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Is the U.S. Losing Its Economic Edge?

Not a chance, thanks to innovative entrepreneurs and curious consumers. Amar Bhidé on why the techno-nationalists have it all wrong.

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Recent Articles about Columbia University

U.S. Tops Global Competitiveness

Annual ranking cites improved market efficiency and high-tech innovation.  Read more

Editor's Letter

Happiness/contentment/satisfaction comes partly from knowing that you're doing pretty much what you should be doing. In your case, that would be building ...  Read more

It's Good to be King

It's official: Bosses have more fun--and they're rich.  Read more

Why Social Influence Matters to Businesses

Eight industry insiders define what social influence means, how to measure it, and why it truly matters.  Read more

How to Build Value

Book gives readers an informed account of some of the more bizarre financial episodes in recent times.  Read more

Is Big Back? Or Is Small Still Beautiful?

The current boom in mergers and acquisitions in today's market seems to suggest that bigger is better. Not so. Here's why smaller companies have distinct adv...  Read more

Guest Speaker: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Stagflation Redux

Rising prices amid a sputtering economy? We've been here before. Here's how businesses should prepare.  Read more

The Myth of Advertising's Effectiveness

The argument made by the proponents of advertising is almost pathetically simple-minded: If you can measure the benefits of advertising on your business, ...  Read more

Whiz Kids: America's Next Business Tycoons

Age: 17 Hometown: New York Business Type: Web Design ...  View slideshow

Board Basics

Robert Lear belongs in the boardroom Hall of Fame. Recently retired from Columbia University, retired chair of Schaefer Corp., and chairman of the advisor...  Read more

Duncan Watts, From Yahoo Research and Author of Everything is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer.

Duncan Watts directs the Human Social Dynamics group at Yahoo Research and is formerly a professor of Sociology at Columbia University.  Watch video

Entrepreneurs Save the World, Box Water, and China Struggles

The Economist finally discovers the entrepreneurial society. Dr. Jeff Cornwall's blog points to Read more

Inc.com Daily | Entrepreneur News

Should Microsoft buy Netflix? Plus, Doxo's new mobile app, Google maps the sea floor, tips on staying sane at a start-up, and what else you need to know today.  Read more

Tough Being a Kid CEO

Each day, Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's...  Read more

Meet This Year's Top Young Entrepreneurs

They’re among the most intriguing young business owners in America—and they’ve barely gotten started.  Read more

CEO Passions: Collecting Rare Books

Edward Surovell, founder of Edward Surovell Realtors, spends his free time collecting rare and antiquarian books.  Read more

Employees View Leadership Through Lens of Work-Life Balance

June 8, 2005 --If your employees have trouble balancing work and life, odds are they have less confidence in you as a corporate leader, a ...  Read more

Supreme Court Case Could Make it Harder to File for Patents in the Future

A seemingly provincial dispute between a clinical testing firm and a group of university researchers is said to have implications on the definition of intell...  Read more

Jennifer Schnidman Medbery, Founder of Drop the Chalk

Jennifer Schnidman Medbery knew that teaching math at a New Orleans charter school would be tough, even though the school, Sci Academy, had attract...  Read more

From China, With Love

More American entrepreneurs are turning to investors far from home. Plus, a beer brewer's epiphany and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: VeeV

Brothers from Chicago mix up the nightlife scene with their Acai-infused drink, VeeV.  Read more

The Next Management Revolution

It's time to throw Sun Tzu out with the trash.  Read more

Getting to Prime

Interview with management consultant Ichak Adizes on growing a company to attain peak corporate performance.  Read more

Trading On The Computer

Relief from stock-market anxiety is always just a telephone call away -- provided you can get through to your broker. Unless he is underemployed, or unles...  Read more

Yes, No, Maybe So

The silent treatment: It's one of the oldest tactics in journalism; you can make it work for you, too.  Read more

I Wish Someone Had Told Me...

In the May issue of Inc. , the magazine honors the top 100 inner city businesses o...  Read more

Nobel Prize Winner to Study Entrepreneurship

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has awarded a research grant to Nobel Prize winner Edmund S. Phelps to fund a three-year study comparing entrepreneur...  Read more

Avoiding Trade Show Faux Pas

Six tips exhibitors should know.  Read more

How to Promote Your Consulting Business

There has been a notable increase in professional "consultants." Not surprisingly, consultants that spend no money on marketing and advertising tend to do b...  Read more

Vying for a Spot on the Inc. 5000

As applications for this year's Inc. 500|5000 arrive, we thought it would be worthwhile to shine a spotlight on some of the companies that are vying to appea...  View slideshow

The Superman Complex

CEO describes the post-Vietman trauma and its effect on his business.  Read more

A Portfolio of Young Business Owners

Meet six students who have already taken the entrepreneurial leap.  Read more

Driven by Design

Modo used to be just another struggling manufacturer in a crowded niche. Now it's virtually untouchable. Its secret: design.  Read more

Patent Fending

A look at some famous legal battles between inventors and the corporations that stole their patented ideas.  Read more

How to Use Augmented Reality in Advertising

Combining the digital and physical worlds, augmented reality offers brands a unique new opportunity to interact with consumers. Here's why it's worth a shot.  Read more

The Pioneer of the Specialty Coffee Business

An ivy-league graduate ditches the corporate life to open a string of coffee shops in New York City.  Read more

Makeover

Analysis of entrepreneurial couple's finances and advice from an investment adviser; how to find a financial planner.  Read more

The Silicon Valley of South America?

To spur innovation, Chile is offering American start-ups $40,000 in seed funding.  Read more

Case Study: How Timing Is Everything

These chocolatiers get a dream order they can't ignore—or can they?  Read more

Superman in Recovery

An interview with Max Carey, CEO of Corporate Resource Development. Carey discusses his book "The Superman Complex," in which he offers advice on achieving b...  Read more

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