The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation, argues Michael E. Porter in "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City."

Thinking About... The future is here, and many companies are pondering the human toll of limiting organizational interactions to videoconferencing, portable telephones, and E-mail. Charles Handy explores ways to combine "Trust and the Virtual Organization," asking, How do you manage people whom you do not see?

Executives pondering which parts of their information technology function to out source usually decide to keep stratcgic services in-house and to out source commodities-especially ones that suppliers claim they can provide inexpensively. If only the decision were that simple