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Creating A Smooth Business Transition When You Sell Your Company
May 2010
Selling your business may be your ultimate goal when you start the company, or it may be a decision you come to after years of running it. Either way, you want to be able to smoothly transition...
Provided by American Express
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The Magic Word That Can Transform Your Business
May 2010
Sure, Yes may cost you some time and money, and yes, Yes can be a pain in the rear sometimes. But when you think about some of the great businesses, they are great because their answer is Yes: ยท...
Provided by American Express
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The Secret To A Successful Business? Say You Will And Do
Apr 2010
Promises. Does the very word make you uncomfortable? Does it conjure up images of promises forgotten, broken or never fulfilled? If promises don't make one uncomfortable, then one has not been...
Provided by American Express
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The 2-Pronged Strategy For Post-Recession Success
Mar 2010
It is probably safe to say that recessions mark hard times for everyone. Consumers cannot afford to spend as much as they used to; companies lose sales every day; employees suffer wage cuts or...
Provided by American Express
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The Quick Guide To Handling A PR Crisis
Mar 2010
Crises happen. A product is recalled, services are suspended, a private email goes public, an unexpected change hits top management - all these scenarios can destroy the smallest and the biggest...
Provided by American Express
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How To Stay Ahead Of The Competition
Feb 2010
To succeed in today's rapidly changing world you have to focus more on competitors, and less on executing your old success formula. You have to be part of disrupting and changing markets in order...
Provided by American Express
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How To Deal With Negative Feedback
Feb 2010
We often say that social media is a conversation, and what we mean by that is unlike traditional broadcast and print mediums, which are often one-directional, social media is very much a two-way...
Provided by American Express
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The Single Best Way To Get The Biggest, Baddest Results On The Planet
Dec 2009
The successful companies circulating out and about in the world seem to have one thing in common: Many of them seem to be knee deep in collaboration. For some, it's a very natural way of doing...
Provided by American Express
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How To Optimize Your Focus: ^Maker Time^ Vs ^Management Time^
Dec 2009
If you've ever been interrupted by a phone call or a nosy coworker when you were right in the middle of a creative marathon, you know how such distractions can quickly knock you out of a...
Provided by American Express
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Why You Need To Polish Your Unique Selling Proposition
Aug 2008
Why should a customer do business with you instead of a competitor? Do you provide the highest level of service, or are you the low-cost leader? Knowing what makes you unique in the market, your...
Provided by American Express
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Beating Competitors In The Long Run
Dec 2008
Staying ahead of the bear is of little benefit if you keep running in blind panic and die of exhaustion a while later. Even in a downturn, a business also needs to plan to conserve resources and...
Provided by American Express
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The Art Of Contrarianism: Working Against The Grain
Sep 2009
Contrarianism is the practice of approaching problems and brainstorming new ideas by purposely thinking against the grain. Or, more specifically, the act of ignoring entrenched societal beliefs -...
Provided by American Express
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Limitation Is The New Competitive Advantage
Aug 2009
As we have ever-increasing amounts of content to choose from in the world of blogging and journalism, curation is becoming more important. When there are only two articles featured, you're more...
