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White Papers
Taking a Proactive Approach to Patch Management
Feb 2012
It's a fact of business today: because of the economy, most organizations are asking everyone, including the IT staff, to do more with less. But tight budgets and the need for the IT department to...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Protecting personally identifiable information: What data is at risk and what you can do about it
Jun 2010
Virtually every organization acquires, uses and stores personally identifiable information about its customers, employees, patients, students and other individuals. These organizations are...
Provided by Sophos
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White Papers
An innovative option for fast iPad and iPhone development
Feb 2011
Executive Summary Companies need to be more responsive and must improve customer service. To accomplish this, many business units hope to leverage the iPad and iPhone. There are a number of ways...
Provided by FileMaker
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Webcasts
Finding Innovation At Google Creative Lab
Nov 2010
High-tech companies need problem solvers, but the speaker says engineers and other creative professionals first need scrappy managers who know how to define the right problems, assemble the right...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Dispelling the vapor around cloud computing
Jan 2011
It pays to work smarter not harder. According to a recent study by the IBM Institute for Business Value, organizations that are significantly outperforming their industry peers also happen to be...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Free SuccessFactors whitepaper: Measuring and Addressing Competency Gaps
May 2012
All companies realize the importance of nurturing a talented workforce. Among the organizational processes related to retaining high-performing employees, corporate competencies have become a...
Provided by SuccessFactors
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Webcasts
Systems Engineering for Building Smarter Products: Addressing the challenges of complexity, collaboration, and product lifecycle
Jan 2010
Whether you operate in the automotive, aerospace, telecommunications or electronics marketplace, business trends dictate that you need to deliver innovative products that incorporate advances in...
Provided by IBM
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Research
Tech breakthroughs to watch in 2012
Jan 2012
From invisibility cloaks to virtual atom smashing, 2011 was a year for advancing our knowledge, both on Earth and in space. ZDNet UK presents this guide to the accomplishments and discoveries from...
Provided by ZDNet UK
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Downloads
Download Savvion's Free Business Process Modeling Software
Jul 2006
The first step in improving your business processes is to articulate precisely where bottlenecks exist, and the most efficient way to do that is by simulating your existing processes using...
Provided by Savvion
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White Papers
Bottom Line Impact of Virtualization
Jul 2009
Decades of case-by-case deployments, uncoordinated platform choices and ad hoc upgrades to support growth have created fragmented, inefficient infrastructures in many organizations. Find out how...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Insurance 2020: Now what? Exploring initiatives for innovation
Sep 2007
In today's competitive insurance industry, the challenges are many and there is much uncertainty. To survive and thrive, insurers must seek new models and strategic success that enable innovation...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Applying Web 2.0 to Your Business Challenges
Apr 2008
Beneath all the hype about Web 2.0, a real revolution is taking place. Watch this 60-minute Cisco TechWiseTV video Webcast that reveals how wikis, blogs, social networking, and other Web 2.0...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Management Skills for Every Leader
Oct 2011
What are the skills required to be a manager, and how do they relate to each other? What is leadership and how is it different from management? The Egan management Skills Model provides answers to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Is Your Data Center Ready For Virtualization?
Mar 2009
This paper discusses important challenges that may be associated with virtualized environments—such as variable power consumption, fewer servers, inadequate power and cooling infrastructure and...
Provided by Eaton
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White Papers
Enterprise Information Management
Jun 2009
Read this review of the principal points in an enterprise information management strategy, as well as EIM best practices including IT and business collaboration, building trusted information,...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Every Good Idea Deserves A... Feasibility Assessment
Jun 2008
What happens when you, or someone in your organization, comes up with a bright idea? Where are the greatest risks for failure in the decision-making process? If you are in a large, established...
Provided by Symphini
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White Papers
Take action based on deep process insight with business process management
Jun 2009
Differentiate yourself from the competition with superior services and products. Business process management (BPM) powered by the IBM Smart SOA™ portfolio makes it possible by enabling you to...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Innovation In The Life Sciences Industry: Results From A Survey Of Life Sciences & Health Care Executives
Jan 2007
Innovation in the life sciences industry defined as any new product introduced to the market that improves upon existing products either incrementally or fundamentally is vital for meeting growing...
Provided by Deloitte Development
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White Papers
Technology And Innovation Initiatives
Jan 2009
During 2006, production of renewable diesel fuel began at a ConocoPhillips refinery in Europe, with introduction of the process anticipated soon at several of the company's U.S. refineries. Other...
