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White Papers
ERP Project Plan: Getting Real (Part 2)
Apr 2010
In many cases the ERP project plan is not worth the paper on which it is printed. Worse yet, many project managers shoot themselves in the foot by prematurely committing to a project schedule and...
Provided by R3Now.com
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White Papers
Aligning SAP Scope To Meaningful Business Requirements
Apr 2010
Come on now, WHY do so many projects wait until they are live with some new system to figure out what the reporting requirements are? Reporting requirements must become part of the initial SAP...
Provided by R3Now.com
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White Papers
How To Evaluate ERP Vendors
Jan 2010
Selecting software for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is the prelude to a long-term and very expensive commitment. Doing the right homework is essential to pointing your organization in the...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
What Is An ERP System Administration?
Jan 2010
ERP System Administration is a function that manages Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, a suite of integrated business applications. ERP is as much a management methodology as it is...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
How Does An ERP System Work?
Jan 2010
Computers have become so complex and commonplace in organizations, it is much easier to integrate all of the data and processing software modules and hardware into one large unit that is easier to...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
What Are The Advantages Of ERP Systems?
Jan 2010
With the widespread adoption of IT systems, applications and networks in the 1990s, government agencies, businesses and small and medium firms started to deploy ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
ERP System Benefits
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) helps companies by integrating numerous resources - human resources, strategy and planning, finance, production and distribution - into a single software...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
How ERP Reduces Inventory
Jan 2010
ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning, a data-oriented process implemented by many companies to increase efficiency and save money, especially in production and production-related aspects of...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
What Is ERP Solution?
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a business software solution or package that integrates key business processes, functions and allied business activities. Since the large-scale deployment of...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
How To Implement ERP In Small & Mid-Size Companies
Jan 2010
Define your business processes. By defining your business processes in writing, you will be better prepared to select a software vendor based on your business requirements. Contact a number of...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
Types Of ERP Systems
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning, or ERP, is a way of integrating organizational data and processes into a single system. ERP systems will generally have a hardware component, a software component and...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
Introducing An ERP System
Jan 2010
An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system automates the processes and resources in an organization. In manufacturing, for example, an ERP orchestrates the complex chain of events that...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
What Is ERP In Accounting?
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a company-wide management system that uses business software to collect and report internal information. An important piece of ERP software is the accounting...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
ERP Systems & The Production Process
Jan 2010
The first step in using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in a production process is to define the processes to be formally standardized under your ERP system in developing the system and...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
What Is The Importance Of An ERP?
Jan 2010
ERP, or Enterprise Resource Planning, refers to a way in which an organization can integrate all of its processes and data into a single system. This usually involves several components, both...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
How To Implement An ERP System
Jan 2010
ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. Software designed to manage enterprise applications under a single system requires a higher level of planning and coordination than stand-alone...
Provided by eHow
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White Papers
Integrating CRM And ERP: What Do You Do First? - Examine Your Own Organization To Find The Answers
Aug 2008
For the age old question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg, perhaps the best answer is fry them both and serve them together. In much the same way, the struggle over integrating CRM...
Provided by Tippit
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White Papers
The Difference Between CRM And ERP
Jun 2008
Organizations are increasingly trying to tie applications together - especially business-critical solutions like CRM and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). Many vendors sell both CRM and ERP...
Provided by Tippit
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Case Studies
Breaking Up Without Breaking Down: Planning And Executing A Series Of Divestitures In The Midst Of A Global Economic Crisis
May 2010
A large financial services company needed to sell off multiple businesses in order to raise money and repay a bail-out loan from the U.S. government. With Deloitte's help, the company was able to...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Webcasts
Big Issues In Government: Security
Jun 2010
This webcast is a part of Big Issues in Government series which talks about the ways states can address both cyber security threats and the increased role states must play in our overall national...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Manufacturing Mastery: Achieving High Performance In Manufacturing
Sep 2009
Manufacturing masters can achieve up to 13 percent higher throughput, 15 percent better equipment effectiveness and up to 30 percent higher uptime than non-masters. To achieve these levels of...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Seizing The Opportunities In The Low-Carbon Economy
Jan 2010
The challenges businesses will face to mitigate climate change over the next two decades are likely to be monumental. During this time, the journey to a low-carbon economy will be game-changing...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Time To Leave The Nest?