Provided by American Express
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Plan Less, Act More
Jul 2009
Conventional wisdom privileges the notion of coming up with a well-thought-out plan over taking incremental action and learning as we go along. Of course, the real truth - and the best method -...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Make The Most Of Your Resources - Start An Advisory Board
Jul 2009
Legislation requires publicly traded companies establish a Board of Directors to set medium and long term business objectives. A Board is the formal representation of a company's governing body...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
You've Gotta Hold On To The Employees You've Got
Jul 2009
It's discussed before the paradox that while you probably are looking to cut payroll costs - this is, after all, where most small businesses' spending gets swallowed up the most - you are also...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Supervising Productivity
May 2009
To anyone who has ever managed creative employees - and, in the age of the "creative class," it's an ever-growing group. Engage with your employees regularly as projects unfold so that you can...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Going, Going, Wrong: Competition And Collusion Among Auction Bidders
Jul 2010
At an auction with many bidders, it is generally believed that bidders will behave competitively. It is assumed that competition is the best way to maximize the price received. Now, research by...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Make Something You Can Touch (Even Service Businesses)
Nov 2008
The client-service industries are infamous for ideas that exist outside of the realm of possible. For consulting, idea-generation, advertising, and advisory-type companies, there is often a...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Make A Difference? For Free
Jun 2010
Giving small businesses collective purchasing power and resources - this is the goal behind David Beam's company, Insulate America. Insulate American has only seven full-time employees, but...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Trying To Be "The Next Big Thing" Will Usually End In Failure
Apr 2010
Businesses succeed when they produce something special, something different than what can already be found out there. Google succeeded because they were able to offer great internet searching for...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Strapped? Strategies For Improving Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
In a time of slow sales growth, cash flow is a troubling issue for many companies. In fact, 47% of small business owners have experienced cash flow problems over the last 90 days, according to a...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Professional Service Firms: From Experts To Advisors
Jan 2010
Dominic Houlder, Adjunct Professor of Strategic and International Management tells B2B and Professional Service firms that if they want to be a winner in the current climate they need to move away...
Provided by London Business School
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White Papers
7 Tactics for Smart Businesses to Increase Revenues and Decrease Expenses in Any Economy - CMO
Sep 2010
This valuable eBook outlines 7 approaches to improve your business, uncover marketing data and get accurate up-to-the-minute insight that sales can use for closing more deals.
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
How To Improve Knowledge Management In New Product Development Projects
Sep 2009
During a recession, companies cut to the bone to survive. But one thing they should never blindly cut is research and development (R&D). "When the recovery comes, those who have wisely invested in...
Provided by Everest Partners
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White Papers
Tough Economic Times Ratchet Up Need For Investing In Employee And Leadership Development Services
Mar 2009
One doesn't have to look far in these times of global economic crisis to see the difficulties facing companies in prioritizing where to cut costs and invest in capabilities. Trying to accomplish...
Provided by Everest Partners
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Webcasts
IBM CloudBurst Technical Demo
Sep 2010
IBM CloudBurst is a range of integrated cloud infrastructure solutions to help automate your cloud provisioning and administrative tasks. Watch this video to see how easy it is to provision...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How Your Small Business Can Outmanoeuvre The Big Brands
Jul 2009
Should every small business owner have big ambitions? Certainly almost anyone who enters into the world of the entrepreneur or starts up their own, whether based at home, the high street or the...
Provided by SooperArticles
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Whitepapers
In Application Performance, the End User's Experience is King
Sep 2010
When it comes to judging an application system's performance, only one opinion really matters - the end user's. Regardless of how IT or the business views performance, if the end user says an...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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White Papers
The State Of Customer Experience, 2010
Feb 2010
Forrester surveyed 141 executives from large North American firms to find out about their customer experience endeavors. Results show 90% of respondents feel that customer experience is very...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Estimate The ROI Of A Better Online Customer Experience In Six Steps
Aug 2009
Proving the business value of a better online experience is a top priority for Web customer experience leaders. To help, we've identified a six-step process that lets even financial novices model...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Read this Forrester Paper to Learn About Customer Service Experiences, 2010
Jan 2010
Forrester asked more than 4,600 US consumers about their customer service experiences with companies across 14 industries. Barnes & Noble and Kohl's received the highest rating, while Charter...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Web 2.0: Engaging Customer Passion
Sep 2010
This paper examines the ways in which organizations can tap into Web 2.0 interaction as part of the marketing strategy and tactics to create customer engagement by matching your visitors' passion...
Provided by Tridion B.V.
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White Papers
The Forrester Wave: Web Content Management For External Sites
Jun 2009
Forrester evaluated 11 leading Web content management (WCM) vendors across 190 external site content management and delivery criteria and found that European vendor SDL Tridion has established...
Provided by Tridion B.V.
