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Webcasts
Demo: Analysis with IBM Cognos Express
Sep 2009
Midsize businesses need the ability to spot business problems immediately and recognize emerging trends quickly. They should be able to easily answer essential business questions such as, "Which...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
DAI: IBM Smart SOA Application Foundation: The Right Choice for Proven, Reliable Business Transactions
Dec 2009
In today's interconnected world, organizations and customers need reliable business transactions. Read this white paper to see how IBM WebSphere Application Server can ensure transactional...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
A Case Study in Scientific Application Streaming at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jan 2010
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) serves as the connector and integrator of Harvard's teaching and research efforts in engineering, applied sciences (including computer...
Provided by Intel
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White Papers
Tripwire Log Center: Next Generation Log and Event Management
Feb 2010
Tripwire Log Center, a complete log and event management solution, offers sophisticated security event analysis and ultra-efficient log management. With Tripwire Log Center, you can query and...
Provided by Tripwire
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Webcasts
Analyst Webcast with Merv Adrian: Leverage your Data Assets Across the Global Enterprise
Mar 2010
We are pleased to have Merv Adrian, IT Market Strategy Analyst, join us in this Sybase sponsored webcast to explore the critical issue of data integration environments in the enterprise - many of...
Provided by Sybase
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Webcasts
Sales PM Demo
Mar 2010
Learn how to turn the information intensity of your job into a competitive advantage. Pay attention to certain sweet spots of information, make better decisions, create better goals, and set...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Service Desk Consolidation Insight
Dec 2009
If your enterprise has multiple service desks in different geographies using disparate, disjointed tools and supporting diverse but possibly overlapping constituencies, you may be wasting hundreds...
Provided by BMC Software
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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
Podcast: Bank Governance - Preparing for Greater Scrutiny & Oversight
Apr 2010
As companies face a tighter regulatory environment, boards have an increasingly important role to play in risk governance. In addition to being more active, board member roles are likely to become...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Moving the Mountain: Address R&D Efficiencies
Apr 2010
Many research and development (R&D) organizations largely focus on reducing administrative inefficiencies, yet they tend to overlook the bigger issue of engineering churn, which is caused by...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Strategy: Definitions & Meanings
Mar 2010
The concept of strategy has been adopted from the military and adapted for use in business. In business, as in the military, strategy bridges the gap between policy and tactics. Together, strategy...
Provided by Fred Nickols
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White Papers
Strategy and the Balanced Scorecard
May 2006
A key attribute of strategy formation is performing a different set of activities than the rivals. By choosing a distinct set of related activities one has the opportunity to create unique value...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Strategy Maps for Government Organizations
May 2006
As today's government organizations continue to look for effective tools to improve performance management, leading organizations are leveraging the power of strategy maps to help execute...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Strategy Execution in Government Organizations
May 2006
Similar to the private sector in the post-Enron era, today's government organizations face accountability and stewardship challenges like never before. In addition, government organizations...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Putting The Service- Profit Chain To Work
Jun 2008
What drives growth and profitability in a service business? Highly satisfied customers. And to keep those customers profitable, you need to manage all the aspects of your operation that affect...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Reduce Maintenance Costs
Apr 2008
Maintenance usually isn't top priority for many companies until something breaks at the worst possible time. Then it's a matter of urgency to get everything up and running on schedule again. But...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Strategy In Action A Strategy Viewpoint
Jun 2007
Corporate executives used to look upon issues of their corporate culture as "Soft and fuzzy" areas over which they had little control. No longer. Today's senior leaders are increasingly finding...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
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...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Small Business Benefits: Cost-Effective Strategies For Maximizing ROI
Jul 2009
The oars of a rowboat help to maneuver and move the boat forward. Rowing requires teamwork in order to successfully navigate - the loss of even one team member can make a significant impact on the...
Provided by Metlife
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White Papers
To Succeed In The Long Term, Focus On The Middle Term
Jun 2007
Why do so many promising ventures fail? After transforming hot ideas into fledgling businesses, some companies drop them when executives realize they won't pay off quickly. In other firms,...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Choosing Management strategy
Mar 2010
The authors describe two structured decision-making methods-one using a hierarchy of goals and a second using ranking on the sum of the weighted criteria-that may be useful for many practical...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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White Papers
Is Your Growth Strategy Flying Blind?