Provided by ConocoPhillips
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White Papers
How to Run A Successful, Scalable Process Documentation Initiative
Dec 2008
Every year, CIOs and COOs rank "Improve Business Processes" as a top priority for their organizations. So why aren't more organizations diving in, documenting their processes and driving...
Provided by Lombardi Software
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux beats Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in value, cost
Sep 2009
Evaluate the savings, performance, and overall value of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployment versus a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 deployment. In this whitepaper, the two systems are compared...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
The Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition Architecture
Feb 2009
Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition is built on several components all working together around a centralized metadata repository. These components — graphical modules, runtime components,...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
ServiceU Case Study: Reliable Service
May 2009
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
ServiceU Video: Reliable Service
May 2009
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
Management Strategy for Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure
Sep 2009
When choosing a management solution for the physical infrastructure of IT networks, management of individual devices is necessary in order to have visibility to the many data points required for...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
Top 10 Ways to Increase IT ROI Without Adding Staff
Oct 2009
Tough economic times are upon us, and no one knows how long they may last. Today, IT managers are looking for alternative strategies to increase their IT ROI. The first principle is: Simplify...
Provided by KACE
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White Papers
This Blogging Stuff Is Harder Than It Looks
Jun 2008
Instead of sitting in your living room and blogging in your jammies, it turns out that you actually have to know stuff, such as copyright law. Yep. And it's not just for quoting news articles. Use...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Tap Into The Wisdom Of Crowds For Business Growth And Saving Money Tips
Mar 2009
When it comes to throwing out creative ideas, more heads really are better than one. Why? You simply get more ideas than one person can come up with. Other people will contribute ideas you'd never...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Tips For Innovation Amidst Bureaucracy
Apr 2008
Contrary to popular belief, creativity can exist in bureaucratic environments. You can see it in the form of brainstorms and "Exciting days" in offices across the corporate world. A new idea...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The New Voice of the CIO
Oct 2009
We listened to more than 2500 CIOs worldwide, including 158 CIOs from midsize firms. Those discussions showed us the demands on CIOs are changing, and in reaction, how today's CIOs are redefining...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
From fear to value; CIO strategies for propelling business through the economic crisis
Oct 2009
Your aspiration: As a Chief Information Officer, drive change, innovation and efficiency to help build a smarter enterprise that will prosper amidst global competition. Your daily challenge: As a...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How To Jump On The Webinar Trend
Sep 2009
Webinars' popularity is being driven in part by the high cost of travel, not to mention the hassles and time involved. Why not avoid travel if you can? Another reason webinars are getting more...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Innovation In Tough Times
Mar 2009
Why should you be the company that people will always want to return to? If you can develop that area alone, you will have a much brighter future. Small businesses are in a very unique position...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Achieving High Performance In The Global Chemicals Market
Mar 2009
Today's economic downturn not only differs from previous recessionary periods, but it also differs by country and region. For the chemical industry, the recent downturn was caused by the already...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
For Profit, For Good
Aug 2009
Socially-minded venture entrepreneurs want a new kind of company. Choose for-profit, and you are unable to receive grants from foundations looking to fund the very social benefit you are aiming to...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
When Your Business Gets Trashed Online
Apr 2008
As if running a business wasn't challenging enough, now you have to worry about your business getting trashed at voting websites and in blogs. The most alarming part to business owners is that...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Innovation: The Perpetual Hunt
Feb 2009
Innovation is an ongoing process that is essential to the survival of any organization, regardless of size or focus. No matter what kinds of businesses they own, entrepreneurs all know one thing:...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How Activists Make Or Break Radical Innovations
Jan 2009
What is the theoretical construct of a new product success? New products that constitute radical innovations challenge existing cultural conventions, norms, and interests. Often, they are...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Using Business Model Innovation
May 2009
Successful business model innovation requires identifying new, previously uncovered opportunities and changing how a firm operates. Large corporations struggle with business model innovation....
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Social Innovation - Is It Sustainable?
