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Turnaround Artists

Two seasoned renewal strategists offer a prescription for the corporate blahs. Carter Pate and Harlan Platt's medicine doesn't taste too good, but it may help cure what ails you.READ»

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Talkin' About a TiVolution

Self-proclaimed "TiVotees" are the first to tell you that, at the very least, TiVo will permanently alter the way you watch television. At most, it will forever change TV. What will TiVo do for you?READ»

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Merger Meltdown

The voracious corporate appetite for mergers in recent years has caused a bad case of indigestion for mega companies like AOL Time Warner, DaimlerChrysler, and J.P. Morgan Chase. Do these partnerships add up to less than the sum of their parts?READ»

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Radicals for Responsibility

Social responsibility has captured the attention of a new generation of MBA students. At a time when trust and benevolence are scarce, these students aim higher. Here's how.READ»

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Emergency Exit

With a bad economy, an ongoing war, and a daunting unemployment rate, now may seem like the worst possible time to leave a secure job. As it turns out, staying in a safe position may be the riskiest move of all.READ»

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Ready for the Rebound?

Executive coach Marshall Goldsmith offers five strategies to help business leaders stay sharp while the economy finds its edge.READ»

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Just Two Good Ole Boys...

How CMT is making cowboy boots, pickup trucks, and woeful ballads cool. But not too cool.READ»

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Ruling The Roost

Like just about everything Crispin Porter + Bogusky does, the Subservient Chicken ad campaign is risky and extreme. It's also very, very smart.READ»

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Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Innovation Scorecard

When it comes to alternative and renewable energy, it's not enough to have the coolest non-oil-using eco-friendly widget.READ»

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Jones Soda's Secret

Peter van Stolk is getting people jonesin' for his soda by turning the brand over to them.READ»

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The CEO Next Door

It's time for a little humility in the executive suite says author and entrepreneur Jason Jennings, who shows us nine leaders who swallow their pride.READ»

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Class Acts

Each spring, corporate America's preeminent chieftains offer sage counsel to eager university graduates across the nation. Here's our Class of 2005.READ»

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The Masters of Design

If you're leading a team or mapping out a strategy -- if you're trying to solve a problem -- you're engaging in design. And the creative folks featured in our second annual celebration of design's best and brightest have a lot to teach you.READ»

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25 Top Women Business Builders

Meet the winners of our first-ever awards for women business owners. They're a dynamic, inspiring group -- with lots to teach us all.READ»

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Innovation Awards

How do you quantify corporate imagination? Meet the top companies on the first-ever Fast Company/Monitor Group Innovation Scorecard -- firms where new ideas are a competitive advantage.READ»

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Was "Built To Last" 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»

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Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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Lighting the GE Way

GE is working as hard as it can to kill off its lightbulb business -- before someone else does.READ»

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Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Where Are They Now?

What We Learned A Brief History Profiles Vocabulary Where Are They Now? What You Learned In the March 2004 issue, as part of our "What We Learned in the New Economy" package, Ryan Underwood tracks down some now-old New ...READ»

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Drawing a Life

Executive recruiter and frustrated stand-up comic Tom Stern has found a new outlet for his humor--and a way to exorcise his demons. He's determined to make CEO Dad, a cartoon based on his memories of his own father, the next Dilbert.READ»

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Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

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This Turkey Really Has Legs

Greenberg Smoked Turkey runs no ads, takes no credit cards, has no toll-free number--and may not even want you as a customer. Is this any way to run a thriving mail-order business? Yes indeedy.READ»