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Democracy And Policy Stability
Sep 2007
To explain stable growth performance in democracies the authors characterize political systems in terms of the distribution of political power across groups, and show that in a world where the...
Provided by INSEAD
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Asset Pricing Tests With Long Run Risks In Consumption Growth
Feb 2008
The Bansal and Yaron (2004) model of Long Run Risks (LLR) in aggregate consumption and dividend growth and its extension that captures potential co-integration of the consumption and dividend...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Housing Risk And Return: Evidence From A Housing Asset-pricing Model
Nov 2009
This paper investigates the risk-return relationship in determination of housing asset pricing. In so doing, the paper evaluates behavioral hypotheses advanced by Case and Shiller (1988, 2002,...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Counterparty Credit Risk And The Credit Default Swap Market
Jul 2009
Counterparty credit risk has become one of the highest-profile risks facing participants in the financial markets. Despite this, relatively little is known about how counterparty credit risk is...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Asset Allocation And Portfolio Performance: Evidence From University Endowment Funds
Jan 2010
The author use university endowment funds to study the relationship between asset allocation decisions and performance in multiple asset class portfolios. Although endowments differ substantially...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
Government's Role As Credit Insurer Of Last Resort And How It Can Be Fulfilled
Oct 2008
What caused the credit crisis? What will end the credit crisis? What will restore credit markets to normal functioning? This paper answers these three questions. There is of course no single cause...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Market Liquidity, Asset Prices, And Welfare
Aug 2008
This paper presents an equilibrium model for the demand and supply of liquidity and its impact on asset prices and welfare. The author show that when constant market presence is costly, purely...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
Managing Project Failure Risk Through Contingent Contracts In Procurement Auctions
Jul 2009
Procurement auctions are sometimes plagued with a chosen supplier's failing to accomplish a project successfully. The risk of project failure is considerable, especially when the buyer has...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
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White Papers
Project Management Office External Affairs Strategy
Feb 2009
This paper discusses the external affairs of Project Management Offices instead of focusing on the internals. Most of the obstacles to establishing a PMO are beyond the CIO and PMO Manager's...
Provided by Project Perfect
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White Papers
The 7 Keys To Success For The Portfolio Of Projects
Sep 2008
There are seven keys to creating a successful portfolio of projects. These keys highlight what management needs to do to enable project teams across the organization to be effective and efficient....
Provided by Martin Training Associates
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White Papers
Financial Crisis - Climate Risks - Rescue Packages
Mar 2009
The main theme of this column is that rescue packages aimed at resolving the financial crisis must recognize climate risks. This is because the drivers of the financial crisis are also, at least...
Provided by National University of Singapore School of Business
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White Papers
A Proposed ASEAN Disaster Response, Training And Logistic Centre
Nov 2008
The Southeast Asian region is remarkably vulnerable to natural disasters which repeatedly cause devastations to both human lives and properties. However, current disaster relief efforts have not...
Provided by National University of Singapore School of Business
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White Papers
Strategic Change Management Solutions/Diagnostics
Jan 2010
Change management diagnosis, in terms of responsiveness, readiness, impact, key results, and environmental intelligence is critical to achieve lasting results from strategic organizational change....
Provided by OD Synergy
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White Papers
Adobe LiveCycle Solutions For Business Process Management
Oct 2009
Insurance companies continue to face intense pressure to improve performance, increase profitability, deliver superior customer service, and increase shareholder returns. In recent years, Business...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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Whitepapers
Dynamic Business Process Management (BPM) From IBM
Aug 2009
Sales forecasting is a critical responsibility of any business. What exactly is a sales forecast? Essentially, it is a method of analyzing data to make predictions for future sales. Data examined...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Magic Quadrant For Business Process Management Suites
Feb 2009
Having the most efficient tools is pivotal to any successful business in the information age. Sales force applications offer numerous tools that allow business professionals to effectively gain...
Provided by Gartner
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White Papers
Quality Of Service (QOS) In Claim Business Process Management
Sep 2008
Gartner's updated Magic Quadrant represents one of several tools clients can use to evaluate this market. The 2009 Magic Quadrant depicts the relative strengths of the top 22 vendors offering...
Provided by MphasiS
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White Papers
Subject-Oriented Business Process Management
Jun 2007
Today's business markets are more competitive than ever. No matter what goods or services you are selling, it's longer enough to provide your customers with high quality products and responsive...
