Business Insight - Wall Street Journal / MIT Sloan

What Managers Really Do

When they aren’t dealing with interruptions, says McGill's Henry Mintzberg, managers have three basic ways to exert their influence

Finding an Innovation Strategy That Works

After five years of analyzing innovation strategies at pharmaceutical companies, the authors have uncovered best practices that are relevant to all industries

Getting Real About Fakes

If companies want to cut into sales of counterfeit products, they need to understand why consumers buy them in the first place

How to Be a Smart Protégé

Eight tips for setting up a network of mentors

Move Over, CEO

The time is right for the chief financial officer to be a co-leader

Lessons From the Developing World

It isn’t easy operating amid poverty, isolation and lawlessness. But some companies have figured it out

Sibling Rivalry

When companies offer discounts, they often ignore the impact on other products they sell

The Fans Know Best

When it comes to building online brand communities, do unto yourself as others already do unto you

The New, Faster Face of Innovation

Thanks to technology, change has never been so easy—or so cheap

From The Magazine

Fall 2009

Special Report: Sustainability

8 Reasons That Sustainability Will Change Management

Michael S. Hopkins

Transparency, accidental innovation, trust, collaboration — as sustainability affects how the world works, so will it affect how business works in the world.

Intelligence: Management

Debunking Management Myths

Martha E. Mangelsdorf

In this interview, Henry Mintzberg questions some of the conventional wisdom about managerial work.