I don’t understand how  this fellow is an enlisted man rather than an officer but he makes an interesting case for a WW II style draft.    Force Protection  makes the kind of vehicles he is describing.

Dr. Elam, I meant to tell you that what I have found in my limited experience of going on business calls with executives and potential loan prospects is this. I’ve found the most important thing to these meeting is keeping up with your current events. I’d venture to say that the majority, say 80% of…

Click here to learn about the Five Minute University!   In this day and age of on line learning, this idea could catch on… Now, the reason I will be spending a lot of time in class connecting to that real world is to bridge just what Guido is talking about, hopefully you will remember more…

We will be discussing ethics in all our classes this semester. This cloumn argues that you don’t help your friends be losers.   And that was Mike Vick’s failure.

Click here to learn about several previous Panics .  The history of financial panics did not begin wtih this generation and will occur again after wer are all gone. This is a good article that recounts the Panic of 1837 as well as J P Morgan  saving the day in 1907.  As you will see…

One of the best known brands in the USA is Playboy.  But sad to say the franchise has fallen on hard times. Yep octogenarian Hugh is seen on E Tv with his adoring threesome but magazine sales are half what they used to be. Hef’s daughter, Dristie simply has not shown the ability to make…

IN the future specific comments about classes will be sent by WEB CT e mail, but for now suspecting that everyone is not using it, for hte managerial class there is a very good example of capital budgeting at this Garrison hyperlink. Present value tables are on the web at this thomson link. I will…

I have urged students to subscribe to the Wall Street Journal and Business Week.  For decades frankly B/W was a second tier publication to Forbes with Fortune trailing Forbes. No longer.  For real news on Business Business Week  is now quite a bargain. The latest issue entitled Notso Smart sports a guy with a red…

Lehman Brothers is the latest to head for the sub prime exits. Click and read to learn how many firms are paying to get out of that business while they still can. Gee these guys sound so smart on their website, how could they be som dumb as to do such a thing in the…

Tools for Innovators  is a relatively new business book.  Read the review and note how many concepts are discused that are staright out ofthe Garrison Managerial Book.  I have remarked that if ACCT 3270 were re named How to Get Rich Running your Own Business, it would be a more popular course.