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Why Should A Company Have A Mission Statement?
Jan 2010
A mission statement is vital to the success of a company as a whole. It can unify a company and push them to new heights. Creating a mission statement is just as important for a small company...
Provided by Gaebler Ventures
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Mission Statement Myths: How To Create A Mission Statement
Jan 2010
If you're in the process of learning how to create a mission statement, you'll find a ton of misinformation on the subject. This paper debunks three common mission statement myths. In some...
Provided by Gaebler Ventures
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Mission Statements: Mission Statement Mistakes
Jan 2010
What do people do wrong when crafting a mission statement? This paper explains about five common mission statement mistakes to avoid. Your mission statement is a reflection of your business'...
Provided by Gaebler Ventures
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Five Steps To An Effective Business Plan
Jan 2010
You have an idea for a business. You know what you want to sell, who you can sell it to, and how much you stand to earn from it. There's just one more thing you need: a business plan. Many people...
Provided by BusinessKnowledgeSource.com
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What Needs To Be In A Business Plan?
Jan 2010
A business plan is a summary of how a person or business intends to become organized and how they plan to implement the activities necessary for the venture to succeed. In a business plan you set...
Provided by BusinessKnowledgeSource.com
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Why And How To prepare A Business Plan
Jan 2010
Having a business plan is extremely important for many reasons. The plan itself keeps the goals and intentions of the business intact. It keeps things organized and makes it easier to work through...
Provided by BusinessKnowledgeSource.com
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Tips For Coming Up With An Effective Business Plan
Jan 2010
Anyone can come up with a business plan, but few can come up with a business plan that will actually work. Effective business plans are not impossible to create but they take a lot of hard work...
Provided by BusinessKnowledgeSource.com
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How To Create A Management Plan
Jan 2010
When writing a business plan the management plan portion should describe your management team, your staff and how your business ownership is structured. Also listed should be the individuals that...
Provided by BusinessKnowledgeSource.com
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White Papers
Failure Of Six Sigma Benchmarking Efforts - Why?
Jul 2009
Six Sigma Benchmarking efforts are systematic and structured, concentrating on superior performance at the end of the project. The success of each benchmarking efforts is dependent on the...
Provided by Associated Content
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White Papers
Use SWOT Analysis For Strategic Planning
Dec 2008
SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool to help a business see its own strengths and weaknesses and do external market analysis by looking at opportunities and threats. The value of doing this...
Provided by Suite101
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White Papers
SWOT Analysis Helps Strategic Plan Development
Oct 2009
It is important to specify the objectives to be achieved in advance because some strength that helps certain objectives can become weakness in the context of other objectives. For example, a large...
Provided by Suite101
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White Papers
Financial Services Executives Recognize Weaknesses In Sanctions Compliance Efforts
Aug 2009
Multinational organizations are beginning to feel the business need and regulatory imperative to coordinate economic and trade sanctions compliance activities across borders. Increasing global...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
The Leadership Journey: Preparing Your Leadership Team To Navigate The Transition To A New Organization
Dec 2009
Most executive leaders know that a successful Merger and Acquisition (M&A) transaction and integration hinges on a smooth transition for employees and customers. Appropriately, they make...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Talking About Whose Generation?: Why Western Generational Models Can't Account For A Global Workforce
Jan 2010
Each generation that enters the workforce introduces a unique set of motivations and strengths to the workplace. A successful talent strategy can hinge on an organization's understanding of what...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
SOA What?: Services Thinking Goes To Work
Nov 2009
Conventional wisdom says don't lock in until you have to. Which often makes good sense - especially when it comes to business-enabling technology. It also explains how Services Oriented...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Survival Of The Fittest: How Independent Health Plans Can Survive In Today's Economy
Nov 2009
Any health plan's strategic planning process begins with a bit of "Crystal ball" gazing to think about what the future might hold for the health care industry, and more importantly, what that...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Cloud Services: Technology Evolution Or Business Revolution?
Jan 2010
Some business leaders think cloud computing is the next big disruptive technology. Others argue it's simply the natural evolution of distributed computing, requiring the same basic capabilities...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Information Management: Shift To An Enterprise Model Or Stay Focused On Business Units?
