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Enterprise Performance Management - The Japanese State of the Art
Jan 2010
What can companies do to improve enterprise management systems? What are the critical success factors? Learn about the impact of enterprise performance management and why businesses are finding it...
Provided by Oracle
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Enterprise Performance Management - The UK State of the Art
Jan 2010
Why has enterprise performance management had a greater impact on operational rather than on strategic decision making? How can organizations improve their enterprise performance management...
Provided by Oracle
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Enterprise Performance Management - The USA State of the Art
Jan 2010
U.S. companies are increasingly challenged to create greater business value, while faced with a sagging economy and mounting global competition. Enterprise performance management systems offer the...
Provided by Oracle
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Financial Management Solutions - Preparing U.S. Companies for the Transition to IFRS
Jan 2010
Transitioning to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) offers U.S. businesses the benefits of global standards and controls. But there are also tremendous challenges: capturing...
Provided by Oracle
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Hyperion Planning Datasheet
Jan 2010
Oracle Hyperion Planning is a centralized, Microsoft Excel- and Web-based planning, budgeting, and forecasting solution that integrates financial and operational planning processes. Oracle...
Provided by Oracle
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Hyperion Strategic Finance Datasheet
Jan 2010
Oracle Hyperion Strategic Finance is a prepackaged financial modeling application that lets executives understand the full financial impact of alternative corporate strategies. Why spend time on...
Provided by Oracle
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Executive Paper: Oracle Crystal Ball
Jan 2010
Increase revenue. Decrease costs. Reduce development time. Every day you strive to meet these goals. And each business decision you make either enables you to advance toward them - or impedes your...
Provided by Oracle
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Achieving Management Excellence (APAC)
Jan 2010
ERP has played an important role in making companies more efficient, but it will not be a competitive differentiator for 21st century companies. As global economies begin to rebound, it's more...
Provided by Oracle
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In Search Of Management Excellence: An IT Focus On Process
Jan 2010
Operational Excellence? Not good enough. Read about this exclusive survey of CIOs and CFOs from IDG Research Services to learn why both camps say Management Excellence - enabled by Enterprise...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Structured Planning Lead To Better Business Performance
Jan 2010
To compete successfully today, companies need to look beyond operating efficiencies to improving their processes for managing performance. Many companies have invested heavily in performance...
Provided by Oracle
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Podcasts
Podcast: The Latest on Governance, Risk and Compliance
Jan 2010
Regulatory requirements can be challenging and expensive to manage for any organization. This podcast will address some of the most common challenges and how software and applications can ease...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Collecting Compliance Evidence: The Role of Event Logs
Feb 2010
It's no longer an option - businesses must follow federal regulations (such as Sarbanes-Oxley) to keep track of network activity. Event logs are key, providing a wealth of information to help your...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Webcasts
Dynamic Virtual Clients
Jan 2010
Dave Buchholz and Clyde Hedrick from Intel explain how Intel IT is considering implementing Dynamic Virtual Client (DVC) technology that will provide a more robust and flexible platform that users...
Provided by Intel
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Webcasts
ITIL Gain without the Pain: A Pragmatic Approach to Getting Started with ITIL
Jan 2010
Join leading analyst firm EMA and KACE in this hour long webcast to learn how a practical, targeted implementation of ITIL best practices can quickly and cost-effectively deliver the benefits of...
Provided by KACE
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KACE Virtual Kontainers Architectural Overview
Jan 2010
Application virtualization makes application deployment a simple and cost effective process. This architectural overview of KACE Virtual Kontainers details how the easy-to-use, affordable KACE...
Provided by KACE
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Case Studies
Nucleus Research ROI Case Study: Blue Mountain
May 2008
Improved profitability and an annual ROI of 1,822%. That's what Nucleus Research found when they calculated Blue Mountain Resort's total investment in IBM Cognos solutions.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Top 5 Considerations when Selecting Virtual Appliances
Jan 2010
Virtual machine technology is taking the IT industry by storm. Since VMs are self-contained and transportable, they can be delivered in a pre-configured state as virtual appliances (VAP). This...
