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White Papers
Download the IDC Ten Best Practices Report
Feb 2012
The As a Service landscape can be overwhelming, so let CSC help you through the process. Start by reading this complimentary IDC Ten Best Practices Report for Cloud Service Selection and Management.
Provided by CSC
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White Papers
An innovative option for fast iPad and iPhone development
Feb 2011
Executive Summary Companies need to be more responsive and must improve customer service. To accomplish this, many business units hope to leverage the iPad and iPhone. There are a number of ways...
Provided by FileMaker
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Whitepapers
NetApp and VMware View Solution Guide
Feb 2012
This solution guide provides guidelines and best practices for architecting, deploying, and managing VMware View virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions on NetApp storage systems.
Provided by NetApp
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Whitepapers
Defender - The Right Way to Prove Identity and Establish Trust
May 2013
Proving the identity of the other party in an e-transaction or exchange of information is a critical security challenge. So what are today’s best identity solutions? And can they be seamlessly...
Provided by Dell Software
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Whitepapers
Restructuring, Consolidating, and Merging Active Directory, What You Need to Know Before You Start
May 2013
Making changes to Active Directory domains can be a risky proposition. Active Directory is at the center of today’s networks. Mission-critical applications, such as email, rely on Active...
Provided by Quest Software
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Whitepapers
Prepare Your Network for the Cloud
Dec 2012
Enterprises, small businesses and governments are looking to cloud-based solutions to solve some of their biggest business and technology challenges: reducing costs, reaching new levels of...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
Beyond Business as Usual: The Mega Shift toward Social Communications
Mar 2013
Constellation Research, Inc. has developed a provocative white paper that discusses how when integrated into the fabric of the Social Business, social communications transforms how innovative...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Using Smart processes to power intelligent enterprises
Jul 2012
Building an intelligent enterprise - one that can be an industry leader and a top performer - requires a combination of, smarter processes, better decision making and the right technology. To...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Mastering Mergers and Acquisitions
May 2013
Deliver a solid restructuring project during a merger or acquisition You’ve acquired a company – or your company is merging with another. Your challenge? To seamlessly restructure important...
Provided by Dell Software
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White Papers
ZDNet Make the Case: Business Case Template for Enterprise Search
Sep 2005
Enterprise search technologies enable organizations, employees and customers to more efficiently locate information. Where search engines often fail by returning too many results or extraneous...
Provided by ZDNet
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White Papers
Strategic Alliances - Viable Alternative To Create A Competitive Advantage In A Global Market
Feb 2011
In the past years, in the light of the economic turbulences all around the world, one of the most important ways to assure a competitive advantage is creating a strategic alliance. Such...
Provided by University of Bucharest
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Whitepapers
Webcast: Overcoming the Challenges to Value Chain Synchronization: Insights and Success Strategies
Oct 2012
Achieving value chain synchronization is critical for business success, but most organizations are facing huge challenges. There's a gap between where companies need to be and where they actually...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Restructuring, Consolidating, and Merging Active Directory, What You Need to Know Before You Start
Jan 2013
Making changes to Active Directory domains can be a risky proposition. Active Directory is at the center of today’s networks. Mission-critical applications, such as email, rely on Active...
Provided by Dell Software
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Whitepapers
Universal Video Collaboration
Sep 2012
The virtualization phenomenon is already well under way. Server and storage virtualization have led the way, but network, desktop and application virtualization are rapidly gaining acceptance....
Provided by LifeSize Communications, Inc.
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White Papers
Better Business Means Safer Business: A Call To Action For Global Trade
Apr 2008
The fact is the world has changed and the global trade industry must change in response. We know the global supply chain is not safe. We can do nothing and hope the threat will pass, or we can...
Provided by VISCO
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Whitepapers
Stay on course in any economic conditions with SOA
Jul 2009
With the economy in constant fluctuation, this white paper is especially timely. "Enhancing your infrastructure in an uncertain economy to support your SOA business initiatives" defines the...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Expanding Overseas: What You Need To Know
Feb 2009
Creating a presence in overseas markets is an exciting and potentially lucrative venture for many US technology organizations. It can also be a difficult one for companies new to international...
