agency Resources on BNET
On GameSpot: All-new trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4!

Resources

BNET Business Dictionary

Agency
a relationship between two people or organizations in which one is empowered to act on behalf of the other in dealings with a third party
Agency definition on BNET »

BNET Resources

Lucas Donat: Innovator of Online Advertising
Lucas Donat is a founding partner of Donat/Wald, an advertising agency that focuses on Internet and television marketing. Donat talks about what qualities attract him to certain clients and his ultimate goals within the advertising world.
Tags: advertisement, online advertising, TV, marketing, Internet
Videos 2008-05-06
Ad Week Report Card Doesn't Bother with Creativity's Effectiveness
Ad Week published its agency report cards for 2007 today. Some interesting findings. For establishing a baseline, the mag found: [T]he average gain for the 35 shops we evaluated was 7.6 percent, just a hair more than the 2006 average of 7.5 percent. (2005's average, coincidentally, also was...
Tags: Card, Advertisement, Agency, C, C/C++, Programming Languages, Advertising & Promotion, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Jake Swearingen
Blog posts 2008-04-29
Bloggers Use Filtering to Fight Back Against PR Spam
In brief: Email filtering is now starting to be used by bloggers to block and delete PR spam before it even reaches the intended recipient There really haven't been many consequences to spamming journalists with unwanted PR pitches -- until now. ...
Tags: Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Jon Greer, public relations, blogger, PR Spam, agency, e-mail
Blog posts 2008-05-12
FDA to New Drugs: It's Hammer Time
Wonder no further whether the recent litany of drug-safety problems would make the Food and Drug Administration more cautious about approving new drugs. In just the past four days, the agency has thrown some serious sand into the industry's drug-development works, delaying or derailing three separate programs of widely varying...
Tags: FDA, Agency, Merck & Co. Inc., Cordaptive, Federal Government, Government, David P. Hamilton
Blog posts 2008-04-29
Performance Agreements Lead to Improved Organizational Results
General Accounting Office's GAO report, Emerging Benefits from Selected Agencies' Use of Performance Agreements, centered on the implementation of performance agreements in three agencies - Veterans Health Administration, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Student Financial Assistance within the Department of Education. Each agency uses performance agreements to...
Tags: Performance management, BetterManagement.com, General Accounting Office, agency, performance, Performance Appraisal, accountability
White papers
The Benefits of Cash Flow and Working Capital Management
Apart from companies and agencies there are several government organizations that assist companies with their export venture. These federal governmental organizations offer services that range from export loan guarantees to loan assistance. They also serve as specialized associations that offer advice and counsel to interested small and medium business owners....
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, finance, working capital, agency, benefit, server
White papers
How the Largest (Outsourced) HR IT Project Is Being Managed
Coordinating Enterprise Human Resources Integration, the massive computerization of human resources records of the federal government's Office of Personnel Management OPM and 214 federal agencies, served as a supreme challenge for the Center for Organizational Excellence COE, a Rockville, Maryland management consulting company. Its impact would reach across the entire...
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, personnel management, agency, forecasting, outsource, workforce, information technology, tool, software
Case studies
Consumer Credit Counseling Services: Should You Use Them?
More and more people are turning to credit counselors to help them get out from under a mountain of debt. Some consumers are finding out the hard way, however, that not all credit counselors are created equal. One so called "Non-profit" counseling agency pockets a person's first month's check, which...
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, consumer credit, agency, benefit
White papers
Okay First the Bad News: The agency Selection Process is a Huge Pain in the Neck
The word leaks out that one is reviewing his or her account. Within a week the person has collected coffee mugs, gimme caps, desk toys, and other Mysterious Things Beyond the Dreams of Avarice. The person a one-inch stack of phone messages. The person is so popular. By week two,...
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, agency, billing, phone, strategy, advertisement
White papers
Tips for Marketing Your agency: Which Advertising Medium Is Right for You?
With today's fast-paced, competitive society, more and more businesses as relying on the power of marketing to increase brand recognition and elevate their companies into the public eye. To help make the best possible decisions for an agency, this paper will identify the most popular forms of advertising and weigh...
Tags: Branding, Advertising & Promotion, brand recognition, agency, advertisement, marketing, brand, benefit
White papers
Services for Defense Agencies
In today's high-stakes environment, defense organizations around the world must be increasingly flexible and efficient, and make faster, more informed decisions. Accenture helps defense organizations meet rising performance demands by helping identify and deliver cost-effective solutions that produce immediate, consistent, high-performance results. In just a few short years, the world's...
Tags: Accenture Ltd., terrorism, high-performance, environment, performance
White papers
Chicago Housing Authority Tailors Salesforce to Unique Public agency Requirements
The Chicago Housing Authority, which is leading the City's program to rebuild and modernize the nation's third-largest public housing system, chose salesforce.com to enable case managers to track residents, support self-sufficiency and facilitate relocation. The Chicago Housing Authority retained Model Metrics LLC, a key salesforce.com implementation partner based in Chicago,...
Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc., Chicago, on-demand, agency
Case studies
Making Creative Use of Employee Recognition Programs
Every employee has a need for praise and recognition, and the more often they get it the better. Supervisors are in the best position to give recognition, but few do it often enough - or creatively enough. Government agency award programs seem to do little to drive the performance of...
Tags: Workforce management, supervisor, agency, performance
White papers
How To Borrow From The SBA
The U.S. Small Business Administration SBA in some ways serves as the cash cow for fledgling businesses through the agency's myriad loan guarantees and direct grants. Whether you're shopping for startup financing or expansion capital, the SBA should be a destination. Though the SBA is in business to help you,...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., financing, agency
White papers
Letter From Collection agency
This template is for letter from collection agency.
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Corp., agency
Tools & templates
Cadillac Place: Detroit, Michigan - Historic Detroit Office Building Undergoes Vast Renovation Project
This was a complex project on a very tight timetable. The state agencies were moving into parts of the building while we were still working on other sections. The 1.2 million square foot General Motors Building was completely renovated to serve as a major office building for the State of...
Tags: American Standard Inc., agency
Case studies
Denver Federal Center Denver, Colorado: Handling Savings One Step at a Time
Sharp increases in natural gas prices and rising electricity costs throughout the country, mean federal energy users are examining ways to reduce energy consumption without spending scarce agency funds. The project consisted of traditional building improvements, such as lighting retrofits, upgrading the heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, and installing...
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Johnson Controls Inc., agency, natural gas
Case studies
Employment agency Agreement
This template for Employment Agency Agreement.
Tags: Microsoft Corp., agreement
Tools & templates
Federal Real Property Asset Management Initiative
According to its fiscal year 2003 financial statements, the federal government currently owns hundreds of billions of dollars in real property assets. In addition, the government also owns or manages one in every four acres of land in the United States. While much of the Federally-owned real and personal property...
Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, White House, financial statement, agency, financial
White papers
Factoring Is an Effective Financing Option for Temporary Employment Agencies
It is a familiar problem for most temporary employment agencies. Your biggest customers are loyal and financially sound, but slow to pay due to corporate red tape or a longer billing cycle. There are many ways to generate cash flow. However, not all may be right for you. One alternative...
Tags: Investment, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, financing, receivables, factoring, billing, payment, agency
White papers
advertisement