Provided by KACE
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Webcasts
Up-Scale Your Apps in 2010 with Distributed Caching
Mar 2010
The market continues to recover and change all around us. Applications written just years, and in some cases months ago, are already appearing outdated in the wake of growing market demand. Learn...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Hands-Free Compliance - The Key to Doing More With Less
Feb 2010
With more compliance loopholes coupled with a shrinking number of resources, organizations need a technological foundation that automates compliance processes.
Provided by Novell
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White Papers
Achieving NERC Compliance Through Tripwire IT Security and Compliance Automation Solutions
Feb 2010
IT organizations in every sector of the energy industry face routine pressure to comply with the requirements of NERC standards, but must do so with limited staff and decreasing budgets. Read this...
Provided by Tripwire
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Webcasts
WEBCAST: POWER7 Announcement, The Next Generation Power Systems
Feb 2010
IBM introduces the next generation Power Systems™ — the first of a family of systems and storage designed to meet the demands of a smarter planet. From the chip and virtualization capabilities all...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Your Solaris Alternative
Dec 2009
Review key features and benefits of Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Learn why Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an ideal solution for enterprises facing Sun and SPARC's uncertain future. Whether...
Provided by Red Hat
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Quick Start Guide: Moving from Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Dec 2009
Learn the differences between Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to help application developers port code. This paper will cover differences in the shell environment, using the RPM package...
Provided by Red Hat
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Related Offers
SUSE LInux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support Exclusive Offer
Feb 2010
Many of you want to move between platforms, but business realities slow you down. You may be dealing with IT resource limitations or application migration challenges. Even training costs can keep...
Provided by Novell
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Webcasts
From Batch Processing to Workload Automation
Jul 2009
Batch scheduling . . . on the mainframe and far beyond. When we say "batch scheduling", you may think "mainframe". But workload automation solutions are available now that can coordinate batch...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
IBM Cognos 8 BI Demo
Mar 2010
Complete capabilities in one product, on a single architecture. See key features for both business and IT users, including Framework Manager, the Administration Console, and integration with...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Analytics for Everyone
Oct 2009
Learn how IBM's acquisition of SPSS provides SPSS users a broader support network, IBM Cognos users a predictive analytics platform, and more enterprise users one-stop shopping.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Fighting the Tide
Sep 2009
Aberdeen Group recently examined how companies are using Business Intelligence (BI) tools to adapt to today's market pressures. They discovered that despite these adverse economic conditions, some...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Strategic Considerations for Evaluating Enterprise Performance Management Solutions
Dec 2009
Learn how those who take advantage of evolving enterprise performance management solutions will gain a truly sustainable competitive advantage through timely access to strategic information.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Enterprise Reporting a Sound Step to Superior Performance Management
Dec 2009
Reporting has long been a core activity for getting valuable information out to users. The time has come to take it to the next level: to make possible a broader, richer and higher-quality view of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Innovating New Product Development With Product Lifecycle Management
Nov 2005
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) enables companies to better leverage their product information and investment in existing information systems. It facilitates improved benefits realization for...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
The Power of Employee Engagement
Jan 2006
Engaged workers produce more, make more money for the company, and create emotional engagement and loyal customers. They contribute to good working environments where people are productive,...
Provided by Leadership Advantage
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Webcasts
Analyst Webcast with Merv Adrian: Leverage your Data Assets Across the Global Enterprise
Mar 2010
We are pleased to have Merv Adrian, IT Market Strategy Analyst, join us in this Sybase sponsored webcast to explore the critical issue of data integration environments in the enterprise - many of...
Provided by Sybase
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White Papers
Interactive Replication Server eBrochure
Mar 2010
Replication Server moves and synchronizes data across the enterprise to meet a host of competing challenges in the enterprise, such as heterogeneous data replication and synchronization, real-time...
Provided by Sybase
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White Papers
Enterprise Project Management - IT Governance and the Program Management Office
Jan 2006
Organizations are challenged to track and measure the effectiveness of a large number of projects in various aspects of their work, and aligning Information Technology costs with business...