Provided by High Street Partners
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White Papers
The Issue with Virtual Data Rooms - Download White Paper
Sep 2009
Data Rooms have evolved over the past decades from physical data rooms to customer-hosted Virtual Data Rooms and to SaaS-based Virtual Data Rooms. Yet still, they are typically very costly, clunky...
Provided by Confidela
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Webcasts
Search Applications: The Future of Enterprise Search
Oct 2009
Enterprise search is changing. It's about immediate usability. Watch this new program and learn how to use search applications to improve daily decision-making, increase revenues, and cut costs in...
Provided by Endeca Technologies
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White Papers
Go Global, But Not Alone
Aug 2008
The current downturn in the U.S. has made global ventures increasingly attractive - and worth the learning curve. The good news is that the learning curve can be accelerated. This paper recounts...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go Global
Dec 2008
Produce the highest quality product or service at the lowest cost and sell that product in every market on the face of the earth. If you do this, you will successfully globalize your company. The...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Going Global: Blind Ambitions?
May 2009
Unless you have the good fortune of being at Google or Facebook, most venture capitalists would venture to say you're out of your mind to take your small business global in this economy. Beyond...
Provided by American Express
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Case Studies
Procter & Gamble: Trade Promotion Management
Nov 2008
Against ever growing competition in the consumer goods industry, P&G saw an opportunity to streamline its trade promotion management capabilities. The primary challenge was the lack of a...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
On The Move
Feb 2008
Although rarely viewed as a glamorous sector, direct custody and clearing is transforming itself to become a vibrant and increasingly important business. Direct custody and clearing has long...
Provided by Citigroup
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Case Studies
Taking The Plunge Into Exporting? Uncle Sam Is Right Behind You
Jan 2009
With a clear export strategy, getting started in worldwide business might be easier than you think. Bob Mraz is a 21st-century jetsetter - sealing deals in Abu Dhabi one week, Santiago the next...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
Is The Global Solution Right For You?
Jan 2009
Doing business overseas can bring big savings on labor costs - but plenty of risks as well. Outsourcing is fraught with risk. The problems can include everything from bad weather to congested...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
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White Papers
EnLoc: Energy-Efficient Localization for Mobile Phones
Jan 2009
A growing number of mobile phone applications utilize physical location to express the context of information. Most of these location-based applications assume GPS capabilities. Unfortunately, GPS...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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Webcasts
Reveal the power of information
Dec 2009
Concealed facts can badly affect decision-making. The duplication of knowledge is expensive. Our digital future needs efficient data management. Learn how enterprise search can increase the return...
Provided by Mindbreeze Software
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White Papers
Video: Globalization Best Practices: An Interview with Hackett President Wayne Mincey
Jan 2010
A brief webcast with Hackett President Wayne Mincey in which he discusses Globalization and touches on these key points: Globalization: a concept of "where do I get work done?" Impact of...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Crossing the Chasm Between the Service Desk and Operations
Jun 2008
IT organizations can significantly improve efficiency and reduce operational costs by creating environments with shared access to common data to support Operations and the Service Desk, and...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
How To Map And Compare Culture Across Firms
Jul 2007
In a globalizing economy, corporations and industries increasingly need to manage across cultural as well as geographic boundaries in communicating with their stakeholders. Do companies from the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Case Studies
Zero To Hero: Helping A Pharma Company Start Up Global Operations To Deliver A Potentially Life-Saving Antiviral
Jan 2010
A pharmaceutical startup company received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a promising antiviral. But before it could get a signed contract, it needed to guarantee quick delivery of...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Think Global. Serve Local: Helping A Global Bank In Its Efforts To Increase Competitive Advantage
May 2010
A global bank needed to improve the customer experience of clients in its highly profitable "Transaction services" business. As the business evolved and clients expanded their global footprint,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Building An Integrated Global Operation
Mar 2008
