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Firms will Struggle to Differentiate between Contract and Full-Time Employees
The line between a contractor and an employee may get even blurrier. The US Department of Labor has proposed to… Read More
BOUNDARY SPANNERS
THUNDERBIRD PROF ANDREAS SCHOTTER MAY HAVE DISCOVERED A SECRET TO REAL GLOBAL SUCCESS. HE CALLS THEM ‘BOUNDARY SPANNERS.’ YOU’LL CALL… Read More
LIGHTS, CAMERA, TRANSACTION!
Matthews Studio Equipment (MSE) had a rare problem—products so good, they say, that customers rarely needed to come back for… Read More
WILD TURKEY
Kansas-based Garmin, maker of highly-rated global positioning systems (GPS), became temporarily lost in February 2011—with $1.5 million worth of its… Read More
SHADES OF SUCCESS
FOR IWOOD ECO-FRIENDLY SUNGLASSES, ACCIDENTS ARE A GREAT BUSINESS TOOL. Steve McMenamin says his success was “a complete accident.” He… Read More
Going, Going, Green!
Going, Going, Green! United Cargo Relocates to New State-of-the-Art Green Facility in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport United Cargo is now operating… Read More
PIONEERS OF DUSTY ROOMS
Warehouses, Trans-Atlantic Trade, and the Opening of the North American Frontier SALEM MASS MARKET Their simple box represents a remarkable… Read More
WHY NOT MORE LUXURY FOR LESS?
Negotiating rates at the Grande Dames hotels HONG KONG”S PENINSULA: AN URBAN TIME MACHINE The extraordinary people-watching alone is worth… Read More
FINE CHINA
IN THE RED Should the U.S. adopt Chinese business practices? Americans love China. Americans hate China. We asked two… Read More
BOGART CREWED A CARGO
POETRY IN OCEAN The USPS honors the U.S. Merchant Marine for service so courageous that FDR relaxed his ban on… Read More
Datebook March-April ’12
Our pick of interesting upcoming trade shows. CIMES 2012 Exhibitors from 64 countries meet in Beijing, June 12, for China’s… Read More
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