A new study has found that small business contracts are still a cookie jar for Fortune 500 companies. In this struggling economy, the Small Business Administration needs to clean up its act once and for all.
Yet another instance of Cookie Jar Capitalism has surfaced at the Small Business Administration. This one involves its program to help small businesses in economically distressed areas.
Two critical reports not only revealed the Small Business Administration\'s mismanagement of contracts, but also the agency\'s glaring credibility gap. [...]
And this is perhaps the way to mass produce individual experiences. Treat the whole company as theatre. Treat the underlying goods and services as props. Can you stop focusing on delivering a less expensive widget, and instead deliver a memorable e [...]
When the ideal of «what I want» collides with the reality of «what I can afford,» cognitive dissonance is the likely outcome. We\'re a nation of optimists. We all want to believe that next year will be better than this one. [...]