Dec 2009
Some analysts are reporting huge growth in expenditures for information management and analytics. Is an enterprise approach really the smart way to go, or should individual business units drive...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
6 Steps To Creating A Strategic Plan In 1 Day
Jan 2010
This paper explains 6 steps to creating a strategic plan in 1 day. Strategic Planning if done properly is a very effective tool in ensuring alignment between your daily actions and the overall...
Provided by Chamberlin Consulting & JustHost.com
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White Papers
How To Use Benchmarking To Beat Your Competition
Nov 2009
Are you someone who sells products or services? If so, do you have any influence over how your products or services are made or sold? There is a possibility you can bring in more sales by using...
Provided by Associated Content
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White Papers
2 Killer Facts Why Your Internet Business Opportunity Must Have A Vision And A Mission
Jan 2010
The job of the mission is to say, why we are on the market. How can we bring something for the people in the vision statement? Doing internet business successfully means that we can serve our...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
The Mission Statement Revisited Or This Time It's All About Us
Jan 2010
The mission statement is a hybrid between a slogan and an executive summary. Just as slogans and executive summaries can be used in many ways so too can a good mission statement. An effective...
Provided by contentdig.com
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White Papers
US Offshoring: Rethinking the Response
Dec 2005
The paper, on the basis of a research, reveals that by 2008, U.S. companies are expected to offshore 2.8 million jobs, affecting less than 2 percent of all service employment. This is far fewer...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
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White Papers
What Is The Proper Relationship For The CIO, CEO, And CFO?
Feb 2010
The CIO role in business has been changing almost as fast as technology itself for the last decade. In the past it was enough to focus on business processes and automation. It was enough to...
Provided by R3Now.com
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White Papers
Optimize And Transform Your Business Collaboration Network
Jan 2010
Every enterprise in business today has a Business Collaboration Network (BCN). Your BCN includes all the customers, partners and suppliers with whom you connect, communicate and collaborate to...
Provided by Sterling Commerce
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White Papers
Corporate Performance Management, Strategy Map and the Balanced Scorecard - Putting It All Together
May 2006
Despite a sea of collected data, organizations struggle with making sense of it to arrive at these answers. This is not surprising, since, organizations are typically data rich and information...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Barriers to Performance Improvement
May 2006
Organizations begin performance management initiatives at any point - for example, one may begin with defining the corporate strategy and determining KPIs to support it. Others will initiate a...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Aligning for Success: Enterprise Performance Management
May 2006
When birds migrate, they do so with a common goal - to get to a warmer climate for the winter months, a cooler one for the summer. For many of these birds, getting there successfully is a matter...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Nonfinancial Performance Measures and Strategy Execution
May 2006
Are nonfinancial performance measures the key to better strategy execution? They are at the heart of describing strategy and of developing a unique set of performance measures that communicate...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Cranfield School of Management Partners With BetterManagement.com to Bring Valuable Research and Insights to Industry
May 2006
BetterManagement.com is the premier performance management Internet resource. The Cranfield School of Management has joined BetterManagement.com's elite group of strategic content partners....
Provided by Better Management.com
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Three Forms Of Strategy: Corporate, Competitive And Strategy In General
Jan 2010
The preceding discussion asserts that strategy in general is concerned with how, with courses of action intended to achieve particular objectives. Corporate strategy is concerned with choices and...
Provided by Fred Nickols
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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
Methodology Cuts 25% To 50% From The Procured Cost Of Goods And Services
Apr 2010
In broad outline, e-LYNXX Patent No. 7,451,106 ("e-LYNXX '106") covers any computer operated system for procuring specification-defined goods or services that matches vendor attributes with...
Provided by e-LYNXX
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White Papers
How Organizations Can Realize Transparency, Control And Significant Cost Reduction
Apr 2010
The pursuit of expense reduction has led many organizations to conclude that their traditionally effective strategies and tactics applied in the historically target-rich expense categories no...
