Management
The anti-mogul
Jeff Bewkes, the next boss of Time Warner, is likely to break up the companyNov 8th 2007
Finding another Prince
Citigroup’s search for a fresh hand at the helmNov 6th 2007 Web only
New colours at Benetton
Alessandro Benetton must revive the ageing brand at the core of his family's industrial groupNov 1st 2007
Psst—want to be a billionaire?
Two great opportunities—in broking and pokingOct 30th 2007 Web only
That's not all, folks
A fallen German media mogul wants to be a player again Oct 25th 2007
Doing the wrong thing
Human-rights activists fall out over how to deal with companiesOct 25th 2007
Smooth operator
A Hong Kong entrepreneur shows Disney how to run a theme park Oct 18th 2007
Locusts in lederhosen
German bosses are learning from private equityOct 18th 2007
Offers refused
An Italian businessman who has broken ranks and crossed the Mafia worries he will pay a high priceOct 11th 2007
A dark art no more
Like management methods before it, innovation is turning from an art into a scienceOct 11th 2007
Keeping shareholders in their place
Bosses around the world celebrate a series of victories over shareholder activistsOct 11th 2007
Green made good
Anita Roddick, pioneer of green capitalism, died on September 10thSep 13th 2007
In search of the good company
The debate about the social responsibilities of companies is heating up againSep 6th 2007
Past rites
How companies can benefit from looking backwards as well as forwardsSep 6th 2007
Far away yet strangely personal
The despised business of videoconferencing is about to get a new lease on lifeAug 23rd 2007
Five years under the thumb
Corporate America is learning how to live with the tough regulations introduced after the collapse of Enron Jul 26th 2007
Third world way
The UN Global Compact may be the best way to draw corporations into the development process. Is its optimism justified?Jul 20th 2007 Web only
Accounting for good people
Surprising as it might seem, the Big Four accountancy firms have lots to teach other companies about managing talented peopleJul 19th 2007
- A special report on executive pay
In the money
Executives have enjoyed an astonishing pay bonanza. Edward Carr explains why most of them deserved it
What's in the Journals
What's in the journals, October 2007
The value of word-of-mouth, own-brands in the developing world, self-delusion and leadership, and moreOct 30th 2007 Web only
What's in the journals, September 2007
Selling smoking, the advantages of dyslexia, Machiavellian advice, and moreSep 20th 2007 Web only
What's in the journals, August 2007
The value of networks, making teams work together, the virtues of private equity, and moreAug 22nd 2007 Web only
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Individual preferences, collective disappointment
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Management Reading
Kicking ass in an unflat world
What the latest crop of business books reveals about trends in managementNov 1st 2007
Chief fiction officer
Joseph Finder thinks that novels provide better insight into business than journalismAug 23rd 2007
Snarling all the way to the bank
Ryanair has managed to be both utterly successful and absolutely dislikedAug 23rd 2007
Be firm, be flexible
The high ground of business managementJul 12th 2007
No fear of flying
How to create the next big thing? Four new books offer some ideasNov 16th 2006