February 10, 2012

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The CEO Guide to Hacking the Kinect

Learn how software developers are hacking into Microsoft's Kinect motion sensor to build products and services that take advantage of its ability to capture 3-D images at low cost. It's being used by businesses as varied as Nordstrom for window displays, Evoluce to help users control PCs by hand, and researchers at UC Berkeley to help robots "see" 6/7/11

Mobile World Congress

A special report from the four-day gathering of leaders in mobile technology 2/14/11

Tech Hot Growth Companies 2010

As the economy improves, which tech companies are making up for lost sales and market share during the recession? It's not your ususual suspects 12/14/10

Focus on Climate Change

U.N. climate negotiations are bogged down. But as climate change experts gather in Cancun to replace the Kyoto Protocol, there are alternatives 11/24/10

CEO Guide to High-Performance Computing

Learn how General Motors is using high-performance computers made by International Business Machines to make cars safer and market new automobiles. Other companies harnessing high-power computers include Boeing, DreamWorks, Eli Lilly, and Speedo. Supercomputing leaders are IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Oracle and Cray 10/5/10

CEO Guide to Collective Intelligence

Learn how companies including Pitney Bowes, AT&T, Cisco Systems and Electronic Arts are using software to tap workers' collective knowledge and ideas to solve problems at a low cost 9/8/10

Meet the Tech Pioneers of 2011

The World Economic Forum's prestigious annual selection of promising entrepreneurs reveals the diversity of global innovation 9/2/10

CEO Guide to Aging IT Workforce

Learn about companies including IBM, Boeing and CA, which are facing a shortage in engineers. The coming dearth of IT specialists threatens to curb demand for mainframe computers and make it harder for U.S. companies to compete 8/3/10

CEO Guide to Apple's iPad

Learn how large companies including Wells Fargo and SAP as well as smaller businesses such as restaurants and nail salons are using Apple's iPad to make employees more productive and keep them better connected to the office 7/7/10

Bloomberg Businessweek 50

Bloomberg Businessweek's list of the 50 companies in the S&P 500 with the best total returns for shareholders over the last five years as of Mar. 31, 20106/17/10

Focus On: Green Energy

As world leaders squabble over how to cut emissions and help the planet, City Hall is taking action 6/3/10

The Bloomberg Businessweek Tech 100

The world's best performing tech companies of 20095/20/10

The Inner City 100

From Detroit to New Orleans, these growth businesses thrive in low-income neighborhoods—and strengthen local economies5/6/10

Eye On: Open Source

User-generated content, crowdsourcing and open innovation are powerful forces that have sparked a revolution across industries. This special report gauges the latest thinking in how to manage them successfully4/1/10

World-Class Customer Service

Bloomberg BusinessWeek's fourth annual ranking of the companies that are the best when it comes to customer service2/18/10

Best Companies for Leadership: The Top 20

Bloomberg BusinessWeek.com and Hay Group's exclusive survey on what the top companies are doingÑand doing differently from their peers to prepare for the future2/16/10

CEO Guide to 'Patent Trolls'

Microsoft, McAfee, and Symantec are countering costly infringement litigation by joining a year-old group that buys and licenses its own patents 2/2/10

Davos World Economic Forum 2010

The annual Swiss confab of the world's top business and political leaders produces news, insights, and sometimes a few sparks 1/25/10

Philanthropy 2010

The economy is poised for recovery in 2010, but will philanthropy—corporate and individual—follow along? 1/14/10

The Seven Essentials

Effective lessons to grow your business based on the success pattern of America's highest growth businesses12/04/09

Supporting Women and Minority-Owned Entrepreneurs

Women and minority entrepreneurs, who together own more than 10 million U.S. businesses, have access to more resources than they might realize12/04/09

Rethinking Recruitment and Hiring

Smart Strategies for hiring for the economic turnaround11/24/09

Managing 'Generation Unretired'

The financial crisis has forced people to postpone, rethink, or come out of retirement. Retaining this talent pool brings both opportunity and challenges for companies11/17/09

The Most Intriguing Startups

History shows that a certain breed of entrepreneur feeds off adverse conditions, and this recession is no exception11/12/09

20 Years After The Fall of The Berlin Wall

Germany, and the world, were inexorably changed by the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 198911/09/09

Diversity as a Business Model

How inclusion leads to greater innovation and better corporate performances10/27/09

Growth Through Innovation

Innovation can steer a company's strategy, even in tough times10/14/09

Women and Leadership

What women leaders do differently—and what companies need to do differently 10/14/09

World's Best Companies

The top 40 global champions ranks by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney 9/27/09

Aging In Place

The top 40 global champions ranks by management consulting firm A.T. Kearney 9/22/09

Best Global Brands 2009

Companies as diverse as McDonald's, Ford, and American Express are revamping their marketing to win back that most valuable of corporate assets 9/17/09

Financial Crisis: One Year Later

The fall of Lehman Brothers sparked the worst financial crisis in generations. One year later, Wall Street and Main Street are still struggling to make sense of it 9/10/09

The Best Places to Launch a Career

Graduates lucky enough to land a job may find the prospect of responsibility and rapid advancement surprisingly strong. But don't count on bigger salaries 9/03/09

Why Going Green Matters

Entrepreneurs are at the forefront of the environmental revolution with the products they sell. Now they're transforming their companies to cut waste and save money 8/7/09

