Management
The new face of private equity
The future of a controversial business lies with people such as Antonio BonchristianoDec 6th 2007
Doing well by being rather nice
Jim Goodnight of SAS is reaping the benefits of treating his employees wellNov 29th 2007
Shareholder rights and wrongs
Another victory for bosses over shareholdersNov 29th 2007
Maximum Bob
Bob Lutz was hired by General Motors to give its cars some much-needed sparkle. It seems to be workingNov 15th 2007
The anti-mogul
Jeff Bewkes, the next boss of Time Warner, is likely to break up the companyNov 8th 2007
New colours at Benetton
Alessandro Benetton must revive the ageing brand at the core of his family's industrial groupNov 1st 2007
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
Locusts in lederhosen
German bosses are learning from private equityOct 18th 2007
A dark art no more
Like management methods before it, innovation is turning from an art into a scienceOct 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, November 2007
Sir Brian Wilson's posthumous wisdom, improving productivity and the self, the cultural aspect of mergers, and moreNov 23rd 2007 Web only
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
Executive Briefing
Management thinking and advice for senior managers, from the Economist Intelligence Unit
Book summariesprovided by getAbstract
“The Myth of the Rational Voter”
Individual preferences, collective disappointment
More summaries
“Through the Labyrinth”
“Citizen Marketers”
“The Point of the Deal”
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Backgrounders
Management Reading
What witch doctors?
Maybe management theory is not hocus pocus after allNov 13th 2007 Web only
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
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