Marketing Strategy in the Global Information Age
In turbulent markets that are affected by increasedpolitical and economic unrest in the global marketplace, continuing to follow the same paths for market... Read story
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Why Incubate when You Can Accelerate?
Over the past several years, new companies have been bubbling up out of American business schools, corporations, and garages at a dizzying clip. In fact, ... Read story
Women Reentering Workforce Look for Opportunity in Small Business
July 19, 2005 --Women taking time off from corporate America have a hard time getting rehired, and they're turning to private businesses f... Read story
Real Estate Developers Can Expect Relocation, Not Dislocation, from the Internet
Some real estate developers see the Internet revolution the same way an aristocrat during the French revolution might have viewed the guillotine. The reas... Read story
Preparing for Business Battles? Learn Some Lessons from the Marines
Wharton Leadership Ventures, a program of the school's Center for Leadership and Change ... Read story
How To Crack Big-Box Retail
Here's how to land your product on the shelves of big-box retailers. Read story
Recruiting;
If you're looking for bright, young managers, there's one source you probably haven't considered: the nation's elite business schools. It used to be that... Read story
Notebook
Statistics and survey results on entrepreneurship and start-ups. Read story
Negotiator, Know Thyself
In an excerpt from his new book, "Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People," Shell provides a seven-point checklist to help you... Read story
Rocky Road For Partners
As someone who works with members of family-owned businesses, I read with both optimism and disappointment Robert Mamis's article "Sparring Partners" (Mar... Read story
Pop Art
Next time you're with a bunch of frequent Internet users, try this survey. First, request a show of hands from those who like pop-ups -- t... Read story
A Lofty Take on Leadership: Mountain Climbing and Managing Companies
People climb mountains to conquer them. Sometimes, though, they find that the mountains end up exerting an influence over them of a kind they had never an... Read story
Glenda Johnson
Age: 27 Hometown: Miami Undergraduate Degree: Florida A & M University Business School: The Wharton School of Business, University o... Read story
Changing Channel Distribution Models in the Internet Age
While the recent meltdown of the dot-com sector has raised concerns about Internet business models in general, there is little doubt that "channel power" ... Read story
Inc. Ticker: Entrepreneurs in the News
The latest news on Seventh Generation, E Ink, and Grameen Bank Read story
The Motivational Power of Money
Aligning Pay and Results, edited by Howard Risher AMACOM, 336 pages, $35 Wharton professor Howard Risher understand... Read story
How The Survey Was Conducted
Early this year, we set out to survey members of the M.B.A. class of '87 with the goal of gaining some insight into who they are, what they believe, and w... Read story
Ways to Slam Spam
Bill Gates calls it a plague and his company is suing to stop it. Ferris Research says it collectively costs businesses $10 billion a year. Wharton legal ... Read story
Fork It Over;
ELIMINATING THE BUDGET deficit by 1991 could be a taxing job. Despite President Reagan's opposition, lawmakers may have to push through new taxes to... Read story
Courtroom Losers
Various legal experts explain why entrepreneurs make lousy witnesses and what to do if you have to take the stand. Read story
Character and Caring: Business Lessons from Three Military Officers
Military metaphors abound in the world of business. Companies rarely enter new markets; they usually "invade" them. When businesses ponder geographic expa... Read story
What They Do (and Don't) Teach You in Business School
An M.B.A. will help you run an established business, but it can't provide the real-world experience needed to run a start-up. A look at when an M.B.A. comes ... Read story
You Get What You Pay For
An organizer of seminars realizes that people value information more if they have to pay for it. Read story
Spring Training
It's never too late to get that Harvard degree. Read story
Hot Tip: Board Meetings
Get the maximum value from your board of directors. Read story
Index
A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the April 1999 issue. Read story
Experiential Entrepreneurship Education
Here are a few colleges that offer experience-based entrepreneurship programs. Read story
Why Real Estate Is Strong Even In A Weak Economy
When the U.S. economy went through a recession during the late 1980s and early 1990s, commercial real estate hit the pits. An explosion of construction du... Read story
How Entrepreneurship and Democracy Affect Internet Development
Rarely has a technology had a greater effect on the spread of the global marketplace than the emergence of the Internet. Many businesses have adapted thei... Read story
Why Online Exchanges Died
In many industries, B2B exchanges were simply not to be. Read story
Reentering Workforce Poses Problems For Women
Sept. 22, 2005 --While more women are turning to self-employment as consultants and Read story
Agenda Lifesavers, Big and Little
So you have a boardroom with important, high-net-worth people, who can only devote a limited amount of time to contributing to the success of your company... Read story
Metrobabble
A Wharton professor uses a complex formula to determine the quality of living in U.S. cities. Read story
Star Boards -- Nothing but Star Boards
Operating under the theory that celebrities are money magnets, America's largest companies have long stocked their boardrooms with a ration of star power.... Read story
Pay For Performance, And Nothing Else
If you are really serious about moving into the new economy and winning the talent wars, stop paying people and start buying their results. It? s a... Read story
To Pay or Not to Pay: Business Weighs the Cost of Terrorism Coverage
Confronted with high premiums and their own skepticism about whether such coverage is necessary, many managers are deciding against terrorism insurance. Read story
What Game Are You Playing?
If you think that business and sports have a lot in common, think again, and again. Are you playing baseball, or football, or basketball? The answer, says Ro... Read story
Measuring Returns on IT Investments: Some Tools and Techniques
Laptop computers could make a sales force more productive, but they also cost more than desktop PCs. Should a company buy laptops for its salespeople? Sof... Read story
Building a Better Web Site
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
Harvard Discovers Entrepreneurship
The nation's leading business schools have traditionally directed most of their resources and attention to training managers for Fortune 500-type companie... Read story
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