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The Best of BNET 2008
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How to Manage Independent Contractors
Federal Express is just the latest company to face big IRS fines for mishandling contractors. Here's how to manage ICs the right way.
Tags: Employee, Contractor, Internal Revenue Service, Worker, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Lynn Haber, Driver, independent contractor, hiring, IRS, taxes, worker classification, Federal Express, Crash Course
The Case for Making Bigger Cars
I just watched the webcast of Paul Krugman's Nobel Prize lecture (slides here). In it, he laid out his theories of economic geography, which ...
Tags: Car, Detroit, The Auto Industry, Felix Salmon
Is the Office Bully Back?
Volatile economic times bring out workplace volatility, too. If stress has your employees behaving badly, here's how to take back the office.
Tags: Workplace Bullying, Harassment, Team Management, BNET Feature Package
How to Handle a Workplace Bully
Half of U.S. employees have been bullied at work. Here's how to stop bad behavior before it costs your company big.
Tags: Workplace, Employee, Behavior, Workplace Violence, Person, Recruitment & Selection, Harassment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Gender And Diversity, Jennifer Alsever, Workplace Bullying, Crash Course

Strategy

Official Team Standings (by Financial Metrics)
How the NFL's 32 teams measure up in the business behind the game.
Tags: Team, Financial, Team Management, Management, NFL, National Football League, Business of Football, Revenue, Team Value, John Maas
NFL, Inc.: The Business Behind the Game
A look at the savvy management playbook that makes a $6 billion business tick.
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The Tech Behind the Game
The NFL may not be the most tech-savvy industry, but these recent innovations are upgrading the way teams take care of business on the ...
Tags: Team, Player, NFL, Radio, Helmet, CorTemp, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology, National Football League, Business of Football, Gadgets, Technology, Danielle Novy
The League’s True MVPs: Top 10 Stadiums by Revenue
Everything from the concessions to the premium seats generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for teams. It's no wonder the NFL has ...
Tags: Revenue, League, Stadium, Operational Accounting, Team Management, Finance, Management, Business of Football, John Maas
The NFL’s Smartest Business Team
The savvy business formula that make NFL's most successful team its best-run business.
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Work Life

Who Is David Allen?
With his popular seminar lectures and cult-like following, productivity expert David Allen has become an influential force in the Information Age workplace.
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The Micromanager/Implementer
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The Captain and Commander
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