May 2009
The Obama administration has allocated $50 million in the upcoming budget in a Social Innovation Fund. A component of the new Serve America Act, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the creation of...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Ready for Anything
May 2012
It's not unusual to hear CEOs of companies in various sectors claim their industry is in the midst of a transformation. But it's hard to imagine an industry that better fits that description than...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Analytics and the Smarter Planet
May 2012
Learn how BAO is helping deliver actionable insights and optimize your business results.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Free SuccessFactors whitepaper: Measuring and Addressing Competency Gaps
May 2012
All companies realize the importance of nurturing a talented workforce. Among the organizational processes related to retaining high-performing employees, corporate competencies have become a...
Provided by SuccessFactors
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White Papers
Oracle Magazine: A Better Choice
Mar 2012
Monsanto Company is a leading global provider of agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality. The R&D organization relies on high volumes of data collected during...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Social Analytics is key to being a Social Business
Apr 2012
Leveraging Social Analytics allows organizations to gain actionable insight from the massive amounts of data generated from people, devices and sensors and more easily align these insights to...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Real-Time Business: Playing to win in the new Global marketplace (Europe)
Mar 2012
To stay ahead of the competition in a global marketplace, firms are increasingly speeding up operations, in many cases adopting real-time systems and tools to allow for instant decision-making and...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Real-Time Business: Playing to win in the new Global marketplace (Asia-Pacific)
Mar 2012
To stay ahead of the competition in a global marketplace, firms are increasingly speeding up operations, in many cases adopting real-time systems and tools to allow for instant decision-making and...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Faster, Higher, Stronger: In-Memory Computing Disruption and What SAP HANA Means for Your Organization
Mar 2012
Read this IDC Whitepaper and learn how in-memory technology for enterprises in private and public sectors will enable organizations to advance to higher levels of competitiveness by fostering...
Provided by SAP
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e-Books
Archiving for Dummies e-book
Mar 2012
Want the smartest IT department? Just surround yourself with Dummies. Data retention in today's digial era is a major challenge for businesses and organizations. This e-book is your guide to the...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
IDC Case Study: Optimizing eCommerce Decisions at TIAA-CREF
Mar 2012
This IDC case study examines the benefits TIAA-CREF, a Fortune 100 financial services firm, gained from automating their eCommerce marketing. By deploying Oracle Real-Time Decisions, TIAA-CREF was...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Taking a Proactive Approach to Patch Management
Feb 2012
It's a fact of business today: because of the economy, most organizations are asking everyone, including the IT staff, to do more with less. But tight budgets and the need for the IT department to...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
McCormick and Schmick's Restaurants Gains New Insight into Dining Trends and Financial Performance with IBM Cognos Express - Success Story
Jan 2012
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants needed better insight to understand and take advantage of key business trends. Find out why they chose IBM Cognos Express to deliver that insight.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
IBM Cognos Express: IBM Financing Advantage for Express Solutions - Fact Sheet
Jan 2012
See how to finance IBM Cognos Express for as low as $25 (USD) per user/month with one-stop financing solutions from IBM.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Accelerating Innovation and Savings with R&D Cloud
Jan 2012
DuPont is one of the world's premier science companies. Its Central Research & Development (CR&D) IT leaders wanted to provide the company's scientists with the power and flexibility of...
Provided by Intel Corporation
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Research
Tech breakthroughs to watch in 2012
Jan 2012
From invisibility cloaks to virtual atom smashing, 2011 was a year for advancing our knowledge, both on Earth and in space. ZDNet UK presents this guide to the accomplishments and discoveries from...
Provided by ZDNet UK
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White Papers
Oracle's SPARC T4-1, SPARC T4-2, SPARC T4-4 and SPARC T4-1B Server Architecture
Dec 2011
Delivering on the demands of IT services applications and virtualized, eco-efficient data centers requires a comprehensive approach that includes innovative processors, system platforms, and...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Business Process Platforms 2011 Vendor Analysis
Dec 2011
This IDC study uses the IDC MarketScape model to assess the capabilities of vendors to support mid-range to complex process improvement scenarios using business process management software....
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Management Skills for Every Leader
Oct 2011
What are the skills required to be a manager, and how do they relate to each other? What is leadership and how is it different from management? The Egan management Skills Model provides answers to...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Podcasts
Getting Started with Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management
Sep 2011
Designed from the ground-up using the latest technology advances and incorporating the best practices gathered from Oracle's thousands of customers, Fusion Applications are 100 percent open...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Internet Banking In Europe: A Comparative Analysis
Dec 2008
A key strategic issue for banks is the implementation of internet banking. The 'Click and mortar' model that complements classical branch banking with online facilities is competing with pure...
