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...anthills. Wilson, 67, has used the study of minute creatures as a springboard for two crucial ideas. The first, expounded in 1967 in The Theory of Island Biogeography, which he wrote with the late ecologist Robert MacArthur, provides the scientific bedrock for understanding the decline of ecosystems. The second concept, laid out in his 1975 book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, argues that social behaviors ranging from warfare to altruism have a genetic component. Cornell biologist Thomas Eisner describes Wilson as one of the "prime synthesizing minds in the world today...
...many ways, enriched our work life, to which a cynic might respond, "Sure, if you're still working." Michael Hammer calls his lifework "undoing the Industrial Revolution." And it has been keeping him busy. Hammer, 48, is the originator and flamekeeper of a business concept called "re-engineering," a term he coined in a book he co-wrote in 1993 called Reengineering the Corporation...
...that roll call identified the most powerful people in America rather than the most influential (a more subtle concept), then the President would be at the top. Power and influence generally go hand in hand. Anyone who has the clout to make decisions with the stroke of a pen has influence over the way we think and live. But some people, particularly Presidents, are more notable for the former than the latter. Clinton is powerful. He can propose how to parcel out the federal budget, stock the federal courts and decide which uncooperative trade partners get spanked. Influential is another...
...well [BUSINESS, May 20]. It is absolutely possible for firms to be both profitable and socially responsible. But you should have mentioned the importance of employee ownership in companies you cited, including Springfield ReManufacturing, Starbucks and Procter & Gamble. Although the Clinton Administration has not been active in supporting the concept, employee ownership continues to quietly transform the face of American business. Approximately 15 million employees now own stock in more than 14,000 companies, representing a diverse group in terms of size and industry...
...years old when he builds a display that makes the 5' cigars in his father's tobacco shop look more expensive. As a teenage bellhop, he boosts sales at a hotel concession. In 1894 at the age of 22, he opens the Metropolitan Lunchroom and Billiard Parlor, a winning concept that is expanded northward into the newly developing acreage bordering Central Park...