Provided by jCOM1 AG
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White Papers
Business Process Management (BPM) Standards: A Survey
Aug 2009
Through the combination of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) with an intelligent Business Process Management that guaranties the immediate execution of the defined processes in multiple...
Provided by Nanyang Technological University
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White Papers
Unleashing BPM: Eliminate Process Bottlenecks Created By Paper
Dec 2009
In the last two decades, a proliferation of business process management (BPM) modeling languages, standards and software systems has given rise to much confusion and obstacles to adoption. Since...
Provided by Nuance Communications
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White Papers
Business Rules Management And Business Process Management: Turning Policies Into Action
May 2008
The role of the sales executive in most Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) is changing. Faced with intense pressure to do more with less, salespeople live in a near constant state of...
Provided by Kemsley Design
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White Papers
Business Process Modeling And Analysis With Savvion Business Manager
Mar 2008
It's the end of quarter and sales numbers are below target. The sales team is pointing fingers at marketing because they aren't bringing in enough qualified leads, and marketing is responding by...
Provided by Savvion
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White Papers
3200 Business Process Management And Outsourcing
Aug 2007
The component of business responsible for selling products or services is the sales force. The workers of a sales force must hold specific requirements if they wish to be successful. First and...
Provided by U21Global
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White Papers
An Investigation Of The Applicability Of Business Process Management In Swiss Small And Medium Sized Tourist Enterprises
Jul 2009
As UK enjoys another "Indian summer", the forecast is for warm and sunny weather. What is the forecast for the business? Is the outlook sunny or cloudy? Do one know what sales one can expect,...
Provided by RMIT University
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White Papers
IT, Corporate Payouts, And The Growing Inequality In Managerial Compensation
Apr 2008
Three of the most fundamental changes in US corporations since the early 1970s have been (1) the increase in the importance of organizational capital in production, (2) the increase in managerial...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Project Management Multitasking
Mar 2009
The term "Multitasking" has been used to describe the act of focusing on many things at once. It is almost a survival technique to cope with the flood of information coming the way. Life is...
Provided by Project Perfect
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White Papers
The Power Of Flexibility For Mitigating Supply Chain Risks
Jul 2008
Lee (2004) articulated that alignment, adaptability, and agility are the basic ingredients for managing supply chain risks. While it is clear that flexibility (agility) enhances supply chain...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Leverage ERP For Sales And Operations Planning
Dec 2008
Every two years or so, there is a new crop of three-letter acronyms in manufacturing IT. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is certainly one of the hot "TLAs" in recent years. So naturally, many...
Provided by IFS
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White Papers
Sales Force - The Comprehensive CRM Solution Provider
Jan 2010
The advantages of sales force CRM includes its power to deliver elements that work together in harmony. It is delivered over the Internet and facilitates easy sharing and management of...
Provided by crminfoline.com
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White Papers
The Critical Role Of Organizational Change Teams In Transformation Projects
Sep 2009
When starting a transformation, many projects focus on the Functional and Technical areas. However, do not underestimate the PEOPLE side of the project. One of the most effective tools for...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
How To Ensure Business Continuity In An ERP- Business Transformation Program?
May 2010
This paper describes the key points to consider while finalizing the Business Continuity Strategy in a Global ERP Transformation program. It emphasizes the business risk involved and the key...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Phased CRM Implementation - Is It The Right Choice?
Jan 2010
A company can expect a fair share of return on investment equivalent to at least ten times its investment. Companies should comprehend the fact that they are actually starting up a project that...
Provided by crminfoline.com
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White Papers
The Negotiator: Good PMs Are, At Their Heart, Effective Negotiators
Jun 2010
As a project manager, one is often the ultimate middle man in that one does not actually have true authority, total decision making power, or even direct management of the team. The power and...
Provided by QuinStreet
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White Papers
A Good Project?
Mar 2010
How often do you think about what a good project really means? What is good? Who decides if it is good, and when is it possible to establish if a project is good? Failed projects are easy to...
Provided by 3p International
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White Papers
Best-Practice Recommendations For Change Management
Jan 2008
Change happens all of the time. Some embrace it while others avoid it. Unfortunately, for businesses, societies, and individuals to advance, changes need to occur. The challenge is managing the...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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Engineering Change Management 2.0: Better Business Decisions From Intelligent Change Management
Sep 2007
Managing engineering change has always been hard, and is a regular source of inefficiency and irritation for manufacturers. Over the years, many companies have focused on improving the efficiency...
