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Can Losing Weight Make You More Productive?: Losing weight is a goal on many office workers' minds, but could trimming down actually make you more productive? That's a surprising finding from a recent experiment that increased workers' activity levels to help them fight their sedentary spread. by CC Holland; Tags: Study, Operational Accounting, Finance, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-08-06
Manage Client Invoices and Accept Payments with CurdBee: CurdBee is a free online service that lets you create and manage invoices and accept payments via online or offline methods. You can customize your invoices to include your company logo and color scheme, bill clients in your choice of currency (Euros, Shekels, etc.), and get paid...; Tags: Payment, Invoice, Google Checkout, CurdBee, Operational Accounting, Finance, Rick Broida; Blog posts 2008-08-05
Top 5 Recession-Proof Jobs: The Find: The economic news may be moving from bad to dreadful, but at least some folks don't have to worry; one recruitment company has identified the top five recession-proof jobs. The Source: A study from Washington, DC based recruitment company, Jobfox. The Takeaway:...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, Financial Services, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Job, Operational Accounting, Sector; Blog posts 2008-07-16
3 Question Quiz: Is Your Company Ready to Innovate?: Although every company needs to create new growth products and services to prosper, not all firms are on sound enough footing to boldly go where no company has gone before. Judge the situation at your own company by answering these three questions, advises innovation expert Scott Anthony...; Tags: Question, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Manage Your Money with Free GnuCash Accounting Software (Windows/Mac/Linux): If you run a small business and need a basic accounting package to go with it, here's an open-source (read: free) solution: GnuCash, a money-management application that includes small-business accounting features. GnuCash provides a checkbook-style register, integrated graphing and reporting, support for multiple currencies, and Quicken QIF...; Tags: GnuCash Accounting Software, Financial Services, Quicken, Operational Accounting, Small Business, Accounting, Rick Broida, Finance; Blog posts 2008-06-04

IBM: Big Fat Global Plans: IBM has been around for nearly a century but they're nimble, moving with the times. CEO Palmisano has new plans to create a beautiful, globalized, multinational world and since two-thirds of their revenue now comes from outside the US, he just might do it.; Tags: nasdaq, invest, stock stock exchange, julie alexandria, wallstrip, analysts, howard lindzon, international business machines, Plan, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Productivity, computers, software, networking, communications, britney, nyse, investing, stocks, mutual funds, global; Videos 2008-06-02
Raise Your Prices: "Management must raise prices, raise them a lot, and raise them frequently." Business writer George Stalk writes this eye-catching sentence in a recent blog on Harvard Business. He believes the 12-month run-up we've seen in commodity prices (ethanol +47 percent, wheat +40 percent) will continue to rise in the...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Management, Finance, Strategy, Operational Accounting, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Price; Blog posts 2008-05-20
SEC's Christopher Cox Wants to Globalize Regulation: Executives are getting washed over with media coverage about the new financial regulatory blueprint spearheaded by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Cries may be loud about the need for new oversight but one Paulson message stands clear: U.S. business must remain competitive in an increasingly global economy. Executives...; Tags: Peter Galuszka, Management, Retirement Plans, Benefits, Human Resources, Finance, Government, Investment, Financial Accounting, Globalization, Mutual Funds, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Regulations, Cox, U.S., Strategy, SEC; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Pay Your Taxes via Text Message: Not looking forward to the Ides of April? A new startup called Sexat ("Taxes" backwards, get it?) has worked out a deal to let you SMS your 1099s and W2s directly to the IRS—no H&R Block schmoe needed. All you have to do is follow the simple guidelines on the...; Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Sexat, Social Security, Taxes, Smart Phones, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Keyboards, Cellular Phones, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, David Goldenberg; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Create and Manage Invoices with Zoho Invoice: Hot on the heels of human-resources manager Zoho People comes Zoho Invoice, an invoice-management application that lives on the Web. You can see it in action via the Zoho Show slideshow up above. (How's that for using one of your products to market one of your other products?) ...; Tags: Finance, Operational Accounting, Rick Broida, Invoice; Blog posts 2008-03-28
