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Introduction to the Patent System (Source: Federal Judicial Center)
What Can Conjoint Analysis Do For You? (Source: Sawtooth Software)

Articles

  • "Leadership Principles" (Amazon 07/25/2021)
  • "Inside United's Most Premium Cabin: Polaris Business Class" (Fortune 07/11/2021)

  • "8 Steps To Delivering a Consistently Memorable Customer Experience" (Inc. Magazine 06/09/2021)

  • "How to Grow Your Business When Customer Behaviors Change" (Entrepreneur 05/03/2021)

  • "How to Recycle Your Electronics" (PC Magazine 04/12/2021)

  • "Five Tips For Outsourcing Business Processes Effectively In 2021" (Forbes 03/19/2021)

  • "How Does A Trademark Protect Your Business Name?" (Forbes 02/21/2021)

  • "The Future of the Food Supply Chain Lives on a Rooftop in Montreal" (Fortune 02/06/2021)
  • "For Even More Value from Your Miles and Points, Do This (Not That)" (Forbes 02/05/2021)

  • "Zoom Classes. No Chance Meetings. Is Virtual Business School Worth the Cost?" (New York Times 12/11/2020)
  • "When Your Company Has to Say Sorry, Here's How to Do It Right" (Business Week 12/09/2020)
  • "4 Strategies To Help You Learn To Take Constructive Criticism" (Fast Company 12/08/2020)

  • "Can E-Commerce Save Retail?" (Entrepreneur 10/19/2020)

  • "MBA Students Get Thrown Off Course by Shift to Online Learning" (Business Week 09/16/2020)
  • "3 Keys to Building a Highly Profitable Online Business" (Entrepreneur 09/09/2020)

  • "Revenue Growth Management: Common Pitfalls And How To Win" (Chief Executive 08/27/2020)
  • "It's Not To Late To Get Web Cam Ready" (Chief Executive 08/14/2020)

  • "20 Tips For Working From Home" (PC Magazine 07/31/2020)
  • "4 Ways Businesses Can Adapt to a Changing Supply-Chain Environment" (Fortune 07/21/2020)
  • "What's the Value of Harvard Without a Campus?" (New York Times 07/11/2020)

  • "Anyone Can Teach Anything on This Education Site - And That's Why It's Worth Billions" (Forbes 06/17/2020)
  • "Business School Deans Live the Crisis, Not Just Teach About It" (Business Week 06/16/2020)
  • "Starbucks Is About To Look a Lot Different" (Fast Company 06/10/2020)
  • "Remote Work Will Never Be the Same, And That's a Good Thing" (PC Magazine 06/01/2020)

  • "College as We Know It Coming to an End? Don't Bet on It" (Business Week 05/22/2020)
  • "Can an Artificial Intelligence Learn to Beat the Stock Market?" (Fast Company 05/18/2020)
  • "5 Takeaways From My Covid-19 Remote Teaching" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 05/04/2020)

  • "Why You Shouldn't Try to Replicate Your Classroom Teaching Online" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 04/30/2020)
  • "Why the Macintosh Idea Has Survived and Thrived Since 1984" (Fast Company 04/25/2020)
  • "Inc.'s Essential Business Survival Guide for the Covid-19 Crisis" (Inc. Magazine 04/24/2020)
  • "10 Top Tips for IT Pros Working From Home" (PC Magazine 04/23/2020)
  • "How to Survive the Disruption in Global Supply Chains" (Fast Company 04/21/2020)
  • "Zoom vs. Microsoft Teams vs. Google Meet: Which Top Videoconferencing App Is Best?" (PC Magazine 04/15/2020)
  • "How to Use Microsoft Teams For Free" (PC Magazine 04/10/2020)
  • "How to Prevent Zoom-Bombing" (PC Magazine 04/10/2020)
  • "Afraid of Zoombombing? Try Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, WebEx For Virtual Classes" (USA Today 04/09/2020)

  • "How to Help Struggling Students Succeed Online" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 03/26/2020)
  • "20 Tips For Working From Home" (PC Magazine 03/20/2020)
  • "A Comprehensive Guide to Collaboration Tools For Businesses With Teams Working From Home" (Inc. Magazine 03/20/2020)
  • "Ready to Video Chat? How to Group FaceTime" (PC Magazine 03/20/2020)
  • "5 Strategies to Manage Your Newly Remote Employees" (Fast Company 03/18/2020)
  • "The Greatest Designs of Modern Times" (Fortune 03/16/2020)

  • "7 Tips to Turn Customer Complaints Into Opportunities" (Inc. Magazine 02/15/2020)

  • "Revenue Growth In A Digitized World" (Chief Executive 01/22/2020)
  • "Dying Malls? This One Has Found a Way to Thrive" (New York Times 01/14/2020)
  • "Los Angeles Rethinks Taxis as Uber and Lyft Dominate the Streets" (New York Times 01/12/2020)