Provided by Aberdeen Group
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Change Management: A CA Service Management Process Map
Sep 2009
Change Management is the gatekeeper of your controlled environment. It is charged with protecting anything that could impact services. Also, an optimized change Management process results in fewer...
Provided by CA (Computer Associates)
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Webcasts
5 Ways ERP Automates Sales, Finance And IT
Jun 2008
ERP is improving vital communications across the enterprise - from Sales to Finance and IT. Learn how ERP is improving decision-making and execution across companies by giving one 360°visibility...
Provided by Tippit
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White Papers
Business Process Management Demystified: A Tutorial On Models, Systems And Standards For Workflow Management
Jan 2008
Over the last decade there has been a shift from "data-aware" information systems to "process-aware" information systems. To support business processes an enterprise information system needs to be...
Provided by Technische Universität Dortmund
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White Papers
Operational Planning And Design
Sep 2009
A foundation had found that over time, its grantmaking processes had become unwieldy, functioning at a sub-optimal level of effectiveness. This problem came to light when senior management...
Provided by 360 Group
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Webcasts
Exploring Opportunities For Doing Green Business In China
Feb 2010
The People's Republic of China is going green faster and more thoroughly than almost anyone in the West would have expected, but there are still barriers for companies looking to tap into that...
Provided by GreenBiz Group
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White Papers
Is China's Growth Moving Inland? A Decade of 'Develop the West'
Oct 2009
The impact on China of the global financial and economic crisis has brought to the fore questions about the balance as well as the pace of China's economic growth. The major impact of the crisis...
Provided by Chatham House
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White Papers
Unlocking Finance For Clean Energy: The Need for "Investment Grade" Policy
Dec 2009
As the international community looks beyond the UN Copenhagen agreements on climate change, attention is focusing on implementing global emissions reductions on the ground. The requirement for...
Provided by Chatham House
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White Papers
Endogenous Growth In A Model With Heterogeneous Agents And Voting On Public Goods
Jan 2011
The authors consider a Barro-type endogenous growth model in which the government's purchases of goods and services enter into the production function. The provision of government services is...
Provided by European University at St Petersburg
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White Papers
How Relevant Is Infrastructure To Growth In East Asia?
Apr 2008
This paper seeks to shed some light on the extent to which infrastructure sub-sectors - energy, telecommunications, water supply, sanitation, and transport - contributed to growth in East Asia...
Provided by The World Bank
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White Papers
Infrastructure And Economic Growth In East Asia
Apr 2008
This paper examines whether infrastructure investment has contributed to East Asia's economic growth using both a growth accounting framework and cross-country regressions. For most of the...
Provided by The World Bank
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White Papers
South Asia: Growth And Regional Integration
Sep 2007
South Asia has experienced remarkable growth rate since the 1980s. This growth was triggered by reforms aimed at increasing global integration, improving macroeconomic management, and unleashing...
Provided by The World Bank
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White Papers
Infrastructure And Growth In Developing Asia
Nov 2010
This paper presents the state of infrastructure in developing Asian countries. It applies two distinct approaches (growth regressions and growth accounting) to analyze the link between...
Provided by Asian Development Bank
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White Papers
Assessing The Impact Of The ASEAN Economic Community
Mar 2011
Consequences of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) are investigated using a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. Quantitative assessments of the effects on economic welfare, trade...
Provided by Osaka University
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White Papers
ADB?s Contribution To Inclusive Growth In Transport And Energy Projects
Jun 2010
The long-term strategic framework, Strategy 2020, of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has three pillars, of which inclusive growth is one. However, unlike for environmental sustainability and...
Provided by Asian Development Bank
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White Papers
Border Area Development In The GMS: Turning The Periphery Into The Center Of Growth
May 2009
Border area development is neither an original nor a brand new idea of the author. It has long been discussed in a variety of words including border industries, growth triangles, growth areas and...
Provided by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
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White Papers
Intangible Investment In Japan: New Estimates And Contribution To Economic Growth
Dec 2008
The purpose of this paper is to measure intangible assets, to construct the capital stock of intangible assets, and to examine the contribution of intangible capital to economic growth in Japan....
