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How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning Signs

In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Good to Great author Jim Collins pinpoints the insidious (and often invisible) problems that send great companies crashing to earth

• Slide Show: How the Mighty Fall, and How to Stay on Top

Albert Gordon: Financial Leadership the Old-Fashioned Way

The Kidder Peabody legend brought a purposefulness and responsibility to the business that his contemporary counterparts would do well to learn

Are You a Walt Disney or a Roy Disney?

Is your company better at having an idea or making an idea happen? Knowing where your organization's strength lies is a vital first step toward innovation success

GE's Jeffrey Immelt: All Boxed In

No matter what the CEO does to try to save his company, it has lost its aura of greatness

• Plus: The Sum of Its Parts
• How to Play It: General Electric

Wall Street's Economic Crimes Against Humanity

By refusing to consider the consequences of their actions, those who created the financial crisis exemplify the banality of evil, writes Shoshana Zuboff

• Poll: Should AIG Execs Give Up Their Bonuses?

Out with the Dead Wood for Newspapers

Yes, all newspaper publishers will have to convert their dailies to online. Here's how it might work

Taking on Toy Safety

From peanuts to baby formula, recalls seem rampant. Now the toy industry has a plan, and the technology, to keep its products safe

• Slide Show: Dangerous Products

What to Do in a Product Safety Crisis

If your company faces a product safety crisis, don't panic. Here are some guidelines to help you respond with a cool head

Creating a Culture of Risk Avoidance

In the event of a product safety problem, product makers should be prepared to defend themselves. Raising awareness among employees is essential to the process

• Plus: Checklist For Product Risk

Cutting Work Hours Without Cutting Staff

It's cheaper to trim hours or pay than to slash staff—which is why companies are getting creative with alternatives like furloughs and unpaid leave

• Slide Show: Alternatives to Layoffs

Outsourcing Gets Crimped by Recession

Discretionary IT projects are getting the ax as companies review costs, hurting sales and growth for outsourcing providers

• Slide Show: Emerging Outsourcing Cities

The World's Most Influential Companies

In a year of loss, they're building market share, upending their industries, and changing consumers' lives

Best Places to Intern: 2008

BusinessWeek's 2008 list of the companies with the best internships shows college students where to look in this tough job market

• Slide Show: Top Undergrad Internship Programs: 2008
• Slide Show: Internship Advice from Career Service Directors

Auto Bailout: What Drucker Would Have Said

Peter Drucker wrote in 1946 that GM should evaluate practices that could become obsolete. What would he say about a bailout? A crutch is a bad idea

Predicting the Next Financial Meltdown

There are common factors to such crises as the current financial mess, the collapse of Enron, and the bursting of the Internet bubble. We should heed the warning signs next time

Good Riddance to the Imperial CEO

When those in the C-suite assume a royal distance from those they lead, understanding, communication, and effectiveness all suffer

Wal-Mart's New Sustainability Mandate in China

CEO Lee Scott has made it clear that Wal-Mart's China suppliers have to go green or else they will have to just go, period

Renovate the Old Economy, Don't Rebuild It

We can't rely on a consumption-based economy. We have to encourage a production-driven one, argues Tom Davenport

Costco's Artful Discounts

With costs of everything on the rise, the big box retailer gets creative

Can Green Business Survive the Meltdown?

Here are some thoughts on what will change, what won't, and how to stay the course

Reining in Wall Street's Rainmakers

How excessively risk-taking corporate cultures and unbalanced reward practices have contributed to the current financial crisis

Challenge for the Next President: Energy

In the first of four articles, Boston Consulting Group's Harold L. Sirkin suggests how our next President can curb the need for foreign oil

• Plus: Challenge for the Next President: Infrastructure
• Plus: Challenge for the Next President: Education
• Plus: Challenge for the Next President: Productivity

