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Achieving High Performance Through Information Management Services: A Realistic Route To Capture The Next-Generation Customer
Mar 2009
Many communications, entertainment and high-tech companies have lost sight of what their customers want today and what they are looking for in the immediate future. They are tied to obsolete views...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Knowing Beats Guessing How Governments Are Using Analytics To Improve Service And Efficiency
Jun 2008
In more and more tax jurisdictions worldwide, government agencies are starting to use advanced analytics methods to answer such questions, improving their revenue collection systems while...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Rapid And Sustained Cost Management: The Winning Edge In Uncertain Times
Sep 2009
In times of economic uncertainty, organizations have two fundamental choices: hunker down or strengthen their strategic positions. What is the winning strategy? Accenture's High Performance...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Building The Global Enterprise: Where China Fits Now
Jun 2007
In barely two decades, since the introduction of economic reform in 1978 and its entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, China has moved from a planned economy to a market-driven economy....
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
On Competition
Sep 2008
In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition. Often, however, managers define competition too narrowly, as if it occurred only among today's direct competitors....
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
If You're Not Making Money Now, You Never Will
Feb 2008
It's Boom Time. Across the board, business in our country has never been stronger. Strong employment. Strong retail sales figures. Overall growth that doubles official estimates. We're the world's...
Provided by ActionCOACH
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White Papers
Walk Away From Your Business For A Lifestyle Of Dreams
Jun 2008
Here are six tips for designing and implementing business strategies and systems that work - and earn more money - while their owners' enjoy living out their dreams. (1) Spend more time dreaming...
Provided by ActionCOACH
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White Papers
High Performance: Forging A Firm Strategy Is Essential For Global Success
May 2008
Growth is the goal for most companies, but especially for those seeking to achieve high performance. The most successful companies - established ones as well as emerging leaders - are finding the...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Developing A Smarter Sales Organization
Oct 2007
Sales teams are missing revenue targets, not hitting quota and facing stalled opportunities as organizations strive to remain competitive and service increasingly discerning customers. In...
Provided by ECT News Network
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White Papers
How To Navigate The Challenges Of Cross-Border M&A
Oct 2009
Cross-border M&A volume has increased significantly over the past decade in parallel with an overall globalization trend that has seen the maturation of a number of emerging markets. Although the...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy To Operations For Competitive Advantage
Sep 2008
Managing Strategy Differs from managing operations. But both are vital, and need to be integrated. As strategy authority Michael Porter has noted, "Operational effectiveness and strategy are both...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Strategy As Learning
Apr 2010
Businesses that seek sustainable competitive advantage must set aside the view that strategy is planning and embrace the idea that strategy is learning, says Willie Pietersen - Professor of the...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
It's Time To Heighten Your IT Due Diligence
Apr 2010
If the IT infrastructure is fine, why conduct due diligence? Difficult economic times have greatly reduced acquisition deal flow across the private equity sector. It appears this change in...
Provided by Bank of America
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White Papers
When You Shouldn't Go Global
Nov 2008
Globalization promises substantial advantages like new growth and scale. For some companies, it's paid off handsomely. But global mania has also blinded many firms to a hard truth: global...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
When To Walk Away From A Deal
Nov 2007
Is your company prone to 'Deal fever - getting so excited while pursuing acquisitions that it skimps on due diligence? Caught up in the thrill of the chase, many firms use due diligence to justify...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Predicting Your Competitor's Reaction
Mar 2009
Considering launching a new product? Making a price change? Implementing some other strategic move? If so, one needs to know how the toughest competitors might respond. But most competitive...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
In Uncertain Times, Businesses Need Dynamic Planning To Chart Course To High Performance
Jul 2009
Amid the current global economic storm, agility has emerged more strongly than ever as an essential factor for survival and success. The global financial crisis and increasingly volatile economic...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
The Future Used To Be Easier: Planning For Success In Dynamic Environments
Mar 2010
Financial and economic cataclysms have a way of uncovering chinks in the armor. For years, most companies ran business planning as a rote annual exercise that was cumbersome, time-consuming, and...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
The Influence Of Financial Derivatives In Global Commodity Markets
Jul 2009
Commodity markets are in a remarkable state of flux. Changes in the balance of supply and demand are a part of the reason, but so is the increased use of commodity based financial derivatives...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
The Green Link To High Performance In Retail
Aug 2007
Going green isn't just good for the environment - it's good for business too. By making green a core value, involving the entire enterprise in a process of transformation that embraces all of the...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Teaching Hospital Embraces Cutting-Edge Technology
Jan 2010
A large academic medical center in California wanted to implement a Web-based image distribution system to improve access to radiological information for its patients across the entire medical...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Corporate Responsibility And Sustainability In Retail
Jan 2010
A large U.S. based consumer goods retailer realized that to offer goods at outlet prices, it needed to keep its own costs under tight control along with extracting total value for money with its...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Aligning People, Processes And Technology To Drive Profitability In The Retail Sector
May 2010
A leading discount retailer realized that they had a problem with turnover, but was unsure about how much turnover was really costing it beyond the typical "HR Costs." Also, the company was...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Home Improvement Retailer Delivers The Goods - Better
May 2009
For decades, companies have been doing just that - be it the milkman, the pizza delivery shop, or the hardware store delivering your new appliance. For as far back as we can remember, someone has...
