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White Papers
12 Advantages of Agile Software Development
Jan 2011
Organizations can find significant value in adopting Agile methodologies and techniques. Agile practices can help ensure you meet customers and deliver to their expectations, deliver products on...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Ricoh Document Solutions Framework: A Strategy to Streamline Your Workflow
Mar 2007
The growing importance of managing information is felt daily by companies across every industry. Reports, e-mails, memos, letters, orders, faxes, instant messages - whether paper or electronic,...
Provided by Ricoh
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White Papers
3 Simple Principles Of Financial Decision Making
Apr 2008
Do decisions about where to spend or invest the money make paralyzed? Take fear and stress out of the decision-making process by increasing your knowledge in three key areas. This paper explains...
Provided by Buzzle.com
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White Papers
IBM Smart Products Virtual Briefing Center
Oct 2010
The Smart Products Virtual Briefing Center provides an access point to industry-specific solutions. You will be able to attend webcasts in the auditorium, visit the industry-specific knowledge...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Predictions - The Future of HCM Analytics (IHRIM Article)
Jan 2012
The world of analytics has shifted emphasis over the past two decades - from looking at the past to looking at the future. Read this IHRIM article to understand how HR predictive analytics works...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
White paper: Becoming a Decision-centric Enterprise
Apr 2012
Organizations with systems that are centered on processes or functions often struggle to improve business productivity and find it hard to make changes in their systems quickly, despite a pressing...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Tom Davenport Study: Linking decisions and information for organizational performance
Nov 2008
Tom Davenport's new client study looks at approaches to linking information and decisions and how our every-day business information can help improve overall business decision making.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Pillars of Performance Management: Free eBook and strategy manual
Mar 2009
Does your organization consider performance management a laborious, tactical annual practice, or is it a strategic, business-critical cycle? Maybe it's time to reassess. Now more than ever, you're...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
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Case Studies
Improving Strategic Decision Making
Jul 2009
CIMA is the leading and largest professional body for management accountants with over 171,000 members and students operating at the heart of business in 165 countries. CIMA's mission is to be the...
Provided by MBA Publishing
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White Papers
The Ultimate Decision Making Process
Jan 2008
The decision making process is very much determined by who you are. By this the author mean, the way you are being in the world. Who you are determines not just what you think but how you think....
Provided by decision-making-confidence.com
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White Papers
Decision Making Approaches
Jan 2008
Usually when people ask about decision making approaches they are asking about the kind of model they could best use. Or they want a comparison of decision models. This paper takes a broader look...
Provided by decision-making-confidence.com
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White Papers
Decisions: Making The Right Ones. Learning From The Wrong One
Jan 2009
For an executive, decision-making comes with the territory. If you wanted to follow orders, if you wanted to be directed every step of the way, if you wanted to carry out the ideas of people who...
Provided by Conference Board
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White Papers
Work smarter. Not harder.
Jul 2009
Today we share information faster and farther than ever before. Despite this, 42% of people make decisions based on wrong information every week. This brochure from IBM® will show you how to join...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How Your Research Archetype Influences Methodology Decisions
Jul 2009
Every marketer, brand manager and researcher wants the same thing: to contribute to the success of their brand. The objective of the study should drive methodology choice (and there are plenty to...
Provided by Bay Area Design
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White Papers
The Path to EPM Success
Jun 2008
An EPM system is most effective when it is applied to the entire organization. But a completely centralized approach to EPM is unrealistic in most large companies. For companies that have many...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Search Applications: The Future of Enterprise Search
Oct 2009
Enterprise search is changing. It's about immediate usability. Watch this new program and learn how to use search applications to improve daily decision-making, increase revenues, and cut costs in...
Provided by Endeca Technologies
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White Papers
Improving confidence by increasing understanding in information
May 2009
Good decisions are driven by good information but within many organizations. But decision-making can be a hit-and-miss proposition if employees lack confidence in the data they receive and rely on...
