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Health Care Is Not That Complicated
Chris Banescu  |  June 17, 2009

American Thinker | by C. Edmund Wright | June 16, 2009
It is no more practical to have “health insurance” to pay for prescription drugs and routine doctor visits than it is to expect your auto insurance to pay for your oil changes and tire rotations. But we do.
Consider: if a health insurance type […]

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The Three Most Important Rules in Business
Chris Banescu  |  June 10, 2009

From my years of experience working for different companies and teaching various graduate business courses, I developed three rules that management must practice in order to achieve long-term profitability and success. Follow these rules and a business can remain healthy and prosper. Ignore them and failure is virtually guaranteed in the long term.
Rule […]

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The Ethical Case for Boycotting Chrysler and GM
Chris Banescu  |  June 9, 2009

American Thinker | by Gary Jason | June 10, 2009
In business ethics, the typical way one makes a judgment about the morality of a business action or practice is to consider the facts surrounding it in the light of four major ethical perspectives. These four ethical theories have been the ones considered most plausible in […]

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How to Work More Like a Start-Up
Chris Banescu  |  May 31, 2009

Inc.com | by Darren Dahl | May 2009
The first thing you notice when you walk into the Chicago offices of Total Attorneys, which provides software and services to small law firms, is the number of people on their feet. Every morning, the company’s 180 employees gather around the office in groups of five to 10. […]

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Rating Your Doctor
Chris Banescu  |  May 28, 2009

Forbes | by David Whelan | May 25, 2009
Last April doctors told 70-year-old Roseanne Brennan that her mitral heart valve needed to be replaced. It’s a major operation, and she didn’t want to take any chances. So she researched six hospitals near her home in Williamsburg, Va. on a Web site called Health Grades. She […]

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It Isn’t the Economy, Stupid
Chris Banescu  |  May 25, 2009

Wendistry | by Wendi McGowan | May 2009
“Many companies that have gone bust didn’t die because of the recession. They failed for one reason: They treated customers poorly.” - Joel Spolsky
It’s your brand culture…. the fact that you treat your customers poorly and you blame it on the “economic recession.”
Take Circuit City, for example. […]

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So Goes California, So Goes the Nation
Chris Banescu  |  May 20, 2009

Breitbart - Big Hollywood | by James Hudnall | May 10, 2009
There’s an old saying that says, “So goes California goes the nation.” As the world’s eighth largest economy, and one of the world’s richest, California is in many respects a microcosm of the US. It has geographical and population diversity. It has major industries […]

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Google Searches for Staffing Answers
Chris Banescu  |  May 19, 2009

The Wall Street Journal | by Scott Morrison | May 19, 2009
Concerned a brain drain could hurt its long-term ability to compete, Google Inc. is tackling the problem with its typical tool: an algorithm.
The Internet search giant recently began crunching data from employee reviews and promotion and pay histories in a mathematical formula Google says […]

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From Crisis to Creative Entrepreneurial Liberation
Chris Banescu  |  May 6, 2009

Acton.org | by Anthony B. Bradley | May 6, 2009
Necessity is the mother of invention, said Plato, and the truth of the proverb has been borne out once again. Necessity is generating entrepreneurial energy amid America’s current economic crisis, according to a new study by the Kansas City-based Kaufman Foundation. The study reveals an increase […]

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Orthodox Christianity And Capitalism: Are They Compatible?
Chris Banescu  |  April 20, 2009

AFR - The Illumined Heart | Kevin Allen | Apr 17, 2009
Writer, attorney, and university professor Chris Banescu discusses the economic, moral and spiritual issues surrounding the “capitalist” economic model and whether it serves the best interests of Christians living the life of the Beatitudes, in this interview with Kevin Allen host of The Illumined […]

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