Provided by e-LYNXX
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White Papers
Print Management Program Offers Compelling Return On Investment Without Up-Front Investment Or Risk
Apr 2010
As organizations explore and consider speculative cost reduction initiatives, their decisions regarding which initiative(s) to pursue and of those which to prioritize are typically based on a...
Provided by e-LYNXX
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Using Business Intelligence for Competitive Advantage
May 2006
Competitive advantages and disadvantages are the strengths and weaknesses of a corporation relative to its present and likely competitors. The overall business intelligence concept is dependent on...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Driver-Based Planning: A Competitive Advantage
May 2006
Driver-based planning is an area of emerging interest within the discipline of Corporate Performance Management, also referred to as Business Performance Management. Analogous to the Oakland A's,...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Welcome to Hypercompetition - Competitive Advantage at Its Fastest
May 2006
Clearly, globalization in the service sector is a strong indicator that it too may be undergoing a shift similar to the manufacturing sector's shift to hypercompetition. Whatever a firm's business...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
May 2006
Too often corporations decide to locate facilities based solely on cost savings. And that's shortsighted, argues the Harvard Business School professor. Instead, business leaders should look for...
Provided by Better Management.com
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Managing IT According to a Hierarchy of Needs
May 2006
In this paper, the author asserts that IT is a commodity and as such offers little competitive distinction and therefore no competitive advantage. As a result, the author suggests that IT...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
The Global Effects Of Subglobal Climate Policies
Nov 2010
Individual countries are in the process of legislating responses to the challenges posed by climate change. The prospect of rising carbon prices raises concerns in these nations about the effects...
Provided by Statistics Norway
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International Emissions Trading With Endogenous Taxes
Aug 2010
Motivated by the climate problem, this paper examines some effects of international cap & trade when national quotas result from strategic choice. In contrast to the fairly optimistic tone of...
Provided by Statistics Norway
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Strategic Investment In Climate Friendly Technologies: The Impact Of Permit Trade
Apr 2010
The authors' point of departure is that a group of developed countries invest in the development of GreenHouse Gas (GHG) abatement technologies both at home and in developing countries. Such...
Provided by Statistics Norway
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White Papers
The Drivers Of Financial Globalization
Jan 2008
The authors provide a brief review and analysis of recent trends in international financial integration. In particular, they highlight the asymmetric nature of financial globalization, with the...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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International Financial Integration And Consumption Risk Sharing
Jan 2008
This paper tests the importance of international financial assets and liabilities for consumption risk sharing in a general framework which allows for separate effects of equity and debt holdings...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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Open International Markets Without Exclusion: Encompassing Domestic Institutions, Excludable Goods, And International Public Goods
Mar 2008
This paper uses the concept of the 'Encompassing group' to set out a collective action theory based explanation for the maintenance of open international markets to add to existing explanations...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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The Irish Pharmaceutical Industry Over The Boom Period And Beyond
Nov 2008
The pharmaceutical industry has been one of the strongest performing sectors of the Celtic Tiger era. During the past two decades, employment growth in the sector has been strong and continuous,...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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Innovation And Financial Globalisation
Sep 2009
This paper examines the links between international financial integration and the level of innovation activity. If financial globalisation boosts innovation, this helps to explain the empirical...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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Royale With Cheese: The Effect Of Globalization On The Variety Of Goods
Jul 2010
The key result of the so-called "New Trade Theory" is that countries gain from falling trade costs by an increase in the number of varieties available to consumers. Though the number of varieties...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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White Papers
International Asset Holdings And The Euro
Jul 2010
The establishment of a monetary union in Europe in 1999 has eliminated exchange rate risk within the euro area and has led to a more unified financial framework. It has been established in the...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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International Risk Sharing And The Irish Economy
Nov 2010
This paper studies international risk sharing in Ireland focusing on the 1970-2007 period. To this end, the authors assess how consumption and national income have been affected by idiosyncratic...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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Robust Global Stock Market Interdependencies
Feb 2011
In this paper, the authors examine the scope for international stock portfolio diversification, from the viewpoint of a United States representative investor, in regard to both the Asian and the...