Apr 2009
Your company's best growth opportunities may be hidden by the big picture. To find those opportunities, look at markets and performance under a microscope. For example, a large industrial company...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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Case Studies
Telecommunications Company Has Success With Real Estate Operations, Systems And Process Improvement
Jan 2010
The corporate real estate department of a large telecommunications company was seeking to reorganize and enhance its customer service and strategic value to the company through improved processes...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Future-Proofing Your Strategy: The Gorilla Before Your Eyes
Feb 2008
The sub-prime mortgage meltdown and Mattel's toy recall remind us of the challenge of developing and implementing strategy in a world of high uncertainty. "There is a growing need for "peripheral...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Case Studies
Bringing Total Rewards In Line With Organizational Business Strategy
May 2010
A 400-bed not-for-profit hospital, during the implementation of its strategic plan, found that its total rewards programs were not doing well and in need of critical care. This hospital was among...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
LG Electronics: The Blue Ocean Strategy
Feb 2010
LG Electronics, Inc. (LGE) was primarily known for its low-cost appliances had more than 72,000 employees working in about 77 subsidiaries and marketing units across the world. Youngdungpo-gu,...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
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Case Studies
Fast, Furious - And Focused Unilever Sells Two Major Shared Services Centers In The Blink Of An Eye And Refocuses On Its Core Business
May 2010
Unilever is among the largest consumer products companies across the world. With an intention of focusing on its core business activities in Latin America that were exhibiting exceptional growth...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Cutting Out The Middleman Isn't Always Best For The Consumer
Nov 2009
The Internet and other information technologies have complicated the relationship between manufacturers and retailers. Whereas the traditional distribution model had four levels - manufacturer,...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
Oiling Board Processes: The Dynamic Evolution From 'Company Secretary' to 'Corporate Governance Officer'
Jan 2009
In the wake of the current financial crisis, a new wave of regulation will certainly emerge on how boards should be run; the processes and structures to support board performance. As the number of...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Economic Downturn ?Opens Doors? For Recycling Business Worn Again
Oct 2009
One of the greatest challenges facing social business Worn Again is the widely-held public assumption that any product made from recycled materials must be cheaper than conventional merchandise on...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
A Comparative Analysis Of Strategies And Strategy-Making In The U.S. And China
Feb 2010
The comparative studies indicate that change toward adoption of the electric car and clean coal within the U.S. and China, as well as transnational change toward developing clean energy and...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Cross-Boundary Disruptors: Powerful Inter-Industry Entrepreneurial Change Agents
Oct 2007
Based on comparative case studies of Apple Computer's strategic actions in the music and cellular telephony industries, author develops the concept of "Cross-Boundary Disruptor" as a new type of...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Strategic Consequences of Co-Evolutionary Lock-In: Insights From A Longitudinal Process Study
Nov 2008
Based on longitudinal research of Intel's strategic evolution and grounded theorizing efforts, author examine the strategic consequences of the substantive concept of coevolutionary lock-in in...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Who Is Really interested In Risk Management?
Jan 2010
The global credit crisis has once again focused attention on risk management practices in the banking industry. The discipline of risk management had been developing quite rapidly in both the...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Earth Provides Model For Sustainable Profits
Sep 2008
In a world where the price of oil is fluctuating, government regulation of greenhouse gases is tightening and consumers are switching to more ecofriendly products, sustainable product development...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Webcasts
IBM Information Archive: Next Generation Information Retention Solution
Jul 2010
IBM Information Archive is the next-generation information retention solution designed as a universal archiving repository for all types of content to help midsize and enterprise clients reduce...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Development And Application Of The Leadership Archetype Questionnaire
Mar 2009
The Leadership Assessment Questionnaire (LAQ) is a 360-degree survey instrument designed to help organizational leaders identify their own style of leadership and formulate appropriate development...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Impossible Selves: Image Strategies And Identity Threat In Professional - Women~s Career Transitions
Nov 2007
This paper uses the notion of identify threat to explain gender differences in responses to the image and identity gap created by professional's transition into client advisory roles. While both...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Top Five: Business Strategies To Avoid
May 2010
Business owners are always looking for ways to grow their companies, but what strategies should you avoid? This webcast talks about five things not to do courtesy of "The Retail Doctor" Bob Phibbs.
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Automate, integrate and connect work processes with smart work.
Jul 2010
Companies are rethinking the way people work and discovering new resources for collaboration, mobility and flexibility in the process. This short, entertaining video explores the advantages of...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Management, Strategic Management Theories And The Linkage With Organizational Competitive Advantage
Sep 2010
The main objective of this paper is to review the evolution of management theory, overview of strategic management theory and its linkage with the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm's...