Provided by IBM
-
Downloads
CDPS Analyst Interview with John Webster of Illuminata
Oct 2009
Instead of focusing on recovery after disasters, midmarket businesses need solutions that enable business continuity before and during them. Listen to the recording, "CDPS Analyst Interview with...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Future For Business - Leaner, But Not Meaner
Jul 2009
Here are some of the principles that collaborate together to make the future of business leaner, but not meaner. Global competition, with its requirement for an on-demand innovation supply, will...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste
Jun 2009
Despite the steady drumbeat of bad economic news, small businesses have a major opportunity shaping up over the next year or two. They could become big businesses. While there's no way to get rid...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Decision-Making Effectiveness Program Proves The Right Choice For High Performance
Dec 2008
This North American pharmaceutical company is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical companies in the United States. The company was experiencing dramatic growth and strategic shifts in its...
Provided by Accenture
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Webcasts
E-Business Suite Spotlight Video
Nov 2009
3 Minutes with Free Tool Can Save Thousands! The EBS ROI Tool quickly points out the benefits of upgrading to EBS R12 on IBM hardware. Uncover improved productivity and better value. See how you...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Reveal the power of information
Dec 2009
Concealed facts can badly affect decision-making. The duplication of knowledge is expensive. Our digital future needs efficient data management. Learn how enterprise search can increase the return...
Provided by Mindbreeze Software
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Webcasts
Tough Times, Tough Choices
Dec 2009
This webcast will show how peers have been successful with best practices in a tough market. How to prioritize products and initiatives to deliver customer value. How to transition from Business...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
Automotive Case Study
Jun 2009
Delphi unites global teams for more cost-effective component reuse with IBM Rational DOORS.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Making Sense Of Market Intelligence
Dec 2009
Making critical decisions without sufficient information is a typical problem companies face. While information is unlimited, time and budgets are not. Busy executives are accustomed to making...
Provided by First Resource
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White Papers
SWOT Analysis: A Powerful Tool For Business Decision Making
Jul 2009
SWOT analysis is a powerful tool that can help decision makers achieve their goals and objectives. For businesses, this tool can be of great importance. SWOT analysis allows decision makers to...
Provided by Associated Content
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White Papers
How To Use Business SWOT Analysis
Jan 2010
Business SWOT analysis is a key element of strategic planning that business leaders use to evaluate important decisions that they make for their company. If your company is not using business SWOT...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
Why Performance Management? A Guide for the Midsize Organization
Sep 2009
Learn how midsize companies can use performance management solutions to gain competitive advantage without breaking the bank.
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
Demo: Dashboards with IBM Cognos Express
Sep 2009
IBM Cognos Express dashboards provide at-a-glance summaries of critical information to monitor and manage your midsize business. Quickly scan the dashboard to see how your company is doing using...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Enterprise Performance Management - Management Excellence Metrics Reloaded
Jan 2010
In performance management, consistency is king. The simple sounding steps—identify and focus on value drivers, and align the organization to drive results—beg the question: What's the best...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Asian companies seek information on market changes and competitive moves
Jan 2010
The economic downturn may be loosening its grip on Asia/Pacific economies. But with recovery comes fierce competition, as companies around the world rush to emerging markets to supplement delayed...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
The Risk Intelligent Tax Executive: Effective integration, enhanced decision making
Nov 2009
No one ever said a tax executive's life was easy. Simply staying current with the vast and ever-evolving number of international, national, and local tax and related financial accounting rules is...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
No More Flying Blind: Using Advanced Workforce Analytics To Make Better Business-Driven HR Decisions
Apr 2009
Many business leaders lack "Real-time" visibility into the data necessary to make complex business decisions. When it comes to workforce planning and talent management, as with many other areas of...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Research
The CIO Profile
Oct 2005
Although CIOs have more access to the business than they did even a year ago, their background and time management choices have typecast them as technology specialists. Most business users view...
Provided by Forrester Research
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White Papers
Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Software
Feb 2005
A new generation of sophisticated, Web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. These corporate performance management (CPM) solutions...
