Business
An innovator’s dilemma
When should a founder step down?
With investors prizing profits over growth, new skills are required of bosses
Schumpeter
The Bob Iger v Nelson Peltz rematch
Disney’s problems are as much about leadership as strategy
From tycoons to tiffin boxes
India is in the midst of an unusual IPO boom
Extraordinary economic growth makes even ordinary companies look good
Caving in
The fall of WeWork shows the deepening cracks in property
Empires are crumbling on both sides of the Atlantic
Bartleby
How to manage teams in a world designed for individuals
If collaboration matters so much, why don’t firms do more to promote it?
Surveillance capitalism
Silicon Valley is piling into the business of snooping
Tech upstarts are selling their wares to America’s police
Holding pattern
Can Israeli-Emirati business ties survive the Gaza war?
The commercial logic of the rapprochement is sound. The politics is trickier
Schumpeter
Chinese apps are a mixed blessing for American big tech
How long will the advertising blitzes of Shein and Temu last?
Bangs for bucks
Can America’s weapons-makers adapt to 21st-century warfare?
Arming Uncle Sam isn’t what it used to be
Bartleby
How to get the lying out of hiring
A process that rewards exaggeration would benefit from greater realism
Heady, with headaches
America’s economy is booming. Why aren’t its bosses happier?
Companies’ earnings calls have hardly been celebratory