COVER STORY
The Top 25 Managers of the Year
What earned these folks their kudos? Outperforming the competition, implementing a superior new strategy, sheer determination. And in some cases, graceful exits. Read about these men and women and their accomplishments.
SPECIAL REPORT
Industry Outlook 2001
Growth is slowing down and consumers are getting wary, making competition for increasingly scarce dollars hotter than ever. See what's ahead for the information, finance, life science, manufacturing, distribution, and services sectors this year.
NEWS --ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY
California's Power Failure
Attempts to make the energy market more efficient have been a disaster. And as California's economy goes, so goes the rest of the country's. These are dark days -- and it could get worse.
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Dubya's First 100 Days
The early months of George W. Bush's Administration will dish up some critical
tests, and America will be watching closely
12/29
How Disney Lost Its Animated Groove
The once-undisputed champ of kiddy flicks now looks more like Goofy than
the Lion King as rivals poach its turf
12/28
Is Idec Too Healthy?
The biotech highflier has a knockout cancer drug. Its lofty valuation, however, may mean little upside for new shareholders
12/28
Wanted: A Tough Top Gun
Bush needs a Defense Secretary who can navigate a treacherous minefield of conflicting issues and interests
12/27
Why Philip Morris' Shares Are Smokin'
The big tobacco, drinks, and food company is gaining market share, has a potentially hot IPO lined up, and a new friend in Washington
12/27
George W. Hits the Ground Backpedaling
His Cabinet choices so far sure are throwbacks. And his $1.6 trillion tax cut? Only a highly watered-down version will have any hope
12/26
Placing a Call to ALLTEL
This telecom outfit may be beaten down too far, especially if its wireless operations keep up their robust growth
E.BIZ
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12/29
Clicks & Misses: Baby, You're a Star!
Business Week's Diane Brady shared her joy -- and live video of her newborn -- by inviting friends and relatives to a postnatal Webcast via BabyPressConference.com
12/28
A Value Play on Wireless Wings?
Aether Systems' $1 billion cash hoard is fuel for savvy acquisitions. That plus its versatile software could rekindle investor enthusiasm
12/28
Roll Up That Monitor When You're Done
"Organic light-emitting devices" -- a cross between a shower curtain and a display screen -- could become available by 2003
12/27
The Woman with All the Right Answers?
Louise Kirkbride is impressing even tech-wary investors with Broad Daylight, a startup whose Web customer-relations software automates companies' replies to questions
12/26
For Softlock, the Rights Stuff Wasn't Good Enough
After disappointing e-book sales, the Web publisher is turning away from digital-rights management to create demand for content instead
FRONTIER
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12/29
Lies to Make a VC Groan
Looking for startup funding? Try these lines at that all-important meeting --
and you'll likely be shown the door instead of a check
12/29
The Fine-Print Follies of Franchisees
Hidden legal costs, ripoff rents, even surrendering your First Amendment
rights -- they are just some of the traps waiting to ensnare unwary
franchisees
12/28
Q&A: Aida Alvarez
The SBA's outgoing boss talks about her tenure and looks forward to a Republican successor who'll continue to focus on women and minorities
12/28
The Death of a Dot-Com
An insider tells what it was like to live through the exuberant rise and crushing fall of Pets.com
12/27
Cutting Through the VC Clutter
Venture capitalist Dave Power explains why businesses that nurture startups
need high-level marketers to demystify "the black magic of strategy"
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NEWS
Wharton's Bay Area Invasion
The elite B-school will open an exec MBA campus in Stanford's and UC-Berkeley's backyard
MBA JOURNALS
Learning in the Real World Classroom
In this new series, six second-year writers report on their summer internships
MBA JOURNALS
Midterm Reports
Six first-year students report on the first 10 weeks of B-school
GETTING IN
Admissions Q&A: Erasmus
Get the latest on application essays, interviews, and more, from Connie Tai, director of admissions at Erasmus' Rotterdam School of Management
CAREER MOVES
Placement Q&A: Maryland
Richard Feldman, director of the career management center at the Smith School of Business, discusses the evolving MBA recruiting process
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Career Outlook, 2001
What will the coming year's hiring trends be? Here are some fearless forecasts from a panel of experts. Parts One and Two of a two-part series
12/29
Charitable Giving: Is the Wave About to Crest?
For four years, Silicon Valley nonprofits have enjoyed the fruits of the tech
bonanza. Those glory days may go the way of the 5000 Nasdaq
12/27
Should Working Parents Work Less?
It's a cruel quandary: Working hard for your family means seeing less of them -- unless Don Browning can persuade parents and employers to embrace a 30-hour week
12/27
Fewer Dot-Com CEOs
The Internet meltdown has lots of up-and-comers down and out. They may get new job offers, but not as many for No. 1 spots
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Online Asia: O Fiber-Optic Tannenbaum
In Hong Kong, fake-Christmas-tree maker Boto plans to put
its name up in lights with the musical iTree and some Web
pizzazz
12/29
India's Rough Road to Privatization
As the government takes decisive steps to sell off money-losing state-run companies, union-led strikes are wreaking havoc and costing billions. Plus, a Q&A with India's privatization czar
12/29
From Le Monde Interactif: Probing Egypt's Ancient Secrets
In Alexandria, archaeologists are using computers, cyber links, and 3-D imaging. Plus: Q&A with Egyptologist Robert Vergnieux
12/27
Assistive Tech: Straight Talk about NaturallySpeaking
However Lernout & Hauspie's bankruptcy pans out, it's
vital that its voice-recognition program, used by legions of
disabled, remains on the market
12/27
Moveable Feast: Picture-Perfect Looks at Paris
Two new books on 20th century Parisian photographers
present starkly different -- but always compelling -- views
of life and art
12/22
Asian Netrepreneur: New Year, New Site
Internet entrepreneur Sandy Oh entrepreneur reviews how her business has grown this year
and what plans the company has for 2001
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