Provided by Clarity Systems
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White Papers
From Reporting to Performance Management
Jul 2009
Learn how IT & BI departments can face the challenge of deploying a technology infrastructure to support performance management initiatives.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Art Or Science?: How To Select A New Leadership Team After A Merger Or Acquisition
Jan 2009
Selecting a leadership team is one of the most important decisions the CEO of a newly combined company will ever face. Employees, investors, and board members will be watching closely because the...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
The Business Impact of Outsourcing
Jan 2006
A new study from IBM shows that companies engaged in IT outsourcing experienced significant gains, compared to their competition. This includes 11.8% higher growth in earnings, 9.9% lower expenses...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Leadership: Are You 'Playing Small'?
May 2006
Being a leader is a decision, not a position. In one's work as a coach and consultant, one challenges people to step up to the plate and become all that they want to become, to make that decision...
Provided by Affinity Consulting
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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
Medio's analytics transform mobile data into business action, IBM System x and Intel Xeon processors helps take the guesswork out of CRM - A Case Study
Apr 2012
Based in Seattle, Medio Systems is a leader in the emerging field of predictive analytics, quickly analyzing data streams to give mobile phone carriers and providers actionable insight into their...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
White paper: Becoming a Decision-centric Enterprise
Apr 2012
Organizations with systems that are centered on processes or functions often struggle to improve business productivity and find it hard to make changes in their systems quickly, despite a pressing...
Provided by IBM
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Podcasts
Demo: How to Automate, Govern and Improve Business Decisions for Use Across Processes and Applications
Apr 2012
Shouldn't your business experts be in charge of the repeatable business decisions made by your automated systems? Watch this short demo to learn how they can be. During this 9-minute video, you'll...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Analyst paper: Operational Decision Management - Making better business decisions with flexible, automated business rules and events
Apr 2012
Business rules management technology opens up significant new opportunities for business success. For instance, the ability to automatically make different decisions in real time based on...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Retail Week Tearing Up the Rule Book
Mar 2012
The past decade has seen significant changes in the experience that customers have when they interact with a retailer. The development of multichannel retail has been crucial to this. Whether it...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
SAP HANA Demystified, an Overview of SAP's Game-Changing In-Memory Technology
Mar 2012
It's both ironic and unfortunate: Across organizations, decision makers are swimming in information, yet they still struggle to really "know" their business. They cannot access relevant data...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Predictions - The Future of HCM Analytics (IHRIM Article)
Jan 2012
The world of analytics has shifted emphasis over the past two decades - from looking at the past to looking at the future. Read this IHRIM article to understand how HR predictive analytics works...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Medio's analytics transform mobile data into business action. IBM System x and Intel Xeon processors helps take the guesswork out of CRM
Jan 2012
Based in Seattle, Medio Systems is a leader in the emerging field of predictive analytics, quickly analyzing data streams to give mobile phone carriers and providers actionable insight into their...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Make-Or-Buy Decisions And The Manipulability Of Performance Measures
Nov 2009
The make-or-buy decision is analyzed in a simple framework combining contractual incompleteness with the existence of imperfect but contractible performance measures. Contractual incompleteness...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Monitoring Job Offer Decisions, Punishments, Exit To Work, And Job Quality
Jul 2009
Unemployment insurance systems include monitoring of unemployed workers and punitive sanctions if job search requirements are violated. The authors analyze the effect of sanctions on the ensuing...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Historical Review Of "Umbrella Supervision" By The Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System
Oct 2008
The paper reviews legislative history and supervisory practices related to bank holding companies with a view toward understanding what Congress meant by referring to the Board of Governors of the...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
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White Papers
The Role Of Families In Acquisition Decisions: Evidence From Large European Companies
Nov 2007
The authors investigate how the controlling shareholder's identity influences the firm's incentive to take part to an M&A deal, both as an acquirer and as a target. They study a comprehensive...