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Growth Of Villages In China, 1990-2002
Jan 2009
This paper examines the economic and noneconomic determinants of growth disparity among Chinese villages between 1990 and 2002. By estimating a growth equation, first, the authors confirm a...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Trade Liberalization, Economic Growth, And Income Distribution In A Multiple-cone Neoclassical Growth Model
Apr 2009
The empirical literature on trade liberalization reflects two puzzles. First, the effect of trade liberalization on economic growth is ambiguous. Second, the effect of trade liberalization by...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Matching, Quality Upgrading, And Trade Between Heterogeneous Firms
Apr 2009
This paper analyzes trade between firms that are heterogeneous in product quality in a simple general equilibrium model. The multi-sided heterogeneity of exporters and importers creates a new...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Economic Growth And Its Effect On Poverty Reduction In Russia
Jul 2009
This paper discusses whether Russia's economic growth following the 1998 financial crisis is pro-poor. Using Russia's regional data pertaining to 1995-2002, the authors estimate the elasticity of...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Regional Inequality And Industrial Structures In Pre-War Japan: An Analysis Based On New Prefectural GDP Estimates
May 2010
Studies comparing regional income in Japan before and after World War II have frequently drawn a picture of radical change from an economy characterized by large regional disparities to one...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Impact Of Trading Gains On Economic Growth In BRICs For 1995-2010: Some Lessons From BRICs
May 2011
As O'Neill predicted the BRICs countries showed relatively rapid growth in the 2000's despite the global financial shock. Surprisingly, Russia was unscathed by the Dutch disease. Some BRICs...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Russian Growth Path And TFP Changes In Light Of The Estimation Of Production Function Using Quarterly Data
Jan 2011
The authors present estimations of a Cobb-Douglas production function with a steady change in TFP (Total Factor Productivity) for the Russian economy, using quarterly data for the favorable period...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Trade Unions In Transitional Russia: Peculiarities, Current Status And New Challenges
Jun 2009
Over the last two decades, Russian trade unions have been going through a very difficult period in their development. However, despite all the difficulties and criticisms associated with their...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
Tradable Immigration Quotas
Jun 2011
International migration is maybe the single most effective way to alleviate poverty at a global level. When a given host country allows more immigrants in, this creates costs and benefits for that...
Provided by University College London
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White Papers
Investing For An Uncertain Future: Priorities For UK Energy And Climate Security
Jul 2010
The UK energy system has entered a period of unprecedented uncertainty. Across the country, ageing or obsolete plant, equipment, buildings and infrastructure need to be replaced. At the same time,...
Provided by Chatham House
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White Papers
Evidence For Action: Gender Equality And Economic Growth
Sep 2010
Gender Equality (GE) is a critical component of social progress. It is a basic right that does not need economic justification. This is reflected in the explicit inclusion of gender-related...
Provided by Chatham House
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White Papers
Procurement For Development: Aligning Social With Commercial Considerations In The Supply Chain
Sep 2010
In much of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), development of the agriculture industry remains one of the best options for reducing poverty and stimulating overall economic growth and development. With...
Provided by Chatham House
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White Papers
Regional Monetary Cooperation And Growth-Enhancing Policies: The New Challenges For Latin America And The Caribbean
May 2011
Evidence suggests that a suitable development strategy for Latin America presupposes growth-oriented macroeconomic policies. In this regard, monetary policy is central to an integrated development...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
Regional Arrangements To Support Growth And Macro-Policy Coordination In MERCOSUR
Sep 2007
The main goal of the paper is to discuss the problem of macroeconomic policy coordination in MERCOSUR and how it could contribute to sustaining growth. In the first part, the paper reviews the...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
Exchange Rate Stability, Inflation, And Growth In (South) Eastern And Central Europe
Jul 2008
The authors analyze the impact of the exchange rate regime on inflation and output in (South) Eastern and Central Europe. For the whole observation period the estimations reveal a significant...
Provided by Blackwell Publishing
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White Papers
The Growing Interdependence Between Financial And Commodity Markets
Oct 2009
Financial investment has become increasingly important on commodity exchanges. This paper distinguishes two types of financial investors and emphasizes differences in their position taking...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
Inter-Temporal And Inter-Industry Effects Of Population Ageing: A General Equilibrium Assessment For Canada
Jul 2009
The objective of this paper is to examine the inter-industry and labour market occupational effects of population ageing in Canada, using a computable general equilibrium overlapping-generations...
