage employees to pursue projects that don't further your mission statement or your bottom line, but here's why you should cons...  Read more

What Comes Next?

A best-selling business author tells why products, strategy, and charismatic leadership will become things of the past.  Read more

Tips for Motivating Techies

Motivating Technical Employees Consider the following rewards for your technical staff. Interesting and challengi...  Read more

High-Definition Video for Your Business

High-definition video for presentations, training, digital signage and interactive kiosks, can enhance your business image and sharpen your profit picture.  Read more

THE LITTLE TRADEMARK THAT DID: Many companies have successfully preserved their trademarks, despite the fact that their brand names have become virtually ...  Read more