“THE DIFFICULTIES inherent in such a reorganisation were many and serious.” That is how in 1893 Charles Coffin, the first chief executive of General Electric (GE), described merging three businesses into what...
One of the most chilling moments in America’s post-war relationship with Japan occurred in Detroit in 1982. Two American autoworkers clubbed a Chinese-American man to death, mistaking him for a Japanese citizen...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.IN TIKTOK PARLANCE, “accountant” is code for a sex worker. Now proper beancounters...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.The choice to replace Adidas with Nike as the supplier of kit for...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.If you work in a white-collar job in an office and make your...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Trustbusters have big tech in their sights. On March 25th the European Commission...
Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.JEFF GREEN learned about marketing the hard way. In his late teens he...
AN ANONYMOUS MEMO briefly circled the web in March. The authors, who claimed to be former partners at McKinsey, rebuked the illustrious strategy consultancy for its pursuit in recent years of “unchecked...