Provided by Universita degli Studi di Milano
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White Papers
Payout And Investment Decisions Under Managerial Discretion
Nov 2007
In traditional signalling models, high-quality firms can separate themselves from low-quality firms by using their payout policy. Standard agency theory suggests that shareholders will pressure...
Provided by University of Zurich
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White Papers
What Are The Real Concerns In The Design Of CEO Compensation Contracts
Feb 2008
The broadening controversy surrounding executive compensation packages has made it increasingly important to understand the process by which these packages are designed. The authors provide a...
Provided by University of South Florida
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White Papers
Multiple Advisors With Reputation
Dec 2006
This paper examines reputation, the belief of a decision maker about types of advisors, in a two period cheap talk model where the decision maker obtains messages from two advisors. The decision...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
Learning By Similarity In Coordination Problems
Apr 2007
The authors study a learning process in which subjects extrapolate from their experience of similar past strategic situations to the current decision problem. When applied to coordination games,...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
Are The Unskilled Really That Unaware? An Alternative Explanation
Apr 2007
In a series of articles and manuscripts (e.g., Kruger & Dunning, 1999, Dunning et al., 2003, Ehrlinger et al., 2005), Dunning, Kruger and their collaborators argued that the unskilled lack the...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
Can The Market Fix A Wrong Administrative Decision? Massive Delisting On The Prague Stock Exchange
Aug 2007
This paper contributes to the investigation of the emerging stock markets in transition economies, namely in the Czech Republic. The authors estimate the impact of the various determinants of...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
Self-Reputation And Perception Of Reputation
Nov 2007
This paper examines how the belief of decision maker regarding his ability to keep a resolution and his belief regarding what others think of him affect his actions. Higher self-reputation...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
Sequential Cheap Talk From Advisors With Reputation
Jun 2008
The author examines two-period sequential cheap talk in situations where the decision maker seeks advice from two advisors, each of whom knows the type of the other advisor. By considering the...
Provided by Charles University
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White Papers
Personality Characteristics And The Decision To Become And Stay Self-employed
Mar 2011
This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial development. On the basis of a large, representative household panel survey,...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Economic Conditions At The Time Of Birth And Cognitive Abilities Late In Life: Evidence From Eleven European Countries
Aug 2011
With ageing populations and a stronger reliance on individual financial decision-making concerning asset portfolios, retirement schemes, pensions and insurances, it becomes increasingly important...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Commitment Contracts
Oct 2009
The authors review the theoretical and empirical literature on commitment devices. A commitment device is any arrangement, entered into by an individual, with the aim of making it easier to...
Provided by Yale University
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White Papers
Organ Allocation Policy And The Decision To Donate
Aug 2011
Organ donations from deceased donors provide the majority of transplanted organs in the United States, and one deceased donor can save numerous lives by providing multiple organs. Nevertheless,...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Webcasts
Capgemini Business Information Management: Help Customers Leverage Enterprise Data For Competitive Advantage
Jan 2011
This webcast shows that information is a key business asset for any organization. Maximizing the benefit of business intelligence ensures quicker decision making and selection of strategic...
Provided by Capgemini
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Webcasts
The Value Of True Partnerships
May 2011
The presenters are serial entrepreneurs who believe in the fundamental power of partnerships. Empowered by working in close collaboration for years, these co-founders have started multiple...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Words Of Wisdom From An Experienced CEO
Nov 2006
In this webcast, the presenter walks through the founding and growth of the company. The presenter provides insight on a variety of issues ranging from the power of strong markets, to personal...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Simulation Life Cycle Management As Tool To Enhance Product Development And Its Decision-Making Process For Powertrain Applications
May 2010
Product development is becoming more complex. It involves not only system simulation requirements, but also the need to manage and share huge amounts of engineering information that is housed...
Provided by Dassault Systèmes
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White Papers
Premises For A Model Of Decision-Making On The Financing Of A Project
Nov 2010
The classical theory of finance is based on the premises of rationality and maximizing profits that accompany economic decision-making. Complementarily, the modern theory of behavioral finance...
