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Seven Rules for Closing a Deal in China
If you're outsourcing to Chinese manufacturers for the first time, you're bound to make a few cultural gaffes. Here are some rules of the road. 1. Never criticize the government. In the United States, taking verbal shots at the government is almost...
Tags: Software, Enterprise Software, Vertical Industries, Government, China, Geoffrey James, Outsource, Global Business, BNET Feature
Articles 2008-06-06
Protecting Your Intellectual Property in China
Planning to outsource your manufacturing to China? Here are seven ways to protect intellectual property from reappearing inside a Chinese competitor's product. 1. File patent and copyright documentation in the United States. U.S. patent and copyright laws are among the most stringent...
Tags: Network Technology, IP, China, Intellectual Property, U.S., Networking, Geoffrey James, Outsource, Outsourcing, BNET Feature
Articles 2008-06-06
Expanding Overseas: The Best Mid-Size Markets
Relatively stable and foreigner-friendly, these growing mid-size markets offer expansion opportunities in regions less vulnerable to the current global economic slowdown. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} .expansionPic p...
Tags: United Arab Emirates, BNET Feature, Software, Enterprise Software, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Finance, Free Trade, Taxes, Government, Tax Rate, Singapore, Latin America, Business, Chile, Dubai, Gross Domestic Product, U.S., GDP, Banking, Internet, Jennifer Alsever, International, Business Expansion, Financial Services
Articles 2008-04-21
Expanding Overseas:The Best Small Markets
Thanks to job growth and newfound political stability, these smaller markets present a big opportunity for U.S. and other western companies to expand. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} ...
Tags: Rwanda, Jennifer Alsever, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Vertical Industries, U.S., Gross Domestic Product, Free Trade, Government, Kenya, Real Estate Price, Rwanda Rwanda, Vietnam, Garcia, World Bank, Peru, Real Estate, Kazakhstan, Business, Investment, China, Business Operations, Risk Assessment, Business Expansion, International, BNET Feature
Articles 2008-04-21
Expanding Overseas: The Best Large Markets
The world's largest foreign markets are all growing — and making it easier for western companies to join their economies. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} .expansionPic p {...
Tags: Expansion, International, Business, BNET Feature, Foreign Markets, Russia, Free Trade, Manufacturing, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Finance, Jennifer Alsever, Financial Planning, Ruble, Taxes, Russian Government, Russia American Brand, India, China, U.S., Gross Domestic Product
Articles 2008-04-21
How They Did It: Seven Intrapreneur Success Stories
Seven successful intrapreneurs reveal what it took to launch new ventures at Kodak, Toyota, Yahoo, and other major companies. .logoimg { float:right; border:1px solid #eee; padding:4px; background:#fff;} Kodak Intrapreneur:...
Tags: Corporate Entrepreneurship, BNET Feature, Team, Intrapreneurship, Intrapreneurs, Georgia Flight, Management, Team Management, Jim Lynch, Weiner, Lessons Learned, Venture, Idea, Eastman Kodak Co., Inkjet Printer, Marketing, Gateway Inc.
Articles 2008-04-10
Great Intrapreneurs in Business History
These five products have one thing in common: Each started out as an idea hatched by a mid-level employee — and ended up changing a company or revolutionizing an industry. Post-it Notes Intrapreneurs: Spencer Silver and Art Fry...
Tags: Corporate Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneuership, Jake Swearingen, Intrapreneurs, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sun Microsystems Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., Sony Playstation, Kutaragi, Myers, Games, Game Players, Projectors, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Java, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Sony Corp., Software/Web Development, BNET Feature
Articles 2008-04-10
Rules of Innovation From a Wal-Mart Pro
A Wal-Mart manager shares four crucial steps for launching new projects within a big corporation. 1. Exploit Your Company’s Competitive Advantages “You really need to know how...
Tags: business strategy, BNET Feature, innovation, wal-mart, corporate entrepreneur, Finance, Georgia Flight, intrapreneur, Marketing, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Management, Retail, Marketing Research, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Ledlie
Articles 2008-04-10
Who's Your City: How Creative Class Cities Will Beat the Recession
In this interview with BNET, Richard Florida explains why his latest book "Who's Your City?" matters to workers during a recession and how a business's location affects not only the talent pool, but also its ability to innovate. ...
Tags: Recession, Hillary Clinton, Economic Conditions, Urban Communities, Knowledge Worker, City, Creative Class, Books, Richard Florida, Paul Kaihla, Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, It Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Outsourcing, Obama, NorCal, Florida, Politics, BNET Feature, Barack Obama, John McCain
Articles 2008-03-20
Who's Your City: Top 10 Megaregions
These ten megaregions generate the bulk of America's economic output and stand to be the biggest areas for job and economic growth, according to Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? ...
