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Men and Women and Time Off

There's an interesting new survey out from Aquent, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and Work+Life Fit. It brings some evidence to the question: Can women get away with more than men? The researchers surveyed 495 men and ...READ»

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Online Insights

Starting next week, on Monday, we're launching a new weekly series of Online Insights columnists to be featured on the home page. Our first featured writer is Vijay Govindarajan, director of the William F. Achtmeyer Center for ...READ»

Viral Innovation

Can companies still be innovative once all the low-hanging fruit has been plucked? Chris Trimble of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business thinks so. The answer lies in the right incentives for management. Read Trimble's Leadership ...READ»

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Same Old Challenges in the New Telecom Era

No competitor, whether born in the Internet boom or several decades earlier, will succeed without recognizing that revolutions in strategy call for bold steps in organizational design.READ»

Same Old Challenges in the New Telecom Era

There comes a single, unified network. One that carries data, voice, and video all over the same wires. The alphabet soup of telecom technologies -- POTS, SONET, ATM -- will vanish. It will be all Internet, all of the time. The ...READ»

The Management Express

You want MBA smarts -- but without the MBA commitment. Look no further.READ»

Download Your Way to an MBA

It doesn't cost $40,000. It doesn't take two years. And you're never late to class.READ»

Get Smart Part One: Admissions Report

Will a declining economy and the dotcom meltdown prompt a rush on the nation's best business schools? Admissions offices nationwide are standing by, waiting to see if NASDAQ troubles will prompt a deluge of MBA applications.READ»

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Women With Children First?

It's the new workplace battle -- employees juggling work and kids versus childless colleagues who resent having to pick up the slack. Read our debate about "the culture of parental privilege" -- and then weigh in with your views.READ»

The Labor-Shortage Myth

When boomers start to retire, the theory goes, we'll see a job boom. Too bad it won't happen.READ»

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Top 50 MBA Programs Online Resume Books at Your Fingertips

Top 50 MBA Programs Online Resume Books at Your Fingertips If you want top-tier business talent to fill positions in your office, look here first! MBA student and alumni online resume books are available to order right now! ...READ»

A Change Will Do You Good

The guardians of big business are defending their fortress against an army of interlopers whose needs and opinions clash with tradition. Two new books examine what this intrusion means to corporate insiders -- and outsiders.READ»

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Ivan Glickman

What fuel are you using to power your engine?

It's challenging to balance family life with the desire to be a business leader. The work/life balance becomes easier when you learn to recognize that the lessons you need to grow your leadership skills won't come from business ...READ»

Circus Acts

Are you walking a tightrope at the office? Professor Ella Bell looks to the big top to help executives unearth new insights about work and life.READ»

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Back to the Future

This fall's New England technology summit focused on risks and opportunities facing the region's tech sector in 2002. Festivities included some good-natured political sparring and a grimly optimistic forecast from a group of gloomy VCs.READ»

CEOs Who Should Lose Their Jobs

It's the new era of accountability: Most of the nation's worst-performing bosses have been shown the door. But what about the guys who just won't go? Meet the Teflon CEOs. Poor results, declining stock prices, and strategic blunders just seem to slide right off them.READ»

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The CEO's New Clothes

Forget autocrats and visionaries. Farsighted, tolerant, humane CEOs aren't just nice to work for. They deliver nice results, too.READ»

MBA Summer Blues

You are a newly minted MBA. You don't have a job. You are not alone. Here's what you should do.READ»

Gospels of Failure

The reports on three high-profile disasters offer rich lessons in why organizations fail -- and how not to.READ»

Was <em>Built To Last</em> Built To Last?

It's one of the most influential business books of our era, and it helped turn coauthor Jim Collins into a management rock star. But how well have the companies it lionized and the principles it espoused stood the test of time?READ»

Fast Talk: Turning the (conference) tables

Five top business-school deans grapple with questions from their own MBA application forms.READ»

Beginner's Luck

In the Internet casino, the name of the game is IPO, and the players are looking to improve their odds. Meet five high rollers who think that their systems will help them hit the jackpot.READ»

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We Have Met the Enemy...

Sometimes, to get your point across, you need to play the role of devil's advocate. The creator of the Society for Leadership of Change did more than that; he created an entire professional association of devil's advocates.READ»