Has the recession put your organization in a choke hold? Here’s how to survive — even thrive — in the face of budget cuts, layoffs, and sub-zero morale.Beyond the balance sheet, there’s another way to tell that recession has set in — and it might be even more disconcerting than...
Starting a new venture within an established company can satisfy the entrepreneurial itch — without the risks of going solo. Learn how “intrapreneurship” can give your career, and your company, a boost. Ever dream of leaving your middle-management job and striking out on your own? For a lot of people,...
Considering your next big career move? In exclusive excerpts from his new book – “Who’s Your City?” – Richard Florida explains why that decision should be all about location, location, location.Three crucial economic ingredients – talent, innovation, and creativity – are not distributed evenly across today’s global...
Badly configured offices aren’t just killjoys — they kill profits, too. Here’s how smart companies use space to their advantage.Researchers have said for years that the physical workspace of a business factors directly into productivity, job satisfaction, and, yes — profitability. Yet relatively few companies practice what everyone...
Operations research isn’t just geek science at P&G. It’s how the $76 billion giant makes every crucial decision, from marketing to inventory management. For decades, Procter & Gamble mostly trusted its executives and brand managers’ gut instincts to make critical decisions — when to launch a new product, say, or...
Bringing the right minds together for a crucial task can often be as daunting as the job itself. Here’s how to draft and manage your team towards success.Have a new product to get to prototype in six months? Need to crash through a systems rebuild? Whether it’s R&D, accounting, or...
Need to impress a wine-snob boss or client? Check out our survival guide for the resourceful wine amateur.Do you hide when the waiter approaches with the 20-page, leather-bound wine menu? Have trouble telling a viognier from a chardonnay, a sangiovese from a syrah? Enjoying a bottle of wine with friends...
Got a big merger on the table? Here’s the strategy and savvy you’ll need to close the deal.On paper, it all seems so perfect: You’ve targeted the ideal company to acquire, the PowerPoint slides are screaming “upside,” you’ve done your financial and legal research, and you’ve given the other company...
Forget the public view of CEOs. In BNET’s exclusive new survey, top managers and execs tell us what the top boss is doing right and wrong.You know the public rap on CEOs: If they’re not grossly overpaid, they’re incompetent or unethical or some combination of all three. But what’s the...
Less and less, say increasingly vocal critics. Here’s what aspiring students and hiring managers need to know about where and why the MBA is falling short.For recruiters and executives, MBAs have long been considered the holy grail of the candidate pool. And for employees, the degree is that traditional ticket...
Shopping for an acquisition? Before you reach for your checkbook, study our tips on how to plan for and evaluate an M&A deal.A merger may seem like the quick and easy way to grow your company. But the process is complex and fraught with risk: More than 50 percent of...
While Microsoft, Google, and Oracle are lobbying Congress to increase the number of H-1B temporary worker visas so they can meet what they describe as a shortage of skilled technology workers, many skilled technology workers who are already in the U.S. are reporting having trouble finding jobs. InformationWeek recently explored...
After a decade of acquisitions of and mergers with European luxury brands (see DaimlerChrysler, Ford and Volvo, GM and Saab), American automakers are refocusing their energies on their core brands and the domestic market. In the latest news, Ford has decided to entertain offers for its...
Women have learned to think and speak in a more linear way in order to compete effectively in the business world, Andrea Learned writes in a recent Huffington Post blog entry, but maybe it's time for men to start adopting some "female" traits, such as multitasking, listening skills, emotional emphathy,...
Compulsively checking and responding to email can not only be disruptive to your social and professional life, it can also add stress. The Wall Street Journal recently cited an MIT study that found that people who check their email on a mobile device had increased feelings of control, but those...
Although you need to consider the source of budget-travel guru Arthur Frommer's blog post, boldly titled An increase in the amount of vacation time is unfinished business of our democracy," he does raise some interesting arguments from a quality-of-life perspective. But what about the business perspective? The...
A recent study of 1,200 customers revealed some interesting insights into how customers view their relationships with major retailers. Some of the results were fairly obvious: 90 percent of customers surveyed place a high priority on customer service 89 percent value retailers that are easy to...
In your darker moments as a manager, you might feel like your employees are like children. "The ParentPreneur Edge: What Parenting Teaches About Building a Successful Business" takes the "businessperson as parent" conceit a step further. Author Julie Lenzer Kirk identifies five qualities that can help you...
Last Friday, eBay launched the U.S. version of their Kijiji.com online classified site, which will directly compete with Craigslist.org. On the surface, that's not such a surprise. Online classifieds seems a natural extension of eBay's core online auction business and e-commerce brand. Some have already heaped praise on Kijiji's interface,...
The New York Times moved into a brand-new office building this week, and already rival news sources are jumping at the opportunity to point out the weaknesses, including mice and poor office design. Putting aside the thought that this is sour-grapes reporting from journalists who might be...
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