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- 2005-10-11
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Check PointR Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that A.T. Kearney, one of the world's largest management consulting firms, is leveraging Check Point's Total Access Protection TAP strategy to defend all of its network-connected PCs and ensure endpoints --...
Tags: A.T. Kearney, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Internet, Internet security, Microsoft Access, secure network access, strategy
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BNET
- 2005-04-21
Leaders in the study are creating value and gaining competitive advantage from supply markets by focusing on four areas: Innovation and growth, value chain optimization, advanced cost management techniques, risk management and supply continuity. Customer demands for a constant stream of new products and features as well as increased competition...
Tags: Sourcing, Cost Management, Value Chain, A.T. Kearney, Managerial Accounting, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Channel Management, Finance, Business Operations, Management, Marketing
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BNET
- 2005-03-14
Many IT organization are so busy digging out of yesterday's ruts they have too little time to anticipate what tomorrow might bring. Caught in operational mode, they are not well positioned to help create or implement the types of strategies that set a business apart. But by closing the gap...
Tags: Information Technology, A.T. Kearney, Strategy, Management
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BNET
- 2005-02-28
The paper highlights that in technology or telecommunications industries, how one would rate their company's competitive preparedness? In fact, more than 70 percent of executives in these industries say their preparation is good or fair, with another 15 percent sinking even lower. As the competition heats up, if one lacks...
Tags: A.T. Kearney, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Telecommunications, Networking, Management
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BNET
- 2005-01-13
A new industry structure is about to burst onto the scene. The growing ties between wireless and wireline services portend an imminent convergence and, yes, possible clash of the titans of the telecommunications and media industries. The result will be telemedia, a new market that blends services from both camps...
Tags: A.T. Kearney, Industry Structure, Management, Strategy, Titan
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BNET
- 2004-11-02
Mutually beneficial partnerships are nothing new in business: Strategic cross-industry deals often result in competitive advantage for both sides. A new version of this familiar plot line is being played out across the globe. Looking to increase their customer base, Brazilian banks have begun targeting untapped markets, particularly customers in...
Tags: A.T. Kearney, Business Structures, Strategy, Financial Services, Finance, Management
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BNET
- 2004-08-12
Filling the CEO's Chair offers a summary and analysis of the major findings of Corporate Governance Effectiveness survey of S&P 500 independent directors. It also examines changes boards have made either in the past 12 months or since our 2002 survey and, in some cases, changes boards have not made...
Tags: Strategy, A.T. Kearney, Survey, CEO, Corporate Governance, Marketing Research, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing
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BNET
- 2004-05-27
This paper is intended for the growing number of companies with field-service operations. It explores options to keep pace with the latest strategies that deliver more value to both customers and shareholders. It offers examples of companies that have used these strategies to increase their competitive positions, and discusses how...
Tags: A.T. Kearney, Strategy, Management
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BNET
- 2004-04-28
The paper outlines that to succeed, companies need new competencies and capabilities, and they have to excel at them. The industry needs an aggressive, yet workable, plan to deliver the growth investors expect in this challenging environment. Pharma companies need to focus on three important steps: get big, get flexible...
Tags: A.T. Kearney, Management, Pharmaceutical Company, Strategy
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BNET
- 2003-11-25
Telecom giants are the brains behind the wires that twine from pole to pole, framing highways around the globe. Now mobile phones and wireless thinking threaten their survival. Can they survive this onslaught? This paper reports a study on the European wireline industry, which revealed that although industry incumbents across...
Tags: A.T. Kearney, Management, Pole, Strategy