Growth through the eyes of GE's Immelt
GE is a crucible of management talent and a producer of CEOs that rivals universities. Now GE is embarking on a new challenge – producing organic (internally-generated) growth....
GE is a crucible of management talent and a producer of CEOs that rivals universities. Now GE is embarking on a new challenge – producing organic (internally-generated) growth....
With apologies (we think) to Donald Trump, columnist Paul Gibler explains why no marketer can ignore the benefits of publishing content using Really Simple Syndication (RSS). While implementation is still weak among companies with $50 million or more in annual sales, a majority (63 percent)...
Taking a few jabs at Washington, Gov. Jim Doyle makes the case for his alternative fuels plan. In what he is labeling a "Declaration of Energy Independence," the governor is calling for 25 percent of the state's power and 25 percent of its transportation fuels...
Columnist Chris Shipley offers up three perfect summer "reads" that will provide something interesting, insightful, and entertaining to take to the beach. The topics of these page-turners include brand marketing, business innovation, and some lighter fare in the form of a Silicon Valley murder mystery....
The debate over whether ethanol takes more energy to produce than it yields has become somewhat like the debate over the “flat earth” in the 15th century: How much more scientific evidence to people need before they accept fact?...
Wisconsin isn't the only state that is attempting to build an effective broadband network to promote economic development. Illinois has issues, too, as James Carlini explains....
If you read one batch of headlines, you might conclude Wisconsin's economy is headed straight for a rusty dumpster. But read another, and you might just as easily think the state economy is humming down the path to prosperity....
Big Pharma continues to face substantial sales and profit declines, with drugs losing patent protection, and there is a new twist on how Big Pharma will manage the loss of patent exclusivity. But pharma's stocks are still healthier than those of its biotech cousins....
From blogs to wikis, Web 2.0 concepts could be adopted as part of your business strategy. But as Paul Gibler explains in this debut Buzz Networks column, you've got to keep track of them in order to explore all the possibilities....
UW-Madison professor James Dumesic has refined a catalytic method that makes industrial chemicals, not just fuels, from biomass, and the implications are real for industry and the environment....