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July 25, 2013 There's No Formula for Fixing Detroit, and That's a Good Thing By Justin Fox How the uncharted territory of the city's bankruptcy filing can spur innovation.

Small/medium business Can Crowdfunding Solve the Startup Capital Gap? by Sramana Mitra New rules may help businesses that can't attract VCs gain funding to grow. Leadership transitions Family Business: How to Spot a Problem Patriarch by Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer Beware the hard-charging alpha leader who undermines talent and maintains control over the next generation. IT management Is Your Organization Ready for Total Digitization? by Peter Weill and Stephanie Woerner Orgs and CIOs need to choose the right approach to managing the digital wave -- or else face digital anarchy. Marketing CEOs Are to Blame for Short CMO Tenures by Ty Montague CEOs need to start taking ownership of their company's story, and stop passing the buck to marketing. Managing people How to Fix the Bad Employee Syndrome by Charalambos Vlachoutsicos It's about educating the bosses -- and about persistence. Economy Birth Rates Fall for U.S. Younger Women but Rise for Older Women by Andrew O'Connell Birth rates for young women hit historic lows. Productivity Working from Home: A Work in Progress by Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer New data on the merits and drawbacks of the upward trend in working from home.

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