Business Week: Table of Contents: October 21, 1996

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DOMESTIC COVER DESIGN BY MOLLY LEACH; ASIAN COVER (PHOTO: DRINKING A COKE IN SHANGHAI) BY FRITZ HOFFMAN/SABA

Cover Story

THE BEST B-SCHOOLS

COVER IMAGE: The Best B-Schools

TABLE: The Top 25

TABLE: The Up-And-Comers

TABLE: Best And Worst Placement Offices

TABLE: Favorite Hunting Grounds

HOW WE CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS

TABLE: The Survey

TABLE: A Report Card for the Top 25 (.pdf) (Better for viewing)

TABLE: A Report Card for the Top 25 (.pdf) (Better for printing)

GOLD RUSH IN THE IVORY TOWER

TABLE: Chasing The Stars

A NETWORK TO CALL YOUR OWN

TABLE: Best B-School Alumni Networks

COMMENTARY: TENURE: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS GONE

PERSONAL BUSINESS: B-SCHOOL TIPS

International -- Cover Story

COKE POURS INTO ASIA (int'l edition)

ASIA COVER IMAGE: Coke's Asian Bet

TABLE: Coke's Asian Challenges

Enterprise

COVER IMAGE: Enterprise

Enterprise -- In Box

PORTRAIT OF AN ENTREPRENEUR

TABLE: Most Likely To Succeed

O.K., I'M HIRED

TECHNO-TOOLS

CHART: Where Small Business Fishes For Financing

THE CATCH OF THE NET

FIX IT FAST--AND SAVE A BUNDLE

HOW TO GET LEANER AND MEANER

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG JOB

CHART: Franchisees' Fortunes

FOOTNOTES

Enterprise -- Legal Affairs

HOW TO SKIN A COPYCAT

TABLE: Legal Weapons Against Pirates

TABLE: Tips for Taming Knockoffs

Enterprise -- Companies

TRYING TO STICK IT TO MICROSOFT

PHOTO: Force-FX Joystick (CH Products)

TABLE: Microsoft's Offer...Immersion's Potential

Enterprise -- Marketing

`THE INTERNET IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER'

Enterprise -- Finance

HOW DO YOU OFFER A PENSION? SIMPLE

TABLE: `Simple' Retirement Plan Highlights

Enterprise -- Roundtable

`CREATIVITY IS WHAT GETS YOU GROWTH'

Enterprise -- Technology

KNOW YOUR NERD

TABLE: Computer Consultants: Getting It Right

Enterprise -- International

WHEN PUSHING THE RIGHT BUTTONS ISN'T ENOUGH

Enterprise -- My Company

I'M THE BOSS, THAT'S WHY

Enterprise -- At Your Service

THE DELICATE ART OF GETTING PAID

TABLE: Receiving Your Due

Enterprise -- Downtime

SWIMMING WITH CYBERSHARKS

Up Front

TALK SHOW

BUSINESS PACS' DONKEY BUSINESS

TABLE: Business PAC Giving

BEWARE THE INFO HIGHWAYMEN

SPIKE LEE'S MAGIC BUS

PARTY MENUS

TABLE: Partisan Eating Habits

COMING CONNIPTION OVER VIDEO ENCRYPTION?

WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD STOUT

PHOTO: Pouring the Perfect Pint

NO SADDLEBAGS ON THIS SCREAMER

PHOTO: Honda BlackBird

CHART: Junk Gets Respectable

FOOTNOTES

Readers Report

AIRBUS AND BOEING: THE DOGFIGHT CONTINUES

REINVENTING THE ANTIGRAVITY WHEEL?

SNOOPING ISN'T AN ONLINE PHENOMENON

HOW TO HELP INVESTORS GAUGE RISK

WHERE FAMILY DOESN'T FINISH LAST

Corrections & Clarifications

Climbing back after a wild ride (Finance, Oct. 7)

The soul of a new horseless carriage (Books, Sept. 23)

Books

THE CLOSEST THING TO A CRYSTAL BALL

NOT-SO-DISMAL SCIENTISTS

Technology & You

LOVE THOSE PLUG-INS

DYE HARD

SEARCH SMIRCH

Economic Viewpoint

A SOCIAL SECURITY LESSON FROM ARGENTINA

Economic Trends

A HIDDEN SOURCE OF EFFICIENCY

CHART: Three Ways of Looking at Productivity

LEAVING MORE TO POORER KIDS?

BOARD MEMBERS WATCH THE TAPE

REASONS TO STOP MAKING CENTS

Letter From Denver

CLEAN MOUNTAIN AIR AND MURDER MOST FOUL

MAP: Colorado

Business Outlook

U.S.: THIS SLOWDOWN MAY BE SHORT-LIVED

CHART: Job Growth Slowed Last Quarter

CHART: Factory Inventories Still Look Lean

CHART: Why Service Profits Will Be Squeezed

LATIN AMERICA: THE BIG THREE BOUNCE BACK

TABLE: Brighter Prospects

News: Analysis & Commentary

THE BIG SQUEEZE ON GM

TABLE: Double Whammy

WHY GM'S PICKUPS NEED A LOT OF PICKING UP

CHART: Rammin' GM

HE'S CHANGING THE DRILL AT SHELL

CHART: Carroll's Gusher

FOR HOLLYWOOD, THAT'S SLOW BIZ

TABLE: Bad Scripts

THE DUMBEST SHOW IN TELEVISION

COMMENTARY: THE QUESTIONS BOB AND BILL DIDN'T ANSWER

COMMENTARY: CLINTON'S TAX CUTS: SMALLER, BUT NOT SMARTER

AN EX-SEC SLEUTH IS HARDLY YOUR USUAL SUSPECT

BON VOYAGE, IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT

CHART: Sky-High

In Business This Week

GOLDEN ARCH SUPPORT

ANTEING UP FOR A DIGITAL JOURNAL

MOTOROLA'S QUARTER FROM HELL

THE RETURN OF CALVIN GRIGSBY

HEADING FOR THE EXIT AT DENNY'S

AN IVY LEAGUE OF AN I-WAY?