Seldom has the reach of corporations so exceeded their grasp as when they venture into foreign markets. While companies in the United States, Europe and Japan dramatically grow their sourcing,...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Global Mindset: An Overview
Feb 2008
A global mindset, by this definition, is not merely the sum of organizational capabilities such as diverse linguistic abilities, cultural sensitivity, and global IT infrastructure. Rather, it is...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Global Operating Model In A Multi-Polar World
May 2009
Emerging economies are increasingly shaping what we call a multi-polar world. A decade ago, only 20 companies from those economies appeared on the list of Fortune's Global 500; today that number...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Tomorrow's Global Giants? Not The Usual Suspects
Oct 2008
In the largest emerging markets, established multinationals and local players are battling for dominance. Conventional wisdom says MNCs rule in high-end, knowledge intensive businesses; local...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Multi-Polar World 2: The Rise Of The Emerging-Market Multinational
Mar 2008
Globalization, the formative idea, continues to affect the economic geography in ways that one is only beginning to understand. The rise of the multi-polar world is constantly reshaping the...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
New Faces, Places And Spaces - Customer-Centric Principles For Acquiring Customers In today's Multi-Polar World
May 2009
In an era of rapid globalization, extreme volatility and heightened risk, maintaining a strong customer focus is essential to achieving high performance: to withstand short-term pressures while...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Ten Key Societal Trends For Market Researchers: Domestic And Global
Oct 2009
The one thing that marketers cherish the most is a fleeting glimpse of the future. That glimpse would make the challenge of planning strategies, of devising the appropriate marketing mix elements,...
Provided by Decision Analyst
-
Whitepapers
Defender - The Right Way to Prove Identity and Establish Trust
May 2013
Proving the identity of the other party in an e-transaction or exchange of information is a critical security challenge. So what are today’s best identity solutions? And can they be seamlessly...
Provided by Dell Software
-
Whitepapers
Mastering Mergers and Acquisitions
May 2013
Deliver a solid restructuring project during a merger or acquisition You’ve acquired a company – or your company is merging with another. Your challenge? To seamlessly restructure important...
Provided by Dell Software
-
Whitepapers
Restructuring, Consolidating, and Merging Active Directory, What You Need to Know Before You Start
May 2013
Making changes to Active Directory domains can be a risky proposition. Active Directory is at the center of today’s networks. Mission-critical applications, such as email, rely on Active...
Provided by Quest Software
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Whitepapers
30 Business Practices for Remaining Competitive in a changing Economy
Dec 2012
In business, the winds of change are always blowing. Lately, it's been more like a full-blown gale. "With a rapidly changing economy creating both opportunities and risks for almost every...
Provided by Citrix Online
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Whitepapers
NetApp and VMware View Solution Guide
Feb 2012
This solution guide provides guidelines and best practices for architecting, deploying, and managing VMware View virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions on NetApp storage systems.
Provided by NetApp
-
Whitepapers
Beyond Business as Usual: The Mega Shift toward Social Communications
Mar 2013
Constellation Research, Inc. has developed a provocative white paper that discusses how when integrated into the fabric of the Social Business, social communications transforms how innovative...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The Bloor Group white paper : Smart Storage in the Age of the Cloud
Mar 2013
In the Bloor Group’s annual review of the IT industry, it has been identified three major IT trends. None of them could have caused much of a surprise. They were: The growth of cloud computing...
Provided by IBM Australia
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Whitepapers
How the Next Generation Works
Oct 2012
There’s now a group of people in the work¬place who are different. For all the difficulties surrounding comparisons between generations and the stereotyping it creates, there’s no doubt that...
Provided by British Telecom- AU
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Whitepapers
User Engagement Whitepaper
Feb 2013
This is not your father’s workforce. Multiple factors are changing the dynamics of today’s business demographics: new technologies, generational changes, and an unpredictable global economy, to...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Restructuring, Consolidating, and Merging Active Directory, What You Need to Know Before You Start
Jan 2013
Making changes to Active Directory domains can be a risky proposition. Active Directory is at the center of today’s networks. Mission-critical applications, such as email, rely on Active...
Provided by Dell Software
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Podcasts
Open Your Eyes with SAP Visual Enterprise Solutions
Dec 2012
Learn how you can accelerate decision making, optimize productivity, and improve quality – with SAP software that integrates 3D visualization and business data across your value chain.