Leadership

The Financial Crisis: What Drucker Would Have Said

Self-Confidence and Success

The Glass Cliff

Organizations Need Structure and Flexibility

The Era of Inspiration

What Rock Stars Can Teach Leaders

An Olympic-Size Leadership Challenge

Preparing Execs for Asia Assignments

Obama vs. Clinton: Leadership Styles

Buffett's Plan for Successful Succession

For Leaders, There Is No Off Switch

Shoshana Zuboff: The Call for Epochal Leadership

From Harvard Business Online: Becoming the Boss

Three Questions for the Candidates

What Makes a Business Leader Tick

The Leadership Mindset

Remote Leadership

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Chief Executives

Wall Street Bailout Could Crimp CEO Pay

Fred Hassan on Learning from Adversity

Graduation Wisdom for Future CEOs

• Slide Show: Ten Leadership Lessons for MBAs

A New Political Agenda for Business?

CEO Pay: The Steroids Era

How to Reenergize Starbucks

When Should CEOs Be Fired?

The Male CEO in the Pink Dress

Interactive Case Study: Putting the Life Back in Joie de Vivre

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Strategy and Execution

Organizations Need Structure and Flexibility

Demonstrating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

• Plus: We're All Entrepreneurs

Cut Costs Like Avon—Not Home Depot

When Your Company Outgrows Its Board

What Apple Knows That Facebook Doesn't

Skilling's Appeal and Enron's Legacy

Why 'How' Matters More Than Ever

When the 'Silver Tsunami' Fails to Hit

Jim Champy: Outsmarting the Competition

A Green and Bumpy Road for CEOs

• Plus: Interactive Case Study: Jeff Immelt's Green Day

Interactive Case Study: Re-engineering Xerox

The Innovation Engine: The Upside of Recession

• Plus: The Recession Talk Your Board Should Have

Doodling for Profits

• Slide Show: Business on the Back of a Napkin

How to Market in a Recession

Corporate Governance in China and India

What Can Microsoft Offer Yahoo?

• Plus: Microsoft and Yahoo: Bliss?

What Went Wrong at Citi and Merrill

• Plus: Bill George: Nonperforming CEOs
• Plus: The Problems with Boards

From Harvard Business: Recession 2008: Take the Offensive

Predictably Surprised in 2007—and 2008

• Plus: Subprime: A Predictable Surprise

Interactive Case Study: Jet Blue's Fare Decision

Google: A Druckerian Ideal?

• Plus: The Best Places to Launch a Career
• Plus: The Most Innovative Corporate Cafeterias
• Slide Show: Good Eats—At Work

Demystifying Strategy: The What, Who, How, and Why

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Crisis Management

How to Handle a Crisis

• Playbook: Responding to a Crisis

Wage Wars

• Plus: Cover Story Podcast

How to Run a Recall

Fixing a Damaged Corporate Culture

• Plus: Best Corporate Practices 2008

How to Market in a Recession

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Change Management

JPMorgan to the Rescue (Again)

• Plus: Gold and the Three Bears
• Plus: JPMorgan Buys Bear on the Cheap

Disney: How Bob Iger Unchained It

Avon: More Than Cosmetic Changes

Kodak: Mistakes Made on the Road to Innovation

Ford: The Auto Giant's Most Important New Model

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Business Ethics

The Ethics of Picking a Vice-President

Ethics Must Be Global, Not Local

How to Get a Good Night's Sleep

Preventing the Death of Customer Care

The Ethics of Outsourcing Customer Service

Ethics and the iPhone

If It's Legal, It's Ethical…Right?

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Irresponsibility

Fine-Tuning Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR: Ask, Don't Tell

• Plus: Getting from Giving
• Plus: How Companies Dig Deep
• Plus: Charity Begins with Due Diligence

Cocreating Business's New Social Compact

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Best Practice Playbooks

How to Get a Fast Start in a New Job

How to Follow a Powerful Leader

How to Give a Smart Performance Review

How to Create a Great Customer Service Experience

How to Attract and Keep the Best People

How to Launch a Wellness Program