http://www.bnet.com/5799-13608-0.html?type=18 Blog Recent Discussion Activity http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=427#17289_83586 Nice article! Thank you for sharing this information. Maybe most of you heard that Chris Rock made a documentary about the hair industry called Good Hair. The documentary is packed with astonishing information, and takes on the hair industry and hair culture of African American women from anthropological, sociological, and economic viewpoints. According to an interview on Oprah.com, he got the idea from his daughter who complained about her hair just a bit too much for his taste. It might be worth a cash til payday loan to catch <a rev="vote for" title="Good Hair? by Chris Rock Sheds Light on $9 Billion Industry" href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/09/30/good-hair-chris-rock-sheds-light-9-billion-industry/ ">Good Hair</a>. Well, there are ceratin times that I experienced a bad day due to my hair. And I am looking for ways on how to make my hair look beautiful. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:31:49 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=427#17289_83586 2009-10-07T04:31:49Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=318#3829_77694 At Business Switch - where we start up Australians in business - we get to see a different angle. <br><br>The majority of our clients are not raising lashings of equity. The majority are using debt. <br><br>They are also focussed on fundamentals. Getting the business set-up right, building correct strategies and operating platforms etc. <br><br>Most seem to understand that the economy will recover at some time ... and they want to be ready to grow when it does. <br><br>To do so, means getting active and getting the basics right now though. <br><br>The Start Up Sage<br>Business Switch<br>www.business-switch.com.au Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:49:03 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=318#3829_77694 2009-08-28T03:49:03Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=159#1866_77407 I recently came across this article<br><a href="http://www.ceveni.com/2009/08/which-boss-you-prefer-male-or-female.html" target="_blank">http://www.ceveni.com/2009/08/which-boss-you-prefer-male-or-female.html</a><br><br>it has totally different story to say but from my own experience i think men are better managers than women Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:17:52 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=159#1866_77407 2009-08-26T18:17:52Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=159#1866_74366 I worked more than 30 years in the IT industry (the longest stint, 14 years, with IBM). I worked multinationally but always headquartered in the USA, then 4 years as an HR manager in China, and then 11 years as a university professor in Switzerland, Germany and New Zealand, teaching and researching International Management. In industry my best managerial leader was an IBMer, a black male; the 2nd best was a tie between a white male in the USA and a white male German. My worst manager was a tie between a white male in the USA and a white woman IBMer in the USA. I find no relationships amongst nationality, race, competence and gender.<br><br>I teach in the area of managment and leadership across cultures, gender being a sub-culture in all societies. I read several articles each semester concerning gender, management, and leadership. Those that approach the issues with an open mind find that both men and women are poor to excellent managerial leaders, and that excellent leaders, both men and women, tend to have similar managerial leadership styles.<br><br>Studies by researchers who obviously believe from the outset of their research project that women are better managerial leaders tend to have outcomes that prove that. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:17:15 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=159#1866_74366 2009-08-07T20:17:15Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=172#15168_73524 FAST TRACK AND LOW COST REGISTRATION RHK Legal is now partnering with a Shanghai investment district to offer fast track incorporation for foreign investors to establish a PRC subsidiary.<br><br>Incentives : i. Low minimum registered capital, US$30000 (initial US$6000 and 80% balance within 2 years) ii. Free virtual office lease (3 years) with option to renew iii. Monthly tax rebates of 30% on business tax and 20% on income tax. 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Les meilleurs taux cr?dit auto sont sur le net ![/color]<br><br><br> Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:23:32 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=221#2483_73483 2009-08-01T01:23:32Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=184#2679_68236 In a vacuum, I guess that producitng all 4 results means you are doing well (happy employees, customers, financials and growth), but that could just be signs of a good economy or good people around you. In practice however, good leadership is about what people think about your work.<br><br>Have you ever met a great leader? Sometimes people confuse leaders and bosses. There is however, a major difference between the two. A leader is someone who wins your heart by gaining your trust and devotion, giving you the option to respond. You respond because you doing so is something you want. Read more in my sites' article (<a href="http://www.leaderskillstraining.com/categories_defining_leadership_article.htm" target="_blank">http://www.leaderskillstraining.com/categories_defining_leadership_article.htm</a>). Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:43:17 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=184#2679_68236 2009-06-27T20:43:17Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=315#3747_61879 That is the question of many Americans. But no one can answer that even the economist. The only thing I know about this recession is that, it is a way to remind us that we can?t live ?high on the hog all time?. For the past years, many people have lived on credit, but now that the recession is here, what is happening? People are returning to good financial practices of saving, and living on less than they earn. This is just a challenge to all of us that we have to face and overcome. Anyway, the automakers have been among the hardest hit by the economic recession but it seems that the U.S. automakers are in far more trouble than others. Well, they did get a lot of bailout money, and they're looking for even more installment loans to float them in the recession. General Motors is in some of the worst trouble. They are looking for a lot more in gap financing to keep them above water, yet they have obviously lost a lot of money as evidenced by their recently posted first quarter figures. Ford is the lone wolf of the <a rev="vote for" title="Automakers get Bailout, Consumers turn to Installment Loans" href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/05/07/automakers-bailout-consumers-turn-installment-loans/"><strong>automakers</strong></a>, as they have only asked for stand by credit instead of direct debt relief.<br><br> Fri, 15 May 2009 06:46:22 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=315#3747_61879 2009-05-15T06:46:22Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_61218 Now now. The government is not always an abject failure. Nor did the markets behave in ways that should fill anyone with confidence over the last few years. <br><br>That said, here's a comment on how Obama parallels Bush for overstepping governmental bounds:<br><br><a href="http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/05/ominous_parallels_is_obama_the.html" target="_blank">http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2009/05/ominous_parallels_is_obama_the.html</a> Mon, 11 May 2009 16:03:22 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_61218 2009-05-11T16:03:22Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_60206 Problem: This is an example of the federal government's violation of privity of contract and property rights, thus ignoring the rule of law. <br><br>Rememeber: the US is a republic, ruled by law and not a democracy. The rule of law leads to justice, democracy can lead to lynch mobs. Fri, 08 May 2009 18:59:10 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_60206 2009-05-08T18:59:10Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_60205 Problem: This is an example of the government unilaterally ignoring the rule of law, privity of contract, and property rights. All these concepts have made the US a great nation.<br><br> Fri, 08 May 2009 18:56:31 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_60205 2009-05-08T18:56:31Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=714#11755_60032 There are lots of stories of success that began as a simple step, a simple decision, with large unanticipated results. Not everything works out, but one thing that is guaranteed is that when we do nothing, that's about how far we'll get.<br><br>In whatever we strive to do, it becomes its own reward if we do it well. And if something bigger comes of it, that's just gravy.<br>This applies to any economy... <br>e.<br> Thu, 07 May 2009 13:34:51 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=714#11755_60032 2009-05-07T13:34:51Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_59957 Gross makes a valid point that bondholders have already gotten an extra coupon or two because of government aid.<br><br>That does not justify violating established bankruptcy code.<br><br>Nor does it justify his more basic error of ignoring the Heisenberg uncertainty principle for government intervention: Whenever government intrudes, for whatever excuse, it only makes things worse.<br><br>There is not, and never was, any justification to forestall Chrysler bankruptcy.<br><br>Care about pensioners and current workers? Then give both groups direct aid; do not funnel it through a failed business model, costing at multiples of the net benefit (note that if government cares about both retirees and current workers, UAW has no such balance...).<br><br>As for trying to sort speculators from investors, Gross blithely says "they could have left at any time." Well, investors might sell, but ONLY at a loss, and ONLY IF there are others willing to offer them liquidity. That's his idea of justice?<br><br>The only role for government is to enforce the premises of free markets: many small agents, free flow of information, no subsidies, no monopolies, and especially now, no "too big to fail." Anything else is a distortion and creates the deadweight cost of capricious intervention.<br><br> <br> Wed, 06 May 2009 16:28:13 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=712#11732_59957 2009-05-06T16:28:13Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=707#11714_59921 Businesses that want to be sustainable in the age of Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook will not, in my opinion, survive without the Golden Rule. You state, "Empathy may have evolutionary advantages, but it also comes with costs, and in business, looking out for others can make a company look less profitable than more selfish rivals."<br><br>Without profits that are attractive and reasonable, there is no business that will attract $$$ for investment. But an organization that doesn't follow the rule of 'reciprocal altruism' is missing the opportunity to sustain itself. In my region (West Michigan), firms that follow the GR survive and thrive because they are profitable and their focus is on treating people with respect, dignity, and caring. And in following the GR managers and owners build healthy communities, including the corporate ones.<br><br>Who but a frightened, powerless person would remain working for such an organization let alone be able to help it innovate? While employers can't be parents to workers who are their children, neither can the employers treat their workers like indentured servants or slaves. Workers who think-of-themselves-as-self-employed, the mantra for all who work to make a living, are neither. Wed, 06 May 2009 13:19:39 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=707#11714_59921 2009-05-06T13:19:39Z http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=207#2331_59629 very nice line about how gravity works differently in different places. <br><br>Thanks.<br><br>Michael Mon, 04 May 2009 18:05:26 GMT http://blogs.bnet.com/business-books/?p=207#2331_59629 2009-05-04T18:05:26Z