Chief Executive (U.S.)

I think often about the benefits our company can bring to the marketplace and what can be done to sustain our growth and success. As I look at our marketplace, I see many companies with many different advantages, and T wonder how my company will compete...

Guess who's coming to dinner, It's the Internal Revenue Service, and amid lean times, the agency has worked up a powerful appetite. A courteous houseguest, the IRS will do the cooking. Unfortunately, its specialty is barbecue, and if the agency thinks...

Chief executive's decision to spotlight the 10 best and worst industrial designs speaks volumes about the changing relationship of business to design. From determining the typeface on a business card; to building corporate headquarters; to planning and...

The 1980s, with its tender offers, leveraged buyouts, poison pills, spin-offs and rip-offs, could be called the Decade of Corporate Turbulence. The net result of all this undisciplined, unbridled action was about 30 percent negative and 10 percent positive....

Owners who consider selling closely held businesses face a wide range of alternatives and decisions. Ultimately, the success of the deal for both the buyer and the seller hinges on the establishment of a reasonable price, the acquisition of needed capital...