May 2010
Using one's house as the launching pad for a small business has long been a favorite money-saving tactic among part-time business owners and entrepreneurs looking to survive the often-difficult...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
To Copenhagen And Beyond: A Pragmatic Approach To Mitigating Climate Change
Dec 2009
The scope of the paper is mitigation - the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions - primarily focusing on emissions relating to fossil fuel combustion and industrial activity. These sectors account...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Project Simplification Through Metric Analysis
Oct 2009
This paper introduces the use of project metrics and how they can provide a unique insight into large, complex projects. Traditional scheduling tools that use proven techniques such as Critical...
Provided by Acumen PM
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White Papers
Leveraging Global Delivery For ERP Maintenance
Jan 2010
ERP systems built on leading platforms such as SAP and Oracle have evolved from leading-edge technology to become the backbone of the IT infrastructure for the majority of Fortune 1000 companies....
Provided by Syntel
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White Papers
Improving Return On Assets To Achieve High Performance: Using Overall Equipment Effectiveness As A Measure Of Asset Performance
Aug 2009
Today, manufacturers work constantly to increase asset utilization and reduce loss in the ongoing effort to achieve high performance. Pressure from shareholders is greater than ever and the funds...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Women's Business Booms, But Federal Contract Growth Is Slow
Jan 2010
Business is booming for American women. They hold majority ownership of 7.7 million small businesses and, including co-ownerships with men, own 10.4 million, or nearly half of all businesses,...
Provided by MasterCard
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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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White Papers
Customer Acquisition And Retention: Driving Organic Growth In An Uncertain Economy
Apr 2010
As market demand, such issues as how to acquire new customers and expand business with existing customers are drawing more focus from senior leadership. This paper shows that the ability to create...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Choice Model Calibration
Dec 2008
In the early 1990s, applications of the joint revealed preference and stated preference (RPSP) model was investigated by Ben-Akiva and Morikawa (1990) and Adamowicz, Louviere, and Williams (1994),...
Provided by Decision Analyst
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White Papers
Implementing Project Management Practices
Jan 2010
The IT industry has recognized the need to use formal processes and methodologies to ensure quality in software development. This has led many organizations to plan and establish Project...
Provided by Syntel
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White Papers
Achieving Growth Through Network Outsourcing
Dec 2009
Achieving excellence in network operations is critical for communications service providers looking to drive profitable growth through new, network-based services. Reliable, cost-effective network...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Top Five Characteristics of A Great Project Manager
Jan 2010
The project manager is an important IT team member. This individual often makes the difference between project success and failure. Whether you're hiring a project manager internally or looking to...
Provided by Syntel
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White Papers
How To Prepare Your Business For A Disaster
Jan 2010
"Primal fear" is the technical term used by experts to describe how people react to the threat or actual terrorist disaster. Everyone reacts differently to these events. Just the announcement of a...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
How To Measure A Consultants Value
Jan 2010
Do you measure the performance of consulting service projects? The reality is, most organizations do not. Whether you are a consultant or managing a consulting services project, the author have...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
Project Management Is Not Business Management
Feb 2010
One of the most prominent characteristic of a project as a concept is its sharp delimitation in time. It has clear start and end dates and is designed to achieve a unique scope, unlike the ongoing...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Saving Your Company Through Business Bankruptcy
Feb 2010
Business bankruptcy can be defined as a situation in which an organization has more liabilities than the assets and becomes incapable of meeting the financial obligations. All types of business...
Provided by Free Articles Directory
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White Papers
Why The Due Diligence Process May Be Getting Short Shrift
Aug 2007
Paul Schaye, managing director at boutique advisor Chestnut Hill Partners, represented a buyer in a deal for a maker of vinyl coating for fabric. Everything went smoothly until the due diligence...
Provided by Bank of America
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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
Quality Of Match For Statistical Matches Used In The 1995 And 2005 LIMEW Estimates For Great Britain
Mar 2011
The quality of match of four statistical matches used in the LIMEW estimates for Great Britain for 1995 and 2005 is described. The first match combines the fifth (1995) wave of the British...