  • "How the 2010s Changed Retail Forever" (Fortune 12/19/2019)
  • "Why Customer Engagement Should Be Every Business’s Top Priority in 2020" (Forbes 12/16/2019)
  • "Best Buy Bucks the Trend That’s Crushing Other Retailers" (Wired 12/11/2019)
  • "How to Keep Your Solo Business Successful Without You" (Inc. Magazine 12/09/2019)

  • "For Hundreds Of The Nation’s Private Colleges, It’s Merge Or Perish" (Forbes 11/27/2019)
  • "How Amazon Does It: Decision Making Inside The World’s Most Daring Digital Company" (Chief Executive 11/01/2019)

  • "Five Tips For Recession-Proofing Your Business" (Forbes 10/28/2019)
  • " Would You Like Fries With That? McDonald’s Already Knows the Answer" (New York Times 10/22/2019)
  • "Calm Your Upset Customers And Turn Them Around Using This Proven Service Recovery Method" (Forbes 10/07/2019)

  • "How Starbucks Got Its Buzz Back" (Fortune 09/24/2019)
  • "Why Are Your Customers Calling You Again?" (McKinsey & Company 09/2019)
  • "The Five-Minute Email Rule Completely Transformed The Way I Work" (Fast Company 09/13/2019)

  • "Robot Baristas Serve Cappuccinos With Convenience" (Fortune 08/30/2019)
  • "What Is Deep Learning?" (PC Magazine 08/08/2019)
  • "Sales Are So Common, Are They Meaningless?" (Forbes 08/06/2019)
  • "A First Look Inside Google’s Top-Secret Design Lab" (Fast Company 08/06/2019)
  • "5 Things You Didn't Know Free Wi-Fi Can Do for Your Business" (PC Magazine 08/02/2019)

  • "How to Make Professional Connections at a Social Event" (Fast Company 07/31/2019)
  • "Amazon’s Most Ambitious Research Project Is a Convenience Store" (Business Week 07/18/2019)
  • "5 Automated Email Marketing Messages You Should Be Using" (Entrepreneur 07/15/2019)
  • "22 Excel Tips for Becoming a Spreadsheet Pro" (PC Magazine 07/12/2019)
  • "Multinational Companies Are Adjusting To Shorter Supply Chains" (The Economist 07/11/2019)
  • "6 Tips for Getting Started With Project Management" (PC Magazine 07/08/2019)

  • "How Data Can Help You Win in the Winner-Take-All Economy" (New York Times 06/15/2019)
  • "Cleanup In Aisle 5? Messy Stores, Not E-Commerce, Are Killing Bricks And Mortar" (Forbes 06/10/2019)

  • "Why Business Schools Are Shutting Down Their MBA Programs" (Forbes 05/26/2019)
  • "Amazon Turns Shopping Malls Into Warehouses, Changing America's Community Landscape" (Forbes 05/25/2019)
  • "Why Some Merchants Are Avoiding Amazon" (Forbes 05/22/2019)
  • "Making Billions at the Dollar Store" (Fortune 05/22/2019)
  • "Schools Are Using Software To Help Pick Who Gets In. What Could Go Wrong?" (Fast Company 05/17/2019)
  • "CVS Wants to Make Your Drugstore Your Doctor" (Fortune 05/17/2019)
  • "A Better Way To Fly - Introducing United's Brand New Premium Plus Class" (Forbes 05/12/2019)
  • "Applying the Eight Core Elements of High Performance Teams" (Chief Executive 05/01/2019)

  • "Millennials Tried to Kill the American Mall, But Gen Z Might Save It" (Business Week 04/25/2019)
  • "The Future of Shopping Is Already Happening in China" (Business Week 04/24/2019)
  • "Battle for .amazon Domain Pits Retailer Against South American Nations" (New York Times 04/18/2019)

  • "Meet the English Professor Creating the Billion Dollar College of the Future" (Forbes 03/28/2019)
  • "Helping Foreign Students Cover the High Price of an MBA" (Business Week 03/08/2019)
  • "How Churn Destroys Businesses, and How to Stop It at Yours" (Entrepreneur 03/07/2019)
  • "Amazon Is Closing Pop-Up Stores, as Its Retail Strategy Evolves" (New York Times 03/06/2019)
  • "10 Ways to Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal" (PC Magazine 03/01/2019)

  • "This Is Microsoft’s AI Pipeline, From Research to Reality" (Fast Company 02/13/2019)
  • "Why America’s New Apartment Buildings All Look the Same" (Business Week 02/13/2019)

  • "Why Amazon Go May Soon Change The Way We Shop" (Forbes 01/13/2019)
  • "Brick-And-Mortar Retail Is Not Dead, But Department Stores Like Macy’s Sure Are" (Forbes 01/10/2019)

