A Return to the banker's honor code
Jonathan Knee wants to bring back the traditional values of investment banking's early days -- before junk bonds, LBO funds and the Internet bubble changed everything.
Embrace your mess: Q&A with Eric Abrahamson
In his new book, Eric Abrahamson lambastes our profit-devouring, time-wasting obsession with order and revels in having achieved an optimal state of messiness.
What really happens at mixers?
An innovative experiment shows how we try -- with varying degrees of success -- to meet new people.
The blame game
How cultural differences between Japan and the United States affect the way leaders are perceived when accidents strike.
The unsung heroes of corporate growth
Rita McGrath calls for empowering middle managers, who -- with their inside company knowledge, political savvy and talent for getting things done -- make innovation possible.
Outsourcing and technological change
If your industry has a high rate of technological change, are you more likely to outsource?
Guppies, ants and golf swings
Michael Mauboussin mines unexpected sources for insight into choice, risk and innovation
Decision brief: EMC turnaround
In the 1990s, EMC was the hottest stock on the NYSE. But when the dot-com bubble burst, the company took a turn for the worse. How did Joe Tucci revamp EMC's business model to fit a radically different marketplace?
The impact of founder succession
A founder's departure can have a positive, negative or neutral effect on organizational performance. New research helps to predict the impact of founder succession on a particular organization.