Taking Intellectual Property Seriously
There’s more at stake in protecting and selling your IP than you may think.
Content: Article | Author: Erik Sherman | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Legal, Miscellaneous
Do You Have the Disciplines to Grow?
Here’s how growth companies do it.
Content: Article | Authors: Michael Treacy, Robert P. Gandossy | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Best Practices, Management
Post-Sarbox, Directors’ Pay Rises
Back to B-School
CEOs are turning to custom-designed programs at top schools to educate the senior ranks.
Content: Article | Author: Jodi Schneider | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Human Resources, MBA Related
The Private Equity Invasion of Japan
Ripplewood and others are shaking up a traditionally closed market.
Content: Article | Author: Toshio Aritake | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: International – Asia
Protecting Trade Secrets in China
How CEOs must build intellectual property strategies.
Content: Article | Authors: David Michael, Kevin Rivette | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: International – China, Legal
Chief Executive Roundtable: Driving Diversity
CEOs get it: Diverse work forces make for better companies. The question is, how do you get there?
Content: Article | Author: Jennifer Pellet | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Little Giants
You don’t have to be big to be global. Some of the best players are smart and small.
Content: Article | Author: Dale Buss | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: International
Ben Cheever
The problem here is that all people are not created equal, though America is driven by this noble falsehood, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Stirring and instructive nonsense, but nonsense nevertheless. We aren’t equal. We don’t all have the same capabilities, the same chances, or the same luck. We don’t even have the same inclinations.
Here’s the idea: Everybody thinks he or … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Achievement, Personality / Behavior
Letting Go
After decades at the top, CEOs-turned-chairmen have a hard time yielding the daily reins.
Content: Article | Author: Erik Sherman | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: Corporate Governance
Burying the Past
Audit firms have gotten tougher-and board audit committees have, too.
Content: Article | Author: Mike Brewster | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Accounting, Industry Specific
Cracking China
In a new book, Procter & Gamble tells how it brought consumerism to an untapped market.
Content: Article | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: International – China
India Outsourcing Market
Fred Smith
Smith is chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: Management | Industry: Transportation
Vital Functions
HR outsourcing is booming, as companies send everything from payroll to training outside. But take out too much of the company’s core, and you risk losing its heart and soul.
Content: Article | Author: Pamela Mendels | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Human Resources, Outsourcing / BPO
Linda Huett
We have the challenge of making things standardized without letting standardization itself become the new straitjacket. First, I believe that it may kill off common sense-for which I have a high regard-because people honestly believe that the system is what you want them to do, rather than what is sensible. And second, I think it’s the mavericks and maverick thinkers in all of our organizations … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Innovation, Management
Managing the Derivatives Risk
‘Weapons of mass destruction’? In the wrong hands, sure. But also essential financial tools.
Content: Article | Author: Gregory J. Millman | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Economics, Finance
The New Math of Profitable Growth
“How can companies find sources of new, profitable growth? Our analysis indicates that most new growth will come from pushing the boundaries of a strong core business into ‘adjacent’ territory. This is different from the past, when companies typically sought growth from either expanding their core businesses or improving their weaker businesses or from diversifying and pursuing hot markets.
When we examined the growth records … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Chris Zook | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: Strategy
Citizen Kraemer
How Baxter International’s chief Harry Kraemer learned to stop worrying and love sustainability.
Content: Article | Author: Bill Birchard | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: People, Social Responsibility (ESG)