Resources

Articles

• Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
• Moving Metals Online
• Meeting the Challenge of Corporate Entrepreneurship - Based on the research that Lynne Levesque and co-author Professor David Garvin conducted at several different companies, this article highlights the Emerging Business Opportunities program at IBM. Included in the article are details on techniques that IBM and other companies have used to increase the odds of success for new ventures.
• The Art of Making Change Initiatives Stick - Professor Mike Roberto and Lynne Levesque describe four ways to help change initiatives become part of the fabric of the organization. The co-authors' research uncovered four critical processes — chartering, learning, mobilizing and realigning — that pave the way for successful institutionalization of a strategic change initiative.

Toolbox

• Table of Conversion Factors
• Wire Calculator - Tensiles and Diameters - (Microsoft Excel worksheet)
• Unit Converter
• W&M Steel Wire Gauges
• Gage Calculator
• Babel Fish Translation
• Standard Sizes of Wire Rods
• Universal Currency Converter™

Glossary

• Business Terms - (90KB pdf)
• Metal Terms - (24KB pdf)

Links

• Steel and Metal Related Industry Trade Associations
• US Government
• Steel and Metal - Specific News and Information
• Management & Operations
• Globalization
• WPI Venture Forum
• MIT Enterprise Forum
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Financial

• American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
• Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA)
• Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
• Commercial Finance Association (CFA)
• Factors Chain International (FCI)
• International Factors Group (IFG)
• The Turnaround Management Association

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