Provided by Babes-Bolyai University
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White Papers
Business Analytics and the Path to Better Decisions in Healthcare
Jul 2011
This white paper considers the use of analytics and business intelligence for improving decision making in healthcare and the benefits of prebuilt analytic applications for achieving this...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Decision Making In Uncertain And Changing Environments
Jun 2009
The authors consider an agent who has to repeatedly make choices in an uncertain and changing environment, who has full information of the past, who discounts future payoffs, but who has no prior....
Provided by Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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White Papers
A Relationship Between Risk And Time Preferences
Jun 2009
This paper investigates a general relationship between risk and time preferences. The author considers a decision maker who chooses a one-time consumption. The author assumes however, that he...
Provided by Northwestern University
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White Papers
Is Behavioral Economics Doomed?
Jun 2009
As Max Weber was a professor of economics, it is perhaps appropriate to discuss modern "Behavioral economics" in a lecture in his honor. Indeed - modern economics has returned to many of the...
Provided by Washington University in St. Louis
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White Papers
Questions In Decision Theory
Aug 2009
This paper surveys a few major questions in the field of decision theory. It is argued that a re-examination of some of the fundamental concepts of the field may have important implications to...
Provided by Tel-Aviv University
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White Papers
How (Not) To Do Decision Theory
Aug 2009
The authors discuss the goals and means of positive decision theory and the implications for how to do decision theory. They argue that the goal of positive economic theory generally is to provide...
Provided by Tel Aviv University
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White Papers
Party Formation In Collective Decision-making
Jul 2007
The authors study the implications of economies of party size in a model of party formation. They show that when the policy space is one-dimensional, candidates form at most two parties. This...
Provided by University of Queensland
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White Papers
Time-consistent Majority Rules And Heterogenous Preferences In Group Decision-making
May 2010
This paper studies a collective decision problem in which a group of individuals with interdependent preferences vote whether or not to implement a public project of unknown value. A utilitarian...
Provided by Duke University
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White Papers
Correlated Equilibrium As An Expression Of Bayesian Rationality
Jul 2010
Correlated equilibrium is formulated in a manner that does away with the dichotomy usually perceived between the "Bayesian" and the "Game-theoretic" view of the world. From the Bayesian viewpoint,...
Provided by JSTOR
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White Papers
Certain And Uncertain Utility: The Allais Paradox And Five Decision Theory Phenomena
Jan 2010
In the study of decision making under risk, preferences are assumed to be continuous. The authors present a model of discontinuous preferences over certain and uncertain outcomes. Using existing...
Provided by University of California
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Research
The CIO Profile
Oct 2005
Although CIOs have more access to the business than they did even a year ago, their background and time management choices have typecast them as technology specialists. Most business users view...
Provided by Forrester Research
-
White Papers
Who's Making The Decisions Around Here?
Nov 2007
Decision-making is a function of every employee in an organization, but clearly certain decisions have more impact than others, depending on the scope of the issue at hand. Some decisions can...
Provided by Deloitte Development
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White Papers
The Pillars of Performance Management: Free eBook and strategy manual
Mar 2009
Does your organization consider performance management a laborious, tactical annual practice, or is it a strategic, business-critical cycle? Maybe it's time to reassess. Now more than ever, you're...
Provided by SumTotal Systems
-
White Papers
3 Simple Principles Of Financial Decision Making
Apr 2008
Do decisions about where to spend or invest the money make paralyzed? Take fear and stress out of the decision-making process by increasing your knowledge in three key areas. This paper explains...
Provided by Buzzle.com
-
White Papers
How To Implement A Decision
Jan 2008
When you're considering how to implement a decision there are two aspects to it. How to implement a decision in terms of completing or performing the decision making process. And also implementing...
Provided by decision-making-confidence.com
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White Papers
Decisions: Making The Right Ones. Learning From The Wrong One
Jan 2009
For an executive, decision-making comes with the territory. If you wanted to follow orders, if you wanted to be directed every step of the way, if you wanted to carry out the ideas of people who...