Provided by Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network
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White Papers
Insurance And Economic Growth: A Cross Country Examination
Aug 2010
While insurance plays an important role in the financial sector, it is often ignored in the financial development-economic growth literature. This paper examines the relationship between insurance...
Provided by Monash University
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White Papers
Lifting Euro Area Growth: Priorities For Structural Reforms And Governance
Nov 2010
To live up to its growth potential and secure its inclusive social model, the euro area must make better use of its available labor. In the aftermath of the crisis, boosting growth is essential to...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Back To The Future: Restoring Australia's Productivity Growth
Aug 2010
It is an understatement to say that much has happened to the Australian economy since the last Outlook conference, just over a year and half ago. Its theme, 'After the Boom', was about the need to...
Provided by University of Melbourne
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White Papers
South African Mining Equipment And Related Services: Growth, Constraints And Policy
Mar 2011
Like many other developing economy regions, Africa is benefitting from a sustained boom in commodities prices. Received wisdom has been that commodities production is an inherently enclave...
Provided by University of Cape Town
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White Papers
Exchange Rate Volatility And Employment Growth In Developing Countries: Evidence From Turkey
Dec 2007
Using micro level panel data, the authors analyze the impacts of exchange rate volatility on employment growth in manufacturing sectors in Turkey during 1983-2005. The empirical results using...
Provided by University of Oklahoma
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White Papers
Cointegration Between Trade And Regional Growth In Spain: A Panel Small Sample Exercise
Jun 2007
In this paper, the authors test for the existence of a long-run relationship between per capita GDP and trade, for 15 Spanish Autonomous Communities between 1988 and 2004, using the cointegration...
Provided by Universite Catholique de Louvain
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White Papers
Export-Led Growth Hypothesis: Evidence From Cote D'Ivoire
May 2010
This paper re-examine the export-led growth hypothesis for Cote d'Ivoire using the Bounds test analysis: Unrestricted Error Correction Model (UECM) for the period 1980-2007. Based on the model,...
Provided by Shanghai University
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White Papers
Wage Growth Dispersion Across The Euro Area Countries Some Stylised Facts
Jul 2008
This paper presents some stylised facts on wage growth differentials across the euro area countries in the years before and in the first eight years after the introduction of Economic and Monetary...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Short-Term Forecasting Of GDP Using Large Monthly Datasets: A Pseudo Real-Time Forecast Evaluation Exercise
Apr 2008
This paper evaluates different models for the short-term forecasting of real GDP growth in ten selected European countries and the euro area as a whole. Purely quarterly models are compared with...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Does Fast Growth In India And China Harm U.S. Workers? Insights From Simulation Evidence
Dec 2008
A major political and policy issue today is whether globalisation and rapid economic growth in India and China would have an adverse affect on labour markets in the U.S. and other advanced...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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White Papers
Is Economic Growth Associated With Reduction In Child Undernutrition In India?
Mar 2011
Economic growth is widely perceived as a major policy instrument in reducing childhood undernutrition in India. The authors assessed the association between changes in state per capita income and...
Provided by University of Michigan
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White Papers
Asset Allocation And Portfolio Performance: Evidence From University Endowment Funds
Jan 2010
The author use university endowment funds to study the relationship between asset allocation decisions and performance in multiple asset class portfolios. Although endowments differ substantially...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Government's Role As Credit Insurer Of Last Resort And How It Can Be Fulfilled
Oct 2008
What caused the credit crisis? What will end the credit crisis? What will restore credit markets to normal functioning? This paper answers these three questions. There is of course no single cause...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Market Liquidity, Asset Prices, And Welfare
Aug 2008
This paper presents an equilibrium model for the demand and supply of liquidity and its impact on asset prices and welfare. The author show that when constant market presence is costly, purely...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Managing Project Failure Risk Through Contingent Contracts In Procurement Auctions
Jul 2009
Procurement auctions are sometimes plagued with a chosen supplier's failing to accomplish a project successfully. The risk of project failure is considerable, especially when the buyer has...
Provided by University of Texas at Austin (McCombs)
-
White Papers
Project Management Office External Affairs Strategy
Feb 2009
This paper discusses the external affairs of Project Management Offices instead of focusing on the internals. Most of the obstacles to establishing a PMO are beyond the CIO and PMO Manager's...
