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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

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

Innovation: The Outer Limits

The hottest, most mind-boggling high-tech products are coming not only from corporate behemoths but also from start-ups you've never heard of.  Read more

Take A Risk: It's Safer

Buying stocks of small, high-flying companies may seem chancy, but the payoffs should make even conservative investors take notice.  Read more

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

Did three of the most prestigious names in business -- DuPont, IBM, and GM -- grow in their early years at a rate that would have qualified them for any o...  Read more

License to Thrive

The right partnership can drive sales -- while reducing your workload.  Read more

I feel sorry for Mary Cunningham. In September 1980, she had to suffer through the controversy surrounding her rapid rise to power at Bendix Corp. Two yea...  Read more

No-Excuses Ambition

Reviews of five new business books -- two on turning ambition into success; two on the complexities of an employee's connection to work; and one on how to st...  Read more

Coast To Coast

This year's survey tells the tale of two economies. The one that's flourishing has top universities, a strong technology base -- and an ocean view  Read more

The Innovation Factor: A Field Guide to Innovation

From motivation to marketing, the best practices of the Innovation 50.  Read more

Finding Your Soul at Work

Work life The Soul at Work by Roger Lewin and Birute Regine (Simon & Schuster, 2000) The Wor...  Read more

The Weekly Cash-Flow Planner

How to alleviate cash flow problems by forcasting cash flow on a weekly basis.  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

White House Throws Pensions A Curve

Steel, auto and airline companies were about to feel good about retiree drug benefits. Now this.  Read more

Spy vs. Spy

Corporate espionage is a fact of life. Here's how to protect yourself.  Read more

Book Value

Reviews of five business books -- three on what businesses can do to help the environment, one on what the decline of bowling leagues means for your business...  Read more

The Gene Screen

The growing controversy over chemical hazards in the workplace has sent many companies hunting for cost-effective ways to reduce the risk to workers. One ...  Read more

Skimmers Guide to the Latest Business Books

The book: The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth With Innovation. Crown Business; April 2008. <...  Read more

Those Weren't the Days?

Clinton economist Joseph E. Stiglitz ponders his legacy.  Read more

Emotional Branding

How much of your life story should you use to market your company?  Read more

Radio Advertising: Inside Scoop from a Pro

Share. Cume. Average quarter hour. Just a smattering of the terms you'll need to learn when you buy radio advertising. Media buying can be a cumbersome an...  Read more

Going Up?

And you think your industry is risky.  Read more

Deja Vu

The Auto Industry, Too, Shifted from Entrepreneurs to Smart Teams.  Read more

60-Second Business Plan: Circular Logic

You've got to be either crazy or brave to think you could make a buck in Internet advertising these days. But that's just what John Strisower has in mind.  Read more

Consumer Finance

Using loyal customers as a source of funding for product development.  Read more

I Want My Company Back

The best way to win back his PR firm, Greg Matusky believed, was to steel himself to the possibility that he just might lose it.  Read more

An Excellent Question

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

With A Little Help From His Friends

A long-shot start-up company gets help from a number of helpful, interested businesspeople.  Read more

Larry's Kids

NetSuite, Oracle, and SalesForce.com- all spawned by Larry Ellison- are entering a high-stakes battle to sell you software that gives you unprecedented contr...  Read more

Larry's Kids

NetSuite, Oracle, and SalesForce.com- all spawned by Larry Ellison- are entering a high-stakes battle to sell you software that gives you unprecedented contr...  Read more

The 10 Secrets of a Master Networker

Keith Ferrazzi needs two PalmPilots to keep track of all his contacts, people like Bill Clinton and Michael Milken.  Read more

The Ceo Who Came In From The Cold

U.S. exporter Ralph Gregorian was kicked out of the Soviet Union on spy charges he says are outrageous. So he did what any red-blooded entrepreneur would do:...  Read more

Great Expectations

With one tool that makes job expectations crystal clear, MTW Corp. has figured out a way to turn the softer side of managing people into something concrete e...  Read more

All The Right Moves

Getting taxpayers to foot the bill for your new IT system.  Read more

When to Walk Away

Sometimes our interactions with others are less-than-comfortable experiences. Here's how to keep your cool--and keep the business--with someone who rubs you ...  Read more