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Does Social Media "Work?"

The answer is "yes" according to a Nielsen/Facebook study.  Nielsen studied more than 125 Facebook ad campaigns and concluded that: ...earned media and social advocacy made Facebook users more likely to notice ads, absorb their ...READ»

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Management Bites Dog Food Factory

It started as an experiment in workplace democracy and set performance records. So why did the bosses want to shut it down?READ»

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World Food Business Summit

These are turbulent times, even for the allegedly recession-proof food industry. Here are the trends three leaders are seeing as they prep for this gathering (June 17-19) in New York. --Theunis Bates "You can't go into ...READ»

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National German Chocolate Cake Day

Cocktail-party factoid for the day: German chocolate cake--that messy and ridiculous pile of layer cake, coconut, and pecans slathered with caramel-infused goo--has nothing to do with Germany. It's actually named for Samuel German, ...READ»

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World Food Business Summit Leaders Dish Future Trends

These are turbulent times, even for the allegedly recession-proof food industry. Here are the trends three leaders are seeing as they prep for this gathering (June 17-19) in New York.READ»

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Ideo Reimagines the Lowly Thermostat

What happens when a couple of designers from one of the most influential design firms on earth take a break from working for clients like Kraft Foods and Samsung to experiment in pure future gazing?READ»

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Poet-in-chief

Once, Dana Gioia sold Jell-O. And he wrote poetry. Now, he's got a high-profile job that demands both skill sets.READ»

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Everything I Need to Know I Learned (or Didn't Learn) in Business School

Okay, so I didn't go to Harvard. But I did graduate from that other Massachusetts university with such celebrated alumni as Tipper Gore and Hadassah Lieberman. Boston University may not have the brand-name appeal of Harvard ...READ»

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A Piece of Work

Three decades after the groundbreaking book Work in America, its authors tell us how things really turned out.READ»

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Food and Beverage Companies Need to Cut Carbon Emissions, or Else

Trucost, an environmental data provider, released a report revealing the greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprints of S&P 500 companies in a number of sectors with the intention of helping said companies prepare for the ...READ»

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Laura Cooke

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Chatter

Low-Carb Carnage.READ»

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Attention all Brands: Apps are the New Website

Step back to 1995. Once in a while, a URL would pop-up at the end of a TV commercial. Unlike the ’90s, URL advertising isn’t as prominent anymore. Why? Consumers expect every brand to have a digital presence. It’s no...READ»

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How to Be Your Own Futurist

Advice from Watts Wacker on how to stay ahead of the curve.READ»

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Beg, Borrow, Stimulate

Meeting I Never MissREAD»

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Next Stop - The 21st Century

Unit of Twenty-OneREAD»

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Online Marketing Research: It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

A little more than two years ago, just when online research had become a major source of data for marketers looking to keep their fingers on the pulse of consumers, Procter & Gamble’s marketing research leadership dropped a bomb.READ»

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Have You Seen the Five Faces of Genius?

Understanding how you think is just as important as what you think about, says Annette Moser-Wellman, founder of the FireMark consultancy. She teaches managers how to identify their creative style.READ»

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Java Man

As one of only 48 certified coffee graders in the country, Ed Faubert sits at the center of a $19 billion industry. READ»

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The Money Value of Time

The way to assess your ability to compete in Internet time is to ask yourself how creatively you use time.READ»

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"Don't Drink the Grape-Flavored Sugar Water..."

The Consultant Debunkers find a certain saying hard to swallow.READ»

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The 10 Faces of Innovation

In an exclusive book excerpt from the general manager of Ideo, we meet the personality types it takes to keep creativity thriving--and the devil's advocate at bay.READ»

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Profiting For a Good Cause

You know him as Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, and -- last but not least -- the Salad Dressing Guy. But you may not know that actor Paul Newman is also a pioneer in outsourcing. In a good way, of course. In fact, the Newman's Own ...READ»

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Careers: Working Abroad is Less Foreign to Women

Will working abroad fast-track your career? The answer has often been yes for men, but a question mark for women who used to be passed over for foreign assignments. In the book Get Ahead by Going Abroad authors C. Perry Yeatman and ...READ»

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Greatest Business Leaders of the 20th Century

Classic entrepreneurs who built companies from scratch dominate the list of the best. Shockingly, only one woman -- Estee Lauder -- made the top 50 of Professors Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria's list of top 100 business leaders.READ»