Provided by Project Perfect
-
White Papers
The 7 Keys To Success For The Portfolio Of Projects
Sep 2008
There are seven keys to creating a successful portfolio of projects. These keys highlight what management needs to do to enable project teams across the organization to be effective and efficient....
Provided by Martin Training Associates
-
White Papers
Financial Crisis - Climate Risks - Rescue Packages
Mar 2009
The main theme of this column is that rescue packages aimed at resolving the financial crisis must recognize climate risks. This is because the drivers of the financial crisis are also, at least...
Provided by National University of Singapore School of Business
-
White Papers
A Proposed ASEAN Disaster Response, Training And Logistic Centre
Nov 2008
The Southeast Asian region is remarkably vulnerable to natural disasters which repeatedly cause devastations to both human lives and properties. However, current disaster relief efforts have not...
Provided by National University of Singapore School of Business
-
White Papers
Strategic Change Management Solutions/Diagnostics
Jan 2010
Change management diagnosis, in terms of responsiveness, readiness, impact, key results, and environmental intelligence is critical to achieve lasting results from strategic organizational change....
Provided by OD Synergy
-
White Papers
Adobe LiveCycle Solutions For Business Process Management
Oct 2009
Insurance companies continue to face intense pressure to improve performance, increase profitability, deliver superior customer service, and increase shareholder returns. In recent years, Business...
Provided by Adobe Systems
-
Whitepapers
Dynamic Business Process Management (BPM) From IBM
Aug 2009
Sales forecasting is a critical responsibility of any business. What exactly is a sales forecast? Essentially, it is a method of analyzing data to make predictions for future sales. Data examined...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Magic Quadrant For Business Process Management Suites
Feb 2009
Having the most efficient tools is pivotal to any successful business in the information age. Sales force applications offer numerous tools that allow business professionals to effectively gain...
Provided by Gartner
-
White Papers
Quality Of Service (QOS) In Claim Business Process Management
Sep 2008
Gartner's updated Magic Quadrant represents one of several tools clients can use to evaluate this market. The 2009 Magic Quadrant depicts the relative strengths of the top 22 vendors offering...
Provided by MphasiS
-
White Papers
Subject-Oriented Business Process Management
Jun 2007
Today's business markets are more competitive than ever. No matter what goods or services you are selling, it's longer enough to provide your customers with high quality products and responsive...
Provided by jCOM1 AG
-
White Papers
Business Process Management (BPM) Standards: A Survey
Aug 2009
Through the combination of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) with an intelligent Business Process Management that guaranties the immediate execution of the defined processes in multiple...
Provided by Nanyang Technological University
-
White Papers
Unleashing BPM: Eliminate Process Bottlenecks Created By Paper
Dec 2009
In the last two decades, a proliferation of business process management (BPM) modeling languages, standards and software systems has given rise to much confusion and obstacles to adoption. Since...
Provided by Nuance Communications
-
White Papers
Business Rules Management And Business Process Management: Turning Policies Into Action
May 2008
The role of the sales executive in most Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) is changing. Faced with intense pressure to do more with less, salespeople live in a near constant state of...
Provided by Kemsley Design
-
White Papers
Business Process Modeling And Analysis With Savvion Business Manager
Mar 2008
It's the end of quarter and sales numbers are below target. The sales team is pointing fingers at marketing because they aren't bringing in enough qualified leads, and marketing is responding by...
Provided by Savvion
-
White Papers
3200 Business Process Management And Outsourcing
Aug 2007
The component of business responsible for selling products or services is the sales force. The workers of a sales force must hold specific requirements if they wish to be successful. First and...
Provided by U21Global
-
White Papers
An Investigation Of The Applicability Of Business Process Management In Swiss Small And Medium Sized Tourist Enterprises
Jul 2009
As UK enjoys another "Indian summer", the forecast is for warm and sunny weather. What is the forecast for the business? Is the outlook sunny or cloudy? Do one know what sales one can expect,...
Provided by RMIT University
-
White Papers
IT, Corporate Payouts, And The Growing Inequality In Managerial Compensation
Apr 2008
Three of the most fundamental changes in US corporations since the early 1970s have been (1) the increase in the importance of organizational capital in production, (2) the increase in managerial...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Project Management Multitasking
Mar 2009
The term "Multitasking" has been used to describe the act of focusing on many things at once. It is almost a survival technique to cope with the flood of information coming the way. Life is...