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White Papers
Competitiveness In The CFA Franc Zone
Aug 2007
This paper reviews the evolution of competitiveness in the CFA franc zone using a proposed comprehensive competitiveness framework. In particular, the authors examine competitiveness in the WAEMU...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Webcasts
American Business: Super Niche
Aug 2010
How can a small, retail business compete against bigger chains? The answer might be by offering something that those companies don't. Meet one entrepreneur who is beating his larger competitors by...
Provided by American Express
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Podcasts
Competing With Low Cost Rivals
Jan 2010
In this webcast, Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing, explains how traditional retailers can compete with low cost rivals during an economic downturn.
Provided by London Business School
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Webcasts
A View From Above: Lucy Reilly Fitch, Senior VP, Corporate Communications, BAE Systems, Inc.
Jan 2010
Lucy Reilly Fitch, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, BAE Systems, Inc., discusses the impact of the financial crisis on the industry and her company, controlling costs in a...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Webcasts
Clean Energy, The US, And China: Are We Falling Behind In Global Competition?
Nov 2009
In this webcast, the panelists discuss the possibility of the US lagging behind other countries such as China in creating and supporting clean energy initiatives.
Provided by Boston University School of Management
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Podcasts
Becker Brown Bag: How Productivity Benefits From Competition
Jun 2007
There's nothing like a little competition to suddenly boost productivity. Competition forced miners to double the amount of iron ore they dug per hour, as told in one case study. In another,...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Webcasts
American Business: Thrown A Curve
Apr 2010
One entrepreneur decided to expand his brand after getting some pressure from his customers. He's gone from making pitching mounds to becoming a one-stop shop for baseball equipment.
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Start With Small Contracts
Apr 2010
If one can win and perform on something small then one have past performance and it leads to bigger opportunities believes Julie Weeks, President and CEO of Womenable. During a government...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Prepare Your Business
Apr 2010
Lourdes Martin-Rosa, Government Contracting Advisor at American Express OPEN, knows what it takes to prepare a small business for government sales. During OPEN's Victory in Procurement (VIP)...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Thrive In Contracting
Apr 2010
Lourdes Martin-Rosa, Government Contracting Advisor at American Express OPEN, has over 10 years of government contracting experience. In this video, she describes a few ways small business owners...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
TeamingUSA.com: An Overview
Apr 2010
"Why team? Simply because you increase your chance of selling to a government agency" states Margaret Shaw, Content Management and Administration, TeamingUSA.com. Margaret believes that teaming is...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
TeamingUSA.com: Be Specific
Apr 2010
"The key is to be precise so that you can make an informed decision when you're looking for another teaming partner" says Margaret Shaw, Content Management and Administration, TeamingUSA.com....
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Teaming: Picking The Right Partner
Apr 2010
"It's 'teaming' been an excellent way to transition from being primarily a private sector provider into the public sector" states Theresa Daytner, CEO of Daynter Construction Group. Theresa...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Teaming: Getting Started
Apr 2010
"How do you get in the door to show them what you can do if you haven't done that before? you team" says Theresa Daytner, CEO of Daytner Construction Group. Theresa considers teaming one of the...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Teaming: Be Transparent, Be Open
Apr 2010
Theresa Daytner, CEO of Daytner Construction Group, believes that businesses involved need to be open to all the potential opportunities available to them. During OPEN's Victory in Procurement...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
From Passion To Profit
Jun 2009
In this webcast Owner/Chef Tom Colicchio talks about the key to standing out among the competition - creating repeat business.