Provided by Universiti Putra Malaysia
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White Papers
Selling Your Company
Apr 2010
How Selling Your Company To Management Can be a Smart Exit Strategy Business owners often overlook selling their company to management as a possible exit strategy. But for solid companies with...
Provided by Lantern Capital Advisors
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White Papers
Achieving Excellence In After-Sales Services: A Primer For Industrial Companies
Sep 2009
Inspired by the success of these and other pioneering manufacturers, a number of industrial goods companies have attempted to make the shift from pure manufacturing organizations to organizations...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Securing Data in the Cloud
Nov 2010
This document is intended to give a broad overview of our security policies, processes and practices current at the date of writing. It would be impossible to describe all security controls in a...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Bandwidth Bandits
Nov 2010
This paper will discuss how the Internet bandwidth is a finite and expensive resource that needs protection from spammers, criminals, hackers, time-wasters and employee misuse. Not only is it...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Managing Your Wireless Workforce
Nov 2010
Explosive growth in the mobile workforce has led to increasing attention paid to the security of mobile data and devices. Mobile data security is most effective when implemented in a series of...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
ESG - Accelerating Data Migration with WAN Optimization
Aug 2010
Migrating large amounts of data over distance can be costly and time consuming. It's also necessary for IT tasks such as remote office backup, data center moves, and cloud computing models. The...
Provided by Riverbed
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White Papers
Banking On Lean Advantage
Jul 2010
Lean advantage is unique in several ways. First, it takes a strategic view of operations. The goals of operations improvement - for example, lower costs, higher revenues, and improved customer...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Four Imperative For Hedge Funds
Sep 2008
As assets under management (AuM) in hedge funds approach $2 trillion globally - and as institutional demands and inflows increasingly drive the alternative investment market - industry leaders are...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Trading Up, Updated
Mar 2008
Trading up and treasure hunting are not limited to the United States. They are just as relevant and powerful in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, and Japan. The socio-demographic forces...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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White Papers
Winning The Localization Game
Jan 2008
Automotive markets in China and India are growing at breakneck speed. From 2001 through 2007, markets for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles achieved compound annual growth rates (CAGR5)...
Provided by Boston Consulting Group
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Whitepapers
White paper: Delivering Trusted Information with IBM InfoSphere Foundation Tools
Nov 2010
As businesses undertake information centric projects such as Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Smart Analytics, Master Data Management, Application Consolidation to unlock business value of...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
LotusLive Engage Securitywhitepaper: Why is security a competitive differentiator for LotusLive and LotusLive Engage?
Nov 2010
Security is a competitive differentiator for LotusLive and LotusLive Engage. Engage's business-ready security is based on a deep understanding of security and privacy best practices, in both IBM...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Oracle, Sun and HP customers are choosing POWER7. Find out why.
Nov 2010
Continual and timely upgrades of UNIX systems can enable growth and lower costs. But for some Sun/Oracle and HP customers, expected upgrade plans have hit major hurdles. Read this Clipper Group...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Prepare For The Recovery: A B2B Checklist
Apr 2010
What is clear is that, for 2010, business-to-business marketers need to change their focus from "Marketing in a downturn" to "Marketing for success in the recovery." And that's going to take more...
Provided by Godfrey
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Webcasts
Economic Lessons From Silicon Valley
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
How To Survive In A Downturn Economy
Sep 2010
Despite Chile having many scientists and entrepreneurs, Economic Minister Fontaine claims his nation currently needs greater interconnection between these professional groups. Learning from the...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
The Guru Who Learnt Things From The Tsunami
Jul 2007
Listen to your inner voice, Jain said, adding had it not been for some subconscious force that made him walk away from the beach on that fateful December morning, he would not have been alive....
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Kellogg Team Wins In Net Impact 'Green' Competition
Jul 2007
The Kellogg students have worked hard in recent months to encourage their peers, their professors and staff members to be as passionate about being "Green" as they are about the school itself....
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Keys To 'Leading An Agile Recovery'
Apr 2010
People who are very good at turnarounds tend to view these things as projects, said panelist Lou Kacyn EMP-24, an executive search consultant with Egon Zehnder International. "They're very...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Executive MBA Luncheon Speaker Series: Lou Schorsch
May 2010
It's a tight market for commodities, but Lou Schorsch is glad to be in the business of steel. During the economic crisis, steel continued to be an important resource for developing countries -...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Executive MBA Luncheon Speaker Series: Maersk Line President And CEO John Reinhart
Dec 2009
John Reinhart's company made headlines in April when its ship, the Maersk Alabama, was hijacked by Somali pirates. Within two hours of learning of the attack, all of Maersk Line Ltd.'s...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged?