Provided by Project Perfect
-
White Papers
The Power Of Flexibility For Mitigating Supply Chain Risks
Jul 2008
Lee (2004) articulated that alignment, adaptability, and agility are the basic ingredients for managing supply chain risks. While it is clear that flexibility (agility) enhances supply chain...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Leverage ERP For Sales And Operations Planning
Dec 2008
Every two years or so, there is a new crop of three-letter acronyms in manufacturing IT. Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is certainly one of the hot "TLAs" in recent years. So naturally, many...
Provided by IFS
-
White Papers
Sales Force - The Comprehensive CRM Solution Provider
Jan 2010
The advantages of sales force CRM includes its power to deliver elements that work together in harmony. It is delivered over the Internet and facilitates easy sharing and management of...
Provided by crminfoline.com
-
White Papers
The Critical Role Of Organizational Change Teams In Transformation Projects
Sep 2009
When starting a transformation, many projects focus on the Functional and Technical areas. However, do not underestimate the PEOPLE side of the project. One of the most effective tools for...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
How To Ensure Business Continuity In An ERP- Business Transformation Program?
May 2010
This paper describes the key points to consider while finalizing the Business Continuity Strategy in a Global ERP Transformation program. It emphasizes the business risk involved and the key...
Provided by SAP
-
White Papers
Phased CRM Implementation - Is It The Right Choice?
Jan 2010
A company can expect a fair share of return on investment equivalent to at least ten times its investment. Companies should comprehend the fact that they are actually starting up a project that...
Provided by crminfoline.com
-
White Papers
The Negotiator: Good PMs Are, At Their Heart, Effective Negotiators
Jun 2010
As a project manager, one is often the ultimate middle man in that one does not actually have true authority, total decision making power, or even direct management of the team. The power and...
Provided by QuinStreet
-
White Papers
A Good Project?
Mar 2010
How often do you think about what a good project really means? What is good? Who decides if it is good, and when is it possible to establish if a project is good? Failed projects are easy to...
Provided by 3p International
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White Papers
Best-Practice Recommendations For Change Management
Jan 2008
Change happens all of the time. Some embrace it while others avoid it. Unfortunately, for businesses, societies, and individuals to advance, changes need to occur. The challenge is managing the...
Provided by Sun Microsystems
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White Papers
Engineering Change Management 2.0: Better Business Decisions From Intelligent Change Management
Sep 2007
Managing engineering change has always been hard, and is a regular source of inefficiency and irritation for manufacturers. Over the years, many companies have focused on improving the efficiency...
Provided by Aberdeen Group
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White Papers
Change Management: A CA Service Management Process Map
Sep 2009
Change Management is the gatekeeper of your controlled environment. It is charged with protecting anything that could impact services. Also, an optimized change Management process results in fewer...
Provided by CA (Computer Associates)
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Webcasts
5 Ways ERP Automates Sales, Finance And IT
Jun 2008
ERP is improving vital communications across the enterprise - from Sales to Finance and IT. Learn how ERP is improving decision-making and execution across companies by giving one 360°visibility...
Provided by Tippit
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White Papers
Business Process Management Demystified: A Tutorial On Models, Systems And Standards For Workflow Management
Jan 2008
Over the last decade there has been a shift from "data-aware" information systems to "process-aware" information systems. To support business processes an enterprise information system needs to be...
Provided by Technische Universität Dortmund
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White Papers
Operational Planning And Design
Sep 2009
A foundation had found that over time, its grantmaking processes had become unwieldy, functioning at a sub-optimal level of effectiveness. This problem came to light when senior management...
Provided by 360 Group
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White Papers
Goal Setting: How Do You Score?
Apr 2008
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have the ability to accomplish a lot? They know where they are headed and exude an enviable confidence. Effective goal setting is one of their keys...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
China's Talent Crunch
Jul 2008
In recent years, finding and financing the right talent has become as much a matter of geography as of costs. Therefore, it makes sense that companies have flocked to China to set up shop and take...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Having A Hard Time Managing Change? You're Not Alone
Jun 2008
Let's say you're driving a car. Make it a high-performance model. It's a splendid ride because you're in complete control of a powerful machine. Now let's say your brake lines have been cut. Not...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Who's Afraid Of Deadlines?
Nov 2007
Every deadline, big and small, requires a map. How one is going to get to the end state, and in what order, must be plotted out on a piece of paper, not etched in stone. The Turner timeline is a...
Provided by American Management Association