Provided by Levy Economics Institute
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White Papers
Race, Power, And The Subprime/Foreclosure Crisis: A Mesoanalysis
May 2011
Economists' principal explanations of the subprime crisis differ from those developed by noneconomists in that the latter see it as rooted in the US legacy of racial/ethnic inequality, and...
Provided by Levy Economics Institute
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White Papers
The Product Space: What Does It Say About The Opportunities For Growth And Structural Transformation Of Sub-Saharan Africa?
May 2011
In this paper, the authors look at the economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the context of structural transformation. They use Hidalgo et al.'s (2007) concept of product space to...
Provided by Levy Economics Institute
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White Papers
A Steady-state Model Of A Non-Walrasian Economy With Three Imperfect Markets
Jun 2011
Unemployment may depend on equilibrium in other markets than the labor markets. This paper addresses this old idea by introducing search frictions on several markets: in a model of credit and...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Searching For The Entrepreneurial Personality: New Evidence And Avenues For Further Research
Jun 2011
What makes the entrepreneurial personality is the key question the authors seek to answer in the special issue of the Journal of Economic Psychology on "Personality and Entrepreneurship." The...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Did Growth And Reforms Increase Citizens' Support For The Transition?
Jul 2011
How did post-communist transformations affect people's perceptions of their economic and political systems? The authors model a pseudo-panel with 89 country-year clusters, based on 13 countries...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
The NRU And The Evolution Of Regional Disparities In Spanish Unemployment
Jul 2011
On both theoretical and empirical grounds, this paper provides evidence that refutes the Natural Rate of Unemployment (NRU) hypothesis as an explanation of the evolution of regional disparities in...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Contractual Dualism, Market Power And Informality
Jul 2011
Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in developing countries. The first is that the informal (or unregulated) sector is...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Immigration, Unemployment And Growth In The Host Country: Bootstrap Panel Granger Causality Analysis On OECD Countries
Jul 2011
This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, unemployment and economic growth of the host country. The authors employ the bootstrap panel Granger causality testing approach...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Growth, Colonization, And Institutional Development: In And Out Of Africa
Jul 2011
This paper investigates the determinants of the growth performance of Africa. The author starts by illustrating a broader research agenda which accounts not only for basic economic and demographic...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Socio-spatial Mobility In British Society
Jul 2011
The research reported in this paper examines the nature and extent of socio-spatial mobility in the United Kingdom. In contrast with previous studies, the authors do not only investigate who moves...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
China's Emergence In The World Economy And Business Cycles In Latin America
Jul 2011
The international business cycle is very important for Latin America's economic performance as the recent global crisis vividly illustrated. This paper investigates how changes in trade linkages...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Manipulation Of Choice Behavior
Jul 2011
The authors introduce and study the problem of manipulation of choice behavior. In a class of two-stage models of decision making, with the agent's choices determined by three "Psychological...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth: The Case Of The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Aug 2011
This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation. The authors exploit the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Elasticity Of Supply To The Firm And The Business Cycle
Aug 2011
A body of recent empirical work has found strong evidence that the labor elasticity of supply to the firm is finite, implying that firms may have wage setting power. However, these studies capture...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Real Exchange Rate, Foreign Trade And Employment: Evidence From China
Aug 2011
Coordination of macro-economic development and employment is an essential issue for China's social development, which largely depends on economic expansion, as well as integration into the global...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
The Empirical Content Of Models With Multiple Equilibria In Economies With Social Interactions
Jul 2011
The authors study a general class of models with social interactions that might display multiple equilibria. They propose an estimation procedure for these models and evaluate its efficiency and...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
When Is Capital Enough To Get Female Microenterprises Growing? Evidence From A Randomized Experiment In Ghana
Jul 2011
Standard models of investment predict that credit-constrained firms should grow rapidly when given additional capital, and that how this capital is provided should not affect decisions to invest...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Economic Growth In The Mid Atlantic Region: Conjectural Estimates For 1720 To 1800
Jul 2011
The authors employ the conjectural approach to estimate the growth of GDP per capita for the colonies and states of the mid-Atlantic region (Del., NJ, NY and Penn). In contrast to previous studies...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Sources Of Entropy In Representative Agent Models
Jul 2011