Provided by Conference Board
-
White Papers
Work smarter. Not harder.
Jul 2009
Today we share information faster and farther than ever before. Despite this, 42% of people make decisions based on wrong information every week. This brochure from IBM® will show you how to join...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
How Your Research Archetype Influences Methodology Decisions
Jul 2009
Every marketer, brand manager and researcher wants the same thing: to contribute to the success of their brand. The objective of the study should drive methodology choice (and there are plenty to...
Provided by Bay Area Design
-
White Papers
The Path to EPM Success
Jun 2008
An EPM system is most effective when it is applied to the entire organization. But a completely centralized approach to EPM is unrealistic in most large companies. For companies that have many...
Provided by Oracle
-
Webcasts
Search Applications: The Future of Enterprise Search
Oct 2009
Enterprise search is changing. It's about immediate usability. Watch this new program and learn how to use search applications to improve daily decision-making, increase revenues, and cut costs in...
Provided by Endeca Technologies
-
White Papers
Ricoh Document Solutions Framework: A Strategy to Streamline Your Workflow
Mar 2007
The growing importance of managing information is felt daily by companies across every industry. Reports, e-mails, memos, letters, orders, faxes, instant messages - whether paper or electronic,...
Provided by Ricoh
-
White Papers
Improving confidence by increasing understanding in information
May 2009
Good decisions are driven by good information but within many organizations. But decision-making can be a hit-and-miss proposition if employees lack confidence in the data they receive and rely on...
Provided by IBM
-
Downloads
CDPS Analyst Interview with John Webster of Illuminata
Oct 2009
Instead of focusing on recovery after disasters, midmarket businesses need solutions that enable business continuity before and during them. Listen to the recording, "CDPS Analyst Interview with...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
The Future For Business - Leaner, But Not Meaner
Jul 2009
Here are some of the principles that collaborate together to make the future of business leaner, but not meaner. Global competition, with its requirement for an on-demand innovation supply, will...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste
Jun 2009
Despite the steady drumbeat of bad economic news, small businesses have a major opportunity shaping up over the next year or two. They could become big businesses. While there's no way to get rid...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Decision-Making Effectiveness Program Proves The Right Choice For High Performance
Dec 2008
This North American pharmaceutical company is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical companies in the United States. The company was experiencing dramatic growth and strategic shifts in its...
Provided by Accenture
-
Webcasts
E-Business Suite Spotlight Video
Nov 2009
3 Minutes with Free Tool Can Save Thousands! The EBS ROI Tool quickly points out the benefits of upgrading to EBS R12 on IBM hardware. Uncover improved productivity and better value. See how you...
Provided by IBM
-
Webcasts
Reveal the power of information
Dec 2009
Concealed facts can badly affect decision-making. The duplication of knowledge is expensive. Our digital future needs efficient data management. Learn how enterprise search can increase the return...
Provided by Mindbreeze Software
-
Webcasts
Tough Times, Tough Choices
Dec 2009
This webcast will show how peers have been successful with best practices in a tough market. How to prioritize products and initiatives to deliver customer value. How to transition from Business...
Provided by IBM
-
Case Studies
Automotive Case Study
Jun 2009
Delphi unites global teams for more cost-effective component reuse with IBM Rational DOORS.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Making Sense Of Market Intelligence
Dec 2009
Making critical decisions without sufficient information is a typical problem companies face. While information is unlimited, time and budgets are not. Busy executives are accustomed to making...
Provided by First Resource
-
White Papers
SWOT Analysis: A Powerful Tool For Business Decision Making
Jul 2009
SWOT analysis is a powerful tool that can help decision makers achieve their goals and objectives. For businesses, this tool can be of great importance. SWOT analysis allows decision makers to...
