On the evening of December 31, 1999, thousands of nattily-dressed tourists, counterrevolutionaries, neo-capitalists, and plain old partygoers will gather on…
You thought there were limits to securitizing assets? Then take a note from Transmedia Network Inc., which lends money to…
Information technology is now the single largest capital expense for U.S. companies; overall, only labor costs more. This fact has…
Psychological and sociological musings might be the last thing you’d expect to hear from an executive of the leading manufacturer…
Mark King remembers vividly the corporate hangover that set in the morning after one big acquisition. In 1988, he was…
Here’s a club your company doesn’t want to join, unless membership is secret: companies whose noncorporate shareholders are probably forking…
If unconsolidated joint ventures and minority equity stakes help your financial statements sing, get ready for a new tune. The…
Judging from the media drumbeat over “obscene” levels of executive compensation, you’d expect Washington, D.C., to be casting a cold…
If there were a surefire way to improve your company’s cash flow, reduce capital expenditures, make your customers happier, and…
Hooked on personal computers, with their expensive features and application suites? An antidote may be at hand–the network computer. While…
For commercial software vendors, 1997 will be a banner year. Five leading vendors– Baan, J.D. Edwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP–are…
The phenomenal growth of MBA programs has helped business schools create a vast and lucrative new market: executive education. The…