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
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Case Studies
London Life Insurance Provides Financial Statements Over The Web
Sep 2009
London Life Insurance needed to move quickly after it acquired Prudential Insurance Company's entire Canadian business operations near the end of 1996. London Life wanted to welcome its new client...
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
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Case Studies
AMCORE Bank
Jul 2009
AMCORE Bank called on Pitney Bowes Business Insight to provide sophisticated analytical tools with consulting services that could improve its site selection process. Pitney Bowes Business Insight...
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
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Case Studies
Beam Global's Successful Travel Card Program Sees Further Improvement With Corporate Card And Expense Management Integration
Jan 2010
Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. is one of the world's largest premium spirits companies and the largest U.S.-based spirits company. The company sought to improve program compliance and shift...
Provided by JPMorgan Chase
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Case Studies
Sustainable Procurement
Mar 2009
Businesses are under increasing pressure from multiple forces to become more sustainable and cost competitive. The drivers include an increasing focus on social and behavioral responsibility, as...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
Think Global. Serve Local.
May 2010
By employing unique, innovative methods, Deloitte was able to provide the required solution to a global bank, which wanted to improve the customer experience of its clients in its highly...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Goodwill: Protecting The Brand And Growing The Mission
Apr 2010
Goodwill Industries International (GII) is a global non-profit brand comprising of 166 independent community-based Goodwill member organizations in North America and 14 international affiliates,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Hewlett-Packard Achieves New Efficiencies With Consolidated Payment Processes In Asia
Oct 2009
Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), the world's largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology...
Provided by JPMorgan Chase
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Case Studies
When David Acquires Goliath
May 2010
In one of the most surprising mergers of the highly competitive biotech industry, a small firm with the confidence of exceptional growth that it had seen in the recent past was able to buy out a...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Case Studies
Mergers And Acquisitions: Planning And Executing For Success
Oct 2008
Mergers and acquisitions are always challenging, but today's deals represent an altogether different breed. When transactions move this quickly and the time for due diligence is compressed, risks...
Provided by Accenture
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Case Studies
ANICO Elevates Client Communication And Streamlines Processes
Jun 2008
ANICO needed to change the way they managed document and correspondence creation in order to meet their customer's needs for a more effective, integrated and streamlined communication system....
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
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White Papers
How To Make The Best Of Business Development
May 2010
When revenue or gross margin isn't generating the income you need or want, and your technical knowledge or the efficient workflow processes you've developed aren't enough. The solution is...
Provided by AccountingWEB
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White Papers
The Winning Edge In Uncertain Times: Improving Performance Through Rapid And Sustained Cost Management
Sep 2009
In times of economic uncertainty, organizations have two fundamental choices: hunker down or strengthen their strategic positions. What is the winning strategy? Accenture's High Performance...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Are You The Weakest Link In Your Company's Supply Chain?