Provided by Universitat de Barcelona
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White Papers
How Do Young Innovative Companies Innovate?
Jul 2009
This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in Young Innovative Companies (YICs) by looking at in-house and external R&D and at the acquisition of external technology in embodied...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Intrapreneurship Or Entrepreneurship?
May 2009
The author explores the factors that determine whether new business opportunities are exploited by starting a new venture for an employer ('Nascent intrapreneurship') or independently ('Nascent...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Openness And Technological Innovation In East Asia: Have They Increased The Demand For Skills?
Oct 2009
This paper asks whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. The authors explore a unique firm level...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Co-determination And Innovation
Oct 2009
This paper examines the effect of the German co-determination law of 1976 (MitbestG) on the innovative activity of German firms. Co-determination applies to firms with 2000 employees or more. Data...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Do Foreign-Owned Firms Have A Lower Innovation Intensity Than Domestic Firms?
Jul 2006
This paper addresses the question of whether foreign ownership matters regarding innovation intensity. It is well documented that foreign firms display lower innovation and R&D intensity than...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Innovation And Market Concentration In Europe's Mobile Phone Industries: Evidence From The Transition From 2G To 3G
Nov 2007
Aiming at both low prices and innovation, policy makers and economists have long argued about the optimal intensity of competition. While the current discussion in telecommunication regulation...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
The Meaning Of Entrepreneurship: A Modular Concept
Jun 2009
Entrepreneurship has been characterised as one of the most intriguing but equally elusive concepts in economics. This paper first surveys its major intellectual roots and then proposes a modular...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Passenger Car Use And Climate Change: Quantifying The Impacts Of Technological Innovations Needed For Substantial CO2 Emission Reductions
Nov 2009
The purpose of the paper is to model scenarios of technological innovations in the global passenger vehicle fleet, i.e. improvements in the energy economy of average regional vehicle fleets and...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Technological Regimes And The Variety Of Innovation Behaviour: Creating Integrated Taxonomies Of Firms And Sectors
Feb 2010
This paper presents an integrated set of innovation taxonomies for firms and sectors. It discards the practice of representing industries by some average behaviour, instead characterising them by...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Persistence Of Monopoly, Innovation, And R&D Spillovers: Static Versus Dynamic Analysis
Jan 2007
The authors build a dynamic duopoly model that accounts for the empirical observation of monopoly persistence in the long run. More specifically, they analyze the conditions under which it is...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
International Competition In Vertically Differentiated Markets With Innovation And Imitation: Trade Policy Versus Free Trade
Aug 2007
The important characteristic of international competition between developed and less developed countries is vertical product differentiation, where firms' quality choices represent strategic...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
Assessing The Impact Of Algorithmic Trading On Markets: A Simulation Approach
Dec 2007
Innovative automated execution strategies like algorithmic trading gain significant market share on electronic market venues worldwide, although their impact on market outcome has not been...
Provided by Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
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White Papers
Immigration And Innovation In European Regions
Apr 2011
The concentration of people with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds in particular geographic areas may boost the creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth....
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Immigration And Innovation
Apr 2011
The authors combine firm-level innovation data with area-level Census data to examine the relationship between local workforce characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Unraveling The Role Of Public Researcher Mobility For Industrial Innovation
May 2011
The authors estimate the relative contribution of mobile scientists who leave academia for the private sector on the subsequent innovative performance of the firms they join. They use data on the...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Entrepreneurship, Economic Conditions, And The Great Recession
May 2011
The "Great Recession" resulted in many business closings and foreclosures, but what effect did it have on business formation? On the one hand, recessions decrease potential business income and...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
High-technology Entrepreneurship In Silicon Valley
May 2011
The economic expansion of the late 1990s created many opportunities for business creation in Silicon Valley, but the opportunity cost of starting a business was also high during this period...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Do The Innovations In A Monetary VAR Have Finite Variances?
Oct 2008
Since Christopher Sims's "Macroeconomics and Reality" (1980), macroeconomists have used structural VARs, or Vector AutoRegressions, for policy analysis. Constructing the impulse-response functions...
Provided by Levy Economics Institute
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White Papers
For Benevolence And For Self-interest: Social And Commercial Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations
Jun 2011
The authors conceptualize social entrepreneurship as a source of social capital which, when present in the environment, enhances commercial entrepreneurship. They also argue that social...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Induced Innovation In The Agricultural Sector: Evidence From A State Panel
Jul 2006
This paper uses recently developed panel cointegration techniques and error correction modeling to test the hypothesis of induced innovation in a state-level panel of U.S. agricultural production....
