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Content: Book | Author: Joan Magretta | Subject: Management

Professor Henry Mintzberg is one of the world’s most influential teachers of business strategy. Now he’s developing a new lesson plan: to change the very essence of business education itself.

Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Reingold | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training

Professor Mohan Sawhney describes the implications of three eBusiness patterns on investment decisions and new business models. Three major topics discussed include: Wave Theory, The Myth of Substitution, and Migration of Intelligence.

Content: Article | Author: Mohanbir Sawhney | Source: nMinds | Subject: Trends / Analysis

If we face a recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Social Responsibility (ESG)

This April, the new economy suddenly entered a new phase: the Next Phase. Just when we’d all grown accustomed to dueling business models, high-flying IPOs, built-to-flip companies, and less-is-more balance sheets, the game changed. The Next Phase featured funerals for once-proud dotcoms, sputtering IPOs, and the rediscovery of the power of profitability. The question now is, what will it take to win in the Next … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Trends / Analysis

Founder of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Content: Thought Leader | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

former journalist – now VC with New Enterprise Associates

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

This excellent site is intended to serve as a central repository for research, study and critical thinking about the nature of the modern global corporation, with a special focus on corporate governance and the relationship between company management, their boards and their shareowners.

Content: Online Resource | Source: The Corporate Library | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Management

From Industry Week, The Value Chain is an online publication providing up-to-date information, articles, and resources on value chain management (VCM), a theory of management that considers every step of manufacturing a product, from raw materials “right down to disposing of the packaging after use.” Along with feature articles and columns about value chain management, the site also contains a FAQ, which offers excellent basic … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: IndustryWeek | Subjects: Management, Strategy

This 9 piece article claims “The secrets to successful e-business aren’t secrets at all. They’ve been taught for years in the nation’s top business schools.” Provides an excellent discussion of the need to apply fundamental business principles regardless of the industry or ‘new economy’ nature of the firm.

Content: Article | Author: Kayte Vanscoy | Source: ZDNet | Subjects: Management, MBA Related

Content: Book | Authors: Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson | Subject: Management

Managing Partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners

Content: Thought Leader | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital

If you ask managers what they do, they will most likely tell you that they plan, organize, coordinate and control. Then watch what they do. Don’t be surprised if you can’t relate what you see to those four words.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Management

A portal for project management issues. Features include: a calendar, Project Management World Today (online publication), expert resources, a global directory, a global forum, a library, a practices directory, and more

Content: Online Resource | Source: LODAY System Ltd. | Subject: Project Management

Content: Book | Author: John F. Case | Subject: Management

A collection of research report summaries from the American Management Association. Sampling of topics: 2000 AMA Survey on Workplace Testing: Basic Skills, Job Skills, Psychological Measurement; Managerial Skills and Competence; E-Business in the Year 2000; Corporate Concerns 2000…

Content: Online Resource | Source: American Management Association (AMA) | Subjects: Management, Market Research

one of the masterminds behind Java and the founder, Chairman and until recently CEO of Marimba

Editor’s Note: this is an archived copy of the interview b/c the original tnbt.com site is now dead; so, some links may not work…

Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subject: Management | Industry: Information Technology

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Success / Failure

The steep drop in the U.S. personal saving rate over the last decade has fueled speculation that Americans are spending recklessly. But alternative measures of personal saving show that households are actually setting aside a larger share of their resources than the official figures suggest. In addition, government saving has risen markedly, leading to an increase in overall domestic saving that has helped finance a … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Charles Steindel, Richard Peach | Source: Federal Reserve Board (FRB) | Subjects: Economics, Trends / Analysis

Founder of Bigstep.com

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Management