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What makes a value leader, and how much do industry dynamics determine value creation for different types of firms? Professor Gabriel Hawawini, Professor Paul Verdin and PhD candidate Venkat Subramanian re-examine the question to reveal new findings. Using 55 industries, they categorise firms within each industry into 3 main groups – the leading value creators, the value destroyers (the losers) and the rest that lie … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Gabriel Hawawini, Paul Verdin, Venkat Subramanian | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: General, Trends / Analysis

Authors offer a theory of business – creating value that can be captured is the essence of business. The basis of this concept is the idea of added value, a term derived from game theory.

Content: Article | Authors: Adam M. Brandenburger, Barry J. Nalebuff | Source: strategy+business | Subject: General

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Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.

Content: Quotation | Subject: General

The CEO Refresher is a monthly publication on contemporary topics in creative leadership, competitive strategy, and performance improvement. Each issue contains several articles on important issues of leadership, brief book reviews, recommended reading, management tools, quotations, notices of important executive conferences, links to outstanding on-line resources and commentary of interest to those who intend to lead businesses effectively. The CEO Refresher is a quick and … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: General, News / Magazine

In this breakthrough business book, Pascale, Millemann and Gioja troll the emerging science of complexity for “ideas [that] can produce a concrete bottom-line impact.” Extracting key “dynamics of survival” from the life sciences, these three management consultants successfully show business leaders how to turn their companies into agile and adaptable “living systems” that achieve long-term vitality and sustainability in a swiftly evolving environment. Their four … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Linda Gioja, Mark Milleman, Richard Tanner Pascale | Subjects: General, Trends / Analysis

Think Head & Shoulders is a shampoo? Does in-the-money bring to mind a song rather than a put option with a higher strike price? Then you’re in the right place — The washingtonpost.com Business Glossary.

Here, you will find more than 1,250 business terms, organized and cross-referenced for your convenience. To the left, you can search the glossary for a particular word, or search the … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: The Washington Post | Subjects: General, Reference / Search

links to professional, industry, and alumni associations.

Content: Networking Content | Subject: General

A list of articles and tips to provide you with the know-how to build strong and far-reaching networks.

Content: Networking Content | Subject: General

The Networking Tips and Informational Interviews page at Olin Business School (Wash U)

Editor’s Note: this is an updated of the orignal and leaves out some of the orginal’s information so you might want to check out the archive of the orignal (see comments for URL).

Content: Networking Content | Subject: General

Informative piece focused on accountants but of value to anyone.

Content: Networking Content | Subject: General

UniversityAngels.com is an online angel investor network devoted exclusively to the alumni of the world’s top universities.

Content: Networking Content | Subject: General

Tap into a network of more than 65,000 professionals. Browse the profiles of members working in hundreds of industries, job functions, and companies. Find out how networking can help you get ahead on the job.

Content: Networking Content | Subject: General

an interesting search site focused on business strategy (see comments)

Content: Online Resource | Source: Sookoo.com | Subjects: General, Strategy

insightful article series from Business 2.0

Content: Article | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: General, IT / Technology / E-Business

Part of the About.com Business Majors page, find tutorials on various topics, including:
– Accounting 101
– Activity-Based Costing 101
– Business Process Reengineering
– Competitive Advantage
– E-Commerce 101
– Just-in-Time
– Mergers and Acquisitions 101
– Positioning and Repositioning – In the Mind
– Six Sigma
– Strategy Forumlation & Implementation
– SWOT

Content: Online Resource | Source: About.com | Subjects: General, Miscellaneous

excellent discussion from author of Built to Last about new mentality toward building companies and the associated implications

Read follow-up article, “Built to Flip – Where Do You Come Down?”
Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, General

The King of Internet Sites – this is their customizable section; track your stock portfolio, news by subject area of interest to you, currency converters, TV listings, etc. You name it, Yahoo! has it.

Content: Online Resource | Source: my.yahoo.com | Subjects: General, Reference / Search