Leadership

Does the pressure from stock analysts for manufacturers to "make the numbers" hinder workforce development? Yes and no. But publicly traded or not, companies cannot afford to ignore investing in their employees.

High-tech hearing-aid facility in La Mirada, Calif., is on former movie theater site.

IW presents its exclusive global guide to the communities where companies invent, make, market, ship, and manage.

Spectrum Astro's manufacturing and test facility in Gilbert, Ariz., is "go" for business.

Panel renders its best-managed verdicts.

Federal agenda mixes politics and several private-sector principles.

Pending headquarters move generates some turbulence.

In the slow economy, some manufacturers invest for a (hopefully) faster-paced future.

New reporting could lessen the penalty Wall Street imposes for investing in people.