The authors propose two metrics for asset pricing models and apply them to representative agent models with recursive preferences, habits, and jumps. The metrics describe the pricing kernel's...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Public Consumption Over The Business Cycle
Jul 2011
What fraction of the business cycle volatility of government purchases is accounted for as endogenous reactions to overall macroeconomic conditions? The authors answer this question in the...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
The Land That Lean Manufacturing Forgot? Management Practices In Transition Countries
Jul 2011
The authors have conducted the first survey on management practices in transition countries. They found that Central Asian transition countries, such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, have on average...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Corporate And Personal Bankruptcy Law
Jul 2011
Bankruptcy is the legal process by which the debts of firms, individuals, and occasionally governments in financial distress are resolved. Bankruptcy law always includes three components. First,...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Prospective Analysis Of A Wage Subsidy For Cape Town Youth
Jul 2011
Recognizing that a credible estimate of a wage subsidy's impact requires a model of the labor market that itself generates high unemployment in equilibrium, the authors estimate a structural...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
A Dynamic Model Of Demand For Houses And Neighborhoods
Jul 2011
The authors develop a tractable model of neighborhood choice in a dynamic setting along with a computationally straightforward estimation approach. This approach uses information about...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Trade Policy Making In A Model Of Legislative Bargaining
Jul 2011
In democracies, trade policy is the result of interactions among many agents with different agendas. In accordance with this observation, the authors construct a dynamic model of legislative trade...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Carry Trades And Risk
Aug 2011
Carry trades, in which an investor borrows a low interest rate currency and lends a high interest rate currency, have been profitable historically. The risk exposure of carry traders might explain...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Systemic Risk Exposures: A 10-by-10-by-10 Approach
Aug 2011
Here, the author presents and discuss a "10-by-10-by-10" network-based approach to monitoring systemic financial risk. Under this approach, a regulator would analyze the exposures of a core group...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
A Simple Nonparametric Approach To Estimating The Distribution Of Random Coefficients In Structural Models
Aug 2011
The authors explore a nonparametric mixtures estimator for recovering the joint distribution of random coefficients in economic models. The estimator is based on linear regression subject to...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Consumption Risk-sharing And The Real Exchange Rate: Why Does The Nominal Exchange Rate Make Such A Difference?
Aug 2011
A basic prediction of efficient risk-sharing is that relative consumption growth rates across countries or regions should be positively related to real exchange rate growth rates across the same...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Implicit Guarantees And Risk Taking: Evidence From Money Market Funds
Aug 2011
A firm's termination generates bankruptcy costs. This may create incentives for a firm's owner to bail out a firm in bankruptcy and to curb the firm's risk taking outside bankruptcy. The authors...
Provided by National Bureau of Economic Research
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White Papers
Unified Monitoring: A Business Perspective
Apr 2011
In the past few years, the enterprise computing landscape has changed dramatically. Virtualization, outsourcing, SaaS, and cloud computing are creating fundamental changes, and ushering in an era...
Provided by CA (Computer Associates)
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White Papers
Business Plan Competition Winners Announced
May 2008
A plan to recycle medical equipment to cut health care costs and a venture that develops software to make wireless communication devices compatible both won top prizes of $10,000 as part of two...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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White Papers
Catholic Business Education Focus Of ND Conference
Jun 2008
Examining the nature and scope of Catholic business education is the focus of the conference "Business Education at Catholic Universities: exploring the Role of Mission-Driven Business Schools,"...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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White Papers
Notre Dame Students Win Grand Prize In Business Communication
Apr 2010
A case study examining Domino's response to a video prank that compromised consumer trust in the Domino's brand has been awarded Grand Prize in the Arthur W. Page Society's 2010 Case Study...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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White Papers
Former Naval Officer Will Head Notre Dame Business Undergrad Program
Jul 2011
The author, formerly a professor of Naval Science at the University of Notre Dame, will become the senior director of Undergraduate Studies at the Mendoza College of Business as of July 1. A...
Provided by University of Notre Dame
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Webcasts
Border Management
Jan 2011
Countries around the world are making extensive and complex changes in both business and technology in order to manage their borders more securely. In this webcast, the speakers explain how...
Provided by Capgemini
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Webcasts
Thunderbird BRIC Series: Doing Business In China
Jul 2010
In this podcast, one of the speakers reveals the difference between China and the United States can be felt on the street. "You go to China, and they are very optimistic," other speaker said.