  • "Defining The Right Business KPIs" (Information Week 12/19/2018)
  • "Checking In? No Thanks. I’m Just Here to Use the Wi-Fi" (New York Times 12/12/2018)
  • "Exclusive CEO Interview: Satya Nadella Reveals How Microsoft Got Its Groove Back" (Forbes 12/10/2018)

  • "Learning How AI Makes Decisions" (PC Magazine 11/28/2018)
  • "25 Lessons Business School Won't Ever Teach You" (Entrepreneur 11/26/2018)
  • "Why Airlines Don’t Want You to Fly Basic Economy" (Business Week 11/16/2018)
  • "Walmart's Fight Against Amazon Is Picking Up Steam" (Forbes 11/15/2018)
  • "Panera Bread Expands To Offer Breakfast Delivery" (Forbes 11/15/2018)
  • "SouthWest Airlines Is Flying To Hawaii. Here's What Could Happen When It Arrives" (Forbes 11/09/2018)
  • "How Does Amazon Do It? Five Critical Factors That Explain Amazon's Incredible Success" (Forbes 11/01/2018)

  • "Get Smarter About Business Cheaper With These 10 Free Online Courses" (Entrepreneur 10/29/2018)
  • "China Is the World’s Retail Laboratory" (Business Week 10/18/2018)
  • "How Companies Turn Your Data Into Money" (PC Magazine 10/10/2018)

  • "Excel Add-Ins: How To Find And Use Them" (PC World 09/06/2018)
  • "Hard Lessons (Thanks, Amazon) Breathe New Life Into Retail Stores" (New York Times 09/03/2018)

  • "3 Tricks to Get People to Actually Listen to Your Presentations" (Entrepreneur 08/31/2018)
  • "Harley-Davidson Needs a New Generation of Riders" (Business Week 08/23/2018)
  • "The Future of Air France Depends On Becoming Less French" (Business Week 08/22/2018)
  • "How Data Is Changing the Pharma Operations World" (McKinsey&Company 08/18/2018)
  • "The Risks and Rewards of Outsourcing" (McKinsey&Company 08/14/2018)
  • "What’s the Right Number of Taxis (or Uber or Lyft Cars) in a City?" (New York Times 08/10/2018)
  • "Workplace Wellness Programs Don’t Work Well. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise" (New York Times 08/06/2018)
  • "Here’s Apple’s Plan to Keep From Losing the World’s Fastest-Growing Smartphone Market" (Business Week 08/06/2018)

  • "The Freshest Ideas Are in Small Grocery Stores" (New York Times 07/31/2018)
  • "Why Ikea Succeeds Around The World While Other Retailers Falter" (Forbes 07/30/2018)
  • "Best Buy Should Be Dead, But It’s Thriving in the Age of Amazon" (Business Week 07/19/2018)
  • "A 4-Day Workweek? A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result" (New York Times 07/19/2018)
  • "How Reward Cards Encourage Merchants to Lower Prices" (Fortune 07/16/2018)
  • "McDonald's Says Goodbye Cashiers, Hello Kiosks" (Forbes 07/11/2018)

  • "The NBA’s Minor League Could Soon Transform Pro Basketball" (Business Week 06/20/2018)
  • "Why Panera’s Experiment With Pay-What-You-Want Dining Failed" (Fast Company 06/08/2018)
  • "Tears ‘R’ Us: The World’s Biggest Toy Store Didn’t Have to Die" (Business Week 06/06/2018)

  • "From Airlines To Baseball Teams, How Companies Can Control The Uncontrollable" (Forbes 05/24/2018)
  • "How China’s 36th-Best Car Company Saved Volvo" (Business Week 05/24/2018)
  • "The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code" (Business Week 05/03/2018)

  • "How Nick Saban Keeps Alabama Football Rolling" (Fortune 04/23/2018)
  • "The Science Of Happiness, In Four Simple Work Habits" (Fast Company 04/06/2018)
  • "Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores" (New York Times 04/01/2018)

  • "FedEx Follows Amazon Into the Robotic Future" (New York Times 03/18/2018)
  • "Toys ‘R’ Us Case Is Test of Private Equity in Age of Amazon" (New York Times 03/15/2018)
  • "Lotto Tickets Are Nice, Boss, but Can I Have My Bonus?" (New York Times 03/11/2018)
  • "5G Cell Service Is Coming. Who Decides Where It Goes?" (New York Times 03/02/2018)

  • "Why A.I. Researchers at Google Got Desks Next to the Boss" (New York Times 02/19/2018)
  • "How Olympic Figure Skaters Design Their Programs" (Fast Company 02/16/2018)
  • "How GE Went From American Icon to Astonishing Mess" (Business Week 02/01/2018)
  • "Inside Amazon's Artificial Intelligence Flywheel" (Wired 02/01/2018)