Provided by Trinity College Dublin
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White Papers
International Strategic Choice Of Minimum Quality Standards And Welfare
May 2009
The authors study the influence of minimum quality standards in a two-region partial-equilibrium model of vertical product differentiation and trade. Three alternative standard setting...
Provided by International Centre for Economic Research
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White Papers
Risk As Determinant Of Income And Cross-Border Pricing Of Multi-National Enterprises
Sep 2010
International taxation rules for Multi-National Enterprises (MNEs) prescribe that international prices for goods and services between different subsidiaries - and therefore incomes of these...
Provided by International Centre for Economic Research
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The Complex Interaction Between Global Production Networks, Digital Information Systems And International Knowledge Transfers
Apr 2010
Traditionally many studies of knowledge in economics have focused on localized networks and intra-regional collaborations. However, the rising frequency by which firms collaborate within the...
Provided by International Centre for Economic Research
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On Commitment Levels And Compliance Mechanisms - Determinants Of Participation In Global Environmental Agreements
Jan 2010
The authors argue that participation in international agreements is influenced by their design characteristics, notably commitment levels, measured by the specificity of obligations, and...
Provided by University of Gottingen
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White Papers
Donations To US based NGOs In International Development Cooperation: How (Un-)Informed Are Private Donors?
Feb 2011
Apart from scaling up foreign aid by NGOs, informed choices of private donors could also encourage an efficient and targeted use of NGO funds in international development cooperation. The authors...
Provided by University of Gottingen
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Buying Votes And International Organizations
May 2011
This paper explores a basic idea in political economy: trading money for political influence. The authors' focus is at the level of international institutions, where governments may exploit their...
Provided by University of Gottingen
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CEECs Integration Into Regional And Global Production Networks
May 2011
This paper examines the involvement of the CEECs into regional and global production networks over the period 1999 to 2009. The authors employ a theoretically justified gravity model which...
Provided by University of Gottingen
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White Papers
Decision Making And Learning In A Globalizing World
May 2009
Decision-makers can benefit from the experience of others with solutions to common problems. If a best practice exists, the challenge is to recognize it and to ensure its diffusion. Information...
Provided by European University Institute
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International Financial Markets, Cross-Border Transmission Of Shocks And Risk-sharing
Jun 2010
One of the most relevant events of the last decades has been the fast integration of international financial markets. As most restrictions to cross-border asset trade were removed, the volume of...
Provided by European University Institute
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White Papers
The Saving Glut Explanation Of Global Imbalances. The Role Of Underinvestment
Nov 2009
According to the "Saving Glut hypothesis", global imbalances are caused by inefficiently high level of precautionary savings in financially underdeveloped regions, where agents have limited...
Provided by European University Institute
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Globalisation And Labour Markets
Mar 2010
In this paper, how labour markets are affected by globalisation is examined. The paper takes the form of three chapters. The first chapter looks at the state of trade unions in Europe and how they...
Provided by European University Institute
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White Papers
Globalisation Of Knowledge Production And Regional Innovation Policy: Supporting Specialized Hubs In Developing Countries
Dec 2009
This paper sheds light on the role of the regional innovation system facilitating the transition from competing on low cost activities/services towards competing in innovation, using Bangalore...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Global-Local Linkages, Spillovers And Cultural Clusters: Theoretical And Empirical Insights From An Exploratory Study Of Toronto's Film Cluster
Dec 2009
This paper illustrates the importance of global-local linkages in cultural cluster-studies by discussing the impact of Hollywood's runway productions on the indigenous film cluster in Toronto,...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
The Challenges Of Globalisation: Strategic Choices For Innovation Policy
Dec 2009
The vast literature of systems of innovation is rich in theoretical and empirical studies about the complexity and institutionally-embedded processes of interaction and learning. So far, however,...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Two Sides Of The Same Coin- Local And Global Knowledge Flows In Medicon Valley
Dec 2009
When conceptualizing modern biotechnology, Brink et al. (2004) suggest that a distinction should be made between 'Core' biotechnology and associated sectors like pharmaceuticals, medical...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Concluding Chapter: Globalisation And Innovation Policy
Dec 2009
The concluding chapter of the "Small Country Innovation Systems" book develops a comparative analysis that deals with only a very few of the many issues addressed empirically by the ten country...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Globalisation Of Knowledge Production And Regional Innovation Policy: Supporting Specialized Hubs In The Bangalore Software Industry
Dec 2009
This paper is concerned with the changing role of regional innovation systems and regional policies in supporting the transition of indigenous firms in developing countries from competing on low...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
The Swedish National Innovation System And Its Relevance For The Emergence Of Global Innovation Networks
Jun 2010
Sweden is considered to be one of the most advanced countries in terms of innovation worldwide. Sweden always ranks high in all international reports on Science and Technology indicators such as...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Upscaling Emerging Niche Technologies In Sustainable Energy: An International Comparison Of Policy Approaches
Dec 2010
To speed up the transformation to low-carbon energy systems, transition policy approaches highlight the importance of purposive experimentation with sustainable niche technologies. An important...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Global Innovation Networks: What Are They And Where Can We Find Them? (Conceptual And Empirical Issues)
Jun 2011
The rapid move of China and India from low-cost producers to innovators has triggered an increasing interest in the globalization of innovation activities and more specifically, on the surge of...