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Prepare Your Network for the Cloud
Dec 2012
Enterprises, small businesses and governments are looking to cloud-based solutions to solve some of their biggest business and technology challenges: reducing costs, reaching new levels of...
Provided by Cisco
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Whitepapers
Connecting the dots for Smarter Commerce
May 2011
What's new in value chain visibility? Obtaining accurate and timely information to manage the complexities of today's value chains has been on the agenda for a long time. What's exciting is that...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Complimentary CIO Forum White Paper: Cloud Services Support HR's Growing Strategic Value
Oct 2012
Few would argue that a company's employees constitute its most valuable resource. These days, more and more emphasis is being placed on attracting and retaining employees, assigning the right...
Provided by SuccessFactors
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Whitepapers
Webcast: Overcoming the Challenges to Value Chain Synchronization: Insights and Success Strategies
Oct 2012
Achieving value chain synchronization is critical for business success, but most organizations are facing huge challenges. There's a gap between where companies need to be and where they actually...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
Universal Video Collaboration
Sep 2012
The virtualization phenomenon is already well under way. Server and storage virtualization have led the way, but network, desktop and application virtualization are rapidly gaining acceptance....
Provided by LifeSize Communications, Inc.
-
Whitepapers
Using Smart processes to power intelligent enterprises
Jul 2012
Building an intelligent enterprise - one that can be an industry leader and a top performer - requires a combination of, smarter processes, better decision making and the right technology. To...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Getting Ahead of the Competition: Maximizing SEPA Business Benefits Through OTC Transformation
Jul 2012
The introduction of Single European Payments Area (SEPA) is the most important initiative implemented within the payments landscape since the introduction of the euro in 2002. SEPA aims to create...
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Managing Information in the Enterprise: Perspectives for Business Leaders
Mar 2012
This Forbes Insight Paper shows how senior executives view the state of information management in their companies; the trend towards an EIM strategy as a competitive differentiator and areas of...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Download the IDC Ten Best Practices Report
Feb 2012
The As a Service landscape can be overwhelming, so let CSC help you through the process. Start by reading this complimentary IDC Ten Best Practices Report for Cloud Service Selection and Management.
Provided by CSC
-
White Papers
Re-orient? MNC Penetration And Contemporary Shifts In The Global Political Economy
Sep 2009
This paper analyzes IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Globalization, 1870-1914
May 2008
The period from 1870 to 1914 represented the high water mark of 19th century globalization, which, as Chapter 1.4 showed, had been developing since the end of the Napoleonic Wars. This paper will...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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White Papers
Postcolonial Ireland And Zimbabwe: Stagnation Before Convergence
Jun 2009
This paper discusses the slow and hesitant integration of two postcolonial economies into the global economy. One is Ireland, whose independence began in 1921, but which only found its place...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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White Papers
Interational Differences In Fiscal Policy During The Global Crisis
Aug 2010
The authors examine the cross-country dispersion in fiscal outcomes during 2007-2009. In principle, international differences in fiscal policy may be related to differences in optimal fiscal...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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White Papers
Rescaling Climate Justice: Sub-National Issues And Innovations For Low Carbon Futures
Oct 2010
Climate justice is emerging as a discourse for mobilising activism around the globe. The language of justice is less explicit as a policy principle despite long standing attention to negotiating...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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White Papers
External Adjustment And The Global Crisis
Aug 2011
The period preceding the global financial crisis was characterized by a substantial widening of current account imbalances across the world. Since the onset of the crisis, these imbalances have...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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White Papers
Globalization, EU Enlargement And Income Distribution
Jun 2007
Advanced industrial countries have been exhibiting a steady decline of the labor income shares in the last two decades. The authors explain this phenomenon by resorting to the old...
Provided by Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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White Papers
Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries
Oct 2010
The authors present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Their results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Global Sourcing Of Complex Production Processes
Nov 2010
The authors develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm's headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
Empirical Analysis Of Herding Behavior In Global Markets: Evidence From Industry Stock Returns
Dec 2007
This paper examines investors' herding behavior in an international setting. Using different measures of the cross-sectional dispersions of industry stock returns, the authors find supportive...