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Webcasts
Thunderbird BRIC Series: Doing Business In Brazil
Sep 2010
In this podcast, the speaker states that people have said Brazil is the country of the future, and it always will be the country of the future. It will never actually quite make it to that point...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Webcasts
Leverage Enterprise Data For Competitive Advantage, With Rightshore
Jan 2011
This webcast shows that Rightshore plays a crucial role in Capgemini's Business Information Management service offering. With 4,000 Business Information Management (BIM) specialists positioned...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
How Does An ERP System Work?
Jan 2010
Computers have become so complex and commonplace in organizations, it is much easier to integrate all of the data and processing software modules and hardware into one large unit that is easier to...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
What Are The Advantages Of ERP Systems?
Jan 2010
With the widespread adoption of IT systems, applications and networks in the 1990s, government agencies, businesses and small and medium firms started to deploy ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
ERP System Benefits
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) helps companies by integrating numerous resources - human resources, strategy and planning, finance, production and distribution - into a single software...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
How ERP Reduces Inventory
Jan 2010
ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning, a data-oriented process implemented by many companies to increase efficiency and save money, especially in production and production-related aspects of...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
What Is ERP Solution?
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a business software solution or package that integrates key business processes, functions and allied business activities. Since the large-scale deployment of...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
How To Implement ERP In Small & Mid-Size Companies
Jan 2010
Define your business processes. By defining your business processes in writing, you will be better prepared to select a software vendor based on your business requirements. Contact a number of...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
Types Of ERP Systems
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning, or ERP, is a way of integrating organizational data and processes into a single system. ERP systems will generally have a hardware component, a software component and...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
Introducing An ERP System
Jan 2010
An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system automates the processes and resources in an organization. In manufacturing, for example, an ERP orchestrates the complex chain of events that...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
What Is ERP In Accounting?
Jan 2010
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a company-wide management system that uses business software to collect and report internal information. An important piece of ERP software is the accounting...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
ERP Systems & The Production Process
Jan 2010
The first step in using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in a production process is to define the processes to be formally standardized under your ERP system in developing the system and...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
What Is The Importance Of An ERP?
Jan 2010
ERP, or Enterprise Resource Planning, refers to a way in which an organization can integrate all of its processes and data into a single system. This usually involves several components, both...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
How To Implement An ERP System
Jan 2010
ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. Software designed to manage enterprise applications under a single system requires a higher level of planning and coordination than stand-alone...
Provided by eHow
-
White Papers
Integrating CRM And ERP: What Do You Do First? - Examine Your Own Organization To Find The Answers
Aug 2008
For the age old question of which comes first, the chicken or the egg, perhaps the best answer is fry them both and serve them together. In much the same way, the struggle over integrating CRM...
Provided by Tippit
-
White Papers
The Difference Between CRM And ERP
Jun 2008
Organizations are increasingly trying to tie applications together - especially business-critical solutions like CRM and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). Many vendors sell both CRM and ERP...
Provided by Tippit
-
Case Studies
Breaking Up Without Breaking Down: Planning And Executing A Series Of Divestitures In The Midst Of A Global Economic Crisis
May 2010
A large financial services company needed to sell off multiple businesses in order to raise money and repay a bail-out loan from the U.S. government. With Deloitte's help, the company was able to...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Webcasts
Big Issues In Government: Security
Jun 2010
This webcast is a part of Big Issues in Government series which talks about the ways states can address both cyber security threats and the increased role states must play in our overall national...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Manufacturing Mastery: Achieving High Performance In Manufacturing
Sep 2009
Manufacturing masters can achieve up to 13 percent higher throughput, 15 percent better equipment effectiveness and up to 30 percent higher uptime than non-masters. To achieve these levels of...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Seizing The Opportunities In The Low-Carbon Economy
Jan 2010
The challenges businesses will face to mitigate climate change over the next two decades are likely to be monumental. During this time, the journey to a low-carbon economy will be game-changing...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Time To Leave The Nest?