Provided by Lund University
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White Papers
Globalisation, Inflation And Monetary Policy Banque De France's International Symposium
Jun 2008
The Banque de France organised its fifth biennial international symposium on 7 March 2008 in Paris on "Globalisation, inflation and monetary policy". This highly topical issue attracted more than...
Provided by Banque de France
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White Papers
Reform Of The International Monetary System: A Cooperative Approach For The Twenty First Century
Feb 2011
The global crisis, which swept through almost all the economically well-developed nations and curtailed world growth in the first decade of the new century, is being contained. However, the cost...
Provided by Banque de France
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White Papers
Productivity Analysis In Global Manufacturing Production
Nov 2010
Despite the widely recognised importance of the manufacturing industry for successful development few studies investigate this sector in cross-country analysis. The authors fill this gap in the...
Provided by University of Oxford
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White Papers
Relocating The Value Chain: Off-Shoring And Agglomeration In The Global Economy
Mar 2011
Fragmentation of stages of the production process is determined by international cost differences and by the benefits of co-location of related stages. The interaction between these forces depends...
Provided by University of Oxford
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White Papers
The Political Economy Of Global Financial Liberalisation In Historical Perspective
Jun 2011
This paper is a first attempt to garner the theory and evidence on the political economy of the first wave of financial liberalisation during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, and of its...
Provided by University of Oxford
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White Papers
A Decomposition Approach To Assess ILUC Results From Global Modeling Efforts
Jun 2010
For several years biofuel production has been supported by policy in many countries. A key motivation for such support has been the argument that the carbon sequestration in the feedstock grown to...
Provided by Universität Hohenheim
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White Papers
The Belgian Iron And Steel Industry In The International Context
Mar 2009
This paper provides a survey of the main developments in the iron and steel industry over the last few decades. The first chapter covers the changing conditions on international markets and...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Internationalization Strategy And Performance Of Small And Medium Sized Enterprises
Oct 2010
Focusing on the timing and geographical scope of import and export activities of Belgian Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), the paper analyzes the importance, structural features and...
Provided by National Bank of Belgium
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White Papers
Failure Of Six Sigma Benchmarking Efforts - Why?
Jul 2009
Six Sigma Benchmarking efforts are systematic and structured, concentrating on superior performance at the end of the project. The success of each benchmarking efforts is dependent on the...
Provided by Associated Content
-
White Papers
Use SWOT Analysis For Strategic Planning
Dec 2008
SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool to help a business see its own strengths and weaknesses and do external market analysis by looking at opportunities and threats. The value of doing this...
Provided by Suite101
-
White Papers
SWOT Analysis Helps Strategic Plan Development
Oct 2009
It is important to specify the objectives to be achieved in advance because some strength that helps certain objectives can become weakness in the context of other objectives. For example, a large...