Provided by Drexel University
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White Papers
The Euro And Its Guardian Of Stability: The Fiction And Reality Of The 10th Anniversary Blast
Nov 2009
This paper investigates why Europe fared particularly poorly in the global economic crisis that began in August 2007. It questions the self-portrait of Europe as the victim of external shocks,...
Provided by Levy Economics Institute
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White Papers
How To Sustain The Chinese Economic Miracle? The Risk of Unraveling The Global Rebalancing
Sep 2010
This paper investigates China's role in creating global imbalances, and the related call for a massive renminbi revaluation as a (supposed) panacea to forestall their reemergence as the world...
Provided by Levy Economics Institute
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Webcasts
2018: Succeeding In A Volatile Market
Jan 2011
This webcast on 2018: Succeeding in a Volatile Market, presented by the Global Commerce Initiative, Capgemini, SAP and HP, examines the changing trends and dynamics that will impact the consumer...
Provided by Capgemini
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Webcasts
World Payments Report 2009: Exploring The attraction Of Global Transaction Services As A Business
Jan 2011
This webcast shows the World Payments Report 2009, jointly developed by Capgemini, RBS and Efma, provides an overview of the Non Cash Payments Market, including a focus on Regional Payments...
Provided by Capgemini
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White Papers
Do Implicit Barriers Matter For Investability And Globalization?
Jun 2009
Removal of explicit barriers may not result in global pricing of investable securities if implicit barriers are important. The authors use the conditional version of the Errunza and Losq (1985)...
Provided by University of Amsterdam
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White Papers
Globalization And Strategic Research Investments
Dec 2010
The authors develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These...
Provided by Institute for the Study of Labor
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White Papers
The Provision Of Infrastructure Via Private Finance Initiative
Apr 2009
The infrastructure delivery worldwide has recently shifted to a new paradigm where the government as the public procurer begins to rely on the private sectors' sources in providing assets and...
Provided by University of Technology
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White Papers
Measuring Economic Resilience And Vulnerability: Towards An International Index
Jan 2010
The world is now experiencing its worst synchronised economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. With its epicentre in the US subprime mortgage market, shockwaves spread rapidly...
Provided by University of Manchester
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White Papers
Evidence On Financial Globalization And Crisis: Capital Raisings
Jan 2011
Financial globalization opened international capital markets to investors and firms all over the world. Foreign capital raisings by firms have increased substantially since the early 1990s in...
Provided by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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White Papers
Global Crisis: Transmission Channels To The Developing And Transition Countries
Sep 2009
The failure of American sub prime mortgages has caused the outbreak of a financial crisis in the summer of 2007 in the USA. As consequence, American crisis has affected, the followed months, the...
Provided by University of Le Havre
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White Papers
Download the IDC Ten Best Practices Report
Feb 2012
The As a Service landscape can be overwhelming, so let CSC help you through the process. Start by reading this complimentary IDC Ten Best Practices Report for Cloud Service Selection and Management.
Provided by CSC
-
Whitepapers
Beyond Business as Usual: The Mega Shift toward Social Communications
Mar 2013
Constellation Research, Inc. has developed a provocative white paper that discusses how when integrated into the fabric of the Social Business, social communications transforms how innovative...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
An innovative option for fast iPad and iPhone development
Feb 2011
Executive Summary Companies need to be more responsive and must improve customer service. To accomplish this, many business units hope to leverage the iPad and iPhone. There are a number of ways...
Provided by FileMaker
-
White Papers
Better Business Means Safer Business: A Call To Action For Global Trade
Apr 2008
The fact is the world has changed and the global trade industry must change in response. We know the global supply chain is not safe. We can do nothing and hope the threat will pass, or we can...
Provided by VISCO
-
Whitepapers
Stay on course in any economic conditions with SOA
Jul 2009
With the economy in constant fluctuation, this white paper is especially timely. "Enhancing your infrastructure in an uncertain economy to support your SOA business initiatives" defines the...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Expanding Overseas: What You Need To Know
Feb 2009
Creating a presence in overseas markets is an exciting and potentially lucrative venture for many US technology organizations. It can also be a difficult one for companies new to international...
