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What Is Crowdsourcing?
Despite the jargony name, crowdsourcing is a very real and important business idea. The basic idea is to tap into the collective intelligence of the public at large to complete business-related tasks that a company would normally either perform itself or outsource to a third-party provider. ...
Tags: NetFlix Inc., E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Amazon.com Inc., Collective Wisdom, BNET Briefing, Software, Procter & Gamble Co., Weak Spots Crowds, Jennifer Alsever, iStockphoto.com, Crowdsourcing
Articles 2007-03-07
What Is Crowdsourcing?
Despite the jargony name, crowdsouring is a very real and important business idea.
Tags: crowdsourcing, open sourcing, collective wisdom, mass collaboration
Articles 2007-02-01

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Collective wisdom - Innovators - Hedge Design Collective, Los Angeles, California
L.A.'S HEDGE DESIGN GROUP PROVES THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. Could thinking about a flower arrangement inspire the design of clothing? Could studying traffic flows suggest a great landscape plan? If the firm is the Hedge Collective, the answer is yes. Hedge has formed an innovative design firm, bringing...
Tags: Design Collective Inc.
Research articles 2002-10-01
Jigsaw Data Corp. Launches Business Contact Marketplace Globally with 'Wisdom of Crowds' Approach to Data Collection
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Jigsaw Data Corporation, the online marketplace where people buy and sell business contact information, announced that it is expanding globally with its Version 2.0 of its marketplace and applying its collaborative platform beyond business card information to include corporate information. The new version combines the collective...
Research articles 2005-06-14
Providing Business Support for the Over 50s
Organizations and individuals have much to gain from assisting people over 50 who still want to work. Their skills, experiences, perspectives, and collective wisdom are needed—pure and simple! As demographics in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and much of Asia show, birthrates are at historic lows;...
Tags: U.S., Talent, Financial, Business, Worker, Workforce Management, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance, Recruitment & Selection, BNET Editorial
Articles 2007-12-18
Tracking The Real Market Using A Trading Value System To Implement CAPM
Since its debut in the 1960s, William F. Sharpe's CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model has preoccupied the minds of many sophisticated investors. Based on CAPM's doctrines, passive investment strategy has become a significant part of investors 'game plan, and indexed portfolios have grown in assets from zero in 1970 to...
Tags: Investor, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
How to Manage in a Recession
During a downturn, the usual rules of the workplace change dramatically. Here's how to keep your team motivated and productive. Set the Tone Goal: Lower the anxiety level in the office by being candid about...
Tags: Team, Employee, Recession, Zappos, Yahoo Superstar Awards Program, Team Management, Management, Lindsay Blakely, Economy, Downturn, Zappos.com Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Crash Course
Articles 2008-06-23
How Much Is Your Company's Healthcare Liability?
GM has a total healthcare liability of $64 billion. No wonder the ongoing talks with the UAW are tense and the industry as a whole is struggling to compete (for a fascinating look at how the way America pools risk handicaps auto makers, check out this article by Malcolm Gladwell)....
Tags: General Motors Corp., Health Care, Forbes, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-09-06
A Beginner's Guide to Web 2.0 Tools for Business
No matter what you do for a living, chances are there's already a Web 2.0 service that can make you more effective in the workplace. Finance Spreadsheets and other essential tools for finance professionals are moving on to the Web, and as they do, they're...
Tags: BNET Feature, Enterprise Software, Spreadsheet, Software, Susan Kuchinskas, technology, Marketing, Internet, Channel Management, Productivity, Web 2.0, Google Docs And Spreadsheets Google, CRM, Tool, Collaboration, Web
Articles 2007-05-15
Lay-Offs Spread to "Healthy" Sectors
We try to keep you up to date with major economic indicators and the collective wisdom of economists, even if the news isn't very good. Today the 24/7 Wall Street blog, which offers solid analysis of the markets, points out the unsettling reality that layoffs are spreading from the sectors...
Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Mortgage Bankers Association, Internet Advertising, Fixed Income, Job
Blog posts 2007-10-17
SWOT Team Questions Click Data: Too Much Detail Or Not Enough?
These days, metrics, and measurements are the order of business. Strategically and tactically, the latest tools, techniques, and technology bolster efforts, delivering on the promises of the Web frontier. However, a question, which arises, is just how much information is required to be effective in one-to-one communications? If one believes...
Tags: MarketingProfs, Swot analysis, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2003-12-16
Renewing the Benefits Outsourcing Relationship
Considering the substantial cost and business impact of a multiyear benefits outsourcing relationship, it's often well worth the up-front time and expense required to effectively research and implement the best option for your company. Hewitt has developed a number of best practices that help ensure a successful outcome for all...
Tags: Hewitt Associates LLC, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2005-07-19
Leveraging Your Knowledge Assets: Replicating Successful Projects Depends on Access to Information
Every business holds a wealth of intellectual capital. These assets reside within the organization's most valuable resource: its people. Baseline performance is based largely on the technical knowledge, personal experiences and collective wisdom that are kept by individual contributors and as a whole establish a considerable knowledge base. Knowledge management...
Tags: Microsoft Access, Knowledge, Six Sigma Qualtec Inc., Baseline Performance, Strategy, Process Improvement, Management, Quality, Business Operations
White papers 2005-11-13
The "Wise" Supply Chain: Knowledge as a Component of Its Success
Enterprises enter supply chains to improve profitability through product development that is responsive to consumer demands. Increasing market share and maintaining a competitive product depends on the ability of each unit in the chain to apply knowledge innovatively. The key to innovation is the application of explicit and implicit knowledge...
Tags: Supply Chain, Knowledge, University Of Queensland, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Product Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations
White papers 2005-02-18
Why Don't More Companies Use Prediction Markets?
Why Don't More Companies Use Prediction Markets?Prediction Markets can be effectiveOur company, BitInsight, utilizes prediction markets as a component of a consulting services offering. Our experience supports your 3 obstacles to enterprise adoption: lack of familiarity with the concept, internal friction, and implementation issues. The first and...
Tags: Companies, prediction market
Discussion threads 2008-04-28
Colorado Springs Technology Briefs: February 17, 2006
The Center for Internet Research is one of five independent centers worldwide, each with a specialized focus for using the Internet. The Colorado center focuses on public education. Only one- third of those who start in the ninth grade graduate in Colorado, said Dr. Reid Cornwall, director of the Breckenridge-based...
Tags: education, Internet, U.S. Army, Wired Inc.
Research articles 2006-02-17
CBS and Aggregate Knowledge Partner to Offer First-of-Its-Kind Discovery and Recommendation Technology on the Mobile Web
Drawing on the Collective Wisdom of Mobile Users, CBS is Able to Offer Consumers More Targeted and Relevant Content
Tags: mobile
Research articles 2008-03-26
New Media Tools Go Beyond "Multimedia"
In addition to the text, video, and audio files that are the main components of "multimedia" content on most websites, there are a growing number of creative tools for displaying data in completely new ways. One of the earliest, WeFeelFine.org, which launched a couple years back, probably would not strike...
Tags: Multimedia, Media, Data, Blog, Site, Tool, EveryBlock, Blogging, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, David Weir
Blog posts 2008-09-01
Are Schools a Casualty of the Alleged Non-Recession?
Michael Panzner submits: As hard as it is to believe, there are still ivory-tower economists, Wall Street "strategists," Washington politicians, and TV pundits running around claiming that the U.S. is not in recession and a few are even arguing that conditions are not really softening all that much, with...
Tags: US Market
External links 2008-09-03
Questar Q1 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. And your first audio question comes from the line of Shneur Gershuni with UBS. Shneur Gershuni - UBS Hi good morning guys. Keith Rattie Good morning Shneur. Shneur Gershuni - UBS How are you? Good quarter. I just...
Tags: Questar Corp.
Earnings calls 2007-04-26
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