Provided by American Agricultural Economics Association
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White Papers
A Practical Guide To Managing Innovation
Jul 2009
What does innovation mean? It used to relate mainly to products, and that's still important. But over the last decade or so, businesses have been putting more and more emphasis on innovating new...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
An innovative option for fast iPad and iPhone development
Feb 2011
Executive Summary Companies need to be more responsive and must improve customer service. To accomplish this, many business units hope to leverage the iPad and iPhone. There are a number of ways...
Provided by FileMaker
-
Downloads
Download Savvion's Free Business Process Modeling Software
Jul 2006
The first step in improving your business processes is to articulate precisely where bottlenecks exist, and the most efficient way to do that is by simulating your existing processes using...
Provided by Savvion
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White Papers
Ethnic Innovation And U.S. Multinational Firm Activity
Aug 2011
This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Enterprise Information Management
Jun 2009
Read this review of the principal points in an enterprise information management strategy, as well as EIM best practices including IT and business collaboration, building trusted information,...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Every Good Idea Deserves A... Feasibility Assessment
Jun 2008
What happens when you, or someone in your organization, comes up with a bright idea? Where are the greatest risks for failure in the decision-making process? If you are in a large, established...
Provided by Symphini
-
White Papers
Take action based on deep process insight with business process management
Jun 2009
Differentiate yourself from the competition with superior services and products. Business process management (BPM) powered by the IBM Smart SOA™ portfolio makes it possible by enabling you to...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Innovation In The Life Sciences Industry: Results From A Survey Of Life Sciences & Health Care Executives
Jan 2007
Innovation in the life sciences industry defined as any new product introduced to the market that improves upon existing products either incrementally or fundamentally is vital for meeting growing...
Provided by Deloitte Development
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White Papers
Technology And Innovation Initiatives
Jan 2009
During 2006, production of renewable diesel fuel began at a ConocoPhillips refinery in Europe, with introduction of the process anticipated soon at several of the company's U.S. refineries. Other...
Provided by ConocoPhillips
-
White Papers
How to Run A Successful, Scalable Process Documentation Initiative
Dec 2008
Every year, CIOs and COOs rank "Improve Business Processes" as a top priority for their organizations. So why aren't more organizations diving in, documenting their processes and driving...
Provided by Lombardi Software
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux beats Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in value, cost
Sep 2009
Evaluate the savings, performance, and overall value of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployment versus a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 deployment. In this whitepaper, the two systems are compared...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
The Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition Architecture
Feb 2009
Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition is built on several components all working together around a centralized metadata repository. These components — graphical modules, runtime components,...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
ServiceU Case Study: Reliable Service
May 2009
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
Provided by Dell
-
Case Studies
ServiceU Video: Reliable Service
May 2009
ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks (SANs) to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized...
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
Management Strategy for Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure
Sep 2009
When choosing a management solution for the physical infrastructure of IT networks, management of individual devices is necessary in order to have visibility to the many data points required for...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
-
White Papers
Top 10 Ways to Increase IT ROI Without Adding Staff
Oct 2009
Tough economic times are upon us, and no one knows how long they may last. Today, IT managers are looking for alternative strategies to increase their IT ROI. The first principle is: Simplify...