Provided by High Street Partners
-
White Papers
The Issue with Virtual Data Rooms - Download White Paper
Sep 2009
Data Rooms have evolved over the past decades from physical data rooms to customer-hosted Virtual Data Rooms and to SaaS-based Virtual Data Rooms. Yet still, they are typically very costly, clunky...
Provided by Confidela
-
Webcasts
Search Applications: The Future of Enterprise Search
Oct 2009
Enterprise search is changing. It's about immediate usability. Watch this new program and learn how to use search applications to improve daily decision-making, increase revenues, and cut costs in...
Provided by Endeca Technologies
-
White Papers
Go Global, But Not Alone
Aug 2008
The current downturn in the U.S. has made global ventures increasingly attractive - and worth the learning curve. The good news is that the learning curve can be accelerated. This paper recounts...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
On Your Mark, Get Set, Go Global
Dec 2008
Produce the highest quality product or service at the lowest cost and sell that product in every market on the face of the earth. If you do this, you will successfully globalize your company. The...
Provided by American Express
-
White Papers
Going Global: Blind Ambitions?
May 2009
Unless you have the good fortune of being at Google or Facebook, most venture capitalists would venture to say you're out of your mind to take your small business global in this economy. Beyond...
Provided by American Express
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Case Studies
Procter & Gamble: Trade Promotion Management
Nov 2008
Against ever growing competition in the consumer goods industry, P&G saw an opportunity to streamline its trade promotion management capabilities. The primary challenge was the lack of a...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
On The Move
Feb 2008
Although rarely viewed as a glamorous sector, direct custody and clearing is transforming itself to become a vibrant and increasingly important business. Direct custody and clearing has long...
Provided by Citigroup
-
Case Studies
Taking The Plunge Into Exporting? Uncle Sam Is Right Behind You
Jan 2009
With a clear export strategy, getting started in worldwide business might be easier than you think. Bob Mraz is a 21st-century jetsetter - sealing deals in Abu Dhabi one week, Santiago the next...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
Is The Global Solution Right For You?
Jan 2009
Doing business overseas can bring big savings on labor costs - but plenty of risks as well. Outsourcing is fraught with risk. The problems can include everything from bad weather to congested...
Provided by United Parcel Service of America
-
White Papers
EnLoc: Energy-Efficient Localization for Mobile Phones
Jan 2009
A growing number of mobile phone applications utilize physical location to express the context of information. Most of these location-based applications assume GPS capabilities. Unfortunately, GPS...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
Webcasts
Reveal the power of information
Dec 2009
Concealed facts can badly affect decision-making. The duplication of knowledge is expensive. Our digital future needs efficient data management. Learn how enterprise search can increase the return...
Provided by Mindbreeze Software
-
White Papers
Video: Globalization Best Practices: An Interview with Hackett President Wayne Mincey
Jan 2010
A brief webcast with Hackett President Wayne Mincey in which he discusses Globalization and touches on these key points: Globalization: a concept of "where do I get work done?" Impact of...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
ZDNet Make the Case: Business Case Template for Enterprise Search
Sep 2005
Enterprise search technologies enable organizations, employees and customers to more efficiently locate information. Where search engines often fail by returning too many results or extraneous...
Provided by ZDNet
-
White Papers
Crossing the Chasm Between the Service Desk and Operations
Jun 2008
IT organizations can significantly improve efficiency and reduce operational costs by creating environments with shared access to common data to support Operations and the Service Desk, and...
Provided by BMC Software
-
Whitepapers
Universal Video Collaboration
Sep 2012
The virtualization phenomenon is already well under way. Server and storage virtualization have led the way, but network, desktop and application virtualization are rapidly gaining acceptance....
Provided by LifeSize Communications, Inc.