Aug 2007
Do you know how your company's supply chain is performing? If not, you risk alienating customers and suppliers, eroding shareholder value, and losing control of your fixed costs. These are...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
How To Manage Scorecard Feedback
Jan 2010
The most important reason for collecting performance scorecard data is to provide feedback so that adjustments or changes within the organization can be made in a timely manner. The process for...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
14 Big Businesses That Started In A Recession
Jan 2010
It might seem counterintuitive to start a new business when the economy is in the dumps. But a recession can actually be the ideal time for launching a company. In fact, many well-known and...
Provided by Tippit
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Webcasts
Building Global Brands
Aug 2009
This webcast looks at global issues in brand managements.
Provided by Howcast
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White Papers
Find Me The Money: Financing Climate And Other Global Public Goods
Apr 2011
The global community faces a number of critical challenges ranging from climate change to cross-border health risks to natural-resource scarcities. Many of these so-called global commons problems...
Provided by Center for Global Development
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White Papers
Moving Toward A Consensus On Climate Policy: The Essential Role Of Global Public Disclosure
Nov 2007
Among climate scientists, there is no longer any serious debate about whether greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are altering the earth's climate. There is also a broad consensus on two...
Provided by Center for Global Development
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White Papers
The Pentagon And Global Development: Making Sense Of The DoD's Expanding Role
Nov 2007
One of the most striking trends in U.S. foreign aid policy is the surging role of the Department of Defense (DoD). The Pentagon now accounts for over 20 percent of U.S. Official Development...
Provided by Center for Global Development
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White Papers
Generation Of Political Priority For Global Health Initiatives: A Framework And Case Study Of Maternal Mortality
Oct 2007
Why do some global health initiatives receive priority from international and national political leaders while others receive minimal attention? The authors propose a framework for analyzing this...
Provided by Center for Global Development
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White Papers
Does The Dual-Citizenship Recognition Determine The Level And The Utilization Of International Remittances? Cross-Country Evidence
Apr 2011
This paper shows that countries which allow a dual citizenship status for their international migrants receive on average more remittances than others. Using a cross-section of 104 developing...
Provided by University of Auvergne
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White Papers
Funding, Competition And The Efficiency Of NGOs: An Empirical Analysis Of Noncharitable Expenditure Of US NGOs Engaged In Foreign Aid
Jul 2010
The authors assess the determinants of the wide variation in the efficiency of foreign aid activities across US-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In particular, they analyze whether...
Provided by Universite Libre de Bruxelles
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White Papers
Portfolio Risk Analysis Using ARCH And GARCH Models In The Context Of The Global Financial Crisis
Nov 2010
This paper examines both the benefits of choosing an internationally diversified portfolio and the evolution of the portfolio risk in the context of the current global financial crisis. The...
Provided by Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
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White Papers
A Planner Of Global Income Transfers: International Public Goods And Productivity Differentials
Dec 2008
The purpose of this paper, by introducing the adjustment expense of global income transfers across N countries, is to produce an explicit rule for the planner country regarding income transfers,...
Provided by Osaka University
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White Papers
The Global Financial Crisis: Management Of Deficits And Debts
Nov 2009
The boom of world trade, the unprecedented openness of domestic markets, regional integration, and the persistence and magnitude of globalisation are as many challenges to the management of the...
Provided by Siena College
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White Papers
Global And Regional Links Between Stock Markets - The Case Of Russia And China
Nov 2008
In a broad sample of developed and emerging economies over the past ten years the authors apply the approximate factor model in a search for common global and regional driving-forces in stock...
Provided by Bank of Finland
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White Papers
Stability Of East Asian Currencies During The Global Financial Crisis
Sep 2009
In this paper, the authors investigate the movements of the Nominal Effective Exchange Rates (NEER) of East Asian currencies and the Asian Monetary Unit (AMU), which is the weighted average of...
Provided by Hitotsubashi University
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White Papers
World Futures And The Global Financial Crisis: Narratives That Define And Scenarios That Create
Jun 2011
In this paper using causal layered analysis, the underlying stories of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) are explored. The seven narratives presented are the GFC as: a mortgage crisis, a global...
Provided by Tamkang University
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White Papers
Global Crisis And National Responses Case Of Croatia
Apr 2009
In terms of its effects so far the global economic crisis is stronger and deeper than the economic disturbances at the time of the Great Depression. Additionally, it takes place under the...