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Competing Manufacturers In A Retail Supply Chain: On Contractual Form And Coordination
Jan 2010
It is common for a retailer to sell products from competing manufacturers. How then should the firms manage their contract negotiations? The supply chain coordination literature focuses either on...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Seeking An Aggressive Competitor: How Product Line Expansion Can Increase All Firms' Profits
Jan 2010
Conventional wisdom suggests that a firm's profits will decrease when a competitor expands its product line because the firm's sales will decrease in the presence of the new product. This paper...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Innovation And Imitation: How Entrepreneurs Impact Economic Growth
Nov 2008
What or rather who contributed to China's economic miracle? A good deal of research on economic growth focuses on spending in research and development (R&D) with its ability to produce...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Confessions Of A Satiated Consumer
Jul 2009
Economic theory and empirical evidence suggest natural limits to consumption within a purchase category. But the idea of consumers being satiated - maxed out with respect to their ability to...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Merchandisers: Returns Matter In Product Assortment Choices
Aug 2009
In the competitive world of retail sales, product assortment is a very important strategic marketing decision. Factoring returns into the equation has often been an afterthought - an operational...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Managing Business Complexity: Aligning Strategy For Growth
Jan 2010
Complex strategies emphasizing both product exploration and exploitation or market exploration and exploitation are more successfully implemented by large firms. For example, large firms in highly...
Provided by Southern Methodist University
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White Papers
Productivity Matters For Trade Policy: Theory And Evidence
May 2009
In the growth literature that investigates the effect of trade liberalization on productivity, nearly all studies assume that trade policy is determined independently of productivity, hence it is...
Provided by Fordham University
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White Papers
Business-in-Society Competence For Leading Responsibly In A Global Environment
Mar 2008
In a global stakeholder environment corporations and their leaders are confronted with complex challenges. Leading business in society poses new demands on leaders, extending their usual set of...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Making Sense Of Managerial Competencies: A Motive-Based Approach
Jan 2009
In this paper the authors assert that the emotional intelligence (EI) model may not be the best way of grouping managerial competencies and the authors propose a new way of embedding competencies...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
A Larger Slice Or A Larger Pie? An Empirical Investigation Of Bargaining Power In The Distribution Channel
Sep 2008
This paper aims to provide insights into the determinants of channel profitability and the relative power in the channel by considering consumer demand and the interactions between manufacturers...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Toward A Theory Of Business Model Innovation Within Incumbent Firms
Mar 2009
This paper presents a theory of business model innovation (BMI) within incumbent firms. The process of business model change is examined, with particular attention to business units in a multi...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Value Creation And Value Capture With Frictions
Jun 2009
The authors use a formal value-based model to study how frictions in the product market affect value creation and value capture. The authors define frictions as incomplete linkages in the industry...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Entry Into Winner-Take-All And Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study
Apr 2010
This experiment compares the performance of two contest designs: a standard winner take-all tournament with a single fixed prize, and a novel proportional-payment design in which that same prize...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Role Of Resource Gap And Value Appropriation: Effect Of Reputation Gap On Price Premium In Online Auctions
Apr 2010
In this study the author draw on the resource-based view of the firm and on value-added methodology to examine when firms appropriate value from their superior resources. The author argue for the...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
When Should I Quit? Gender Differences In Exiting Competitions
May 2010
The authors study the gender gap in a competitive environment by exploiting the "naturalistic experiment" of a TV game show with self-selected participants and no gender-specific constraints nor...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
TEC Paper (CIO) - How IT Can Help Companies Make Better, Faster Decision
Jul 2010
"IT management in small and medium companies can and must understand the information needs and language of their business colleagues. Additionally, Line-of-business managers can and must see IT...
Provided by SAP
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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
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White Papers
Responding To Rivals And Compliments: How Market Concentration Shapes Generational Product Innovation Strategy
Feb 2009
This paper examines how competitive market conditions shape the responsiveness with which businesses release Generational Product Innovations (GPIs) following the introduction of GPIs by either...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
Is The 50-State Strategy Optimal?
Jan 2008
In 2005, the Democratic National Committee adopted the 50-state strategy in lieu of the strategy of focusing solely on battleground states. The rationale given for this move is that campaign...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Price Dynamics In An Exchange Economy
Nov 2007
The pure exchange model is the foundation of the neoclassical theory of value, yet equilibrium predictions and models of price adjustment for this model remained untested prior to the experiment...
