According to the Economist, the year 2009 turned out to be a low point for the American firm, but its resurgence has been remarkable. Currently, nine out of the ten most valuable companies are American, which puts America right back on top of business on a global scale. With its economy energised, not least by cheap shale gas, and its stockmarket rampant – there is optimism in the air yet…
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Those Americans who receive health care insurance through their employees may need to get comfortable with digging even deeper into their pockets. Over the next 18 months, businesses are expected to implement healthcare plans requiring higher deductibles. Large up-front, out-of-pocket costs are anticipated to become mandatory before any insurance coverage kicks in. This is because…
Life is a never-ending stream of decisions. From the moment we wake up in the morning to the time we go to sleep, we are making decisions. Even the very act of waking up and going to sleep is a decision. After all, we don’t have to wake up or go to sleep; we make…
Experts have warned us not to get too comfortable with the idea of a suspended lull in the euro crisis. Along with a multitude of other concerns regarding firm-footed countries unwilling to pander, a new concern is being presented by Helsinki, Finland. Recently the Finnish finance minister, Jutta Urpilainen, created a quite a fuss when…
According to the Economist, there can be few better places to talk about complexity than Vienna. In the capital of the most complicated political organisation ever to exist, hundreds of management enthusiasts converged recently to debate the subject of complexity. In their discussions, they were preoccupied with two points: that business is more complicated than ever before;…
MIT Sloan means that innovation is one of the driving forces in our world. The constant creation of new ideas and their transformation into technologies and products forms a powerful cornerstone for 21st century society. Indeed, many universities and institutes, along with regions such as Silicon Valley, cultivate this process. The crux of the article…
Much has been written on the mechanics of using social networking and collaborative community environments to develop a pipeline of contacts for business development activities. Rather than deliver more “best practices” on this topic, we decided it would be more useful to discuss a few personal experiences thus demonstrating the practical results of effectively applying technology….