Provided by University of Zagreb
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White Papers
Firms In The Great Global Recession: The Role Of Foreign Ownership And Financial Dependence
Jan 2011
This paper investigates the channels through which the global crisis of 2008- 2009 spread to economic activity of an emerging, fast growing economy with sound macroeconomic fundamentals. On the...
Provided by National Bank of Poland
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White Papers
The Republic Of Korea's Economy In The Swirl Of Global Crisis
Aug 2009
This paper argues that the Republic of Korea (hereafter Korea) is not immune to global crises, but that a more than proportional response of gross domestic product to global crises does not seem...
Provided by Asian Development Bank Institute
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White Papers
Impacts Of The Global Financial Crisis On Small And Medium Enterprises In The People's Republic Of China
Dec 2009
This paper conducts an in-depth analysis of the impacts of the global financial crisis on the People's Republic of China's (PRC's) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It also provides relevant...
Provided by Asian Development Bank Institute
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White Papers
How Global Rules Are Established And Stabilized
Dec 2007
This paper analyzes how international rules are established and stabilized, i.e. how an international institutional order develops. Rules emerge mainly through learning from negative experience...
Provided by Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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White Papers
Institutional Reactions To The Impact Of Global Crisis At Source And Destination Cities Of Migration In China
Jun 2010
This paper relates on the impact of global crisis on China from a systemic point of view. In what ways external and internal adaptation pressures influenced the transformation of the party-state...
Provided by Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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White Papers
Generating Global Brand Equity Through Corporate Social Responsibility To Key Stakeholders
Sep 2010
In this paper, the authors argue that socially responsible policies have positive short-term and long-term impact on equity of global brands. They find that corporate social responsibility towards...
Provided by Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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White Papers
Future Gender Relations In Global Restructuring Processes Case Study Evidence From Knowledge-intensive, Manufacturing And Service Occupations
Apr 2009
Global restructuring processes have not only strong implications for European working and living realities, but also have specific outcomes with regard to gender relations. The following...
Provided by Karlrushe Insitute of Technology
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White Papers
The Global Crisis In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: How The IMF Responded
Feb 2010
Developing countries are the least to blame for the outbreak of the financial crisis, but they are destined to suffer the most dramatic and long-lasting consequences. This paper focuses on the...
Provided by Universita Politecnica delle Marche
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White Papers
The Multilateral Response To The Global Crisis: Rationale, Modalities, And Feasibility
Jun 2009
The paper reviews the case for a strong multilateral response to the global crisis in Emerging Markets (EMs). It discusses modalities and feasibility of intervention and its associated risks,...
Provided by Inter-American Development Bank
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White Papers
U.S., China, And The Unraveling Of Global Imbalances
Nov 2007
During the 1950s and 1960s, the capitalist world economy experienced unprecedented rapid growth, widely known as the "Golden age." However, by the late 1960s new contradictions emerged. High...
Provided by University of Massachusetts Amherst
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White Papers
Global Current Account Imbalances And Exchange Rate Adjustment: The Role Of Oil Suppliers
Jul 2007
The present paper extends the Obstfeld and Rogoff (2005) framework of current account imbalances by the oil exporting countries as a fourth region. It sets the stage for a variety of analysis that...
Provided by Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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White Papers
Global Liquidity And Commodity Prices - A Cointegrated VAR Approach For OECD Countries
Apr 2009
This paper examines the interactions between money, consumer prices and commodity prices at a global level from 1970 to 2008. Using aggregated data for major OECD countries and a cointegrating VAR...
Provided by Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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White Papers
2008 - Some Global Issues And Their Impact On The Prospects Of Further European Union Integration
Feb 2009
The paper analyzes the implications of some global trends and developments on the prospects of further European Union integration. The transfer of attributes from member states to community...
Provided by Romanian-American University
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White Papers
Should There Be A Coordinated Response To The Problem Of Global Imbalances? Can There Be One?
Sep 2008
This paper analyzes the options for international policy coordination in order to redress the global imbalances. The case for policy coordination rests on a number of assumptions such as the...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
International Capital Flows To Emerging And Developing Countries: National And Global Determinants
Jan 2011
This paper examines international capital flows to emerging and developing countries. The authors assess whether commonalities exist, the permanence of shocks to commonalities and their...