ET CETERA . . .

TAKE HEART

CHART: Heartport Stock Price

Washington Outlook

THE GOP WANTS A NEW CONTRACT--WITH GINGRICH

PEROTISTAS--THEN AND NOW

WELFARE LOOPHOLE

SOUR RATES?

International Business

CHINA'S HARD `SOFT LANDING'

CHART: China's Economy Downshifts

GLAXO'S AIDS AMMO

CHART: Growth of Glaxo's AIDS Drugs

EUROPE'S SELL-OFF TO END ALL SELL-OFFS

TABLE: Countdown To Privatization

COMMENTARY: WHAT THE CITY OF LONDON NEEDS IS A GOOD BROOM

International Outlook

IS WASHINGTON GETTING SET TO TILT FROM TOKYO TO BEIJING?

INDONESIANS GO TO COURT

BOMBAY EXCHANGE JOLTED

Economics

GURUS FOR THE INFORMATION AGE

TABLE: From The Unemployment Line To Wall Street

The Corporation

THE SQUAWK OVER BOSTON CHICKEN

CHART: Boston Chicken's Reported Earnings Look Healthy, But...

Science & Technology

NEW DRUGS: THE HAYSTACK GETS SMALLER

TABLE: Best-Sellers

Developments to Watch

HEAVENLY WEATHER FORECASTING?

BREATHING LIFE INTO ARTIFICIAL LUNGS

A WELDER YOU CAN ROLL UP

INNOVATIONS

Developments to Watch Contacts

Entertainment

A CAT-IN-THE-HAT ATTACK

TABLE: Seuss On The Loose

Government

CAN THE OMB'S BOSS CLOSE THE BUDGET DEAL?

TABLE: Resume: Franklin Delano Raines

Social Issues

COMMENTARY: WHY PRIVATIZING WELFARE COULD ACTUALLY WORK

Finance

SMITH BARNEY'S WHIZ KID

CHART: Smith Barney's Profits are Booming...

CHART: ...and Leverage is Low, But...

TABLE: Resume: Jamie Dimon

TICKER TAPE IN THE GENES

Inside Wall Street

GREAT WESTERN'S MYSTERY SUITOR

CHART: Climbing, But Not Winded

MACRO-TROUBLE AT MICRO WAREHOUSE?

A TEN-GALLON PETROLEUM PLAY

CHART: Higher Still and Higher?

Information Processing

`HONEY, WHAT'S ON MICROSOFT?'

TABLE: MSN'S Fall Lineup

`THIS IS REALLY THE JOB OF THE CENTURY'

CLEARING THE COBWEBS FROM THE STOCKROOM

Bits & Bytes

CYBERNEWS ALERTS--BEAMED BY RADIO

PHOTO: NewsCatcher

UNTANGLING THE LINES OF WEB FISHERMEN

READER'S DIGEST TACKLES THE WEB

MYST GETS DISSED ON CD-ROM

Bits & Bytes Contacts

Marketing

ADIDAS IS OFF AND RUNNING

Personal Business

THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR MBA BUCK

TABLE: The Quickest Payback on an MBA...And the Slowest

ZIP RIGHT THROUGH THOSE B-SCHOOL APPLICATIONS

TABLE: Sizing Up MBA Application Software

TOUR THE CAMPUS WITHOUT LEAVING HOME

TABLE: B-SCHOOL WEB SITES

Business Week Index

BUSINESS WEEK INDEX

CHART: Production Index

THE WEEK AHEAD

Investment Figures of the Week

INVESTMENT FIGURES OF THE WEEK

CHART: Stocks, Bonds and the Dollar

Editorials

THE MISCHIEVOUS PROPOSITION 211

RUDY, RUPERT, TED & JERRY: GROW UP, GUYS!

B-SCHOOLS ARE FOREVER

International -- Spotlight on Afghanistan

KEY PIPELINES MUST WAIT FOR PEACE...BUT OPIUM JUST KEEPS ON FLOWING (int'l edition)

MAP: Afghanistan

International -- Readers Report

CHINA-BASHING WON'T GET THE U.S. ANYWHERE (int'l edition)

AN ELECTRIC CAR THAT CAN GO THE DISTANCE (int'l edition)

International -- European Business

GLAXO'S AIDS AMMO (int'l edition)

CHART: Growth of Glaxo's AIDS Drugs

COMMENTARY: MOVE OVER, D-MARK--HERE COMES THE DRACHMA! (int'l edition)

A BROUHAHA OVER BIOTECH CORN (int'l edition)

International -- Asian Business

HOW TO BUILD AN EMPIRE IN JAKARTA (int'l edition)

DIAGRAM: Connections to the Top

TABLE: Hashim's Far-Flung Holdings

A SPORT UTILITY YOU PLUG 'N' DRIVE (int'l edition)

TABLE: Here Come The Volt Wagons

International -- Finance

EUROPE'S SELL-OFF TO END ALL SELL-OFFS (int'l edition)

TABLE: Countdown To Privatization

International -- Editorials

EUROPE NEEDS A BIG DOSE OF TRUTH (int'l edition)

BANK REFORM IS CRUCIAL FOR CHINA (int'l edition)