I remember the day I realized the world was getting weird — so strange and unpredictable that conventional approaches to market forecasting would not work. It was an otherwise ordinary day in May 1985 ...

A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? Almost everyone feels the temptation to answer “10 cents” because the sum $1.10 so neatly ...

As s+b marks 20 years of publication, we look back (and forward) to reflect on the themes, people, and ideas that have ...

The move to a low-carbon economy will create opportunities for innovation and growth. To make the most of them, leaders must understand the challenges they could face along the way. 3.Procter & Gamble ...

A strong car brand can create significant value in the automotive industry. The price consumers expect to pay for otherwise identical luxury vehicles can vary as much as $4,000, depending on the car’s ...

CEO David Taylor explains how a focus on innovation is driving the company’s growth and shaping its sustainability strategy. 3.Ten questions for a winning climate-transition business strategy The move ...

War is not a pathology,” says Philip Bobbitt. “War is a natural condition of the state.” In his groundbreaking book The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002) ...

You wouldn’t expect to be able to predict the overall strategic direction of most companies by studying their executive training facilities. But ever since the 1950s, General Electric Company has ...

Hiromoto Fukuda started a new kind of dating club in Osaka a few years ago. At the Tu-Ba Café, men and women sit on opposite sides of a glass divide. A man who sees a woman he wishes to meet can ask a ...

Over the last few years, companies in a wide variety of industries have created increasingly senior executive positions in supply chain management. Lucent Technologies Inc., the ChevronTexaco ...

A land of political and economic extremes, Latin America has long been among the world’s most challenging regions in which to do business. But corporations, some headquartered within the region and ...