  • "Inside Amazon Go, a Store of the Future" (New York Times 01/21/2018)
  • "Why Amazon Is The New Microsoft" (Computerworld 01/13/2018)

  • "Bookstore Chains, Long in Decline, Are Undergoing a Final Shakeout" (New York Times 12/28/2017)
  • "Reminding E-Commerce Customers Who Delivers" (New York Times 12/10/2017)
  • "Can Marriott Keep Starwood’s Culture of Cool, and Its Customers?" (New York Times 12/09/2017)
  • "How To Build a Successful Team" (New York Times 12/01/2017)

  • "The Future Of Retail In The Age Of Amazon" (Fast Company 11/24/2017)
  • "Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting." (New York Times 11/22/2017)
  • "Macy’s Has a Plan to Survive the Retail Apocalypse" (Business Week 11/21/2017)
  • "Retailers Experiment With a New Philosophy: Smaller Is Better" (New York Times 11/17/2017)
  • "10 Tips For Job Hunting While You’re Still Employed" (CIO Magazine 11/16/2017)
  • "How to Use Social Media in Your Career" (New York Times 11/13/2017)
  • "How Data Will Change The Future of Customer Service" (New York Times 11/10/2017)
  • "The Disappearing American Grad Student" (New York Times 11/03/2017)
  • "Six Myths About Choosing a College Major" (New York Times 11/03/2017)

  • "Many Academics Are Eager to Publish in Worthless Journals" (New York Times 10/30/2017)
  • "Australia’s Amazon Book Battle" (New York Times 10/19/2017)
  • "An Alternate Universe of Shopping, in Ohio" (New York Times 10/14/2017)
  • "Why Surge Prices Make Us So Mad: What Springsteen, Home Depot and a Nobel Winner Know" (New York Times 10/14/2017)
  • "How Facebook’s Ad System Works" (New York Times 10/12/2017)
  • "These Common Email Mistakes Are Ruining Your Credibility" (Fast Company 10/12/2017)
  • "Different Ads, Different Ethnicities, Same Car" (New York Times 10/12/2017)
  • "Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America" (Business Week 10/11/2017)
  • "Walmart Puts Its Eggs in a Time-Saving Basket: Grocery Pickup" (New York Times 10/05/2017)

  • "IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S." (New York Times 09/28/2017)
  • "Some People Learn to Code in Their 60s, 70s or 80s" (New York Times 09/22/2017)
  • "Best Buy’s Secrets for Thriving in the Amazon Age" (New York Times 09/18/2017)
  • "With a $1,000 Price Tag, Apple’s iPhone Crosses a Threshold" (New York Times 09/10/2017)
  • "Dear Amazon, We Picked Your New Headquarters for You" (New York Times 09/09/2017)
  • "How to Recognize Burnout Before You’re Burned Out" (New York Times 09/05/2017)

  • "To Survive in Tough Times, Restaurants Turn to Data-Mining" (New York Times 08/25/2017)
  • "As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check" (New York Times 08/24/2017)
  • "A Small Business Guide To Selling On Amazon: Be Ready To Compete On Price" (Forbes 08/10/2017)
  • "Amazon’s Jobs Fair Sends Clear Message: Now Hiring Thousands" (New York Times 08/02/2017)
  • "Why Apple Is Experiencing Another Growth Spurt" (New York Times 08/02/2017)

  • "Big Publishing Wants To Co-Opt The Open Textbook Revolution" (Fast Company 07/28/2017)
  • "10 Companies Offering Unlimited Vacation Time" (Forbes 07/19/2017)
  • "Volvo, Betting on Electric, Moves to Phase Out Conventional Engines" (New York Times 07/05/2017)
  • "Luxury Cars Offer More Models, but Find Fewer Buyers" (New York Times 07/03/2017)

  • "A Street Fight Among Grocers to Deliver Your Milk, Eggs, Bananas" (New York Times 06/24/2017)
  • "Deep in the Malls of Texas, a Vision of Shopping’s Future" (New York Times 06/20/2017)
  • "Amazon Will Let Customers Try On Clothes Before Buying" (New York Times 06/20/2017)
  • "The Amazon-Walmart Showdown That Explains the Modern Economy" (New York Times 06/14/2017)
  • "Why Don’t You Donate for Syrian Refugees? Blame Bad Marketing" (New York Times 06/14/2017)
  • "G.E.’s History of Innovation" (New York Times 06/12/2017)
  • "New iPad Pro Inches Toward Replacing PC, But Falls Short" (New York Times 06/12/2017)
  • "Broadway Tickets, for the Price of an Economics Lesson" (New York Times 06/08/2017)
  • "You Can Still Be a Great Boss When You're Younger Than Most of Your Team" (Fast Company 06/02/2017)