-
White Papers
How To Map And Compare Culture Across Firms
Jul 2007
In a globalizing economy, corporations and industries increasingly need to manage across cultural as well as geographic boundaries in communicating with their stakeholders. Do companies from the...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
Case Studies
Zero To Hero: Helping A Pharma Company Start Up Global Operations To Deliver A Potentially Life-Saving Antiviral
Jan 2010
A pharmaceutical startup company received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a promising antiviral. But before it could get a signed contract, it needed to guarantee quick delivery of...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Think Global. Serve Local: Helping A Global Bank In Its Efforts To Increase Competitive Advantage
May 2010
A global bank needed to improve the customer experience of clients in its highly profitable "Transaction services" business. As the business evolved and clients expanded their global footprint,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Building An Integrated Global Operation
Mar 2008
Seldom has the reach of corporations so exceeded their grasp as when they venture into foreign markets. While companies in the United States, Europe and Japan dramatically grow their sourcing,...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Global Mindset: An Overview
Feb 2008
A global mindset, by this definition, is not merely the sum of organizational capabilities such as diverse linguistic abilities, cultural sensitivity, and global IT infrastructure. Rather, it is...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Global Operating Model In A Multi-Polar World
May 2009
Emerging economies are increasingly shaping what we call a multi-polar world. A decade ago, only 20 companies from those economies appeared on the list of Fortune's Global 500; today that number...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Tomorrow's Global Giants? Not The Usual Suspects
Oct 2008
In the largest emerging markets, established multinationals and local players are battling for dominance. Conventional wisdom says MNCs rule in high-end, knowledge intensive businesses; local...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
-
White Papers
Multi-Polar World 2: The Rise Of The Emerging-Market Multinational
Mar 2008
Globalization, the formative idea, continues to affect the economic geography in ways that one is only beginning to understand. The rise of the multi-polar world is constantly reshaping the...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
New Faces, Places And Spaces - Customer-Centric Principles For Acquiring Customers In today's Multi-Polar World
May 2009
In an era of rapid globalization, extreme volatility and heightened risk, maintaining a strong customer focus is essential to achieving high performance: to withstand short-term pressures while...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Ten Key Societal Trends For Market Researchers: Domestic And Global
Oct 2009
The one thing that marketers cherish the most is a fleeting glimpse of the future. That glimpse would make the challenge of planning strategies, of devising the appropriate marketing mix elements,...
Provided by Decision Analyst
-
White Papers
Operational Excellence: Choosing The Path That Works For You
May 2009
Disrupted by the forces of globalization and now slammed by the economic downturn, many companies are struggling with how best to become more operationally efficient. And a struggle it is: Some...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
From Global Connection To Global Orchestration: Future Business Models For High Performance
Jan 2010
As the world emerges from a period of economic torpor, attention is refocusing on two long-term trends whose continued rise has been obscured by the recent turmoil: the changing shape of...
Provided by Accenture
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Transformational CEOs Drive High Performance
Feb 2008
The pressure on CEOs to deliver results has never been higher. The forces of globalization, consolidation, private equity and shareholder scrutiny have driven CEO turnover to new records. So when...
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Going Global: Not So Risky Business
Jan 2010
Whether you're already using global resources or whether you're still evaluating this option, you need to make sure that you've considered all of the issues. While the availability and lower cost...
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Creating Effective Global Operations In A Multi-Polar World: How Leaders Differentiate To Achieve High Performance
May 2008
This paper presents a unique perspective on what it takes to achieve high performance in a world dominated by globalization. The paper reveals how global operations leaders' practices and...
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Global Segmentation - Dealing With Cross-Cultural Differences In Survey Rating Scale Usage
Sep 2007
Fourth-generation (4G) technologies are bringing high-speed broadband devices and services to the wireless world. This in-depth discussion by Accenture specialists explores the six major...
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High Performance Through Global Sourcing Leveraging International Procurement Organizations In Modern China
Feb 2008
The Asia Pacific region, particularly China, is currently considered the epicenter of global sourcing. In fact, China's success as a source of supply has also made it one of the world's fastest...
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Are Emerging-Market Multinationals Creating The Global Operating Models Of The Future?
May 2009
For Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), the rise of the multi-polar world creates an additional layer of complexity that makes global operating model configurations and organizational capabilities...
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Management Consulting And Integrated Markets Globalization: A Challenge And An Opportunity For The Finance Function
Jun 2008
Globalization, a force that has been shaping the political and commercial world for decades, is entering a new and more complex phase. It is no longer a concept exported to the emerging world by...
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