Dec 2009
According to the research, power and influence can cause a severe disconnect between public judgment and private behavior, and as a result, the powerful are stricter in their judgment of others...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
'Power Of Collaboration' On Display At Kellogg Black Management Conference
Mar 2008
Johnson said he found cracks in that glass ceiling in his early days partly by strategically partnering with white-owned companies to gain what he termed a "Good Housekeeping seal of approval."...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Designing The Future
May 2008
Leadership is the constant that makes businesses successful, regardless of the products and services they offer, said Jim McNerney, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Staking A Claim In China
Feb 2009
When St. Louis-based Emerson began developing a presence in China in the late 1970s, there was no clear-cut formula for success. It was catch-as-catch-can in a new frontier, said Sara Yang Bosco,...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Decoding Terror
Mar 2009
What message are terrorists trying to send, and how should national leaders respond? That is a question Kellogg School Associate Professor Sandeep Baliga explored at a recent Kellogg School...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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Podcasts
Building An Organization, Building A Team
Apr 2009
After two decades in start-up entrepreneurship, Mari Baker, current CEO of PlayFirst, shares some of her lifelong strategies for long-lasting success. She stresses defining the relentless purpose...
Provided by Stanford University
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Webcasts
The History Of Strategy In Commercial Banking
Mar 2008
Tech companies deposit about seven times the amount that they borrow. And at Silicon Valley Bank, recalls CEO Ken Wilcox, the methodology his venture has used to invest these excess deposits is a...
Provided by Stanford University
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Whitepapers
Powering Your Global Professional Service Workforce with Web-Based Meeting and Collaboration Tools
Sep 2010
Today, the global marketplace isn't just for giants in the professional services industry. Organizations of all sizes are globalizing operations with a little help from web-based meeting and...
Provided by Citrix Online
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White Papers
Leadership And Successful Financial Performance In Healthcare
Nov 2008
This white paper aims to advance this process by identifying five leadership activities that consistently occur in financially successful not-for-profit healthcare organizations. The authors...
Provided by National Center for Healthcare Leadership
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Training
Microsoft Virtual Labs Hyper V-Edition
Oct 2010
After completing this lab, you will be better able to use the Home tab, Users and Groups tab, Network tab, Shared Folders and Web sites tab, backup and Server Storage tab, reports tab, security...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Improve business resiliency with cloud computing solutions and services from IBM
Oct 2010
As the world gets more complex and smarter, organizations are facing tremendous data-growth challenges, increased demand for continuous uptime and the need to significantly lower costs. Cloud...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
The Effects Of Early Retirement On Youth Unemployment: The Case Of Belgium
Dec 2007
This paper applies the maximum likelihood panel cointegration method of Larsson and Lyhagen (2007) to test the strong PPP hypothesis using data for the G7 countries. This method is robust in...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
The Choice Of Monetary And Exchange Rate Arrangements For A Small, Open, Low-Income Economy
Mar 2008
In a recent paper, Bai and Perron (2006) demonstrate that their approach for testing for multiple structural breaks in time series works well in large samples, but they found substantial...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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White Papers
Investment Incentives And Effective Tax Rates In The Philippines: A Comparison With Neighboring Countries
Jul 2008
The authors analyse optimal discretionary games between a benevolent central bank and a myopic government in a New Keynesian model. First, when lump-sum taxes are available and public debt is...
Provided by International Monetary Fund
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Podcasts
Chicago GSB Podcast: Getting The Basics Right Is Key To McDonald's Turnaround
Jan 2008
Ralph Alvarez, president and COO of McDonalds, talks about strategy and why getting the basics right are important. As Alvarez discussed, "When you have a problem, you get permission to make...
