Twenty years ago, with George Bush Sr. in command of the country, the US was gripped with almost a national hysteria about Japan. The hottest read in business and government circles was Trading Places: How We Are Giving Our Future to Japan and How to Reclaim It,...
For starters, the Microsoft-Yahoo marriage can't work because the resulting mash-up name would be all wrong: MicroHoo. I'm sorry, but that just won't pass regulatory muster. Scott D. Anthony has a far more substantiative argument against the deal, however. Combining two also-rans won't create a viable competitor...
As the labor shortage continues to grow in the coming decades, the very nature of work may change with it. The model of the future? Think Hollywood. That's the insight offered by Harvard Business blogger Tammy J. Erickson in her piece, Cycling: The Hollywood Approach to Talent...
Great companies were once known by the inventions developed in their R&D centersĀ such as AT&T Bell Labs, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and Xerox PARC. But in today's world, where innovators, designers, and powerful production partners are scattered across the globe, it's less important...