  • "How Google Took Over the Classroom" (New York Times 05/13/2017)
  • "New Graduates: These Are the Unspoken Rules of the Workplace No One Tells You" (Fast Company 05/12/2017)
  • "Coffee Shops Skip Wi-Fi to Encourage Customers to Actually Talk" (New York Times 05/09/2017)
  • "Can Wal-Mart’s Expensive New E-Commerce Operation Compete With Amazon?" (Business Week 05/04/2017)
  • "A Look Inside Airbus’s Epic Assembly Line" (New York Times 05/03/2017)

  • "Amid Brick-and-Mortar Travails, a Tipping Point for Amazon in Apparel" (New York Times 04/30/2017)
  • "How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons" (New York Times 04/02/2017)

  • "Chase Had Ads on 400,000 Sites. Then on Just 5,000. Same Results." (New York Times 03/29/2017)
  • "Amazon Wants to Crush Your Store With Its Technology Might" (New York Times 03/25/2017)
  • "Familiar Names at the Store Want You to Stay With Them, Too" (New York Times 03/06/2017)
  • "The Struggle and Payoff of Setting Up Shop in an Airport" (New York Times 03/01/2017)

  • "For Marketers, TV Sets Are an Invaluable Pair of Eyes" (New York Times 02/25/2017)
  • "Business Schools Deliver Lifelong Education" (BizEd Magazine 02/22/2017)
  • "Is There an Ideal Length for an MBA Program?" (BizEd Magazine 02/22/2017)
  • "GMAC Releases Student Segmentation Survey" (BizEd Magazine 02/22/2017)
  • "Will You Graduate? Ask Big Data" (New York Times 02/02/2017)

  • "This Is What Recruiters Look For On Your LinkedIn Profile" (Fast Company 01/30/2017)
  • "Sears Clings to Catalog Thinking in an Online World" (New York Times 01/17/2017)
  • "6 Ways Embedded Analytics Can Change Your Business in 2017" (PC Magazine 01/05/2017)

  • "10 Website Fails Your Business Is Making" (Entrepreneur 12/30/2016)
  • "United Way Searches For Its Place in a World of One-Click Giving" (New York Times 12/23/2016)
  • "In Shadow of Amazon, European Challenger Looks to China for Inspiration" (New York Times 12/16/2016)

  • "Valuable Customer Interactions Are Data Driven Buy Always Human" (Fast Company 11/17/2016)
  • "United Offers Cheaper Airfare, but It’ll Cost You a Carry-On" (New York Times 11/15/2016)
  • "Why Executives Don't Trust Their Own Data and Analytics Insights" (Fast Company 11/04/2016)
  • "How the University of Alabama Became a National Player" (New York Times 11/03/2016)

  • "Gamification – The Next Big Thing in Service!?" (ServSIG 10/18/2016)
  • "How Did Walmart Get Cleaner Stores and Higher Sales? It Paid Its People More" (New York Times 10/15/2016)
  • "Why Samsung Abandoned Its Galaxy Note 7 Flagship Phone" (New York Times 10/11/2016)

  • "As Amazon Arrives, the Campus Bookstore Is a Books Store No More" (New York Times 09/16/2016)
  • "Department Stores Find Room to Grow in Canada" (New York Times 09/15/2016)
  • "How to Pick the Fastest Line at the Supermarket" (New York Times 09/07/2016)
  • "With Occupancy High, Hotels Seek to Avoid Online Booking Services" (New York Times 09/05/2016)

  • "Will Amazon Kill FedEx?" (Business Week 08/31/2016)
  • "G.E., the 124-Year-Old Software Start-Up" (New York Times 08/27/2016)
  • "Why the Big Three Airlines Are So Much the Same" (The Wall Street Journal 08/10/2016)
  • "Local Online Retailers Turning Back to Brick-And-Mortar in Central Florida" (Orlando Sentinel 08/08/2016)

  • "The Same Healthy Food, But It's Cheaper Across Town" (New York Times 07/27/2016)
  • "7 Steps To LinkedIn Marketing Messaging Success" (PC Magazine 07/27/2016)
  • "Amazon Is Quietly Eliminating List Prices" (New York Times 07/03/2016)

  • "How Intel Makes a Chip" (Business Week 06/09/2016)
  • "Facebook's Formula For Winning At AI" (Fast Company 06/07/2016)

  • "Apple Thinks Different With New San Francisco Store" (c|net 05/19/2016)
  • "Why Microsoft Won't Extend The Windows 10 Free Upgrade Offer" (CIO Magazine 05/05/2016)

  • "The Most Expensive Movies Ever Made" (Forbes 04/27/2016)
  • "In an Age of Privilege, Not Everyone Is in the Same Boat" (New York Times 04/23/2016)
  • "Avoiding the Dreaded Middle Seat May Now Cost You" (New York Times 04/18/2016)
  • "Some Online Bargains May Only Look Like One" (New York Times 04/13/2016)