Provided by KACE
-
White Papers
This Blogging Stuff Is Harder Than It Looks
Jun 2008
Instead of sitting in your living room and blogging in your jammies, it turns out that you actually have to know stuff, such as copyright law. Yep. And it's not just for quoting news articles. Use...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Tap Into The Wisdom Of Crowds For Business Growth And Saving Money Tips
Mar 2009
When it comes to throwing out creative ideas, more heads really are better than one. Why? You simply get more ideas than one person can come up with. Other people will contribute ideas you'd never...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Tips For Innovation Amidst Bureaucracy
Apr 2008
Contrary to popular belief, creativity can exist in bureaucratic environments. You can see it in the form of brainstorms and "Exciting days" in offices across the corporate world. A new idea...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The New Voice of the CIO
Oct 2009
We listened to more than 2500 CIOs worldwide, including 158 CIOs from midsize firms. Those discussions showed us the demands on CIOs are changing, and in reaction, how today's CIOs are redefining...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
From fear to value; CIO strategies for propelling business through the economic crisis
Oct 2009
Your aspiration: As a Chief Information Officer, drive change, innovation and efficiency to help build a smarter enterprise that will prosper amidst global competition. Your daily challenge: As a...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Bottom Line Impact of Virtualization
Jul 2009
Decades of case-by-case deployments, uncoordinated platform choices and ad hoc upgrades to support growth have created fragmented, inefficient infrastructures in many organizations. Find out how...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How To Jump On The Webinar Trend
Sep 2009
Webinars' popularity is being driven in part by the high cost of travel, not to mention the hassles and time involved. Why not avoid travel if you can? Another reason webinars are getting more...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Innovation In Tough Times
Mar 2009
Why should you be the company that people will always want to return to? If you can develop that area alone, you will have a much brighter future. Small businesses are in a very unique position...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Achieving High Performance In The Global Chemicals Market
Mar 2009
Today's economic downturn not only differs from previous recessionary periods, but it also differs by country and region. For the chemical industry, the recent downturn was caused by the already...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
For Profit, For Good
Aug 2009
Socially-minded venture entrepreneurs want a new kind of company. Choose for-profit, and you are unable to receive grants from foundations looking to fund the very social benefit you are aiming to...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
When Your Business Gets Trashed Online
Apr 2008
As if running a business wasn't challenging enough, now you have to worry about your business getting trashed at voting websites and in blogs. The most alarming part to business owners is that...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Innovation: The Perpetual Hunt
Feb 2009
Innovation is an ongoing process that is essential to the survival of any organization, regardless of size or focus. No matter what kinds of businesses they own, entrepreneurs all know one thing:...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
How Activists Make Or Break Radical Innovations
Jan 2009
What is the theoretical construct of a new product success? New products that constitute radical innovations challenge existing cultural conventions, norms, and interests. Often, they are...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Using Business Model Innovation
May 2009
Successful business model innovation requires identifying new, previously uncovered opportunities and changing how a firm operates. Large corporations struggle with business model innovation....
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Social Innovation - Is It Sustainable?
May 2009
The Obama administration has allocated $50 million in the upcoming budget in a Social Innovation Fund. A component of the new Serve America Act, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the creation of...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Be An Intrapreneur
Jul 2009
As the saying goes, "The grass is always greener." This applies to entrepreneurs as well as cows (if, indeed, it applies to cows). An entrepreneur looks at an intrapreneur inside a large company...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Beware Of Big Company Syndrome
May 2009
Even small businesses are vulnerable to "Big Company Syndrome." What's Big Company Syndrome? It's the innovation malaise often prevalent in large corporations. It goes something like this:...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Twitter Scammers Lure Wannabe Entrepreneurs Into "Evil"
Aug 2009
Usually they're newbies on Twitter - sometimes with dreams of becoming self-employed Internet entrepreneurs. Those with no experience in online businesses may think it's easy to make money through...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
A Model For New World Efficiency
Apr 2009
Multinational corporations face new challenges every day and the need for flexibility is already well reflected in the diversity of structures and processes housed within large corporates' Shared...
Provided by Citigroup
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White Papers
Weathering The Financial Storm
Jan 2009
Companies have long relied on their commercial banks for core banking services to help them manage their working capital. In today's difficult economic climate, the global transaction banks play a...
Provided by Citigroup
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White Papers
Cloud Computing: Save Time, Money, and Resources
Oct 2009
Testing your applications before they launch is essential, but so is the right environment. This IBM® Redbook® explains how a private test cloud can help you organize and streamline your test...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
EnLoc: Energy-Efficient Localization for Mobile Phones
Jan 2009
A growing number of mobile phone applications utilize physical location to express the context of information. Most of these location-based applications assume GPS capabilities. Unfortunately, GPS...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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Webcasts
Systems Engineering for Building Smarter Products: Addressing the challenges of complexity, collaboration, and product lifecycle
Jan 2010
Whether you operate in the automotive, aerospace, telecommunications or electronics marketplace, business trends dictate that you need to deliver innovative products that incorporate advances in...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Video: "Taking a Seat at the Executive Table: The Reality of Virtualization"
Dec 2009
This year, for the first time, the number of virtual machines is on track to exceed the number of physical machines shipped. The reasons are clear -- data center cost reduction and greater...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