Provided by University of Chicago (Booth)
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Podcasts
Behind The BP Furor: Why Some Firms Face Ire And Not Others
Aug 2010
BP, Toyota and Goldman Sachs have taken public image beatings in 2010. Many would say deservedly so. But other firms linked to irresponsible behavior have escaped close scrutiny. Thunderbird...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Podcasts
Closing The Services Gap
Jul 2010
Services companies struggling to close the gap between their customers' expectations and perceived experiences need to look at four areas where blunders occur, Thunderbird Professor Sundaresan...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Podcasts
Fastest Way To Build Your Brand
Jul 2010
The fastest way for any customer service organization to build its brand is to admit a problem and then fix it, Thunderbird Professor Sundaresan Ram, Ph.D., said June 30 at Thunderbird School of...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Strategy Maps for Government Organizations
May 2006
As today's government organizations continue to look for effective tools to improve performance management, leading organizations are leveraging the power of strategy maps to help execute...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Strategy Execution in Government Organizations
May 2006
Similar to the private sector in the post-Enron era, today's government organizations face accountability and stewardship challenges like never before. In addition, government organizations...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Putting The Service- Profit Chain To Work
Jun 2008
What drives growth and profitability in a service business? Highly satisfied customers. And to keep those customers profitable, you need to manage all the aspects of your operation that affect...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Reduce Maintenance Costs
Apr 2008
Maintenance usually isn't top priority for many companies until something breaks at the worst possible time. Then it's a matter of urgency to get everything up and running on schedule again. But...
Provided by MasterCard
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White Papers
Strategy In Action A Strategy Viewpoint
Jun 2007
Corporate executives used to look upon issues of their corporate culture as "Soft and fuzzy" areas over which they had little control. No longer. Today's senior leaders are increasingly finding...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
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...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Small Business Benefits: Cost-Effective Strategies For Maximizing ROI
Jul 2009
The oars of a rowboat help to maneuver and move the boat forward. Rowing requires teamwork in order to successfully navigate - the loss of even one team member can make a significant impact on the...
Provided by Metlife
-
White Papers
To Succeed In The Long Term, Focus On The Middle Term
Jun 2007
Why do so many promising ventures fail? After transforming hot ideas into fledgling businesses, some companies drop them when executives realize they won't pay off quickly. In other firms,...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Choosing Management strategy
Mar 2010
The authors describe two structured decision-making methods-one using a hierarchy of goals and a second using ranking on the sum of the weighted criteria-that may be useful for many practical...
Provided by University of Minnesota
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White Papers
Is Your Growth Strategy Flying Blind?
Apr 2009
Your company's best growth opportunities may be hidden by the big picture. To find those opportunities, look at markets and performance under a microscope. For example, a large industrial company...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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Case Studies
Telecommunications Company Has Success With Real Estate Operations, Systems And Process Improvement
Jan 2010
The corporate real estate department of a large telecommunications company was seeking to reorganize and enhance its customer service and strategic value to the company through improved processes...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Future-Proofing Your Strategy: The Gorilla Before Your Eyes
Feb 2008
The sub-prime mortgage meltdown and Mattel's toy recall remind us of the challenge of developing and implementing strategy in a world of high uncertainty. "There is a growing need for "peripheral...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
Case Studies
Bringing Total Rewards In Line With Organizational Business Strategy
May 2010
A 400-bed not-for-profit hospital, during the implementation of its strategic plan, found that its total rewards programs were not doing well and in need of critical care. This hospital was among...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
LG Electronics: The Blue Ocean Strategy
Feb 2010
LG Electronics, Inc. (LGE) was primarily known for its low-cost appliances had more than 72,000 employees working in about 77 subsidiaries and marketing units across the world. Youngdungpo-gu,...
Provided by IBS Case Development Centre
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Case Studies
Fast, Furious - And Focused Unilever Sells Two Major Shared Services Centers In The Blink Of An Eye And Refocuses On Its Core Business
May 2010
Unilever is among the largest consumer products companies across the world. With an intention of focusing on its core business activities in Latin America that were exhibiting exceptional growth...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Cutting Out The Middleman Isn't Always Best For The Consumer
Nov 2009
The Internet and other information technologies have complicated the relationship between manufacturers and retailers. Whereas the traditional distribution model had four levels - manufacturer,...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
Oiling Board Processes: The Dynamic Evolution From 'Company Secretary' to 'Corporate Governance Officer'
Jan 2009
In the wake of the current financial crisis, a new wave of regulation will certainly emerge on how boards should be run; the processes and structures to support board performance. As the number of...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Economic Downturn ?Opens Doors? For Recycling Business Worn Again
Oct 2009
One of the greatest challenges facing social business Worn Again is the widely-held public assumption that any product made from recycled materials must be cheaper than conventional merchandise on...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
A Comparative Analysis Of Strategies And Strategy-Making In The U.S. And China
Feb 2010
The comparative studies indicate that change toward adoption of the electric car and clean coal within the U.S. and China, as well as transnational change toward developing clean energy and...
