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- Chicago May be Losing Cachet, but Buffett Still Likes It
- An October 2000 cover story in BusinessWeek magazine caused quite a stir. Chicago is a "great, livable city," the magazine declared, but it was losing its status as a global business center. That was five years before the takeover of the storied retailer Marshall Field by Macy's...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Time, Newsweek, businessweek, etc., Report Steep Losses
- The advertising slowdown that has been devastating the newspaper industry has begun to hit magazines as well. But the trends are mixed, with some titles still doing well, despite a down economy. Some of the leading news-weekly and business titles had very bad first quarters, according to...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Sears Securitizes Its Brand Names: businessweek
- Sears Securitizes Its Brand Names: BusinessWeekSears Brand BondsTo offer some perspective on the potential implications of this move I compare Eddie Lampert's recent "Sears Bond" issue with David Pullman's 1997 "Bowie Bonds." I hope this will lead to new ideas on how to monetize the brand portfolios of other big...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- How Nokia Wins the Mobile War
- News from the mobile phone market tends to hype innovation and sexy high-end products, like the one just released by that one company... what was it called? Ah, yes, the Apple iPhone. Behind the scenes, however, supply-chain management rules king. With 37 percent of the global market, Nokia is the...
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- When Web Promotions Hit Amiss
- In the world of Internet advertising, traffic rules king. More traffic means more advertising revenue, so big Web sites like ESPN.com often embark on elaborate online promotions to drive visitors to their site. But with still-imperfect Internet technologies and unpredictable users, it's easy for Web promotions to run into a...
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Microsoft's Search Strategy Goes Vertical
- How often do you query the Web through MSN or Windows Live? Right, and that's one of Microsoft's biggest problems. Hardly anyone uses its online search services, which means it's losing out big time on advertising opportunities. The Google brand of Internet search is so far ahead and has stood...
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Free Burritos Are Great Advertisements
- Online add spending increased by 34% last year as marketers continued to rely less on traditional media sources. But one successful company is not in a hurry to change its ad strategy. In fact, its ad strategy seems to be stuck in the 1950s. BusinessWeek has an article on...
- Blog posts 2007-03-16
- Smart Pricing
- With Web-based tools they trawl complex supply chains for the cheapest and timeliest deals on components. The systems also are designed to help them calculate their costs quickly, so that they can hammer out deals for customers -- without sacrificing profits in the process.
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Fine-Tune Your Price strategies
- Today, Companies are fine-tuning their price strategies--and it's paying off. But the biggest winners will be the companies that master the new techniques and keep their heads above the rising tide of commoditization.
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Talent Management: The New Business Imperative
- Savvy executives know that a talent shortage is coming, if it hasn't arrived already. Talent management, backed by strategic workforce planning, can help companies face this crisis. Read more in this report from BusinessWeek Research Services and SAP.
- White papers 2007-08-01
- New Era for HR Shared Services
- Centralizing benefits, payroll and other human resources functions not only saves money and improves customer service, it also frees HR professionals to provide more strategic support. Find out more in this report from BusinessWeek Research Services and SAP.
- White papers 2007-09-01
- Time is Money. But Is It a Good Business?
- Most of us don't think twice about the fact that our cell phones also tell us the time. But if you're in the business of making and selling wristwatches, it's all you think about. In 2005, watch sales fell nearly 5 percent, to $7.6 billion. The culprit? Blame the clock...
- Blog posts 2007-03-21
- How to Drive Your Workers Crazy
- In case you missed it, BusinessWeek's story on the "10 Worst Corporate Practices" is a good quick read that captures most of the biggest gripes coming out of the workplace. Some of the highlights include, when companies steal the frequent flier miles of its employees who travel on business, "love...
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- The Great Workplace Wiki Divide?
- A recent BusinessWeek article drew a line between employees who use Wikis and other Web-based tools (young) and those who don't (old), and asked if senior managers were ready for the influx of 80 million Net Generation workers. Their position:Wikis, blogs, and other tools will arrive in the workplace whether...
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Most Valuable Mexican Brands Ranked By Interbrand
- The most valuable brands might not be the most sophisticated products or services, but they definitely follow the recipe for success: making efforts to add value to their brands and working on building a long term relationship with their clients. Bimbo (food) and Telmex (telecommunications) lead the list in a...
- White papers 2003-10-27
- Fastest Growing Global Brand
- You could always Google it, but I'll make it easy for you: The world's fastest growing brand is Google. For one, it can't hurt to be listed in the Oxford English Dictionary as an official verb; the brand also benefits from a cadre of new web applications and acquisitions that...
- Blog posts 2007-08-27
- Zuckerberg Interview Shows It's a Wild, Wired World
- Zuckerberg Interview Shows It's a Wild, Wired Worldpart of the public consciousness"part of the public consciousness?" Are you kidding us? The average Joe has no idea who Zuckerberg is, could care less who Lacy is, has never picked up a copy of BusinessWeek in their life, and will never, ever...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Learn About Web 2.0 Through Sarah Lacy
- Sarah Lacy of BusinessWeek.com caused quite a stir a few weeks ago when she conducted an on-stage interview of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW and asked a lot of off-the-wall questions that the tech-heavy audience thought was disrespectful and irrelevant. They were posting their thoughts from the auditorium on...
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- BNET a 'Best Business Website' Finalist for 2008 Eppy Awards
- Some good cheer to pass along here in Intercom: Editor & Publisher announced its 2008 Eppy Awards finalists last week, and BNET is duly honored to have been named one of three finalists for Best Business Website in the largest category -- 1 million or more unique monthly visitors. The...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Which City Claims the Most Retirement-age Workers?
- Seven years ago, only 20 percent of workers aged 65-74 were still employed full-time. Now, as health care costs rise and more older workers opt to continue because of a higher life expectancy, nearly one in four 65 to 74-year-olds are in the labor force. Among the 20 largest urban...
- Blog posts 2007-09-26
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