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- Poll: Enron CEO's "Honest Services" Defense
- Today's poll deals with whether the concept of "honest services" can cover dishonorable acts. Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former Enron chief executive who is serving a 24-year prison sentence after he was convicted on 19 counts of fraud, conspiracy, insider trading, and lying to auditors,...
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
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- Poll: Enron CEO's "Honest Services" Defense
- Poll: Enron CEO's "Honest Services" DefenseJeff Skilling DefenseJeff Skilling has admitted to "big risks"; who was at the highest point of risk? Convictions center on defending the defenseless, or those who are at supreme risk. Skilling has admitted to lying to auditors. The primary job of financial or any auditor...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-03
- What Were They Thinking? by Jeffrey Pfeffer |Book Brief
- The book “What Were They Thinking?” argues that most managers fail because they diligently follow common management practices that are sometimes flawed to the core. Author Jeffrey Pfeffer challenges managers to throw out conventional wisdom and to think harder and more strategically about what’s right for their companies.
- Videos 2007-12-06
- Useful Commute: Why Conventional Management Wisdom Is Flawed
- Many managers try to apply common wisdom to everyday challenges. Organizational management expert Jeffrey Pfeffer explains why this can lead to poor business choices. For more on Pfeffer's unconventional approach to management, see our BNET Book Brief video on his book "What Were They Thinking?" by BNET...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Bringing Good Things To GE: Now It's Jeff Immelt's Turn
- At General Electric Co., managers are groomed for meticulous corporate planning. But in his first months as chief executive of the world’s most valuable company, Jeffrey R. Immelt has had more than his share of surprises. Just four days later came the terrorist attack, which wreaked havoc on many of...
- White papers 2002-03-13
- Automatically Minimize Desktop Distractions
- In Slate a few days ago, Jeffrey MacIntyre wrote about a few small applications he likes to call ZenWare for their supposed ability to cull distractions from your desktop. He tested a few of them out, and came away particularly impressed with Spirited Away for Macs—the PC version is Swept...
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- The Values & Practices of the New Paradigm in Management: Peer-Based Organizations
- Strategy and Organizational Development consultant Jeffrey Nielsen shares ideas from his recently published book "The Myth of Leadership: Creating Leaderless Organizations". Sections include: Peer vs. Rank Thinking, Peer-Based Organizational Values, Peer-Based Organizational Practices and other ideas that challenge assumptions about conventional leadership practices.
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Get a Free Palm Centro Smartphone
- Get a Free Palm Centro SmartphoneThis article is very interesting for Chinese mobile subcriberThis article is very interesting for Chinese mobile subcriberAt China,it is very expensive Jeffrey Lam CISA ...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-09
- Jeffrey And Jim Talk About Specialized Ways For A Small Business To Market Their Business
- It is not a cakewalk to market quality products. Marketing requires great amount of innovation clubbed with creativity. Researches indicate that small business organizations find it difficult to drive customers away from well-established brands. Experts suggest that there are various specialized methods that can help small business organizations to market...
- Webcasts 2004-08-17
- Vonage Losing Customers: Who and What's to Blame?
- Although Internet phone service provider Vonage added 57,000 customers this quarter, Comcast, which bundles VoIP with other broadband services, added more than ten times more subscribers -- taking over as the industry leader. While Vonage founder and CEO Jeffrey Citron attributes the stalling customer growth to decreased advertising...
- Blog posts 2007-08-15
- Combatting the Fear of Public Speaking
- There's a reason that my fellow BNET bloggers Andrew Hines, Jeffrey James, and Rick Broida have discussed ways to improve your presentation skills. Unless you've given your talk several times before, it can be a terrifying to stand up and shuffle through PowerPoint slides in front of a bunch of...
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Investment Advice: Go For The MBA
- Business school deans have been rushing to the defense of their graduate degree programs ever since Jeffrey Pfeffer and Christina Fong published their 2002 article questioning the value of an MBA. Not only did those authors debate the worth of the MBA in general, they suggested that the degree was...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Bayou Co-founder Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
- By Leslie Gevirtz and Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sentenced the "mastermind" behind the collapsed hedge fund Bayou Group to 20 years in prison on Monday, a sentence that reflects the big losses suffered by investors in the $400...
- News items 2008-04-14
- UAL, USAir in "very Advanced" Merger Talks: Sources
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp (UAUA) and US Airways Group Inc (LCC) are in "very advanced" merger talks, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. A deal, one of the sources said, could be finalized...
- News items 2008-04-28
- Bayou Co-founder Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge sentenced the co-founder of the defunct hedge fund Bayou Group to 20 years in prison on Monday for his role in a scheme that cheated investors out of more than $400 million. Samuel Israel III, 48, pleaded...
- News items 2008-04-14
- GE's Immelt Says Capital Markets Have Improved
- ERIE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - General Electric Co (GE) CEO Jeffrey Immelt said on Wednesday U.S. capital markets have improved since the end of the first quarter but the overall U.S. economic picture is unchanged. "The capital markets are a little better" than they...
- News items 2008-04-23
- How to Build and Manage Great Teams
- How to Build and Manage Great TeamsThis article is very useful for Chinese Project ManagersThis article is very useful for Chinese Project Managers.Building a great teams issue is always my focus consideration. 29th Olympic Game is a very great teams, it is a great challage for all Chinese. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Mastering the Art of Effective Decision Making
- Mastering the Art of Effective Decision MakingManaging workers who make decisionsIn our world, we not only have to effectivelly make decisions, but also to manage knowledge workers, them having to take decisions. see some aspects on the issue in http://managing-knowledge.blogspot.com/2008/01/decision-making.htmlRE: Mastering the Art of Effective Decision MakingThis is very useful...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-13
- Preliminary Phase II Results With VELCADE (Bortezomib) for Injection Demonstrated Activity in Patients With Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma
- In this article Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discusses the encouraging preliminary phase II study results from an investigator-initiated study (IIS) examining the use of VELCADE for the treatment of patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma. The ongoing study being conducted by Dr. Jagannath, M.D., Brian Durie, M.D., of Salick Health Care,...
- White papers
- iCrossing raises USD15m and hires Disney exec
- US digital marketing firm iCrossing has raised USD15m in a Series F funding round from undisclosed investors, says peHUB. The Arizona-based company says USD1.4m of the money will fund an acquisition. This is likely to be its purchase of German rival 3GNet - now iCrossing Germany - last month,...
- News items 2008-05-09
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