Executive Education

Puzzling through the Jobless Recovery - Or Is It a Fundamental Shift?
On March 5, the U.S. Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy had created only 21,000 new jobs in February.
Sunday, September 26 - 2004 at 09:59 |

In the Product Naming Sweepstakes, Here Are Some Big Winners
There's really no way to know whether the handheld wireless device called BlackBerry would be equally popular if it had been brand-named Airwire, Badge, Banjo, Banter, Outrigger, Transilion, Vion, Waterfall or any of the other 75 possible names suggested for it by naming consultants.
Saturday, September 11 - 2004 at 11:28 |

Companies Must Learn to Achieve the Price Advantage (or Pay the Price)
Pricing, the intersection at which untold numbers of buyers and sellers meet every minute of every day, lies at the core of any business - large or small, old or new, Rust Belt or high-tech, local or global.
Saturday, August 28 - 2004 at 09:42 |

So Your Sales Went Up? So What?
With the explosion of the Internet and other computer-related technologies, the 1990s have logically been christened the Information Age. But simply having access to information should not be confused with understanding it, according to John Percival, an adjunct professor of finance at Wharton.
Sunday, August 15 - 2004 at 10:51 |

Those Who Sit on Company Boards Face a New, Tougher Job Description
As more details begin to emerge in the scandal surrounding HealthSouth - the country's largest provider of rehabilitative health care and outpatient surgery whose top executives stand accused of multi-billion dollar accounting fraud - the question again arises: Where were the board of directors and auditors during this time and why didn't they know what was going on?
Sunday, August 01 - 2004 at 10:48 |

Splitting Up the Roles of CEO and Chairman: Reform or Red Herring?
There may be good reasons, based on specific circumstances, for companies to divide the roles of CEO and chairperson between two people.
Sunday, July 18 - 2004 at 09:48 |

Washington Post CEO Offers Up the Secrets Behind a Successful Media Company
At the 2004 MBA Media and Entertainment Conference on February 20 in New York City, keynote speaker Donald E. Graham, chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Company, quickly gave two reasons why he was an odd choice to deliver the address.
Sunday, July 04 - 2004 at 10:39 |

Capturing the Spirit of Opportunity: Leadership Lessons from the Mars Missions
Was there water on Mars? Could it have supported life? For centuries, people have speculated about such questions.
Sunday, June 20 - 2004 at 09:28 |

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