Tags: BNET Feature, Economic Conditions, Urban Communities, Knowledge Worker, City, Creative Class, Books, Richard Florida, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Recruitment & Selection, Key, Chicago, Entertainment, Real Estate, Sector, Finance, Region, New York, Job, Silicon Valley, Who’s Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
Articles 2008-03-19
Who's Your City?: What Is a Megaregion?
Forget the best cities to work in. Richard Florida envisions a world in which megaregions -- composed of several cities -- represent a new and powerful economic unit. Adapted from Florida's new book Who's Your City? Today, megaregions range in size from 10...
Tags: Knowledge Worker, Creative Class, Books, Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, City, Population, Richard Florida, Globalization, Workforce Management, Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Leadership, Urban Communities, Economic Conditions, BNET Feature
Articles 2008-03-19
Office Designs for Optimizing Collaboration
The nature of work has changed considerably since the first cubicle was introduced in 1968. Today's workplaces need to be as adaptable and collaborative as the people inside them. Here's how Microsoft and other large companies have redesigned their offices for the way people work now. .officeDesignPic...
Tags: BNET Feature, Workspace Design, Office Architecture, Office Design, Jane Hodges, Management, Team Management, Construction, Wall, Worker, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Collaboration, Employee, Cubicle, Team, Space
Articles 2008-03-03
The Future of Operations Research
How one prominent academic, UC Berkeley's Lee W. Schruben, sees the evolution of operations research in the business world. BNET: What are the big unsolved problems for OR in practice today? Schruben: We have to realize that what we’re actually doing...
Tags: BNET Feature, Quantitative Analysis, Analytics, Operations Research, Sales, Andrew Hines, Innovation, Schruben, Business Operations, Management, Sales Force Management, Research & Development, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Simulation, Forecasting, Analysis, Software Company, MBA, Technique, Software
Articles 2008-02-13
How Operations Research Drives Success at P&G
Operations research isn't just geek science at P&G. It's an integral part of the company's marketing, sales and supply chain. ...
Tags: Procter & Gamble Co., BNET Feature, Quantitative Analysis, Analytics, Andrew Hines, Operations Research, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Management, Tools & Techniques, Branding, Financial Planning, Productivity, Research & Development, Wegryn, Team Management, Team, Jake Swearingen
Articles 2008-02-13
Key Terms and Players of Operations Research
More and more companies are turning to data analysts and mathematical engineers to solve key business problems. Here's a guide to the key players and the basic lexicon of their craft — operations research. Key Players Oracle: Oracle is one...
Tags: Optimization, Modeling, Oracle Corp., BNET Feature, Quant, Analytics, Quantitative Analysis, Ilog, Operations Research, Andrew Hines, Software, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Research & Development, Productivity, Enterprise Application, Technique
Articles 2008-02-13
Key Team Personality Types
Like characters in a role-playing game, each member of a team has different strengths and performs a different role in getting tasks accomplished. The Agitator...
Tags: Battle, Collaboration, BNET Feature, Jeff Palfini, Team Management, Management, Weapon, Weakness, Hero, Team
Articles 2008-01-25
Four Great Teams in Business History
Great minds, support from management, and their own brand of secret sauce helped these teams come up with some of the biggest innovations in recent business history. The Java Development Team at Sun Microsystems ...
Tags: Jeff Palfini, Management, Team Management, Ford Motor Co., The Walt Disney Co., Founder, Larry Page, Sun Microsystems Inc., Team, Team-building, Collaboration, BNET Feature
Articles 2008-01-25
Wine Types: What They Are and Where They're From
Don't know your pinot from your merlot? This basic menu of wine types from around the world will help you decipher any wine list. Beaujolais (boh-zhoh-lay): A light, fruity red wine from...
Tags: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Region, BNET Feature, Bordeaux Wine, wine, business dinner, Michael Mattis, Merlot, Chablis
Articles 2007-12-19
Four Common Deal-killers
Four familiar landmines in M&A bargaining and how to avoid them. Problem 1: Unreasonable Preconditions Example: The CEO of...
Tags: strategic planning, strategy, Geoffrey James, Management, Finance, Team Management, Free Trade, Negotiation, Team, mergers & acquisitions, M&A, Investment, BNET Feature
Articles 2007-12-13
James Freund: 10 Rules of M&A Bargaining
One of the world's foremost experts on M&A negotiation describes 10 critical negotiating tactics. 1. Do your homework beforehand. ...
Tags: strategy, Investment, Geoffrey James, Finance, Free Trade, Concession, strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, BNET Feature, Negotiation, M&A
Articles 2007-12-13
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