The collected Body Of Knowledge of the Operational Excellence Society.
Are Indian firms really going to take over the world? Only time will tell, but India’s overnight shift toward the globalization of its firms is undoubtedly impressive. However, suspicions remain that a number of these firms may not be structurally capable of handling any further large international deals. Not only this, but Indian acquisitions have…
Cheap China is no more. Manufacturers are realizing that inexpensive labor is becoming increasingly rare in the manufacturing haven. How will this impact China, and subsequently, the rest of the world? While companies are not about to shut down their China-based factories and bustle off to somewhere cheaper, China is being presented with a challenge:…
While we may have come to feel a sense of empowerment when armed with our smartphone or other smart devices, what we may be experiencing in reality, is in fact, denial. Skeptics are arguing that what was once the slave has since become the master, and that smartphones are no longer serving us as much…
ByTED
Communications technology innovator Harald Haas is the mind behind a new technology that allows individuals to simultaneously communicate and illuminate. In this TEDGlobal talk, Haas discusses his brainchild; a lightbulb that transmits data. By flickering the light from a single LED (an action too fast for the human eye to detect) Haas reveals that it…
We all look at the world from one perspective – our own. The perspectives we hold are born out of the circumstances of our upbringing and further developed by the experiences we gain during our lives. As such, one would expect that the perspective of some who have experienced much in their lives will be wider than…
The investor due diligence process has evolved with the growth of the hedge fund industry. What was once a short and rather perfunctory process has grown into one which today is highly quantitative and detailed. While there is no one-size-fits-all formula for investors, one certainty is that managers who understand the components of the due…