  • "Golf Performance Is Tied to Placebo Power of Brands" (Centre Daily Times (State College, PA) 03/31/2016)
  • "Hotel Chains and Travel Websites in a Tug of War for Customers" (New York Times 03/27/2016)
  • "17 Predictions About The Future Of Big Data Everyone Should Read" (Forbes 03/15/2016)
  • "It’s Discounted, but Is It a Deal? How List Prices Lost Their Meaning" (New York Times 03/06/2016)
  • "5 Biases Preventing You From Making Good Business Decisions" (Entrepreneur 03/03/2016)

  • "Disney Introduces Demand-Based Pricing at Theme Parks" (New York Times 02/27/2016)
  • "The 6 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Building a Brand" (Entrepreneur 02/26/2016)
  • "What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team" (New York Times 02/25/2016)
  • "Norwegian Air Flies in the Face of the Trans-Atlantic Establishment" (New York Times 02/23/2016)
  • "Delivery Start-Ups Face Road Bumps in Quest to Capture Untapped Market" (New York Times 02/11/2016)

  • "United’s Quest to Be Less Awful" (Business Week 01/14/2016)
  • "Uber’s No-Holds-Barred Expansion Strategy Fizzles in Germany" (New York Times 01/04/2016)

  • "The Most Popular Online Course Teaches You to Learn" (New York Times 12/29/2015)
  • "Universities Race to Nurture Start-Up Founders of the Future" (New York Times 12/28/2015)
  • "Jet.com’s Strategy: Low Prices, Fast Delivery, Happy Workers" (New York Times 12/26/2015)
  • "Starbucks Prospers by Keeping Pace With the Coffee Snobs" (New York Times 12/03/2015)
  • "Barnes & Noble Wants to Become More Than Books" (New York Times 12/03/2015)

  • "Lego’s Success Leads to Competitors and Spinoffs" (New York Times 11/20/2015)

  • "Microsoft’s Mission to Reignite PC Sector May Be Taking Hold" (New York Times 10/09/22/2015)
  • "Amazon Building a Tech Business for the Long Haul" (New York Times 10/09/2015)

  • "The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead" (New York Times 09/22/2015)
  • "Uber Would Like to Buy Your Robotics Department" (New York Times 09/11/2015)
  • "How Stanford Took On the Giants of Economics" (New York Times 09/10/2015)
  • "10 Pricing Strategies That Can Drastically Improve Sales" (Entrepreneur 09/09/2015)

  • "In-Flight Wi-Fi Prices Jump as Demand Surges" (New York Times 08/26/2015)
  • "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace" (New York Times 08/16/2015)
  • "Why Starbucks Prices Went Up as Coffee Beans Got Cheaper" (New York Times 08/16/2015)
  • "Smart Startups Learn How to Create and Manage Hype" (Entrepreneur 08/14/2015)
  • "Stores Suffer From a Shift of Behavior in Buyers" (New York Times 08/14/2015)
  • "Even in the New Alphabet, Google Keeps Its Capital G" (New York Times 08/13/2015)
  • "Want to Shop for a Surprise? Try a Subscription Box" (New York Times 08/12/2015)

  • "In Delta’s Frequent-Flier Magic Trick, Not Just Rabbits Disappear" (New York Times 07/31/2015)
  • "A New Florida Mall Defies Retailing's Headwinds" (New York Times 07/28/2015)

  • "5 Ways to Tell When, and When Not, to Stick to the Plan" (Entrepreneur 06/03/2015)
  • "Move Your Business Forward By Drawing a Perceptual Map" (Entrepreneur 06/03/2015)
  • "The 10 Hardest Interview Questions" (Entrepreneur 06/03/2015)
  • "Facing Elite Bloat, Airlines Move the Goal Posts" (New York Times 06/03/2015)

  • "David Letterman, Prickly Late-Night Innovator, Counts Down to His Exit" (New York Times 05/19/2015)
  • " Singapore’s Postal Service Reinvents Itself for the Digital Age" (New York Times 05/18/2015)
  • "How to Get Customers to Respond to Invoices on Time" (CFO Magazine 05/18/2015)
  • "Water Pricing in Two Thirsty Cities: In One, Guzzlers Pay More, and Use Less" (New York Times 05/06/2015)
  • "Two Retail Veterans Take Aim at Amazon’s E-Commerce Reign" (New York Times 05/06/2015)
  • "U. of Illinois to Offer a Lower-Cost M.B.A., Thanks to MOOCs" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 05/04/2015)

  • "Microsoft Has a Far-Out Vision" (New York Times 04/30/2015)
  • "How 'Elite' Universities Are Using Online Education" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 04/10/2015)
  • "M.B.A. Programs That Get You Where You Want to Go" (New York Times 04/07/2015)

