Transparency: It's Not Just for Shrink Wrap Anymore

Are you an honest leader? Take the test and learn how to cultivate your leadership integrity.

Shvo Motion

Shvo is transforming the skyline of Long Island City--the tatty industrial section of Queens, just across the East River from Manhattan--into the city he has had built in his mind.

Nokia Comes to Town

Nokia is opening a new mobile manufacturing plant in the Romanian city of Cluj Napoca, which should bring about 4,000 jobs to the area.

Organizational Charting Our Course

Wonder how a specific company is organized? Want to learn who's working where? CogMap might be an increasingly useful tool.

Take Time to Stop Running Your Business

When you first start your business, you buy brand new computers, servers, software and other things to get up and running. Don't neglect maintenance as the business grows up.

What's the Update: When to Get New Software

New versions come out all the time, like Microsoft's new Vista operating system, raising questions about whether and when to upgrade. Here's how to decide.

How I Did It: Howard Dahl, President and CEO, Amity Technology

Howard Dahl was among the first American entrepreneurs to stream into Moscow in 1992, following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Fifteen years and two currency crises later, Amity Technology, his Fargo, North Dakota-based farm equipment manufacturer, is still there.

A Look at Development Agencies Across the Globe

Going global is no longer just for large multinationals. A growing number of small businesses are expanding abroad. To cater to American entrepreneurs, many foreign governments have established development agencies.

An On-The-Ground Look At Asian Competition

If you think you can avoid competition from Asia by staying at home, think again. From what we see, a little more than half of young Asian companies want to move into the U.S. market while they're developing their home markets.

Smart Questions for Your Hiring Manager

Your HR manager is hounding you to green-light some new hires--but don't move too fast. According to a recent survey by Background Information Services in Cleveland, more than half of all job seekers lie on their resumés, often by inflating their job titles.

The Firefox Paradox

Firefox's products are free. Its work force is largely volunteer. Its meetings are open to anyone. It's a nonprofit. It may be the hottest tech company in America.

Iraq Opens New Small-Business Center

Amid the dangers of daily car bombings and sniper fire, the government of Iraq and the U.S. Agency for International Development are rallying local entrepreneurs to launch start-up businesses, as the nation now enters its fifth year of conflict.

To sell or not to sell?

The question often isn't about selling your business to a particular group or even about getting the right price. It comes down to whether you really want to sell at all.

Things I Can't Live Without: Greg Strause

Greg Straus and his brother Colin have founded two visual effects companies and in this process have found some things they can't live without including a $1 million screening room and an apple 17-inch laptop.

Positive ID: All About Biometrics

Biometric identification -- which instantly authenticates people by unique physical traits such as eye structure, voice patterns and handprints -- may seen like something out of X-Men or Star Trek.

About Your Website's "About" Page

The "About" page -- also known as the "About Us" page -- is one of the most clicked-on webpages on a business website. It's right up there after the home page.

Gatekeeper Google's Unbreakable Algorithm

It seems like everyone's suing Google these days, but one of the most important cases may be the least talked about. KinderStart.com accused Google of bumping a would-be competitor in its rankings, but the real question is: even if Google did, could anyone figure it out?

The Heat is On Indian Call Centers Yet Again

Faced by increasing customer complaints on quality of call handling in Indian call centers, a number of large British firms are shifting their call centers back to the UK

We Have Nothing to Fear But Fear of Learning

Pressure can play a useful learning when striving to learn or excel, but stress that's powerful enough to cause fear may ultimately shut us down.

NCAA Tournament: Declining Employee Productivity

The NCAA men's basketball tournament brings with it office pools, water-cooler debate, even sneaking out to the local sports bar and since time is money, the tournament is expected to cost employers up to $1.2 billion in lost productivity this year

Making Money with IRS Loopholes

It's still possible to sell your business without paying current income taxes using IRC 1045, a tax provision that allows a payer to sell qualified small business stock without having to gain from the sale.

Quit it with the Smiley Faces

There is a rage against emoticons. One writer tells about how she feels that emoticons reduce the geography of human faces and emotions to a few crude lines and dots.

Women Entrepreneurs on the Rise

According to a new report, about a third of the world's entrepreneurial activity is being driven by women, particularly women in poorer nations.

Don't Interrupt Me

Between e-mail, BlackBerrys, Smart phones, and an ever-growing array of computer applications it's almost impossible to concentrate on any one thing for more than a few minutes.

Going to a Greener Place

Becoming green is a concern of every industry – even death. A company called Eco Coffins has been designing eco-friendly coffins made of recycled grid honeycomb and cardboard.

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