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Adam Smith


Six Tips to Design a Cool Office

Six inventive architects share their secrets on how to create an innovative, efficient—and swanky—workplace.

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Cool, Determined & Under 30

They are collaborative, creative, and -- above all -- confident. And all of them were born after October 31, 1978.

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Recent Articles about Adam Smith

Guest Speaker: Worshiping at Work

Bringing religion into your company can be a test of faith--but not in the way you might expect.  Read more

How Much Should Government Be Cut?

Even 200 years ago, free-market advocate Adam Smith believed government had a role to play in the economy.  Read more

Fear Of Capitalism

Entrepreneurism is the most creative -- and revolutionary -- activity in the American economy. Most politicians would just as soon do without it.  Read more

Will The Empire Strike Back?

When Margaret Thatcher came to power, she promised to imbue Great Britain with a new spirit of independence.  Read more

The Business Owner's Bookshelf

30 books you should read and put to use  Read more

Read This Article, Save $20

Want some advice on stocks? Turn on the TV.  Read more

Jolly Goods

Our catalog of perfect holiday gifts features products from some of America's fascinating, privately held companies.  Read more

More With Less, Resolutions and the New Thrift

Investors can't cash out. Venture investors found relatively few opportunities to recoup their investments in start-ups this year, Read more

Why You Should Love Failure

I spent part of last week at a conference called MultiMania in Kortrijk, Belgium, speaking a...  Read more

The Enigma of Entrepreneurial Wealth

Essay on entrepreneurial wealth; adapted from Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise.  Read more

Interviewing Geoffrey Moore: Great Business Books

This article is Part 1 of an 8 part series . Geoffrey Moore ...  Read more

The Hard Questions About Outsourcing

Should you do it yourself, or should you pay someone else to do it for you? That is the fundamental question of outsourcing. The question assumes that yo...  Read more

Good News for Growth Companies

While most business pundits are delighted by the fact that the economy bested expectations and grew at 3.9 percent in the third quarter, I think that ther...  Read more

Search: December 2002

Any book calling itself Business: The Ultimate Resource has a lot to live up to.  Read more

Business Ethics

Caveat emptor . This ancient Latin proverb, let the buyer beware , tells us that business ethics has been a societal concern going back a ...  Read more

The Case for More (Not Less) Regulation

Plastics manufacturer Fred Keller has built a thriving, profitable, and highly celebrated business by embracing—rather than resisting—regulation.  Read more

When Peter Drucker Speaks

In a review of Drucker's new book, "The World According to Peter Drucker," Speaker of the House Gingrich explains why Drucker is the most influential writer ...  Read more

Book Value

A business writer offers a reading list for entrepreneurs that includes many titles not related to business.  Read more

Campus Inc.

An introduction to the Inc. cover story on the hottest entrepreneurial programs offered by universities. Includes brief descriptions of more unique ...  Read more

Globalization

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Public Policy: What Does Business Really Want from Government?

This article explains how government must reinvent economic and regulatory policies to match today's marketplace.  Read more

Protectionist Paranoia

Reagan and the Democrats either don't understand free trade or have started believing their own pap.  Read more

The Connected Car

The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses.  Read more

All In The Household

Japanese companies are committed to maintaining the strengths that characterize the best of family businesses everywhere.  Read more

The Cheapest CEO in America

After a cross-country search, we found the cheapest CEO in America. Here's what he has to say about frugality.  Read more

Doubting Thomas

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