Strategy & Management

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The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 Rich Duprey	Chiron's Booster Shot Novartis raises its bid for the biotech a second time, appeasing dissident shareholders.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 David Compton	Time Warner Goes Wireless Someone at Time Warner finally lit a fire under CEO Dick Parsons about filling a big strategic gap at the world's biggest media company: wireless services. Ultimately, this could be great news for consumers, but it may drive off some investors wary of a slugfest in the mobile phone sector.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	AOL & Travelocity: Dinosaurs in Denial? The renewed deal between AOL and Travelocity isn't the big story here. Investors, the real question is what each company will do to try to maintain relevancy.
The Motley Fool April 4, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Less Blue at Best Buy Best Buy's announcement that it would eliminate 300 corporate jobs is not a sign of retreat. If anything, it's more of a redirection. With moves like this, the retailer may become an even better buy for investors.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 John Churchill	Keeping Up With the Joneses While Edward Jones will likely continue to lose larger producers until it finds another way for them and their wealthier clients, the business of the firm is really about serving the middle market.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	60 Seconds with...Bob Doll The president and CIO of MLIM, who will become vice chairman, CIO of global equities and chairman of the private client operating committee at BlackRock when the merger with Merrill Lynch goes through, discusses the anatomy of the deal.
HBS Working Knowledge April 3, 2006 Sean Silverthorne	The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance As waves of globalization wash across the business world, great new opportunities for financing and investment open to savvy enterprises. In a new casebook, Harvard professor Mihir A. Desai discusses the numerous challenges and opportunities facing firms as they make these decisions.
HBS Working Knowledge April 3, 2006 Dychtwald, Erickson & Morison	How's Your Workforce IQ? Research shows learning is integral to any organization's capability and productivity, recruiting and retention, and leadership and capacity for change. In short, lifelong learning is good for business.
HBS Working Knowledge April 3, 2006 Brousseau et al.	How to Adjust Your Decision-Making Style It's essential to use a leadership style that keeps the information pipeline open and the data flowing freely, so you have access to the best information and analysis. That's why the flexible and integrative styles dominate at the senior executive level.
HBS Working Knowledge April 3, 2006 Jim Heskett	Has Globalization Reached Its Peak? The book End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation argues that globalization has led corporations to outsource too much of their work and, more important, their intellectual capital. So, has globalization reached its peak?
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