Provided by University of Glasgow
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White Papers
The Rise Of Non-tariff Protectionism And Recovery From The Global Economic Crisis - The Indonesian Story
Nov 2010
Most, if not all, Asian countries are currently affected by the world's most serious recession since the 1930s. The current outlook for the region indicates that economic growth in the region as a...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
The Instability And Inequities Of The Global Reserve System
Nov 2007
This paper argues that the current global reserve system is inherently unstable due to the use of a national currency as the major international reserve currency, and the high demand for...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
Banking's Implications On Romanian's Business Environment In Context Of Global Financial Crisis
Jun 2010
The economic crisis which has begun in 2007 has brought to surface most of the problems from the Romanian economy. While the highly industrialized countries have engaged heavily in anti crisis...
Provided by University of Craiova
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White Papers
The Geometry Of Global Production And Factor Price Equalisation
Apr 2011
The authors consider a production economy where commodities are partitioned into irreproducible factors and reproducible goods, and the production technologies have constant returns to scale. They...
Provided by Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
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White Papers
The Global Financial Crisis: Lessons For European Integration
Apr 2009
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the various challenges facing European integration and the EU institutional architecture as result of the global financial crisis. The European integration...
Provided by CASE
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White Papers
Global Factors, Unemployment Adjustment And The Natural Rate
Jun 2007
OECD unemployment rates show long swings which dominate shorter business cycle components and these long swings show a range of common patterns. Using a panel of 21 OECD countries 1960-2002, the...
Provided by Kiel Institute for the World Economy
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White Papers
Global Production Sharing, Trade Patterns And Determinants Of Trade Flows
Jul 2010
This paper examines the extent and pattern of global production sharing, focusing on East Asia, and probes its implications for the analysis of the determinants of trade flows. Reflecting rapid...
Provided by Australian National University
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White Papers
Protectionism In Services During The Global Crisis - A (Trade) War In Shallow Trenches?
Nov 2010
Amongst the several alarms triggered by the global economic crisis, the one alerting against a possible global return to protectionism sounded particularly loud. Warnings against the perils of...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
Global Impact Of A Shift In Foreign Reserves To Euro
Oct 2008
This paper uses QUEST III, a multi-region DSGE model, to study the macroeconomic effects of a gradual equalization of official foreign reserves between dollars and euros. The authors simulate a...
Provided by European Commission
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White Papers
The Global Financial Turmoil And Challenges For The Indian Economy
Dec 2008
The global financial crisis is now the staple of front page news. Banks around the world, including those in India, are in the forefront of managing the challenge of crisis resolution. Since it is...
Provided by Reserve Bank of India
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White Papers
The Global Economic Crisis And Rising NTMs - Is South-south Trade A Viable Solution
Oct 2010
The year 2008 will be remembered in history due to the global financial crisis, which started in the third quarter, when on the 15th of September the United States investment bank Lehman Brothers...
Provided by United Nations
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White Papers
The Demand For Liquid Assets, Corporate Saving, And Global Imbalances
Dec 2010
In the recent decade, capital outflows from emerging economies, in the form of a demand for liquid assets, have played a key role in the context of global imbalances. In this paper, the authors...
Provided by University of Lausanne
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White Papers
Walk Away From Your Business For A Lifestyle Of Dreams
Jun 2008
Here are six tips for designing and implementing business strategies and systems that work - and earn more money - while their owners' enjoy living out their dreams. (1) Spend more time dreaming...
Provided by ActionCOACH
-
White Papers
High Performance: Forging A Firm Strategy Is Essential For Global Success
May 2008
Growth is the goal for most companies, but especially for those seeking to achieve high performance. The most successful companies - established ones as well as emerging leaders - are finding the...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Developing A Smarter Sales Organization
Oct 2007
Sales teams are missing revenue targets, not hitting quota and facing stalled opportunities as organizations strive to remain competitive and service increasingly discerning customers. In...
