Topic: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Technology: Alliances Make Economic Sense for Airlines and Fliers

Taking his cue from Don Quixote, James Oberstar (D-Minn.) is tilting at basic economic reality in seeking to roll back airline alliances. Evidently without analyzing whether alliances are good or bad for the airlines and their ...READ»

360-Degree Customer Care

Thomas M. Siebel shares his principles for meeting the complex demands of customers who want to interact seamlessly with companies across various platforms. Learn to wow your customers on every front.READ»

Anita Borg Social Impact Award Winner and Denice Denton Award Winner

At the Grace Hopper Conference, I had the chance to meet Ekaterina Fedotova the director for Information Dissemination and Equal Access (IDEA) project in Russia.   Ekaterina is the 2009 winner of the Anita Borg Social Impact ...READ»

Jazzed About Work

Ray Ozzie's latest creation is "intended for people who want to get together and jam -- to interact and improvise with each other." Here's his take on how we will work in the future.READ»

The Best Things in Life Are Free

We want to make a lot of dough. We've got a hot product - How should we go? You want to make big dough, you say? Take our advice: Give it away!READ»

Fast Farmers

Prairie iNet is hooking up America's heartland.READ»

Ning's Infinite Ambition

It isn't just a site where users can build their own social networks -- Ning is a model of how to create a perpetual growth machine.READ»

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Meth Mouth: Tom Siebel's Brash Anti-Crystal Campaign

Brash and obsessive, tech tycoon Tom Siebel believes that keeping teens off crystal meth is largely a matter of educating and scaring them. Could he be right?READ»

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Can You Work in Netscape Time?

Are you fast enough? Are you hungry enough? Are you tough enough? To work, live, compete in Netscape time?READ»

Which Price is Right?

It is an urgent question: How can we increase profits if we can't raise prices? The answer demands revolutionary thinking -- new insights about strategy and human behavior, turbocharged with software, mathematics, and rapid-fire experimentation. Is your company ready to master the new era of pricing? Are you prepared to pay the price of failure?READ»