Provided by Software Spectrum
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IDC: IDC Expert ROI Spotlight
Dec 2009
This research paper outlines how the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General realized a three year ROI if 202% by using NetApp solutions to reduce infrastructure costs, increase user productivity,...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Seven Ways ITIL Can Help You in an Economic Downturn
Dec 2009
IT Infrastructure Library® (ITIL®) best practices promote a well-functioning, collaborative IT environment that can enable the business and your IT organization to cope with the effects of...
Provided by BMC Software
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Crossing the Chasm Between the Service Desk and Operations
Jun 2008
IT organizations can significantly improve efficiency and reduce operational costs by creating environments with shared access to common data to support Operations and the Service Desk, and...
Provided by BMC Software
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Ride the Express Lane in the Journey to Speed ITIL® Adoption
Jun 2008
The journey to ITIL is challenging and requires clarity of vision and a disciplined execution to achieve that vision. By following ITIL practices, your IT organization will become more closely...
Provided by BMC Software
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Understanding ITIL® Service Portfolio Management: An approach for implementing effective service lifecycle management
Jun 2008
IT executives and their teams need a comprehensive and accurate view of IT services. A service catalog includes all relevant details about your services, including which service level agreements...
Provided by BMC Software
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Webcasts
Better Your Business: Marjorie Perry & Paul Lewis
Dec 2010
In this webcast the authors, CEO of MZM Construction & Management, and serial entrepreneur, provide some tips to help you better your business.
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Small Biz Newsmakers: 2011 Business Forecast
Dec 2010
Small business played a major role in the political debate of 2010, which resulted in lending bills and tax cuts, but will these changes make for a more robust economy in 2011? The authors offer...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Starting A Second Business
Dec 2010
The author told Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget. The Zulily chairman has been in e-commerce for 12 years now, and he has surrounded himself with people he can rely on who know the ins-and-outs...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Better Your Business: Carol Roth & Gene Marks
Jan 2011
Business strategist and author of CarolRoth.com and founder of The Marks Group and small business columnist for The New York Times, provide some tips to help you better your business.
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Better Your Business: Brad Harrison & Jeffrey Carr
Jan 2011
The founder and CEO of BHV, a strategic business development firm, and the Executive Director of The Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at New York University's Stern School of Business,...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Business Answers: Setting Up Your Business & Managing Digital Marketing
Jan 2011
An attorney and chair of the New York City advisory board of Astia, and the editor of Inc.com and deputy editor of Inc. Magazine, answer viewer questions about how to set up your business and the...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Better Your Business: Norm Brodsky & Jerry Silberman
Feb 2011
In this webcast the serial entrepreneur and columnist for Inc. Magazine, and the founder and CEO of Corporate Turnaround, provide some tips to help you better your business.
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Business Answers: Best Practices & Manufacturing In China
Feb 2011
The CEO of Behind the Burner and Send the Trend, and the president of the Marks Group and small business columnist for The New York Times, answer viewer questions about establishing best practices...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Better Your Business: Jen Groover & Amilya Antonetti
Feb 2011
A serial entrepreneur and author of "What If? And Why Not? How to Transform Your Fears Into Action and Start the Business of Your Dreams," and the founder and CEO of AMA Productions and author of...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Business Answers: Getting Clients To Pay & Lessons Learned
Feb 2011
Business strategist, who you can find online at CarolRoth.com, and the president and CEO of Predictable Success and author of the book "Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth...
Provided by American Express Company
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Webcasts
Business Answers: Writing A Business Plan & Refusing Funding
Mar 2011
The founder and CEO of Corporate Turnaround, and the head of the Hayzlett Group, answer viewer questions about the importance of a business plan and whether or not it's alright to refuse funding...
Provided by American Express Company
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White Papers
The Role Of Real And Nominal Variables In Defining Business Cycles: Dynamic Properties Of A Hybrid Model - An Alternative View
Dec 2009
The paper provides an alternative view to the Real and New Keynesian business cycle theories. The paper focuses on the combination of both real and nominal variables in explaining the cyclical...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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The Simple Analytics Of Debt-Driven Business Cycles
Apr 2009
This paper explores the economics of debt-driven business cycles, distinguishing between Keynesian and new Keynesian approaches. Keynesians emphasize the impact of borrowing and debt on Aggregate...
