CAN THE TIGER RETURN?
ECONOMICS: Believe it or not, history tells us that the good times will roll again. Here's what we can expect, good and bad.
BATTLE STATIONS
TAKEOVER BATTLES: In one corner was Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, then the fourth-richest man on the planet. In the other was 63-year-old Guy Dollé, chief executive of Arcelor.
SMOOTH OPERATORS
A simple recipe led to success for the founders of Innocent Drinks - lots of fruit.
[innovation]
Mon, Apr 14, 2008Other Stories
p- Ringing in the changes
- POLICING THE BULL
- COMMUNICATION ACROSS BORDERS
- MINEFIELD OF EMPLOYMENT
- And the winner is...
- THE IRISH TIMES' BUSINESS ANGEL CASE STUDY
- Innovation in brief
Technology
pScience
p- WEATHERING THE STORM AHEAD
- HEALING PROCESS
- 'Governments can be like the public - they get spooked too, and get edgy as recession looms'
Innovators
pInnovation Opinion
p- 'The surest way of identifying a European businessman in California is to spot who is wearing a tie'
- Working in business means being confronted with rudeness on a daily basis
Case Study
p- HIGH-PROFILE FAILURE
- 'Founding brand reputation on a tenuous alliance with a relatively unfamiliar guru is misconceived'
Commercial Profiles
p[innovation extra]
- Constructing a leaner future
- Too many corporate squares pretending to be cool
- Finding new ways to help the world's poorest billion
- IPO fall-off far more pronounced than market had expected
- Would the world be much different if women ran it?
- How online networking tools have given power to the people
- Emerging nations hold purse strings for global growth
- Deluding ourselves in the mumbo-jumbo of win-win
- Monetary maestro 'to blame' for financial hardship across globe
- New inventions, innovations and interesting ideas
- Nuttiness kicks in on personal financial matters
- Creating banana republics where the law of the jungle rules
- Dell aims to prove energy promises are not just greenwash
- Mastering the art of talking rot to survive a crisis
- How Starbucks built a fortune on the loneliness of consumers
- Companies shortlisted for innovation award
- Bankers swallow bitter pill as Bear necessities bite
- Highlighting the dangers of thinking like an economist
[commercial profiles]
Microsoft
The new national productivity centre shows the importance of increasing output in order to maintain economic success
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Ronan Macnioclais of PricewaterhouseCoopers, on the importance of tax planning in corporate M&A transcations
Hewlett-Packard
Paper is the traditional medium for solicitors, but moving to a digital system can speed up response times for clients, save money and solve growing storage problems
InterTradeIreland
InterTradeIreland has assisted a group of Irish software companies in coming together in a unique joint venture
