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- What's Wrong with Wal-Mart
- Sales are flat. Expansion is stalled. Image problems abound. Find out what the world's biggest retailer is doing to tackle its strategic problems.Wal-Mart rose from a small chain in the Ozark Mountains to become the largest retailer in the world. But the strategies that fueled more than four decades of...
- Articles 2008-02-19
- Looking For a New Challenge
- It could be argued that society is moving backwards; that as adults, we're becoming more child-like—demanding instant and varied pleasures to make us happy instead of developing the maturity to delay gratification. But really, what's wrong with that? We have the technological innovations and resources to support our immediate desires...
- Articles 2007-11-09
- Why Wal-Mart Needs Help
- What's wrong in Bentonville? The world's largest retailer learns that being big is no guarantee of long-term success. 1. Domestic Saturation The Summary: After years of U.S. expansion, Wal-Mart is running out of real estate. The Challenge: Opening new markets by overcoming opposition...
- Articles 2007-08-08
- Business Process Management - A Rigorous Approach
- In this paper the author presents three challenges that he believes we face today as system developers, and from those challenges he hopes to demonstrate that this is a really useful paper or at least is addressing some important questions that are in the air right now. The author perhaps...
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Balancing Supply Chain Responsiveness and Efficiency: A System-Dynamics-Based Investigation
- Supply chains typically face a number of external challenges that can reduce the responsiveness of the system. Examples include long component lead times, erroneous components, capacity constraints and missing information about true end customer demand. Compared to other industries, the high-tech industry is confronted with a large number of challenges...
- White papers 2006-07-01
- High Performance Marketing: How to Deal With Direct Marketing's Evolving Challenges and Not Burn Out Your IT Department
- Today, the direct marketing discipline must deal with new challenges including email and Web channels, real-time marketing, decentralized organization structures and customer dialogue demands. Addressing these challenges causes an explosion of IT demands as new data needs and the complexity of data structure and integration required are addressed. This paper...
- White papers 2006-05-11
- A tale of two perspectives:old or new challenges for monetary policy?
- This paper reviews the challenges faced by central banks in recent years in order to evaluate their policy implications going forward. To highlight the genuine uncertainty surrounding the lessons to be drawn, the paper examines recent experience through two intentionally polarised perspectives, viz. the "continuity" and "new-environment" views. These perspectives...
- White papers 2003-02-19
- Solutions to the Challenge of Process Mapping
- In a previous paper, the authors discussed the challenges that constant change put on BPM efforts right from the start. These challenges make developing process definitions and maps that have enough detail to be automated difficult, and in some cases, impossible. Fortunately, a variety of approaches and practices are starting...
- White papers 2005-04-17
- Knowledge Management in Challenging Settings - A Case of Military Aircraft
- Besides typical challenges related to Knowledge Management KM, EADS Military Aircraft is facing some specific challenges resulting from the company's history as well as from its position in the military environment. The case study presented in this paper reports on the specific challenges and state-of-the-art of KM within a military...
- White papers 2005-06-29
- Challenges In Creating Brand Equity For Products With Short PLC
- In this paper, we provide a concise description of short life cycle products. The industries analyzed range from entertainment to health foods. The challenges faced by each industry in building Brand Equity are analyzed in depth. A study of common challenges across categories, gives a generic idea of the challenges...
- White papers 2007-04-08
- The Challenge Of Focus
- If you wish to manage your time effectively one of the most powerful things you can do is to is to question whether the actions you are taking are the right ones for you and the best ones to get the task completed. If you wish to manage your time...
- White papers 2007-10-21
- Give People A Reason To Stay - Get Them Engaged
- The vision is something that should be conveyed to everyone. This can help them see what they are working towards. The aim should be to generate as much commitment and passion as possible. The current situation should also be described to all people so they understand what the challenge is....
- White papers 2008-01-01
- For Salespeople: How To Get Up When You're Down
- On a day-to-day basis, the impact of being "Down" can be lethal to your success. So, every salesperson has to formulate an effective answer to the question, "How do you get yourself back up when you are down?" If you are depressed and listless, it doesn't matter how good you...
- White papers 2007-07-16
- "On My Honor, As A Salesperson..." Why Sales Ethics Matter
- Ethical risk presents vexing challenges for organizations because ethical standards must first be defined, then documented, communicated, and followed. In addition, the subjectivity of what constitutes good ethics, and resulting interpretive challenges defy standard-setting. Senior managers should not avoid this problem. Instead, they should embrace it by creating an environment...
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Team Building-The All Inclusive Way
- An all inclusive activity is one that has a core challenge or task that is ongoing throughout the session. This core challenge will contain the overall goal of the group, or teams within the group if it is a competitive activity. It will be something that everyone can either do...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Simmons First National Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matt Olney – Stephens, Inc. Matt Olney – Stephens, Inc. You gave a lot of good details on the credit quality, especially with Northwest Arkansas and in credit cards. Could you give more color on the credit trends in...
- Earnings calls 2009-01-15
- Larry Summers: The Future of Market Capitalism
- Speaking before being named President Obama's chief economic advisor, Larry Summers delivered a speech at Harvard Business School's Business Summit last October on the future of market capitalism and the challenges facing the next administration. Summers told his audience that the next presidential administration (the election was...
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Relocating to Russia: Current Issues Facing Companies and Expatriate Staff
- International companies and their HR directors face unique challenges in successfully transferring employees to Russia for the intended duration of their assignments. Determining benefits, locating rental or temporary housing, and recommending international schools are critical support services for individuals. On a more organisational level, HR directors must anticipate personal and...
- White papers 2005-06-24
- Beyond Fences: Brownfields and the Challenges of Land Use Controls
- Land-Use Controls LUCs present a wide array of complex and intricate policy and implementation challenges. They challenge the notions of federalism, as long-term stewardship of brownfields and other contaminated properties will demand extensive cooperation and coordination across all levels of government, especially between state environmental regulators and local government officials....
- White papers 2003-07-25
- Leading with an Open Heart
- Leadership has never been easy, but at the beginning of the twenty-first century, it is tougher than ever. As a nation, we are challenged by the events of September 11 disaster and the ongoing threats that stunning day represents. As a society, we are challenged to maintain cherished values and...
- White papers 2002-10-01
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