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7 Lessons CEOs Can Learn from Steve Jobs

The internet is crawling with stories about Steve Jobs’ retirement from Apple. And so are the newspapers. Steve Jobs has [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter September 1 2011

Study Says CEOs Disappoint as Board Members, But Numbers Tell a Different Story

In August, the Stanford School of Business released a survey with executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles on the effectiveness [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter September 1 2011

Wrong Time To Bet on Internet, says Tech Insider

As a co-founder of TechCrunch (one of the most popular tech sites on the internet – with 273,583 fans on [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter September 1 2011

Lessons from IBM on Successful HR Evolution

The fact that IBM still exists after 100 years is pretty impressive, but the fact that it is still a [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter August 25 2011

Tradable vs. Nontradable Employment — Structural Solutions to the Unemployment Crisis

CEOs are probably more aware than anyone of the hesitation of companies to hire new employees (that’s why two-thirds of [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter August 25 2011

Banks Turn Down 60% of Small Business Loans: Many Small Company CEOs Are Turning to Cash Advances

Since the beginning of 2011, banks have turned down 60 percent of applicants for small business loans in the United [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter August 25 2011

Health Care Reform Keeping 72 Percent of CEOs from Hiring

Employers remain cautious about hiring; according to Chief Executive’s CEO Confidence Index for August 2011, 66 percent of CEOs plan to freeze or downsize their workforce over the next year. We asked CEOs the importance that certain business conditions have to influence them to hire. Two of the most important factors were a repeal of U.S. Health Care Reform and a proven increase in revenue for their businesses.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter August 19 2011

4 Ways to Optimize Your Sales Team

Even though it’s obvious that your sales team should constantly be focused on selling, it just isn’t always the case. [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter August 17 2011

Consumer Confidence Tumbles to Lowest Level in 31 Years

Thomson Reuters and the University of Michigan have been collecting data on U.S. consumer spending since 1952 with the Index [...]

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter August 17 2011
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Expiration Date: What is the Lifespan of Innovation?

Innovation disrupts the marketplace, revolutionizes markets and consumer habits, and can be extremely profitable. But, nothing lasts forever. So, what is the longevity of innovation? Academics from INSEAD, Credit Suisse’s HOLT, and BYU defined innovative metrics and tracked the history of giants like Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and L’Oreal according to Forbes. Out of hundreds of companies, only 14 remained in the top 75 from 1995 to 2011.

 ChiefExecutive.net CEO Briefing Newsletter August 15 2011

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