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		<title><![CDATA[What’s Next: 4 Big Predictions for the U.S. Economy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The global landscape has changed for good. Here are our biggest predictions for after the shakeout — plus suggestions for what you should do about them.                        ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After the Great Recession]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recession will end eventually. And the economy, the workplace, and the markets will return to   something we'll learn to call normal. But it won't be like any normal you've seen  before.So, where do we go from here?    The world's most powerful economy has...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Linking Resource-Based View With Business Economics Of Woodworking Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=315597]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The business environment and sources of competitiveness in the woodworking industry have changed notably since the 1990s. Wood products are traded globally, and with the increase of trade, abundant forest resources are no longer the main source of sustainable competitiveness. Competition within the woodworking industry is increasing both between European...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gaining Competitive Advantage by Talent Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=171041]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The onset of liberalisation, privatization and globalisation has put tremendous pressure on the Indian Corporations to augment their competitiveness. Different organisations have tried various methods to stay alive in this era of cut-throat competition but only some have been able to do so. Organisations are facing tremendous pressure to be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Contribution Of Good Environmental Regulation To Competitiveness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316830]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the context of the current EU focus on growth and jobs, this paper reviews the evidence on the links between environmental regulation and competitiveness. It finds that a modern approach to regulation can: Reduce costs for industry and business; Create markets for environmental goods and services; Drive innovation; Reduce...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[e-Government And Business Competitiveness: A Policy Review]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317330]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays fast changing world, the Information and Communication Technology ICT revolution and globalization have become powerful forces in boosting economic growth and competitiveness across nations. Technology offers the hope of helping countries use the economies of scale generated by information advances to cut costs while also improving productivity and service...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Determinants of Microlithography Industry Leadership: The Possibility of Collaboration and Outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=133310]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The main purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons why Japanese microlithography manufacturers lost their competitiveness in the latter half of the 90's mainly based on the field interviews and publicly available data. Especially, the paper focuses on the following four possible determinants of competitiveness in this industry:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Industrial Competitiveness Under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=111079]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The EU ETS is embedded in the broader regime created by the Kyoto Protocol, but it applies only to a subset of countries whose industry, in some cases, competes with producers whose emissions are not limited. This step has triggered a debate among industrialists on how much the EU ETS...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Exploding The Myth Of Competitiveness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=77207]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If one increases employers' contributions, or tax capital and financial products, he will increase the costs of labor, which will endanger the competitiveness of companies that will then have no choice but to declare redundancies or relocate. The question this article addresses is, how can one finance pensions in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Competitiveness,  Strategy, And Productivity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=83490]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Strategy of an organization is the comprehensive plan for achieving organizational goals. Competitiveness relates to the competitive position that the organization has vis-à-vis other competing firms in the market. The constant endeavor of the organization is to deliver higher ‘value' to its customers as compared to other competing firms. This...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Innovation and Competitiveness in European Biotechnology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=104386]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This report analyses the status of innovation and production systems in European biotechnology and the innovative capacity. The report also analyzes its related factors that are some of the major determinants of the competitiveness of European biotechnology firms. As such, biotechnology cannot be considered as an industrial sector, but rather...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[American and Armenian CEOs' Perception of the Role of Strategic Leadership in Achieving and Maintaining Global Competitiveness]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=174489]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The study presented in this paper investigates the perceptions of American and Armenian CEOs toward the role of a suggested strategic leadership model developed by Ireland and Hitt in achieving and maintaining global competitiveness. The results of this study indicates that the surveyed CEOs in both countries agree that the...]]></description>
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