Provided by Stanford University
-
White Papers
Cross-Boundary Disruptors: Powerful Inter-Industry Entrepreneurial Change Agents
Oct 2007
Based on comparative case studies of Apple Computer's strategic actions in the music and cellular telephony industries, author develops the concept of "Cross-Boundary Disruptor" as a new type of...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Strategic Consequences of Co-Evolutionary Lock-In: Insights From A Longitudinal Process Study
Nov 2008
Based on longitudinal research of Intel's strategic evolution and grounded theorizing efforts, author examine the strategic consequences of the substantive concept of coevolutionary lock-in in...
Provided by Stanford University
-
White Papers
Who Is Really interested In Risk Management?
Jan 2010
The global credit crisis has once again focused attention on risk management practices in the banking industry. The discipline of risk management had been developing quite rapidly in both the...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
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White Papers
Earth Provides Model For Sustainable Profits
Sep 2008
In a world where the price of oil is fluctuating, government regulation of greenhouse gases is tightening and consumers are switching to more ecofriendly products, sustainable product development...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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Webcasts
IBM Information Archive: Next Generation Information Retention Solution
Jul 2010
IBM Information Archive is the next-generation information retention solution designed as a universal archiving repository for all types of content to help midsize and enterprise clients reduce...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Development And Application Of The Leadership Archetype Questionnaire
Mar 2009
The Leadership Assessment Questionnaire (LAQ) is a 360-degree survey instrument designed to help organizational leaders identify their own style of leadership and formulate appropriate development...
Provided by INSEAD
-
White Papers
Impossible Selves: Image Strategies And Identity Threat In Professional - Women~s Career Transitions
Nov 2007
This paper uses the notion of identify threat to explain gender differences in responses to the image and identity gap created by professional's transition into client advisory roles. While both...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Top Five: Business Strategies To Avoid
May 2010
Business owners are always looking for ways to grow their companies, but what strategies should you avoid? This webcast talks about five things not to do courtesy of "The Retail Doctor" Bob Phibbs.
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Automate, integrate and connect work processes with smart work.
Jul 2010
Companies are rethinking the way people work and discovering new resources for collaboration, mobility and flexibility in the process. This short, entertaining video explores the advantages of...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
Collab LotusLive: Cloud Advantage Podcast Series
Aug 2010
Join us for a series of podcasts where experts weigh in on the value of cloud computing. You'll hear why cloud is such a hot topic, how secure it is to collaborate with, and if it's right for your...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Crafting A Bold And Compelling Future
Jan 2010
Many companies begin formulating their strategy without addressing the hallway conversations. Others go through the motions without addressing critical context issues. In both cases, they...
Provided by American Management Association
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Whitepapers
BRMS Whitepaper: Agile Decision Services: How IBM ILOG's Business Rule Management System Helps Organizations Deliver Fast Time to Value for Business and IT
Aug 2010
This paper explores the challenges that organizations face in trying to deliver quick time-to -value for IT projects and achieve the status of 'agile enterprise'. It illustrates how IBM®...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Picture This
Apr 2008
By better understanding and taking advantage of the innate visual processing capabilities, we can radically improve how we look at complex information sets. Through just a few simple steps (laying...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Middle Management May Hinder Diversity Initiatives
Jun 2007
Middle managers focus on long-term strategy and the status quo. Because they're generally rewarded for maintaining current results, they often become roadblocks to inclusion initiatives. There are...
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White Papers
Lessons In Business... From The Humble Firefly
May 2010
The mimicry studies suggest that, when meeting people for the first time, you can develop good relationships in a quicker time by repeating back selectively the same words that they use. In fact,...
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Stop Wasting Your Time On The Internet
Apr 2010
If you consider yourself a business person, and your business revolves around the internet, it might be good to consider how you spend your time building that business. Why bring this up? Because...
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Webcasts
Cardmember Profile: BP Landscapes
Jun 2009
Pieter Rossi combined his business talents with his partner's background in landscape architecture, but waited to bring on staff until they learned every aspect of the business on their own - a...
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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...
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Webcasts
Made To Stick: Creating A Simple Strategy
Nov 2009
Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick, speaks with Fast Company about running a successful business by keeping things simple.
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Whitepapers
Addressing IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) to meet regulatory requirements and reduce operational risk in financial services organizations
Aug 2010
Effective IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) is essential for financial services organizations to meet increasingly stringent regulatory and audit requirements and reduce business...
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IT service management in an uncertain economy: Resetting IT priorities in the financial services industry.
Aug 2010
Recent economic turmoil and uncertainty are driving important changes in how financial services organizations are investing in IT, according to a global survey of CIOs and other IT investment...
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