Boutique Automakers Find Success Where Big Three Struggle
Despite industry woes, American car and motorcycle entrepreneurs have prospered by pursuing the high-end -- and high-speed -- specialty market. Read story
General Motors Corporation
How Would You Fix GM and Chrysler?
Chrysler and GM, two companies that once changed the face of the automotive industry in America, are bankrupt. How can the automakers get back on track? Five... Read story
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) makes equipment or components that are then marketed by its client, another manufacturer or a reseller, usually u... Read story
Strategy
Related Terms: Business Planning "Strategy... Read story
John De Lorean And The Icarus Factor
Endowed with a reputation for genius by an adoring press and public, John De Lorean came close to pulling off an entrepreneurial miracle. But this ego, like ... Read story
Putting The Customer In The Driver's Seat
Rob Mancuso's approach to running his dealership is so successful that he has begun to package parts of it for sale. Even competitors are lining up to buy. Read story
Economist;
His "share economy" may be the best new idea since Keynes: substituting profit sharing for fixed wages as a cure for unemployment. Read story
Tow-away Zone
Chrysler, Ford, and GM have seen the future, and it is not parked in the garage. As the Big Three diversify, small companies have plenty to fear. Read story
Speaking Terms;
USER-FRIENDLY THOUGH THEY might be, many computers aren't speaking to one another. Their incompartibility has been wreaking havoc in many offices, but th... Read story
Sometimes Opposites Attract
Two decades ago, two major auto companies -- Chrysler Corp. and General Motors Corp. -- had already diversified into permanent magnet production ("Towaway... Read story
Pricing For Profit
Whenever you're tempted to cut prices, it's probably time to start raising them Read story
Caddy Shack
Companies from far and wide are lining up at Sewell Village Cadillac to learn a thing or two about bringing customers back for more Read story
Fame
Profiles of celebrity CEOs and the repercussions of recognition and publicity. Read story
How to Get Rich in America
Climb the ladder or start your own company: which is the surest path to financial security for you and your family? Read story
Health-Care, Job Cuts at GM Bad News for Suppliers
Oct. 19, 2005 --A deal struck Monday by General Motors and the United Auto Workers to slash health-care costs after the U.S. automaker pos... Read story
U.S. Automakers Still Struggle with Small Suppliers
Facing mounting pressure over offshoring, just 5% of suppliers cited General Motors as preferred partner. Read story
How Would You Fix General Motors?
One suggestion: a 100 percent money-back guarantee on all new cars. Read story
The Connected Car
The introduction of the Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles will require a vast ecosystem of entrepreneurial businesses. Read story
Capitol Ideas
Entrepreneurs take note: When it comes to economic development, the serious business isn't getting done in Washington, D.C., these days. Read story
Horse? What Horse?
Don't blame the government. The auto industry has brought the problems it faces on itself by making products that lack quality and cater to auto executiv... Read story
Would You Buy a Car From These Guys?
A survey finds most Americans would steer clear of bankrupt automakers. Read story
The Change Masters, By Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Simon
The major difference between the old corporate ethic and the new, says this Yale professor and management consultant, is that the former expected workers ... Read story
Does Detroit Deserve a Bailout?
A Big Three collapse could cripple many small businesses with ties to the automotive industry. We asked several Inc. 500|5000 CEOs for their opinions about a... Read story
Makes You Wanna Holler
A quote from Steve Mariotti on the obstacles to inner-city entrepreneurship. Read story
Company Profile: Crash Course
A close-up look at how an entrepreneur took over a company developing automobile collision-avoidance technology. Read story
Getting It Together
In "Unlimited Partners," Joel Kotkin identifies an important facet of the strategy for companies that compete in increasingly volatile and sophisticated m... Read story
Sunstroke
Winning the Pentax World Solar Challenge proved a bit of a problem for our boys from John Paul Mitchell Systems Inc. (see "Are We Having Fun Yet?" October... Read story
There's A Robot In Your Future
Increasingly, robots are turning up in smaller companies -- and so far there are few complaints. Read story
Are Business Schools Teaching Business?
More students want to be entrepreneurs, but their professors are turning them into bureaucrats. Read story
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With all five indexes trending down, plus two of three groups of new issues, this month's Investing in Growth Companies paints one of the saddest pictures... Read story
Deals On Wheels
Bose Corp., a $100-million manufacturer of audio equipment, keeps the benefits rolling. The company earns gratitude from employees by getting them attrac... Read story
Broken Promises
The bitter truth about partnerships between large automotive corporations and their suppliers. Read story
A Look at the Losers
The standouts on this year's list are the cities that know how to attract entrepreneurs. Read story
Managing from A to Z
Looking for a metaphor for business? As our A-to-Z compendium of similes and analogies will show, any metaphor you can think of has probably been used before. Read story
Fourth Wave;
SOME OF THE HEAT IS GOING out of parts of the Sunbelt, as boomtowns like Houston become less attractive to companies that are on the move or expanding. Re... Read story
Magic Johnson to Speak at Black Entrepreneur Expo
April 27, 2007 -- Basketball legend-turned-entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson will be a keynote speaker at this year's Black Enterprise ... Read story
Entrepreneur of the Year
A close-up look at the 1995 Entrepreneur of the Year, and how he built the company that won him the title. Read story
How Interest Rates Compare
Here are some representative interest rates as reported in March. The relationships among them change daily, so check current yields before committing mo... Read story
Driving A Hard Bargain
DOING BUSINESS WITH BIG BUSINESS ISN'T AS SIMPLE AS IT USED TO BE. BUT THE PAYOFFS ARE STILL ENORMOUS. Read story
Deja Vu
The Auto Industry, Too, Shifted from Entrepreneurs to Smart Teams. Read story
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