Best Business Books 2016: Economy
Robert J. Gordon The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (Princeton University Press, 2016) Adair Turner Between Debt and the…
Robert J. Gordon The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (Princeton University Press, 2016) Adair Turner Between Debt and the…
Robert Cialdini Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade (Simon Schuster, 2016) * A TOP SHELF PICK Joseph L. Badaracco Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at…
Elliot Luber is a visiting assistant professor of business, management, and leadership at SUNY Empire State College’s School for Graduate Studies. Here, he shares his views on what makes a…
A new Gartner Maverick report says that annual physical medical exams and primary care doctors are about to be disrupted by IoT medical devices and algorithm. Here’s how IT must…
While data-analytics projects have the potential to contribute greatly to organizational goals, professionals overseeing these efforts are encountering a wide range of issues that stand in the way of success,…
Marketing is an always-evolving field, making it difficult for brands to keep up. Often insight into the next big trend comes from new technologies themselves. For modern-day marketers, those technologies…
Why is the TPP so controversial? Answer by Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States: This is an important question. And the answer reflects a larger paradox we’re…
You know exactly what I am talking about. Your business is really coming together. You finally have the right staff to help you fire on all cylinders. You picked up…
Six of Apple’s Most Recent and Wildest Inventions From a super-intense set of body sensors to a bag, it seems there’s nothing Apple won’t patent. Apple has been a driving…
It’s true every sales team has that one rep who crushes every monthly goal, while others struggle and have a tendency to underperform. The 80/20 rule is never truer than…
Businesses are seeing an increase in millennials entering the workforce at a rapid rate. As of 2012, they are the first generation to surpass Baby Boomers in numbers. In 2017,…
The remote workforce is expected to account for nearly three-quarters of the U.S. workforce by 2020, and your business could benefit from having a more flexible remote work policy and…
In The Outsiders, William Thorndike argues that the most essential skill for a manager is capital allocation. To prove his point, he profiles CEOs such as Henry Singleton of Teledyne and John…
Transcending boundaries While the CIOs take somewhat different approaches to changing hearts and minds, the basic outlines of the cultural destination appear to be quite similar. Greater customer focus and…
What’s the problem? Before businesses get swept up in the AI hype, CIOs should start at a sensible — and, likely, familiar — place: What business problem are they trying…
If I was asked to recount all the ways the customer is not always right, I might run out of page space on this website. That enormous project with the…
Have a business problem you just can’t figure out? Feel screwed, with nobody to take your call? Entrepreneur is here to help with a new column called “What’s Your Problem?” Email [email protected], and we may investigate…
The rise of the freelancer: some estimates are that over 54 million Americans are now taking contractual gigs rather than steady employment. After the recession, some temporary gigs were necessary…
If you’re thinking that we’re moving away from the idea that “business is a cutthroat environment where costs are minimized and customers are squeezed for every penny,” you may be on to…
Passion is a driving factor towards getting more accomplished during your day and life. In this video, Christine Johnson, the president of nonprofit talent acquisition and recruitment firm STAR Chicago, explains how passion…