Provided by ECT News Network
-
White Papers
How To Navigate The Challenges Of Cross-Border M&A
Oct 2009
Cross-border M&A volume has increased significantly over the past decade in parallel with an overall globalization trend that has seen the maturation of a number of emerging markets. Although the...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy To Operations For Competitive Advantage
Sep 2008
Managing Strategy Differs from managing operations. But both are vital, and need to be integrated. As strategy authority Michael Porter has noted, "Operational effectiveness and strategy are both...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
-
White Papers
Strategy As Learning
Apr 2010
Businesses that seek sustainable competitive advantage must set aside the view that strategy is planning and embrace the idea that strategy is learning, says Willie Pietersen - Professor of the...
Provided by Columbia University
-
White Papers
It's Time To Heighten Your IT Due Diligence
Apr 2010
If the IT infrastructure is fine, why conduct due diligence? Difficult economic times have greatly reduced acquisition deal flow across the private equity sector. It appears this change in...
Provided by Bank of America
-
White Papers
When You Shouldn't Go Global
Nov 2008
Globalization promises substantial advantages like new growth and scale. For some companies, it's paid off handsomely. But global mania has also blinded many firms to a hard truth: global...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
-
White Papers
When To Walk Away From A Deal
Nov 2007
Is your company prone to 'Deal fever - getting so excited while pursuing acquisitions that it skimps on due diligence? Caught up in the thrill of the chase, many firms use due diligence to justify...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
-
White Papers
Predicting Your Competitor's Reaction
Mar 2009
Considering launching a new product? Making a price change? Implementing some other strategic move? If so, one needs to know how the toughest competitors might respond. But most competitive...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
-
White Papers
In Uncertain Times, Businesses Need Dynamic Planning To Chart Course To High Performance
Jul 2009
Amid the current global economic storm, agility has emerged more strongly than ever as an essential factor for survival and success. The global financial crisis and increasingly volatile economic...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
The Future Used To Be Easier: Planning For Success In Dynamic Environments
Mar 2010
Financial and economic cataclysms have a way of uncovering chinks in the armor. For years, most companies ran business planning as a rote annual exercise that was cumbersome, time-consuming, and...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
The Influence Of Financial Derivatives In Global Commodity Markets
Jul 2009
Commodity markets are in a remarkable state of flux. Changes in the balance of supply and demand are a part of the reason, but so is the increased use of commodity based financial derivatives...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
The Green Link To High Performance In Retail
Aug 2007
Going green isn't just good for the environment - it's good for business too. By making green a core value, involving the entire enterprise in a process of transformation that embraces all of the...
Provided by Accenture
-
Case Studies
Teaching Hospital Embraces Cutting-Edge Technology
Jan 2010
A large academic medical center in California wanted to implement a Web-based image distribution system to improve access to radiological information for its patients across the entire medical...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Corporate Responsibility And Sustainability In Retail
Jan 2010
A large U.S. based consumer goods retailer realized that to offer goods at outlet prices, it needed to keep its own costs under tight control along with extracting total value for money with its...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Aligning People, Processes And Technology To Drive Profitability In The Retail Sector
May 2010
A leading discount retailer realized that they had a problem with turnover, but was unsure about how much turnover was really costing it beyond the typical "HR Costs." Also, the company was...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Home Improvement Retailer Delivers The Goods - Better
May 2009
For decades, companies have been doing just that - be it the milkman, the pizza delivery shop, or the hardware store delivering your new appliance. For as far back as we can remember, someone has...
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
-
Case Studies
London Life Insurance Provides Financial Statements Over The Web
Sep 2009
London Life Insurance needed to move quickly after it acquired Prudential Insurance Company's entire Canadian business operations near the end of 1996. London Life wanted to welcome its new client...
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
-
Case Studies
AMCORE Bank
Jul 2009
AMCORE Bank called on Pitney Bowes Business Insight to provide sophisticated analytical tools with consulting services that could improve its site selection process. Pitney Bowes Business Insight...
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
-
Case Studies
Beam Global's Successful Travel Card Program Sees Further Improvement With Corporate Card And Expense Management Integration
Jan 2010
Beam Global Spirits & Wine, Inc. is one of the world's largest premium spirits companies and the largest U.S.-based spirits company. The company sought to improve program compliance and shift...