  • "How to Design the Perfect Logo" (Entrepreneur 03/31/2015)
  • "Be Your Guest? How About I Just Pay and Leave?" (New York Times 03/28/2015)
  • "10 Simple Things You Can Do to Be More Secure Online" (PC Magazine 03/23/2015)
  • "Turning To Education For Fun" (New York Times 03/19/2015)
  • "McDonald's Seeks Its Fast Food Soul" (New York Times 03/07/2015)
  • "Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public" (New York Times 03/02/2015)

  • "The Upside of Waiting in Line" (New York Times 02/22/2015)
  • "8 Business Lessons From a 9-Year-Old Entrepreneur" (Chief Executive 02/13/2015)
  • "Chinese Phone Upstarts Sell With Personality, Not Product" (New York Times 02/09/2015)
  • "How to Raise a University’s Profile: Pricing and Packaging" (New York Times 02/06/2015)
  • "The MOOC Hype Fades, in 3 Charts" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 02/05/2015)

  • "Target Ends Its Unprofitable Gamble in Canada" (New York Times 01/16/2015)
  • "Why Target Failed in Canada" (Fortune 01/15/2015)
  • "10 Tips To Craft a Strong Business Plan" (Entrepreneur 01/15/2015)
  • "4 Tips for Persuading People by Listening to Them" (Entrepreneur 01/15/2015)

  • "With Market Saturated, Starbucks Looks to High End" (New York Times 12/05/2014)
  • "Starbucks Wants to Be Fancy Again" (Business Week 12/04/2014)

  • "Professors of the Year Reveal What Makes Their Classes Stand Out" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 11/20/2014)
  • "5 Tips for Managing Clients' Expectations and Improving Client Satisfaction" (AccountingWEB 11/05/2014)
  • "Stanford Bets Big on Virtual Education" (Business Week 11/05/2014)

  • "Demystifying the MOOC" (New York Times 10/29/2014)
  • "Higher Creativity Through 12,000 Steps" (Business Week 10/28/2014)
  • "Method to the Madness: How Hotels Set Room Rates" (USA Today 10/26/2014)

  • "The $84.50 Reason Apple Wants You to Buy That Big iPhone" (Business Week 09/23/2014)
  • "Tim Cook Interview: The iPhone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture" (Business Week 09/18/2014)

  • "Business Is a Big Draw for International Students in the U.S." (The Chronicle of Higher Education 08/29/2014)
  • "Extreme Moneyball: The Houston Astros Go All In on Data Analysis" (Business Week 08/28/2014)
  • "How Facebook Redesigns for a Billion Users" (Business Week 08/20/2014)
  • "How To Sell in 60 Seconds" (Entrepreneur 08/16/2014)
  • "Can Universities Use Data to Fix What Ails the Lecture?" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 08/11/2014)
  • "How to Earn Customer Loyalty" (Business Week 08/07/2014)
  • "The Three Unexplained Mysteries of Taxi Tipping Behavior" (Business Week 08/07/2014)
  • "'Free' Offers Can Really Cost You" (USA Today 08/04/2014)

  • "The Most Powerful Ways to Start a Presentation" (Inc. Magazine 07/31/2014)
  • "Who Wants to Go to Business School in the Sticks?" (Business Week 07/30/2014)
  • "That Comcast Customer Service Rep Wasn't Going Rogue" (Business Week 07/18/2014)
  • "University of Utah's New Dorm Mimics Google Headquarters" (Business Week 07/15/2014)
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  • "B-Schools Finally Acknowledge: Companies Want MBAs Who Can Code" (Business Week 07/11/2014)
  • "Twilight of the Pizza Barons" (Business Week 07/03/2014)

  • "To Lure Travelers, Trains and Planes Start Competing on Faster Wi-Fi" (Business Week 06/13/2014)
  • "Get It Right: Pricing Strategies That Work" (American Express OPEN Forum 06/03/2014)

  • "Taco Bell's Recipe For New Products" (Business Week 05/29/2014)
  • "The Trouble With IBM" (Business Week 05/22/2014)
  • "Lenovo, the Treasure Hunter of Tech" (Business Week 05/08/2014)
  • "Big Pharma's Favorite Prescription: Higher Prices" (Business Week 05/08/2014)

  • "The Dumb Way We Board Airplanes Remains Impervious To Good Data" (Business Week 04/23/2014)
  • "Airline Customer Service: Still Not as Bad as Cable TV" (Business Week 04/22/2014)
  • "Would Another Runway at Heathrow Lower Airfares?" (Business Week 04/22/2014)
  • "Spirit Airlines Sees All Those Passenger Complaints as Mere Misunderstandings" (Business Week 04/18/2014)
  • "Why Brooklyn Law Cut Its Tuition" (Fortune 04/15/2014)
  • "Why Can't E-Books Disrupt The Lucrative College Textbook Business" (Fast Company 04/08/2014)