Provided by University of Massachusetts
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White Papers
Business Continuity Management In India
Jan 2011
We live in times of unprecedented, unpredictable and rapid change. This has never been true earlier for businesses than it is today. Globally, changes in government and statutory laws, high-impact...
Provided by Omnitech InfoSolutions
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Business Cycle Synchronicity, Amplitude And The Euro: One Size Does Not Yet Fit All
Mar 2010
This paper focuses on the impact of the euro on the degree of business cycle synchronisation between nineteen advanced economies over the period 1980-2008. In contrast with the existing evidence...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Estimating The Evolution Of Moneys Role In The U.S. Monetary Business Cycle
Nov 2009
The authors assess the time-varying money's role in the post-WWII U.S. business cycle by estimating a new-Keynesian framework featuring nonseparability in real balances and consumption, portfolio...
Provided by University of Padova
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Employment Comovements At The Sectoral Level Over The Business Cycle
Dec 2009
This paper extends the technique suggested by den Haan (2000) to investigate contemporaneous as well as lead and lag correlations among economic data for a range of forecast horizons. The...
Provided by Kansas State University
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Has The Euro Changed The Business Cycle?
Jun 2009
In this paper the authors analyze European business cycles before and under EMU. Across the two periods they find a significant decline in real exchange rate volatility, significant changes in...
Provided by Oesterreichische Nationalbank
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International Outsourcing Over The Business Cycle: Some Intuition For Germany, The Czech Republic And Slovakia
Nov 2010
In this paper, the authors assess the extent to which multinational firms - in the first instance, the German ones - may adjust their international outsourcing over the business cycle in the Czech...
Provided by Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques
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Real Business Cycles In The Model With Two-Person Household And Home Production
Sep 2010
In the U.S. economy hours and productivity are negatively correlated, and volatility of hours is two times higher than volatility of productivity. In the standard one shock RBC model hours are...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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New Perspectives On Depreciation Shocks As A Source Of Business Cycle Fluctuations
Feb 2011
In this paper the authors study the transmission for capital depreciation shocks. The existing literature in the Real Business Cycle tradition has concluded that these shocks are irrelevant for...
Provided by Norges Bank
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Investigating Business Cycle Synchronization In West Africa
Mar 2011
This paper contributes to the discussion on the long term sustainability of the embryonic second monetary union in Africa, the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ). The authors analyse the level of...
Provided by Nottingham Trent University
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White Papers
The Changing Nature Of Dairying: Ownership, Management And Succession
Feb 2011
DairyNZ funded a two-year study on dairy farm ownership and management structures (June 2005 to May 2007), followed by a study on dairy farm succession in 2007/08. Farm business structures affect...
Provided by AgEcon Search
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Factor Analysis Of Permanent And Transitory Dynamics Of The U.S. Economy And The Stock Market
Nov 2010
The authors analyze dynamics of the permanent and transitory components of the U.S. economic activity and the stock market obtained by multivariate dynamic factor modeling. They capture...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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The Contribution Of Domestic, Regional And International Factors To Latin America's Business Cycle
Jan 2011
This paper quantifies the relative contribution of domestic, regional and international factors to the fluctuation of domestic output in six key Latin American (LA) countries: Argentina, Bolivia,...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Seasonality, Forecast Extensions And Business Cycle Uncertainty
Feb 2010
Seasonality is one of the most important features of economic time series. The possibility to abstract from seasonality for the assessment of economic conditions is a widely debated issue. In this...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
No Decoupling, More Interdependence: Business Cycle Comovements Between Advanced And Emerging Economies
Feb 2010
The decoupling hypothesis is the idea that business cycles in emerging market economies have become more independent from business cycles in advanced economies in recent years. Decoupling...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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Monetary Cycles, Financial Cycles, And The Business Cycle
Jan 2010
One of the most robust stylized facts in macroeconomics is the forecasting power of the term spread for future real activity. The economic rationale for this forecasting power usually appeals to...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Region-Specific Constraints To Doing Business: Evidence From Russia
Mar 2011
This paper looks at variation across Russian regions in terms of perceived constraints to doing business using the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey of Russian firms. The...
