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- Patent Evaluation Goes Public
- Inventions today are more complicated than ever, which makes it hard to judge the quality of new patents and relatively easy to get protection for half-baked ideas. Sooner or later, those half-baked inventions become the subject of bank-breaking litigation, and the U.S. Supreme Court recently said that needs to stop....
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
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- Developing an Idea for a New Business
- There are lots of reasons to start your own business. Maybe you're motivated to do something important. Or perhaps you're tired of working for someone else and want to control your own destiny. Either way, you'll need a good idea.Start by breaking down the big picture into more manageable pieces....
- Articles 2007-05-01
- West Virginia Legislative Chairmen Promise Scrutiny of Tobacco Money Plan.
- By Tom Searls, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--Finance Committee chairmen in the state Senate and House say they have not been told what is included in Gov. Bob Wise's proposal to securitize tobacco settlement funds, but promise...
- Research articles 2004-01-19
- Two Aviation Contracts Face Scrutiny and Possible Cancellation
- Two of the premier current aviation contracts are facing intense scrutiny and possible cancellation and rebid. In the United States the new Presidential transport helicopter, the VH-71, costs have increased dramatically and there is discussion of ending the program and putting it out for bid again. Sikorsky supporters...
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- A capital idea
- Economic Capital is emerging as the best practice tool for measuring and reporting risk across financial institutions. The article analysis that in last ten years, regulation has not kept up with the rapid development of financial markets, or taken account of new kinds of investment vehicles. Capital providers, rating agencies,...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- 12b-1 Fees Come Under Scrutiny
- The SEC is asking pointed questions about 12b-1 fees and has raised the possibility of banning the asset-based sales charges. One idea the agency wants to hear comment on is whether the fees should be assessed at the individual account level, rather than deducted from fund assets. Under this...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Prep school under scrutiny/ Sexual assault complaints at AFA prompt
- The next target for Air Force leaders' widening investigation of sexual misconduct is the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, officials said this week. Although he knows of no evidence of wrongdoing, Air Force Secretary James Roche said Wednesday the school that feeds the academy will be reviewed. ...
- Research articles 2003-05-30
- Tribunals idea meets resistance
- WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's proposal to bring leading terror suspects before military tribunals met stiff resistance on Thursday from key Republicans and top military lawyers who said that some provisions would not withstand legal scrutiny or do enough to repair the nation's tarnished reputation internationally. Democrats, meanwhile,...
- Research articles 2006-09-08
- Possible New Dallas-Area Football Stadium Project Is Already Under Scrutiny.
- By J. Taylor Rushing, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--ARLINGTON, Texas--It's a Texas-size idea, and voters may be asked to buy it. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is expected to spend his summer preparing a sales...
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- "What Ifs?" Plan Idea Sparks Debate.(terrorism insurance)(Brief Article)
- Although most of the attention on the issue of a federal role in terrorism insurance is focused on the property-casualty industry, the life insurance industry is coming under some scrutiny as well. At issue is the proposal by the American Council of Life Insurers, ...
- Research articles 2001-10-29
- Why The Fed Should Oversee the Entire Financial System
- Editor's Note: Economist Mark Thoma is guest-blogging for the Macro View this week. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, head of the Senate Banking Committee, is now preparing legislation to reform the financial system by creating a single regulator to oversee the financial system. Since this legislation...
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Leaders Who Sabotage Their Own Marketing
- I just caught up with a colleague who recently jumped ship to a new marketing role / company after reaching his wit's end with his previous CEO. Hearing about what he endured in that previous role got me thinking about just how important a rational, intelligent leader is to...
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- Books: A plan to scan
- A 1960 sociological study of female Finnish students or an 1894 handbook on how to ???play cricket are probably at the top of no one???s poolside reading list this year. Long out of print, such works are more likely to be gathering dust in attics, languishing forgotten at the backs...
- News items 2009-08-13
- Due Diligence For New Product Ideas
- The process of due diligence is something that is customarily done in the venture capital community to evaluate the potential of ventures and startups, and it consists of analyzing and validating the information that is contained in the business plan. This process is valuable for entrepreneurs, startups and companies of...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Planning Growth Strategies for Your Small Business
- The most successful approach to growth is an integrated one. The business owner and management team must examine all functions of the enterprise to ensure they are working together to reap the benefits of expansion. Suppose a successful new sales promotion strategy designed by the marketing department has attracted many...
- Articles 2007-05-29
- How to Prepare for a Directorship
- Board memberships are no longer the ceremonial roles of yesteryear. But the rewards are great for the business person who wants to help mold and move a modern company forward. Understand How the Boardroom Has...
- Articles 2008-10-15
- How CEOs Benefit From Apologizing
- Remember that famous line from the sappy 1970 movie "Love Story?" After losing his wife, Ryan O'Neal says, "Love means never having to say you're sorry." Well, sometimes apologizing is a good idea for CEOs under the gun. The problem is that the CEOs who need to...
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Waiting for utopia: the New York Times education columnist believes in education reform. He just doesn't think it has much to do with schools
- IT'S EASY TO TELL when someone is in the grip of a Big Idea That Explains Everything. Tunnel vision sets in; every analysis, whatever the topic, becomes an occasion for the grand theory to appear. Evidence is read and supplied selectively, in such a way that the theory remains unscathed....
- Research articles 2002-06-22
- How to Innovate Like Apple
- Apple's formula for success can be distilled into principles of sound management that could in the right culture flourish elsewhere too. Clear Your Mind GOAL: Understand what it takes to create truly remarkable products. The word “zen”...
- Articles 2009-08-10
- Five Hard Truths About the MBA
- If you're counting on an MBA to help advance your career, new evidence might make you think twice. Hard...
- Articles 2007-10-16
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