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Start by thinking about the dilemmas your people will face. by Erin Meyer At the beginning of my career, I worked for the health-care-software specialist HBOC. One day, a woman from human resources ...

Learn to calculate fixed asset depreciation in Excel using methods like straight-line, sum of the years' digits, and more for accurate financial analysis.

Your why may not be what you think it is. by Jonathan Knowles, Tom Hunsaker, Hannah Grove and Alison James Today’s business leaders are under pressure to come up with a corporate purpose, much as they ...

The WSJ/College Pulse Best Value ranking lists schools in order of how quickly the difference between their graduates’ salaries and those of comparable high-school graduates pays back the average net ...

62% of U.S. adults hold stocks, with mutual funds and retirement accounts most common. Wealth distribution is skewed: the top 10% own 87% of stocks, while the bottom 50% own just 1%. Baby boomers ...

Because Santa Clara University is rooted in Catholic and Jesuit traditions, we welcome students wherever they come from, wherever they are, and wherever they are heading. As part of a global network ...

The Magnificent Seven represent 32.6% of the S&P 500 as of February 2026, up from 12.5% in 2016. From 2016 through 2025, these seven companies achieved an 875.5% return, outperforming the S&P 500. The ...

Growth stocks outperformed their value counterparts for much of 2025, but that trend started to shift toward the end of the year. Value stocks have seen more consistent returns heading into 2026. They ...

Global value chains (GVCs) account for almost 50% of global trade today. Over the past 30 years, they have helped poor countries grow faster, lifting many out of poverty. Trade conflict and the lack ...