  • "NFL Tickets Are Way Too Cheap (Especially in Green Bay)" (Business Week 03/14/2014)
  • "Half of U.S. Business Schools Might Be Gone by 2020" (Business Week 03/14/2014)
  • "Cost and Financial Aid Increasingly Influence Students' Choice of College" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 03/06/2014)
  • "What Massive Online Courses Do Well, and Where They Falter" (Business Week 03/12/2014)

  • "Disney's Magic Kingdom Nears $100 Tickets, and the Crowds Keep Coming" (Business Week 02/25/2014)
  • "A Caribbean Crowded With Ships Means Discounts for Cruise-Goers" (Business Week 02/12/2014)

  • "Academics Are Down on MOOCs. Business Schools Aren't" (Business Week 01/16/2014)
  • "For Indecisive Travelers, an Options Market for Airfares" (Business Week 01/03/2014)

  • "Yandex Searches Past Its Language Barrier" (Fortune 11/13/2013)
  • "Marketing Lessons From a Garage Sale" (Business Week 11/11/2013)
  • "The Hidden Technology That Makes Twitter Huge" (Business Week 11/07/2013)
  • "How Steve Jobs Made the iPad Succeed When All Other Tablets Failed" (Wired 11/02/2013)

  • "What Sports Can Teach About The 'Cautionary Side' of Big Data" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 10/31/2013)

  • "Why Your Startup Can't Find Developers" (Fast Company 09/26/2013)
  • "The Indie Bookstore Resurgence" (Fortune 09/20/2013)
  • "25 Things Influential People Do Better Than Anyone Else" (Forbes 09/18/2013)
  • "That Digital Tablet on the Restaurant Table Will Make You Spend More" (Business Week 09/17/2013)
  • "How Soutwest and Virgin America Win By Putting People Before Profit" (Forbes 09/10/2013)
  • "Why Foreign Retailers Stumble in China" (Business Week 09/06/2013)
  • "Risk Ahoy: Maersk, Daewoo Build the World's Biggest Boat" (Business Week 09/05/2013)

  • "Why Amazon Is on a Warehouse Building Spree" (Business Week 08/29/2013)
  • "HR Departments Invaded By Data Scientists" (CIO Magazine 08/27/2013)

  • "How Publix's People-First Culture Is Winning The Grocer War" (Forbes 07/24/2013)
  • "Apple: Game Over or Room To Grow?" (Fortune 07/15/2013)
  • "Why the McWrap Is So Important To McDonald's" (Business Week 07/03/2013)
  • "Starbucks Aims for the Afternoon With Soda-Fountain Test" (Business Week 07/03/2013)

  • "3 Lessons Learned From a Failed Customer Feedback Software Test" (CIO Magazine 06/10/2013)

  • "The Post Office Returns To The Local Store" (Business Week 05/23/2013)
  • "Inside Google's Secret Lab" (Business Week 05/22/2013)
  • "What Professors Can Learn From 'Hard Core' MOOC Students" (The Chronicle of Higher Education 05/20/2013)

  • "Sizing Up The Data" (CFO Magazine 04/29/2013)
  • "Are the Costs of 'Free' Too High in Online Education?" (Communications of the ACM April/2013)

  • "Walmart Faces The Cost of Cost-Cutting: Empty Shelves" (Business Week 03/28/2013)
  • "50 Greatest Business Rivalries of All Time" (Fortune 03/21/2013)
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  • "The 1962 CIA Paper That Predicts The Big Deal With Big Data" (Business Week 03/13/2013)

  • "When Your Big Customer Wants to Pay Late" (CFO Magazine 01/28/2013)
  • "The Future According To Google's Larry Page" (Fortune 01/03/2013)

  • "Santa's Lucrative Business Model Delivers The Goods" (Forbes 12/21/2012)
  • "Google's Gmail Outage Is a Sign of Things To Come" (Business Week 12/17/2012)
  • " How The Bar Code Took Over The World (Business Week 12/17/2012)

  • "What Killed Michael Porter's Monitor Group? The One Force That Really Matters" (Forbes 11/20/2012)

  • "Can Apple Win Over China?" (Fortune 10/29/2012)
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  • "The World's Least-Popular Four-Digit PIN: 8068" (Slate 09/19/2012)

  • "The Dangerous Seduction of the Lifetime Value (LTV) Formula" (Forbes 08/30/2012)
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  • "5 Essential Qualities For Entrepreneurial Leadership" (Forbes 06/08/2012)

  • "Five Ways To Make Your Company More Innovative" (HBS Working Knowledge 05/23/2012)

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  • "J. C. Penney's Risky New Pricing Strategy" (Business Week 01/31/2012)
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  • "Protect and Attack: Lenovo's New Strategy" (Fast Company 11/22/2011)
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  • "Amazon, the Company That Ate the World" (Business Week 09/28/2011)
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  • "How To Mine Social Media Customer Feedback Intelligently" (ChiefExecutive.net 08/12/2011)

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