The Middle Market: An Unglamorous Opportunity: The middle market is that great area where customers on the low end of the income scale aspire to shop, and where high-end spenders fear to fall. Think Sears, T.J. Maxx, and Applebee's as prototype mid-market players. Harvard Business School marketing professor John Quelch thinks the middle...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Marketing, Finance, Management, Sales, Marketing Research, Team Management, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp., Market, Segment; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Learning From Business History: A quick note today on the arrival of The Oxford Handbook of Business History, an intriguing and opinionated survey of business management theory and research weighted mostly to the post-1950 era. The collection of essays around major business themes (approaches and debates; forms of business organization; functions...; Tags: Globalization, Sean Silverthorne, Management, Finance, Strategy, Business History, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Theory, Accounting; Blog posts 2008-03-19
Southwest Could Get Undercut in Chicago: TwoÂ ultra-low fare carriers couldÂ undercut Southwest'sÂ dominance in the Chicago area as cheaperÂ Gary, Indiana threatens both O'Hare and Midway. There has long been talk of a third airport in Chicago, one of the world's busiest flight hubs. For years, Chicago's mayor has tried to build a massive new complex...; Tags: Chicago, Gary, Operational Accounting, Finance, Brett Snyder; Blog posts 2008-03-14
Don't make this rookie MBA student mistake: Tonight, we had our first quiz in Financial Accounting. Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? I'm pretty sure I bombed it -- embarrassingly so. I could blame it on the fact that I've never had accounting (never mind the fact that many people who know...; Tags: Accounting, MBA, Class, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Jenna Miller; Blog posts 2008-03-05
What History Tells Us About America's Future: Harvard's Niall Ferguson is a well known and controversial historian who often looks into the financial past to plot parallels with contemporary times. Lately Ferguson has warned of a coming decline in the West and particularly in the US -- see his 2006 book The War of the World:...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Finance, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Harvard, Empire, America; Blog posts 2008-02-07
One Way to Be Paid for a Job Interview: It's simple. A new star-up known as NotchUp will offer prospective hirees a minimum cash payment of $500 from the employer seeking to hire you. All you have to do is submit your resume and wait for the interview dollars to roll in -- apparently with the best of intentions...; Tags: Jonathan Haeber, Workforce Management, Finance, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Operational Accounting, NotchUp, Recruiting, Payment, Job; Blog posts 2008-01-29
From Baseball to Accounting: Why We Encourage Unethical Behavior: It may not be right, but we often overlook unethical behavior in others. In a recent working paper, Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman and colleagues explain the psychological reasons why this is so, and what companies can do about it. The paper, See No Evil: When...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Management, Finance, Business Operations, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Leadership, Real Estate, Accounting, Behavior; Blog posts 2008-01-28
SEC Chairman Cox Makes Another Smooth Move: CEOs of small and medium-sized companies should stand up and cheer Christopher Cox, chairman of the SEC. Cox wants to delay, for another year, the deadline for companies with market capitalizations of less than $75 million to comply with Section 404 of Sarbox, which was enacted...; Tags: SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley, Entrepreneurship, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Regulations, Government, Finance, Management, William J. Holstein; Blog posts 2007-12-14
The Coke Board Gets It: A Lesson in CEO Succession: Bravo to the board of Coca-Cola and Chairman and CEO Neville Isdell: This is how to handle CEO succession. Isdell, who is 64, announced he would step down as CEO and turn over the reins to Muhtar Kent, 55, who had been serving as president and chief...; Tags: Human Resources, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Governance, Coke Board, CEO, Succession, Workforce Management, Finance, William J. Holstein; Blog posts 2007-12-10
Updating Your Web Site As Your Business Grows: Updating and upgrading a Web Site can take considerable time and resources. Your Web Site will have to grow organically as you introduce new products and services. You can also upgrade it to add new features that make it easier for your customers and visitors to use your site and...; Tags: Web, Payment, Goal, Customer, Information, Web Site, Visitor, Self-service, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Web Technology, Operational Accounting, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Facility, Site, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-12-03