Provided by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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The Empirical Relevance Of Goodwin's Business Cycle Model For The US Economy
Feb 2010
The paper attempts to verify Richard Goodwin's (1967) endogenous business cycle theory which states that the driving forces behind fluctuations are class struggles between capitalists and workers...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
The Yield Curve And The Prediction On The Business Cycle: A VAR Analysis For The European Union
Apr 2010
The literature on the yield curve deals with the capacity to predict the future inflation and the future real growth from the term structure of the interest rates. The aim of the paper is to...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Pricing To Market In Business Cycle Models
May 2010
This paper evaluates the performance of leading micro-founded pricing-to-market frictions vis-a-vis a set of robust stylized facts about international prices. In order to make that evaluation...
Provided by Munich Personal Repec Archive
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White Papers
Comparative Advantage In Cyclical Unemployment
Jul 2007
The authors introduce worker differences in labor supply, reflecting differences in skills and assets, into a model of separations, matching, and unemployment over the business cycle. Separating...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Investment Options And The Business Cycle
Aug 2007
This paper extends Lucas (1978) to a production economy with two capital goods. It is an RBC model in which each unit of investment requires a new idea, an "Option". When options are scarce, new...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Housing Is The Business Cycle
Sep 2007
Of the components of GDP, residential investment offers by far the best early warning sign of an oncoming recession. Since World War II the authors have had eight recessions preceded by...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
News And Business Cycles In Open Economies
Oct 2008
Aggregate and sectoral comovement is central features of business cycle data. Therefore, the ability to generate comovement is a natural litmus test for macroeconomic models. But it is a test that...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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Case Studies
Assessment Services Helps Customer Set The Stage For Business Transformation
Oct 2010
Orange Business Services is a leading worldwide provider of telecommunication services to multinational companies. It provides managed services to clients in over 220 countries and territories....
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Housing, Credit Markets And The Business Cycle
Oct 2007
The housing sector is now (September 2007) at the root of three distinct but related problems: a sharp decline in house prices and the related fall in home building; a subprime mortgage problem...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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The Frequency Of Price Adjustment And New Keynesian Business Cycle Dynamics
Jul 2008
The Calvo pricing model that lies at the heart of many New Keynesian business cycle models has been roundly criticized for being inconsistent both with time series data on inflation and with...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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White Papers
Economic Analysis On Business Cycles And Suicide Rate - An Approach From Corporate Behavior -
Oct 2010
Japan has seen a sharp rise in the suicide rate since 1998, which has since been a major social problem. In addition, the number of those suffering mental disorders has been increasing in recent...
Provided by National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
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White Papers
Onshore Jobs, Offshore Compliance: Tax Provisions in the HIRE Act
Apr 2010
The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act imposes new information reporting requirements, withholding requirements and penalties to curb abuses of offshore financial accounts. Explore...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Disclosure Rules & Climate Change: Perspective on SEC Guidance
Apr 2010
Companies should take the Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) guidance as an opportunity to review the adequacy of their controls in terms of identifying, measuring, reporting and disclosing...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Health Care Reform
Apr 2010
National health reform is here. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the House-passed reconciliation bill will trigger sweeping changes and disruptions — some rather quickly and some...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Webcasts
Leveraging Social Media as a Support Channel
Mar 2010
Watch this on-demand webinar to hear John Ragsdale, VP of technology research at Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA), share the advantages and risks of embracing social media for...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
Leveraging GoToMyPC Corporate to Boost Productivity
Jul 2009
In this new white paper, discover how to improve overall corporate productivity by leveraging Web-based remote access such as Citrix� GoToMyPC� Corporate.