Innovation in a Recession

How companies are finding creative ways to come up with new products and services faster and more efficiently—with fewer resources 7/22/09

Automated Innovation 2.0

Automated innovation—relying on computers to roll out new products—flopped at first. Now it's come back as a cost-cutting tool for hard times 6/8/09

How Cloud Computing Will Change Business

IBM, Qualcomm, Nokia, and other majors, along with startups, are preparing to cash in on new technology. Not that it will be easy 6/4/09

The Inner City 100: Meet the Fastest-Growing Companies

From the sleekest IT to the most traditional cottage industry, these fast-growing companies are not only thriving but making a difference where it counts 6/1/09

General Motors' New Landscape

Detroit's federally mandated restructuring points to a new paradigm for U.S. automakers, with GM leading the way 5/27/09

How to Stay on Top

Management expert Jim Collins on how to spot the subtle signs that your successful company is actually on course to sputter—and how to reverse the slide before it's too late 5/14/09

The New Rules of Management

The worldwide recession has forced companies and managers to rethink best practices and craft new ones 5/14/09

The Future of Television

TV as we know it is being turned upside-down. Here's a look at some of what's coming to the viewing experience 4/22/09

The Most Innovative Companies

BusinessWeek's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies shows not all are reining in R&D 4/9/09

The BusinessWeek 50

As our 13th annual ranking of the BW 50 shows, innovation is still alive and well—vital, even—among America's largest companies 3/26/09

Auto Bailout

Read timely articles about the auto industry bailout in the United States. Stay up-to-date on automakers bankruptcies and car prices in today's economy 3/25/09

Emerging Markets in North Africa

A look at companies doing business in North Africa 3/5/09

Customer Service

How companies are struggling to maintain customer service amid sinking sales and declining employee morale 1/8/09

Managing Through a Crisis: The New Rules

In times of turmoil, opportunities abound. All managers must do is keep their companies afloat, their eyes peeled for openings, and their bearings—as the old rules wash away 1/8/09

Emerging Markets

A look at companies succeeding in emerging markets 12/4/08

Inside Innovation

Our look at the some of the world's most inventive projects and products and tactics for spurring innovation and creativity 11/20/08

Future of Technology

Our look at the future of technology in emerging markets 10/27/08

Chicago Innovation Awards

From tiny startup PrepMe to giant Abbott Labs, the 10 winners of the annual Chicago Innovation Awards are hot 10/16/08

The Power 100

"Innovation economics" shows how smart ideas can turn into jobs and growth—and keep the U.S. competitive 10/2/08

Inside Innovation

"Innovation economics" shows how smart ideas can turn into jobs and growth—and keep the U.S. competitive 9/11/08

The Best Places to Launch a Career

To lure and keep young talent when cash is tight, companies of all stripes are appealing to Gen Yers' ambitions for speedy advancement—and their desire to do good while doing well 9/4/08

Business & The Beijing Olympics

Our look at the business of the Olympic Games 7/30/08

Inside Innovation

A closer look at innovative companies and ideas 6/6/08

Hot Growth 50: Best Small Companies 2008

BusinessWeek's list of fastest-growing small companies. Can they sustain their stratospheric growth? 5/29/08

The Future of Tech: Top 100 IT Companies 2008

Our 2008 look at the technology companies still able to thrive within levels of increased competition 5/22/08

Golf & The Business Life

A look at news, new products and new developments in the game of golf 5/15/08

Inside Innovation

Smart ideas for tough times: The 50 companies that make up our annual ranking nurture cultures that value creative people in good times and bad 4/17/08

The BusinessWeek 50, 2008

Management vision that spurns conventional wisdom is one trait many companies on our list share. This year's rankings are also our most international to date 3/27/08

Customer Service Champs 2008

Overall, customer service has dipped, perhaps a victim of spending cutbacks. But there's good news, too 2/21/08

Microsoft Moves on Yahoo

If the No. 2 and No. 3 Web search titans tie the knot—via Microsoft's multibillion-dollar bid for Yahoo—they may only just keep up with No. 1, Google 2/11/08

Best Places to Launch a Career

The top 50 employers for new college grads 9/18/06

The European Business Week 50

Many European BusinessWeek 50 stars are in services, and they're all going global in a big way 6/27/06

Young Entrepreneurs of Tech

As Internet companies and the economy rebound, so has the college-age entrepreneur 10/25/05

The BusinessWeek 50 -- 2006

With world oil prices high, the energy sector's strong showing in this year's ranking comes as no surprise. But a host of companies -- from Apple to Staples -- have scored big by using technology, design, or clever marketing to build intense customer loyalty. 4/3/06

The Future of Technology

The big trends ahead and our ranking of the Top 100 Info Tech companies 4/4/05

BusinessWeek 50

Meet the stars of Corporate America. Heavy industry and Big Oil make strong showings, as do technology companies, consumer brands, health care, and others. Check out the latest -- and most varied -- cream of the crop 4/4/05

Hot Growth Companies

Talent, teamwork, and creativity powered this year's BusinessWeek list of luminaries, which range from Pixar to Chico's to Coldwater Creek 4/4/05

Industry Outlook 2005

Reversals of fortune: Expect a year where, in many sectors, what went up must come down -- and vice versa 1/10/05

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