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Preparation and Vows of Defiance as Big Sugary Drink Ban Is Set to StartBy VIVIAN YEEPublished: March 10, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/nyregion/as-some-prepare-for-bloombergs-large-sugary-drink-ban-others-vow-defiance.html With one day to go before Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ban on large sugary drinks goes into effect across the city, some big-drink lovers, and the places that serve ..

Peer-to-peer rentalThe rise of the sharing economy On the internet, everything is for hireMar 9th 2013 |From the print edition http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-economy LAST night 40,000 people rented accommodation from a service that offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries. They chose their rooms and paid for everything online. B..

MarketingIkea's Expanding Empire Includes Hotels and CitiesBy Caroline Winter on March 06, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-06/ikeas-expanding-empire-includes-hotels-and-cities#r=nav-r-story Ikea is world famous for its stylish-yet-affordable prefab furniture. What many people don’t realize is that the ubiquitous retailer is but one branch of the Inter Ikea Group’s ever-expandin..

Would Customers Pay for Your Sales Calls?by Scott Edinger | 11:00 AM March 5, 2013 http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/would_customers_pay_for_your_sales_calls.html When I speak to audiences of sales professionals and ask, "How many of you sell value versus price?" everyone raises their hand. But my next question "So how do you do that?" is frequently followed by an uncomfortable silence. Many consi..

Nonprofits Need to Compete for Top Talentby Gerald Chertavian | 10:00 AM March 1, 2013 http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/nonprofits_need_to_compete_for.html The nonprofit sector is facing a massive talent shortage, which makes scaling a social enterprise extraordinarily difficult. To achieve impact, it's critical that social entrepreneurs attract, retain, and develop skilled talent. Competing dire..

Companies & IndustriesPepsiCo's East European Snack AttackBy Duane Stanford on February 28, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-28/pepsicos-east-european-snack-attack#r=nav-f-story Two years ago, PepsiCo (PEP) paid $4.2 billion for Russian yogurt giant Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods, the company’s biggest-ever foreign acquisition. At the time, Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi said she was..

ProfilesKind Healthy Snacks Goes From Small to BigPosted on February 21, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-21/kind-healthy-snacks-goes-from-small-to-big#r=nav-f-story Daniel Lubetzky, the son of a Holocaust survivor, was 25 when he started PeaceWorks, a business that brought Arabs and Israelis together to make and sell Mediterranean foods. He went on to found Kind Healthy Snacks ..

BurritosWhy Chipotle Sales Lag in LondonBy Venessa Wong on February 26, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-26/why-chipotle-sales-are-low-in-london#r=hp-ls Burrito overlord Chipotle (CMG) has afairly devoted following in the States. (There’s even a fan site.) Not so in the U.K. In a recent earnings call, the company said that Londoners have been slow to warm to its oversized burrit..

Cheesecake Factory inches closer to world dominationFebruary 22, 2013: 11:49 AM ET The restaurant chain recently announced plans to open a minimum of 12 Cheesecake Factories in Latin America. Up next: Asia?By Beth Kowitt, writer http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/02/22/cheesecake-factory-global-expansion/ FORTUNE -- The Cheesecake Factory moved closer to transforming itself into a global bra..

InvestingKrispy Kreme's Unlikely ComebackBy Roben Farzad on February 22, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-22/krispy-kremes-unlikely-comeback Apple (AAPL). Hyundai (005380). Neil Patrick Harris. Add Krispy Kreme Donuts (KKD) to that list of the biggest brand comebacks of recent times. Shares of the near-broke guilty pleasure have gone from a buck and change four years ago to abou..