Provided by JPMorgan Chase
-
Case Studies
Sustainable Procurement
Mar 2009
Businesses are under increasing pressure from multiple forces to become more sustainable and cost competitive. The drivers include an increasing focus on social and behavioral responsibility, as...
Provided by Accenture
-
Case Studies
Think Global. Serve Local.
May 2010
By employing unique, innovative methods, Deloitte was able to provide the required solution to a global bank, which wanted to improve the customer experience of its clients in its highly...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Goodwill: Protecting The Brand And Growing The Mission
Apr 2010
Goodwill Industries International (GII) is a global non-profit brand comprising of 166 independent community-based Goodwill member organizations in North America and 14 international affiliates,...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Hewlett-Packard Achieves New Efficiencies With Consolidated Payment Processes In Asia
Oct 2009
Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), the world's largest technology company, provides printing and personal computing products and IT services, software and solutions that simplify the technology...
Provided by JPMorgan Chase
-
Case Studies
When David Acquires Goliath
May 2010
In one of the most surprising mergers of the highly competitive biotech industry, a small firm with the confidence of exceptional growth that it had seen in the recent past was able to buy out a...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
Case Studies
Mergers And Acquisitions: Planning And Executing For Success
Oct 2008
Mergers and acquisitions are always challenging, but today's deals represent an altogether different breed. When transactions move this quickly and the time for due diligence is compressed, risks...
Provided by Accenture
-
Case Studies
ANICO Elevates Client Communication And Streamlines Processes
Jun 2008
ANICO needed to change the way they managed document and correspondence creation in order to meet their customer's needs for a more effective, integrated and streamlined communication system....
Provided by Pitney Bowes Software
-
White Papers
How To Make The Best Of Business Development
May 2010
When revenue or gross margin isn't generating the income you need or want, and your technical knowledge or the efficient workflow processes you've developed aren't enough. The solution is...
Provided by AccountingWEB
-
White Papers
The Winning Edge In Uncertain Times: Improving Performance Through Rapid And Sustained Cost Management
Sep 2009
In times of economic uncertainty, organizations have two fundamental choices: hunker down or strengthen their strategic positions. What is the winning strategy? Accenture's High Performance...
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White Papers
Are You The Weakest Link In Your Company's Supply Chain?
Aug 2007
Do you know how your company's supply chain is performing? If not, you risk alienating customers and suppliers, eroding shareholder value, and losing control of your fixed costs. These are...
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How To Manage Scorecard Feedback
Jan 2010
The most important reason for collecting performance scorecard data is to provide feedback so that adjustments or changes within the organization can be made in a timely manner. The process for...
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14 Big Businesses That Started In A Recession
Jan 2010
It might seem counterintuitive to start a new business when the economy is in the dumps. But a recession can actually be the ideal time for launching a company. In fact, many well-known and...
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Webcasts
Building Global Brands
Aug 2009
This webcast looks at global issues in brand managements.
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The Emergence Of "Green Talent": Lessons From The Internet Revolution
Jun 2009
Several factors are driving an increase in supply and demand for "Green talent" - employees with the mindsets and skills to drive sustainability in an organization. But many business leaders do...
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White Papers
In-Vehicle Infotainment A View Of The European Marketplace
Mar 2010
A number of trends are impacting the automotive industry, creating fertile ground for change. These drivers will need in-vehicle systems to help them more readily navigate congested city roadways,...
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White Papers
Picking The Right Transition Strategy
Nov 2008
Are you moving into a new leadership position? If you don't correctly diagnose the situation you'll be facing in hat role, you risk overrelying on strategies that worked for you in the past....
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White Papers
How To Collect The Best Scorecard Data
Jan 2010
The fundamental premise for measuring an organization or project is to collect data directly related to the objectives of the company. To help organizations focus on the desired measurements, a...
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White Papers
How To Develop A Strategy Scorecard
Jan 2010
Leading organizations have found the performance scorecards that map to their business strategy. Leading organizations have broken away from the traditional measurement techniques and software,...
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White Papers
Helping India On The Journey To High Performance
Nov 2009
The world's business media now devote plenty of ink to India's energetic giants such as Tata, Reliance and Bharti Airtel. Business leaders around the world are increasingly familiar with 'Sunrise'...
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