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
Evaluating Secure Remote Desktop Access Models
May 2009
This Tolly report compares Software as a Service (SaaS) via Citrix� GoToMyPC� Corporate to traditional virtual private networks (VPNs). The report also includes a side-by-side comparison chart and...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
How to Promote the Value of Online Training Within Your Organization
Apr 2010
This white paper explores the benefits and ROI of online training and takes an in-depth look at how two innovative companies successfully implemented Web-based training. Online training enables...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
Five Keys to Getting Started with Interactive Online Training
Dec 2008
Online training represents progress in organizational effectiveness that can no longer be ignored. Download the 1080 Group research brief, Five Keys to Getting Started with Interactive Online...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
How to Move Your Training Program Online
Dec 2009
The pressure is on for trainers to reach more customers and employees quickly - regardless of location - but without increasing headcount. Forget the private jet and unlimited fuel budget � you're...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
How to Market Training: Four Principles of Effective Online Learning
Dec 2009
While it's true that online training reaches more people in more places in less time, you've got to do more than just reach trainees - you've got to engage them. That means you need to provide...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Webcasts
Introducing GoToTraining: Online Training Made Easy
Mar 2010
How can you make the most of your training time and budget? Moving at least part of your training efforts online not only saves time, money and other valuable resources, it increases...
Provided by Citrix Online
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White Papers
Finding Customer Loyalty in a Multichannel World
Mar 2010
In this 1to1 Media and Oracle podcast, Don Peppers, Founding Partner of Peppers & Rogers Group, and Melissa Boxer, Vice President of CRM Applications at Oracle, engage in a dialogue to find out...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
May 2006
Putting an execution environment in place is hard, but losing it is easy. When a company executes well, its people are not victims of mistakes. And when a company executes well, its people are not...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
In the Beginning...
May 2006
Management knowledge helps to improve an organization's performance. But how is management knowledge to be taught to the rank and file workers? Unfortunately, the field is too extensive for people...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
The Role of Performance Measures in Predictive Accounting, Part 1
May 2006
Predictive accounting seeks to understand the future. It is neither a crystal ball nor the wicked witch's mirror. It is based on the observation that all work comes from repeatable processes. A...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Return on Collaboration
Apr 2010
Download our free whitepaper, Return on Collaboration, and learn how web and mobile technology can help you improve employee collaboration and productivity. This detailed paper will show you how...
Provided by Premiere Global Services (PGi)
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White Papers
Accelerating the Sales Cycle
Apr 2010
Download our free white paper, Accelerating the Sales Cycle: Using Virtual Tools to Connect with Prospects and Stay Connected with Customers, and find out how virtual meetings can help improve...
Provided by Premiere Global Services (PGi)
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White Papers
ESG White Paper: Deploying Exchange 2010 with Networked Storage
Jan 2009
This paper highlights ESG's research on current IT trends associated with deploying Microsoft Exchange 2010 in addition to the specific value NetApp can offer in a Microsoft Exchange 2010...
Provided by NetApp
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White Papers
Invoice Processing: Make A/P Cost-Efficient With EDM And BPM
May 2010
Timing is everything. From philosophers to athletes and business writers to investors, many a wise person has quipped about the importance of timing and bemoaned that lost time can never be...
Provided by Optical Image Technology
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White Papers
9 Steps for Implementing Business Process Management
Jan 2009
The benefits of Business Process Management (BPM) implementation are enormous in any economic environment. But achieving business agility in a turbulent, competitive global market is all the...
Provided by TooStep
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Case Studies
Major Grocer Upgrades HR Processes
Apr 2010
This major grocer needed a better way of empowering local managers to own more of the process while still maintaining corporate standards and policies. They turned to Lombardi Teamworks BPM to...
Provided by IBM
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Webcasts
How to Streamline the Financial Close Process While Ensuring Financial Statement Quality
Jun 2010
Discover what Oracle Corporation is doing to help their customers streamline the end-to-end close process. Learn how to address the new XBRL filing requirements. And discover how to improve your...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Continuous Improvement: The Key To Excellence In Business Processes
Feb 2010
For most companies, continuous improvement techniques produce tantalizing gains in the short term, but it's usually a different story when it comes to benefits over the long haul. This paper finds...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Volkswagen Taps Infosys~ Business Rules Expertise To Modernize Its Legacy Order Management Operations
Sep 2009
Volkswagen Group of America (VWG0A) started an initiative of optimizing the Order Management and Distribution (OMD) business architecture to support its specific business performance targets....