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Business Strategies And Manufacturing Decisions: An Empirical Examination Of Linkages
Aug 2007
This paper seeks to investigate whether linkages, proposed by previous researchers, among business strategies and structural and infrastructural investment decisions of manufacturing are...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
An Investigation Of The Value Of Cross-Docking For Supply Chain Management
Jul 2008
Cross-docking is a strategy used to reduce the time that inventory spends in the supply chain. This is achieved by accelerating inventory flow via the receipt of a product at an inbound dock and...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
Explaining Anomalous High Performance In A Health Care Supply Chain
Sep 2008
How can independent organizations, in a supply chain, coordinate and collaborate in a process improvement endeavor, in the absence of financial or contractual mechanisms to enforce compliance...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
Does The Growing Presence Of Large Domestic Blockholders Around The World Affect Bank Performance?
Jul 2007
Large-scale bank privatizations over the past ten years have resulted in increased foreign and domestic blockholder ownership of banks. This paper explores how these changes in bank ownership...
Provided by Ohio State University (Fisher)
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White Papers
Harnessing Power To Capture Leadership
Jun 2008
This paper examines the relationship between the related yet distinct constructs of power and leadership. Although power (asymmetric control over valued resources) is often a foundation of...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Challenges For The Chinese Exec
Jul 2008
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reports that by 2025, China's GDP will make up 25 percent of total global GDP, with the US at 18 percent and Europe at 10 percent....
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Managing Information, People And It To Improve Business Performance
Apr 2010
The near-omnipresence of Internet technologies and mobile communication solutions enables companies today to invent new business models, launch innovative product and service offerings, and adopt...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Focus On 'Velocity' Helps Esterline Grow Lean, Mean
Sep 2008
The key to success, the author says, involves tapping into the minds of plant floor workers - the ones closest to the action - and empowering them to make decisions and streamline processes. "We...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Eight Traits Shared By Global Entrepreneurs
Jul 2008
The author says entrepreneurs universally embrace change and take action. Dallas-based entrepreneur Scott Walker, the namesake of Thunderbird's entrepreneurship center, showed this quality when he...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
A Context-Oriented Synchronization Approach
Jul 2008
Synchronization gained great importance in modern applications and allows mobility in the context of information technology. Users are not limited to one computer any more, but can take their data...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Make The Most Of Your Resources - Start An Advisory Board
Jul 2009
Legislation requires publicly traded companies establish a Board of Directors to set medium and long term business objectives. A Board is the formal representation of a company's governing body...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
You've Gotta Hold On To The Employees You've Got
Jul 2009
It's discussed before the paradox that while you probably are looking to cut payroll costs - this is, after all, where most small businesses' spending gets swallowed up the most - you are also...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Supervising Productivity
May 2009
To anyone who has ever managed creative employees - and, in the age of the "creative class," it's an ever-growing group. Engage with your employees regularly as projects unfold so that you can...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Going, Going, Wrong: Competition And Collusion Among Auction Bidders
Jul 2010
At an auction with many bidders, it is generally believed that bidders will behave competitively. It is assumed that competition is the best way to maximize the price received. Now, research by...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Make Something You Can Touch (Even Service Businesses)
Nov 2008
The client-service industries are infamous for ideas that exist outside of the realm of possible. For consulting, idea-generation, advertising, and advisory-type companies, there is often a...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
How To Make A Difference? For Free
Jun 2010
Giving small businesses collective purchasing power and resources - this is the goal behind David Beam's company, Insulate America. Insulate American has only seven full-time employees, but...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Trying To Be "The Next Big Thing" Will Usually End In Failure
Apr 2010
Businesses succeed when they produce something special, something different than what can already be found out there. Google succeeded because they were able to offer great internet searching for...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Strapped? Strategies For Improving Your Cash Flow
Mar 2010
In a time of slow sales growth, cash flow is a troubling issue for many companies. In fact, 47% of small business owners have experienced cash flow problems over the last 90 days, according to a...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Professional Service Firms: From Experts To Advisors
Jan 2010
Dominic Houlder, Adjunct Professor of Strategic and International Management tells B2B and Professional Service firms that if they want to be a winner in the current climate they need to move away...