Provided by Associated Content
-
White Papers
How To Use Business SWOT Analysis
Jan 2010
Business SWOT analysis is a key element of strategic planning that business leaders use to evaluate important decisions that they make for their company. If your company is not using business SWOT...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
Why Performance Management? A Guide for the Midsize Organization
Sep 2009
Learn how midsize companies can use performance management solutions to gain competitive advantage without breaking the bank.
Provided by IBM
-
Webcasts
Demo: Dashboards with IBM Cognos Express
Sep 2009
IBM Cognos Express dashboards provide at-a-glance summaries of critical information to monitor and manage your midsize business. Quickly scan the dashboard to see how your company is doing using...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Enterprise Performance Management - Management Excellence Metrics Reloaded
Jan 2010
In performance management, consistency is king. The simple sounding steps—identify and focus on value drivers, and align the organization to drive results—beg the question: What's the best...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Asian companies seek information on market changes and competitive moves
Jan 2010
The economic downturn may be loosening its grip on Asia/Pacific economies. But with recovery comes fierce competition, as companies around the world rush to emerging markets to supplement delayed...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
The Risk Intelligent Tax Executive: Effective integration, enhanced decision making
Nov 2009
No one ever said a tax executive's life was easy. Simply staying current with the vast and ever-evolving number of international, national, and local tax and related financial accounting rules is...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
No More Flying Blind: Using Advanced Workforce Analytics To Make Better Business-Driven HR Decisions
Apr 2009
Many business leaders lack "Real-time" visibility into the data necessary to make complex business decisions. When it comes to workforce planning and talent management, as with many other areas of...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Best Practices in Selecting Performance Management Software
Feb 2005
A new generation of sophisticated, Web-based database applications is changing the way companies look at planning and financial reporting. These corporate performance management (CPM) solutions...
Provided by Clarity Systems
-
White Papers
From Reporting to Performance Management
Jul 2009
Learn how IT & BI departments can face the challenge of deploying a technology infrastructure to support performance management initiatives.
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Art Or Science?: How To Select A New Leadership Team After A Merger Or Acquisition
Jan 2009
Selecting a leadership team is one of the most important decisions the CEO of a newly combined company will ever face. Employees, investors, and board members will be watching closely because the...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
The Business Impact of Outsourcing
Jan 2006
A new study from IBM shows that companies engaged in IT outsourcing experienced significant gains, compared to their competition. This includes 11.8% higher growth in earnings, 9.9% lower expenses...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Leadership: Are You 'Playing Small'?
May 2006
Being a leader is a decision, not a position. In one's work as a coach and consultant, one challenges people to step up to the plate and become all that they want to become, to make that decision...
Provided by Affinity Consulting
-
Downloads
Developing Leadership Skills
Jun 2006
Learn about the different facets of leadership and the most common mistakes to avoid to be a successful leader.
Provided by Business, The Ultimate Resource
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White Papers
Leadership Is About Understanding People, and About Getting People Pointing and Acting in the Same Direction
Jun 2006
Leadership is about understanding people, and about getting people pointing and acting in the same direction. The unique role of a leader is then to provide the energy and commitment to see this...
Provided by Mick Yates
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White Papers
Biases That Bind: The Role Of Stereotypes In Decision-Making Processes
Dec 2009
In many situations, stereotypes do more harm than good. But situations exist in which stereotypes can be a useful tool for efficient decision making. In medical decision making, for example,...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Rationalization In Decision Making: Why We Don't Always Choose Our Favorite Option
Jul 2009
Everyone feels that as a rational creature he must be able to give a connected, logical, and continuous account of himself, his conduct, and opinions, and all his mental processes are...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
When Does Coordination Require Centralization?
Oct 2008
Each division has a manager who is informed of his or her department's operating conditions but not those of the other. Both managers would like to maximize profits, but each values his or her own...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Coupling Within The Firm: Links Between Governance Channels Affect Strategy
Mar 2008
"Channel coupling" refers to the degree to which decisions made in a particular channel are associated with decisions made in other channels. For example, tight coupling occurs when strategic...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