Provided by Infosys Technologies
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White Papers
With The Right Kind Of Organization, You Can Expand While Cutting Costs
Aug 2008
The control of costs had been its greatest strength. But it was now the greatest weakness. The company had spent so many years trying to reduce expenses that this imperative was hardwired into its...
Provided by Booz & Company
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White Papers
Transforming Business Processes In The Chemical Industry: Unlocking Business Value To Achieve High Performance
Dec 2009
The outsourcing of activities in the chemical industry is not new. Third parties have long been contracted to deliver activities such as maintenance, warehousing, distribution and site security in...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Cutting Out The Middleman Isn't Always Best For The Consumer
Nov 2009
The Internet and other information technologies have complicated the relationship between manufacturers and retailers. Whereas the traditional distribution model had four levels - manufacturer,...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
An Approach To Facilitate Problem Solving: Individualizing The Problem Proposition
Oct 2008
This paper addresses one of the many facets of the problem-solving activity: the challenge inherent in the problem proposition. The authors have identified the problem proposition as a core...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
A Passion For Education
Jul 2010
If one build it, they will come - so the mantra goes - and that's exactly what Ng Gim Choo did with the EtonHouse group of schools. And serendipity, as it turned out, would play a key role. After...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
China's Media Come Of Age Amid State Controls
Jun 2010
China's media are no longer an instrument of the state, says Hu Shuli, a Chinese journalist."I don't think the media in China now are still an instrument of the state. I think the media today are...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Middle Managers Linchpin To Dynamic Team Leadership
Aug 2008
Although research suggests there's no 'one size fits all' approach to leadership, a fixed or generic notion of leadership still gets taught at all levels, to be used at all times, for all...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Leadership: A Chinese Puzzle
Nov 2007
China's economy is booming, but one of the major challenges facing the country will be leadership - or the lack of it - in political or business spheres. INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Asian...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Economic Downturn ?Opens Doors? For Recycling Business Worn Again
Oct 2009
One of the greatest challenges facing social business Worn Again is the widely-held public assumption that any product made from recycled materials must be cheaper than conventional merchandise on...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Family Values: Leading The Way Out Of The Downturn
Sep 2009
Family-owned businesses have been hit by the economic downturn like many others. But while they have suffered along with everyone else, they are able to leverage an inherent competitive advantage...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Porsche Also Makes Great Cars, Remember?
Jan 2010
The global automobile industry is in a shambles, with a share in Ford Motor Company selling for less than a Starbucks latte, and GM and Chrysler fighting for their survival. Somewhere in all this...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Family Conflict: Trial By Jury
May 2009
In the paper, 'Court orders liquidation for city warehouse firm' the newspaper reported that a Ramsey County District Court judge had ruled that Space Center Inc should be placed in receivership...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Business Incubators And Market-Oriented Socio-Economic Development In Emerging Market Economies
Feb 2010
Business incubators present an increasingly popular approach to attempting to develop private sector businesses in emerging market economies. However, little is known about the nature of incubator...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Living In Interesting Times
Jan 2010
It is said by some that the purportedly Chinese proverb may you live in interesting times is actually a curse. But to say that we are now living in interesting times, at least from a business...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Effecting Change Management: A Reality With The LingHe Simulation?
Jan 2010
With China's business environment undergoing fast and significant change - partially driven by the introduction of information and communication technologies into business relationships - managers...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
IDC iView: How BI Software and Other Advanced Technology Can Help SMBs Sharpen Their Edge in Today's Competitive Environment
Jul 2010
Watch this invaluable IDC iView video and learn how SMBs can use IT - including business intelligence and ERP - to stay viable in today's economic climate. Find out about the important role that...
Provided by SAP