Provided by London Business School
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White Papers
7 Tactics for Smart Businesses to Increase Revenues and Decrease Expenses in Any Economy - CMO
Sep 2010
This valuable eBook outlines 7 approaches to improve your business, uncover marketing data and get accurate up-to-the-minute insight that sales can use for closing more deals.
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
How To Improve Knowledge Management In New Product Development Projects
Sep 2009
During a recession, companies cut to the bone to survive. But one thing they should never blindly cut is research and development (R&D). "When the recovery comes, those who have wisely invested in...
Provided by Everest Partners
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White Papers
Tough Economic Times Ratchet Up Need For Investing In Employee And Leadership Development Services
Mar 2009
One doesn't have to look far in these times of global economic crisis to see the difficulties facing companies in prioritizing where to cut costs and invest in capabilities. Trying to accomplish...
Provided by Everest Partners
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Webcasts
IBM CloudBurst Technical Demo
Sep 2010
IBM CloudBurst is a range of integrated cloud infrastructure solutions to help automate your cloud provisioning and administrative tasks. Watch this video to see how easy it is to provision...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
How Your Small Business Can Outmanoeuvre The Big Brands
Jul 2009
Should every small business owner have big ambitions? Certainly almost anyone who enters into the world of the entrepreneur or starts up their own, whether based at home, the high street or the...
Provided by SooperArticles
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Whitepapers
In Application Performance, the End User's Experience is King
Sep 2010
When it comes to judging an application system's performance, only one opinion really matters - the end user's. Regardless of how IT or the business views performance, if the end user says an...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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White Papers
The State Of Customer Experience, 2010
Feb 2010
Forrester surveyed 141 executives from large North American firms to find out about their customer experience endeavors. Results show 90% of respondents feel that customer experience is very...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Estimate The ROI Of A Better Online Customer Experience In Six Steps
Aug 2009
Proving the business value of a better online experience is a top priority for Web customer experience leaders. To help, we've identified a six-step process that lets even financial novices model...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Read this Forrester Paper to Learn About Customer Service Experiences, 2010
Jan 2010
Forrester asked more than 4,600 US consumers about their customer service experiences with companies across 14 industries. Barnes & Noble and Kohl's received the highest rating, while Charter...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Web 2.0: Engaging Customer Passion
Sep 2010
This paper examines the ways in which organizations can tap into Web 2.0 interaction as part of the marketing strategy and tactics to create customer engagement by matching your visitors' passion...
Provided by Tridion B.V.
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White Papers
The Forrester Wave: Web Content Management For External Sites
Jun 2009
Forrester evaluated 11 leading Web content management (WCM) vendors across 190 external site content management and delivery criteria and found that European vendor SDL Tridion has established...
Provided by Tridion B.V.
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White Papers
Competitiveness In The CFA Franc Zone
Aug 2007
This paper reviews the evolution of competitiveness in the CFA franc zone using a proposed comprehensive competitiveness framework. In particular, the authors examine competitiveness in the WAEMU...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Webcasts
American Business: Super Niche
Aug 2010
How can a small, retail business compete against bigger chains? The answer might be by offering something that those companies don't. Meet one entrepreneur who is beating his larger competitors by...
Provided by American Express
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Podcasts
Competing With Low Cost Rivals
Jan 2010
In this webcast, Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing, explains how traditional retailers can compete with low cost rivals during an economic downturn.
Provided by London Business School
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Webcasts
A View From Above: Lucy Reilly Fitch, Senior VP, Corporate Communications, BAE Systems, Inc.
Jan 2010
Lucy Reilly Fitch, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, BAE Systems, Inc., discusses the impact of the financial crisis on the industry and her company, controlling costs in a...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Webcasts
Clean Energy, The US, And China: Are We Falling Behind In Global Competition?