May 2010
Using one's house as the launching pad for a small business has long been a favorite money-saving tactic among part-time business owners and entrepreneurs looking to survive the often-difficult...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
To Copenhagen And Beyond: A Pragmatic Approach To Mitigating Climate Change
Dec 2009
The scope of the paper is mitigation - the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions - primarily focusing on emissions relating to fossil fuel combustion and industrial activity. These sectors account...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Project Simplification Through Metric Analysis
Oct 2009
This paper introduces the use of project metrics and how they can provide a unique insight into large, complex projects. Traditional scheduling tools that use proven techniques such as Critical...
Provided by Acumen PM
-
White Papers
Leveraging Global Delivery For ERP Maintenance
Jan 2010
ERP systems built on leading platforms such as SAP and Oracle have evolved from leading-edge technology to become the backbone of the IT infrastructure for the majority of Fortune 1000 companies....
Provided by Syntel
-
White Papers
Improving Return On Assets To Achieve High Performance: Using Overall Equipment Effectiveness As A Measure Of Asset Performance
Aug 2009
Today, manufacturers work constantly to increase asset utilization and reduce loss in the ongoing effort to achieve high performance. Pressure from shareholders is greater than ever and the funds...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Women's Business Booms, But Federal Contract Growth Is Slow
Jan 2010
Business is booming for American women. They hold majority ownership of 7.7 million small businesses and, including co-ownerships with men, own 10.4 million, or nearly half of all businesses,...
Provided by MasterCard
-
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
-
White Papers
Customer Acquisition And Retention: Driving Organic Growth In An Uncertain Economy
Apr 2010
As market demand, such issues as how to acquire new customers and expand business with existing customers are drawing more focus from senior leadership. This paper shows that the ability to create...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Choice Model Calibration
Dec 2008
In the early 1990s, applications of the joint revealed preference and stated preference (RPSP) model was investigated by Ben-Akiva and Morikawa (1990) and Adamowicz, Louviere, and Williams (1994),...
Provided by Decision Analyst
-
White Papers
Implementing Project Management Practices
Jan 2010
The IT industry has recognized the need to use formal processes and methodologies to ensure quality in software development. This has led many organizations to plan and establish Project...
Provided by Syntel
-
White Papers
Achieving Growth Through Network Outsourcing
Dec 2009
Achieving excellence in network operations is critical for communications service providers looking to drive profitable growth through new, network-based services. Reliable, cost-effective network...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Top Five Characteristics of A Great Project Manager
Jan 2010
The project manager is an important IT team member. This individual often makes the difference between project success and failure. Whether you're hiring a project manager internally or looking to...
Provided by Syntel
-
White Papers
How To Prepare Your Business For A Disaster
Jan 2010
"Primal fear" is the technical term used by experts to describe how people react to the threat or actual terrorist disaster. Everyone reacts differently to these events. Just the announcement of a...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
-
White Papers
How To Measure A Consultants Value
Jan 2010
Do you measure the performance of consulting service projects? The reality is, most organizations do not. Whether you are a consultant or managing a consulting services project, the author have...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
-
White Papers
Project Management Is Not Business Management
Feb 2010
One of the most prominent characteristic of a project as a concept is its sharp delimitation in time. It has clear start and end dates and is designed to achieve a unique scope, unlike the ongoing...
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Saving Your Company Through Business Bankruptcy
Feb 2010
Business bankruptcy can be defined as a situation in which an organization has more liabilities than the assets and becomes incapable of meeting the financial obligations. All types of business...
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Why The Due Diligence Process May Be Getting Short Shrift
Aug 2007
Paul Schaye, managing director at boutique advisor Chestnut Hill Partners, represented a buyer in a deal for a maker of vinyl coating for fabric. Everything went smoothly until the due diligence...
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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....
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Results Management Office Approach: The Key For Successful Effort To Standardize Identification Cards
Jan 2010
With employee strength of 700,000 employees and around 36,000 facilities for handling hundreds of billions of pieces of mail each year in the United States, this company is among the global...
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13 Ways A PMO Can Improve Your ROI
Jan 2010
Companies are realizing that a wealth of value can be realized by providing project management oversight and standardization for their projects. The Project Management Office (PMO) offers the...
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Cost Control In An Era Of Fast Escalating Expenses
Mar 2008
Growing profits today is no longer just a "nice thing to do". It is now critical today in an era of escalating expenses e.g. benefits, insurance, energy, cost-of-goods-sold, labor costs, etc. It...
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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...
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