Content Types

Articles (6 results)
Blog posts (13 results)
Case studies (15 results)
Discussion threads (3 results)
News items (1 results)
Presentations (6 results)
Tools & templates (11 results)
Videos (1 results)
White papers (234 results)

Refining Tags

Marketing (187 results)
Advertising & Promotion (172 results)
Finance (60 results)
Human Resources (49 results)
Business Operations (45 results)
Government (36 results)
Workforce Management (29 results)
Financial Accounting (29 results)
Management (24 results)
Performance (23 results)
Investment (21 results)
Strategy (20 results)
General Accounting Office (19 results)
Financial Services (19 results)
Software (16 results)
Financial Planning (16 results)
Financial (16 results)
Performance Management (16 results)
Enterprise Software (15 results)
Healthcare (15 results)
Marketing Research (15 results)
Advertisement (15 results)
Benefits (15 results)
Sales (13 results)
Corporate Communications (13 results)
Public Relations (12 results)
Real Estate (11 results)
Homeland Security (11 results)
Security (10 results)
iMedia Communications (10 results)
Vertical Industries (10 results)
Internet (9 results)
Corporate Law (9 results)
Operational Accounting (9 results)
Federal Government (9 results)
It Operations (8 results)
Recruitment & Selection (8 results)
Article (8 results)
Corporate Insurance (8 results)
Jon Greer (7 results)
Outsourcing (7 results)
Human Capital (7 results)
Sales Force Management (7 results)
Health Care (7 results)
Insurance (7 results)
Industry (7 results)
Free Trade (6 results)
Agent (6 results)
Regulations (6 results)
Outsourcing & Subcontracting (6 results)