Nov 2009
In this webcast, the panelists discuss the possibility of the US lagging behind other countries such as China in creating and supporting clean energy initiatives.
Provided by Boston University School of Management
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Podcasts
Becker Brown Bag: How Productivity Benefits From Competition
Jun 2007
There's nothing like a little competition to suddenly boost productivity. Competition forced miners to double the amount of iron ore they dug per hour, as told in one case study. In another,...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Webcasts
Human Capital Institute Webcast: The ROI of Rewarding Talent
Oct 2010
Investment in talent surpasses the ROI from most other assets and processes in organizations. Can you show how talent investments pay back? This webcast introduces a ROI methodology most often...
Provided by Oracle
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Webcasts
Human Capital Institute Webcast: ROI Speak! Use Business Language to Make Your Case
Jan 2010
Do you speak language understood by your CFO, CIO and CEO? To get and keep a seat at the executive table, senior HR and talent leaders need to communicate in the language of business, especially...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers - Video
Microsoft Online Services from an Administrator's Point-Of-View
Oct 2010
This video presents an overview of Microsoft Online Services to see how you can accelerate deployment, simplify management and ensure you are always on the latest technology.
Provided by Microsoft
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Resource Center
Windows 7 Professional Test Drive Experience
Oct 2010
Learn more about Windows 7 Professional in two ways: Get hands-on and actually "test drive"; or simply watch a video about the features.
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Fraud Management With A Competitive Edge
Oct 2007
Large financial institutions that deal with a broad range of transactions - such as acquiring/issuing banks - retain fraud prevention and customer service responsibilities spanning a large number...
Provided by Verizon
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Whitepapers
IBM's System x eX5 servers attack customers' most challenging IT problems with efficiency and flexibility
Oct 2010
The System x eX5 family provides not only the performance, but also the flexibility necessary to address businesses most pressing needs: Performance and cost savings, all in one package. This...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The System x X5 Difference IBM Innovation on Industry Standard Servers
Oct 2010
For years, Industry Standard Servers have benefited organizations, but those days are over. This white paper shows how IBM eX5 systems allow organizations to combine the full advantages of Intel's...
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Whitepapers
Virtualization of SAP Applications with VMware vSphere on IBM System x3850 X5
Oct 2010
Virtualization plays a major role in driving improvements in SAP landscapes. IBM System x and BladeCenter servers with eX5 Technology offer customers benefits including higher utilization, reduced...
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Whitepapers
Sageza Snapshot: IBM Systems Migration Assurance
Oct 2010
In this analyst snapshot, Clay Ryder, President, The Sageza Group, discusses the factors that drive IT systems migrations, and reviews how the IBM Systems Migration Assurance package helps...
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Whitepapers
IBM Smart Products Virtual Briefing Center
Oct 2010
The Smart Products Virtual Briefing Center provides an access point to industry-specific solutions. You will be able to attend webcasts in the auditorium, visit the industry-specific knowledge...
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Webcasts
Wear Every Hat
Feb 2008
Brett Crosby, Google Analytics' Group Product Marketing Manager, shares a lesson from Michael E. Gerber's E-Myth series that's helped propel his business strategy: Do every job in your company,...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Critical Early Decisions With Long Lasting Results
Sep 2009
The pivotal points that changed the direction of Baidu's emergence, says its CEO Robin Li, include fewer extravagant expenditures (and planning for six months of capital to last for over a year),...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
Fail Cheaply And Disrupt Thyself
Oct 2009
Failure is a very important part of the learning process in Silicon Valley, says Greg Papadopoulos, CTO of Sun Microsystems. And people should disrupt themselves frequently and as inexpensively as...
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Webcasts
Business Fueling - And Refueling - Itself
Oct 2008
Eliminating the concept of waste, using current solar availability, and the celebration of diversity rethinks business-building resources from their most basic natural elements, and encourages...
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