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De Beers: Living Up to Diamonds
The Issue: De Beers' Multifaceted Strategy Shift
Faced with such challenges as new sources of competitions and suspicion about conflict diamonds, Gareth Penny had to rethink the basics
The Analysis: De Beers: From Supply to Demand
In its strategy that focuses on creating demand rather than controlling supply, De Beers faces some risk as it competes with its customers
Comment: What Would You Do?
—Patricia O'Connell
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Is competing with its customers a smart move for De Beers?
Viewpoint: Bob Gach
The High Cost of Speeding on Wall Street
Innovation is the hallmark of American finance. But Wall Street also needs to weigh risks, or its next down cycle will come harder still
Marshall & Friends: Marshall Goldsmith
Doubling Your Strengths?
By learning how to exploit your "weaknesses," to you can turn them to advantage
IN YOUR FACE: MBA LEARNERS GO THE DISTANCE
Reader Phillip Hoopes Writes:
"The treasure of sitting in the classroom at a top MBA school: the relationships and network that can be developed."
Tell Us: Are Online MBA Students Disadvantaged?
The Innovation Engine
Harnessing the Power of the Sales Force
Drive your innovation platform—and increase sales— by making use of your salespeople's front-line customer contact and thirst for new products
The Welch Way: Jack & Suzy Welch
Don't Forget to Write!
Passionate bouquets and punishing brickbats: Columns from Jack and Suzy Welch that lit you up this year
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The World's Most Influential Companies
In a year of loss, they're building market share, upending their industries, and changing consumers' lives
Best Places to Intern: 2008
BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the companies with the best internships shows college students where to look in this tough job market
- Slide Show: Top Undergrad Internship Programs: 2008
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Auto Bailout: What Drucker Would Have Said
Peter Drucker wrote in 1946 that GM should evaluate practices that could become obsolete. What would he say about a bailout? A crutch is a bad idea
Predicting the Next Financial Meltdown
There are common factors to such crises as the current financial mess, the collapse of Enron, and the bursting of the Internet bubble. We should heed the warning signs next time
Good Riddance to the Imperial CEO
When those in the C-suite assume a royal distance from those they lead, understanding, communication, and effectiveness all suffer
Wal-Mart's New Sustainability Mandate in China
CEO Lee Scott has made it clear that Wal-Mart's China suppliers have to go green or else they will have to just go, period
Renovate the Old Economy, Don't Rebuild It
We can't rely on a consumption-based economy. We have to encourage a production-driven one, argues Tom Davenport
Costco's Artful Discounts
With costs of everything on the rise, the big box retailer gets creative
Can Green Business Survive the Meltdown?
Here are some thoughts on what will change, what won't, and how to stay the course
Reining in Wall Street's Rainmakers
How excessively risk-taking corporate cultures and unbalanced reward practices have contributed to the current financial crisis
Challenge for the Next President: Energy
In the first of four articles, Boston Consulting Group's Harold L. Sirkin suggests how our next President can curb the need for foreign oil
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- Plus: Challenge for the Next President: Productivity
The Financial Crisis: What Drucker Would Have Said
Peter Drucker would have had plenty to say about the recent turmoil on Wall Street, beginning simply with: "I told you so"
Wall Street Bailout Could Crimp CEO Pay
Democrats want to rein in rich exit packages and reclaim millions paid to bosses who piled up toxic mortgage assets. But it won't be easy
Leadership
Self-Confidence and Success
The Glass Cliff
Organizations Need Structure and Flexibility
The Era of Inspiration
What Rock Stars Can Teach Leaders
An Olympic-Size Leadership Challenge
Preparing Execs for Asia Assignments
Obama vs. Clinton: Leadership Styles
Buffett's Plan for Successful Succession
For Leaders, There Is No Off Switch
Shoshana Zuboff: The Call for Epochal Leadership
From Harvard Business Online: Becoming the Boss
Three Questions for the Candidates
What Makes a Business Leader Tick
The Leadership Mindset
Remote Leadership
Chief Executives
Fred Hassan on Learning from Adversity
Graduation Wisdom for Future CEOs
A New Political Agenda for Business?
CEO Pay: The Steroids Era
How to Reenergize Starbucks
When Should CEOs Be Fired?
The Male CEO in the Pink Dress
Interactive Case Study: Putting the Life Back in Joie de Vivre
Strategy and Execution
Organizations Need Structure and Flexibility
Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Cut Costs Like Avon—Not Home Depot
When Your Company Outgrows Its Board
What Apple Knows That Facebook Doesn't
Skilling's Appeal and Enron's Legacy
Why 'How' Matters More Than Ever
When the 'Silver Tsunami' Fails to Hit
Jim Champy: Outsmarting the Competition
A Green and Bumpy Road for CEOs
Interactive Case Study: Re-engineering Xerox
The Innovation Engine: The Upside of Recession
Doodling for Profits
How to Market in a Recession
Corporate Governance in China and India
What Can Microsoft Offer Yahoo?
What Went Wrong at Citi and Merrill
From Harvard Business: Recession 2008: Take the Offensive
Predictably Surprised in 2007—and 2008
Interactive Case Study: Jet Blue's Fare Decision
Google: A Druckerian Ideal?
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- Slide Show: Good Eats—At Work
Demystifying Strategy: The What, Who, How, and Why
Crisis Management
How to Handle a Crisis
Wage Wars
How to Run a Recall
Fixing a Damaged Corporate Culture
How to Market in a Recession
Change Management
JPMorgan to the Rescue (Again)
Disney: How Bob Iger Unchained It
Avon: More Than Cosmetic Changes
Kodak: Mistakes Made on the Road to Innovation
Ford: The Auto Giant's Most Important New Model
Business Ethics
The Ethics of Picking a Vice-President
Ethics Must Be Global, Not Local
How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
Preventing the Death of Customer Care
The Ethics of Outsourcing Customer Service
Ethics and the iPhone
If It's Legal, It's Ethical…Right?
What’s Your Problem?
Video Series: How-To
Customer Service, with Joseph Michelli
Tips on elevating the service you provide to customers by creating a lasting, emotional connection, led by the author and business consultant
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The Strategist: Kevin P. Coyne
Predicting the Next Financial Meltdown
There are common factors to such crises as the current financial mess, the collapse of Enron, and the bursting of the Internet bubble. We should heed the warning signs next time
The Drucker Difference: Rick Wartzman
No Magic Bullet for the Economic Crisis
Managers look for one simple strategy to handle these uncertain times, but Drucker was clear that a single answer is never the answer
How: Dov Seidman
Outgreening as Competitive Advantage
Columnist Dov Seidman explains how green behavior in business should be seen as a strategy for success
Globality: Harold L. Sirkin
How 'Globality' Will Change Your Life
Columnist Hal Sirkin introduces his series covering the enormous challenges and opportunities inherent in a world where commerce and ideas flow between all parts of the world
Harvard Business Online
Why Traditional Recession Tactics Are Doomed To Fail This Time
Boardrooms need to recognize that the macro crisis requires decision makers to confront fundamental transformation on three levels, argues Umair Haque
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