Provided by Suite101
-
White Papers
Financial Services Executives Recognize Weaknesses In Sanctions Compliance Efforts
Aug 2009
Multinational organizations are beginning to feel the business need and regulatory imperative to coordinate economic and trade sanctions compliance activities across borders. Increasing global...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
The Leadership Journey: Preparing Your Leadership Team To Navigate The Transition To A New Organization
Dec 2009
Most executive leaders know that a successful Merger and Acquisition (M&A) transaction and integration hinges on a smooth transition for employees and customers. Appropriately, they make...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Talking About Whose Generation?: Why Western Generational Models Can't Account For A Global Workforce
Jan 2010
Each generation that enters the workforce introduces a unique set of motivations and strengths to the workplace. A successful talent strategy can hinge on an organization's understanding of what...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
SOA What?: Services Thinking Goes To Work
Nov 2009
Conventional wisdom says don't lock in until you have to. Which often makes good sense - especially when it comes to business-enabling technology. It also explains how Services Oriented...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Survival Of The Fittest: How Independent Health Plans Can Survive In Today's Economy
Nov 2009
Any health plan's strategic planning process begins with a bit of "Crystal ball" gazing to think about what the future might hold for the health care industry, and more importantly, what that...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Cloud Services: Technology Evolution Or Business Revolution?
Jan 2010
Some business leaders think cloud computing is the next big disruptive technology. Others argue it's simply the natural evolution of distributed computing, requiring the same basic capabilities...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Information Management: Shift To An Enterprise Model Or Stay Focused On Business Units?
Dec 2009
Some analysts are reporting huge growth in expenditures for information management and analytics. Is an enterprise approach really the smart way to go, or should individual business units drive...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
6 Steps To Creating A Strategic Plan In 1 Day
Jan 2010
This paper explains 6 steps to creating a strategic plan in 1 day. Strategic Planning if done properly is a very effective tool in ensuring alignment between your daily actions and the overall...
Provided by Chamberlin Consulting & JustHost.com
-
White Papers
How To Use Benchmarking To Beat Your Competition
Nov 2009
Are you someone who sells products or services? If so, do you have any influence over how your products or services are made or sold? There is a possibility you can bring in more sales by using...
Provided by Associated Content
-
White Papers
2 Killer Facts Why Your Internet Business Opportunity Must Have A Vision And A Mission
Jan 2010
The job of the mission is to say, why we are on the market. How can we bring something for the people in the vision statement? Doing internet business successfully means that we can serve our...
Provided by contentdig.com
-
White Papers
The Mission Statement Revisited Or This Time It's All About Us
Jan 2010
The mission statement is a hybrid between a slogan and an executive summary. Just as slogans and executive summaries can be used in many ways so too can a good mission statement. An effective...
Provided by contentdig.com
-
White Papers
US Offshoring: Rethinking the Response
Dec 2005
The paper, on the basis of a research, reveals that by 2008, U.S. companies are expected to offshore 2.8 million jobs, affecting less than 2 percent of all service employment. This is far fewer...
Provided by McKinsey & Company
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White Papers
What Is The Proper Relationship For The CIO, CEO, And CFO?
Feb 2010
The CIO role in business has been changing almost as fast as technology itself for the last decade. In the past it was enough to focus on business processes and automation. It was enough to...
Provided by R3Now.com
-
White Papers
Optimize And Transform Your Business Collaboration Network
Jan 2010
Every enterprise in business today has a Business Collaboration Network (BCN). Your BCN includes all the customers, partners and suppliers with whom you connect, communicate and collaborate to...
Provided by Sterling Commerce
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White Papers
Benchmarking Inside Sales & Telesales Performance
Dec 2005
This paper looks at Inside/Telesales effectiveness across industries and more than 400 companies. Over 50 metrics were surveyed, and this paper summarizes approximately one-third of these. Several...
Provided by CSO Insights
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White Papers
Corporate Performance Management, Strategy Map and the Balanced Scorecard - Putting It All Together
May 2006
Despite a sea of collected data, organizations struggle with making sense of it to arrive at these answers. This is not surprising, since, organizations are typically data rich and information...
