184 Posts found for Source: Business 2.0

Never fall in love with an idea. They’re whores: If the one you’re with isn’t doing the job, there’s always, always, always another.

Content: Quotation | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Thought

Firms about to go public zip up and hide during a so-called “quiet period” — but don’t blame the SEC.

Content: Article | Author: Todd Lappin | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Finance, Public Relations

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist [or] … academic scribbler of a few years back.

Content: Quotation | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Economics, Politics

Corporate chiefs everywhere still argue that stock options lead to great companies. The problem is that the evidence suggests otherwise.

Content: Article | Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

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Industry players debate the pros and cons of that sheepskin, with an emphasis on how appropriate an MBA is for entrepreneurs-to-be.

Content: Prospective MBA Content | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: About the MBA Degree, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources

CEO of Cisco

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

The 20 tech-savviest business schools. 49 straight-to-the-point executive-ed courses. 25 books, gurus, conferences, journals, and corporate training programs that get it — and will make sure that you do too.

Content: Article | Authors: Deirdre Lanning, Stephanie Clifford | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development

Marketing sage Regis McKenna on why smart companies are spending through the recession.

Content: Article | Author: Amy Johns | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, People

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In a knowledge economy, am I measured by ideas per minute? That’s silly. It makes perfect sense to measure a field worker in bushels per hour, but in the emerging network economy, the measurement problem has become profound. We are not driving our economy very intelligently on the basis of a real-world set of measures. They’re way off the mark. People are saying, look, we’re … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Management, Measurement

Business technology evolves quickly. But everyone needs a starting point. Our annual catalog of the basic technologies required to build an e-business explains what you need, what you’ll pay, and who can hook you up. Categories covered include: Network gear & services, Security & Disaster Recovery, Web Application, Outsourcers, Business Applications, and Data Storage & Management.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: IT / Technology / E-Business

Stelios Haji-Ioannou was born into a Greek shipping fortune; his father, Loucas, built a company called Troodos Shipping into one of the world’s largest maritime empires. Haji-Ioannou — now known throughout Europe simply as Stelios — is no longer CEO of Troodos. Instead, he presides over a populist, Internet-driven mini-empire based in London and called, ironically, EasyGroup.

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

Nissan, Japan’s third-largest automaker, was stodgy, insular, debt-ridden. It was exhibit A in what was wrong with Japanese corporations. Then it brought in an irrepressible French Lebanese guy named Carlos Ghosn.

Content: Article | Author: Andy Raskin | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Case Related, People | Industry: Automotive

Years of research shows that the innovations most likely to take hold are those that don’t demand excessive change from the customer. Incrementalism — represented by the following eight characteristics — is key.
1. Provable
2. Divisible
3. Reversible
4. Tangible
5. Fits prior investments
6. Familiar
7. Congruent with future direction
8. Publicity value

Content: Article | Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

vice president of strategic planning and analysis for eBay (one of earliest employees and former President)

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management | Industry: Advertising

Companies waste billions on knowledge management because they fail to figure out what knowledge they need, or how to manage it. In his latest book, Thomas A. Stewart explains how to answer both questions.

Content: Article | Author: Thomas A. Stewart | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Knowledge Management

At 17, living out of his father’s basement in Salt Lake City, he started a software company, called Serius, and sold it to Novell for $24 million four years later. At 24, he parlayed a 17-page business plan into $17 million in venture capital for an Internet consulting firm called USWeb, and moved to the Silicon Valley. By 1998, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company had … [ Read more ]

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management

founder of eBay

Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Management