Strategy & Management

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Fast Company November 2004 Bill Breen	The Need For Speed Dell's ultimate competitive weapon is speed, which gives the tech giant's bottom line a real boost. Here's the company's five-point plan for building a really fast company.
Fast Company November 2004 Lucas Conley	Trade Secrets Equal Exchange's innovative and collaborative ways of dealing with coffee growers gets it better beans -- and "caffeinated" growth. Do companies that thrive by twisting their suppliers' arms have something to learn from this strategy?
Fast Company November 2004 Lucas Conley	A Different Way to Deal With Suppliers Instead of leaning on its vendors, Equal Exchange collaborates with coffee growers to make sure it gets the best beans. Here are four key steps that lead to better beans.
Fast Company November 2004 Reingold & Underwood	Was Built To Last Built To Last? "Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies" is one of the most influential business books of our era, and it took the management world by storm. But how well have the companies it lionized and the principles it espoused stood the test of time?
Fast Company November 2004 Ryan Underwood	A Field Guide to the Gurus Sometimes a book is more than just a book. In the guru business, a block-buster title is the ticket to hefty lecture fees and consulting gigs. Here's how some of the biz-book heavyweights stack up against one another.
Fast Company November 2004 Jennifer Reingold	How to Read a Business Book Here are three sure-fire ways to get the most out of business tomes -- without resorting to just the executive summary.
Fast Company November 2004 Ryan Underwood	Built to Last: The True Test of Timeless Companies Jim Collins, author of "Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies," explains why his book is not about business performance, why the list doesn't matter, and why the laws of physics will never change.
Fast Company November 2004 Ryan Underwood	Built to Last: Visionary Exam Built to Last co-author Jerry Porras speaks out on the limitations of leaders, the value of vision, and the importance of creative corporate cultures.
Fast Company November 2004 Linda Tischler	IBM's Management Makeover As its world changes, IBM is studying its top-performing leaders. What do they do differently, and can everyone do it?
Fast Company November 2004 Paul B. Brown	What I Know Now What lessons has Len Schlesinger learned since he went from professor at Harvard Business School to COO of Limited Brands?
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