Provided by Better Management.com
-
White Papers
Barriers to Performance Improvement
May 2006
Organizations begin performance management initiatives at any point - for example, one may begin with defining the corporate strategy and determining KPIs to support it. Others will initiate a...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Aligning for Success: Enterprise Performance Management
May 2006
When birds migrate, they do so with a common goal - to get to a warmer climate for the winter months, a cooler one for the summer. For many of these birds, getting there successfully is a matter...
Provided by Better Management.com
-
White Papers
Nonfinancial Performance Measures and Strategy Execution
May 2006
Are nonfinancial performance measures the key to better strategy execution? They are at the heart of describing strategy and of developing a unique set of performance measures that communicate...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Balancing Measures: Best Practices in Performance Management, Part 2 of 4
May 2006
There is no generic set of balanced measures that can be applied as best practice to all functions of the public sector. Certain conditions, however, need to exist within an organization for a...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Cranfield School of Management Partners With BetterManagement.com to Bring Valuable Research and Insights to Industry
May 2006
BetterManagement.com is the premier performance management Internet resource. The Cranfield School of Management has joined BetterManagement.com's elite group of strategic content partners....
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Three Forms Of Strategy: Corporate, Competitive And Strategy In General
Jan 2010
The preceding discussion asserts that strategy in general is concerned with how, with courses of action intended to achieve particular objectives. Corporate strategy is concerned with choices and...
Provided by Fred Nickols
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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
-
White Papers
Methodology Cuts 25% To 50% From The Procured Cost Of Goods And Services
Apr 2010
In broad outline, e-LYNXX Patent No. 7,451,106 ("e-LYNXX '106") covers any computer operated system for procuring specification-defined goods or services that matches vendor attributes with...
Provided by e-LYNXX
-
White Papers
How Organizations Can Realize Transparency, Control And Significant Cost Reduction
Apr 2010
The pursuit of expense reduction has led many organizations to conclude that their traditionally effective strategies and tactics applied in the historically target-rich expense categories no...
Provided by e-LYNXX
-
White Papers
Print Management Program Offers Compelling Return On Investment Without Up-Front Investment Or Risk
Apr 2010
As organizations explore and consider speculative cost reduction initiatives, their decisions regarding which initiative(s) to pursue and of those which to prioritize are typically based on a...
Provided by e-LYNXX
-
White Papers
Using Business Intelligence for Competitive Advantage
May 2006
Competitive advantages and disadvantages are the strengths and weaknesses of a corporation relative to its present and likely competitors. The overall business intelligence concept is dependent on...
Provided by Better Management.com
-
White Papers
Driver-Based Planning: A Competitive Advantage
May 2006
Driver-based planning is an area of emerging interest within the discipline of Corporate Performance Management, also referred to as Business Performance Management. Analogous to the Oakland A's,...
Provided by Better Management.com
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White Papers
Welcome to Hypercompetition - Competitive Advantage at Its Fastest
May 2006
Clearly, globalization in the service sector is a strong indicator that it too may be undergoing a shift similar to the manufacturing sector's shift to hypercompetition. Whatever a firm's business...
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New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
May 2006
Too often corporations decide to locate facilities based solely on cost savings. And that's shortsighted, argues the Harvard Business School professor. Instead, business leaders should look for...
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Managing IT According to a Hierarchy of Needs
May 2006
In this paper, the author asserts that IT is a commodity and as such offers little competitive distinction and therefore no competitive advantage. As a result, the author suggests that IT...
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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...
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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...
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Communicating and Controlling Strategy: An Empirical Study of the Effectiveness of the Balanced Scorecard Part 1 of 4
May 2006
This paper reports evidence on the effectiveness of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as a strategy communication and management-control device. This paper reviews management control and communication...
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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...
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A Learning-and-Growth Metric for Strategy-Focused Organizations, Part II
May 2006
If economic value creation is the translation, through focused strategy, of intangible human into tangible commercial assets, then one can say that the learning-and-growth dimension of strategy...
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Creating a Strategy-Focused Workforce
May 2006
Human capital is now firmly acknowledged as a strategic source of value creation - indeed, a company's most valued asset - in today's knowledge-based economy. As natural custodians of human...
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