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Core Business
the central, and usually the original, focus of an organization's activities that differentiates it from others and makes a vital contribution to its success. The concept of core business became...
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Subcontracting Your Web Site
Operating a web site is essential for your business, but it can be a large and complex challenge. To do it right, you need to consider security issues, e-commerce transactions, storage space, programming, and myriad other requirements. These assets are essential, but acquiring and managing them can distract your IT...
Tags: Application service providers (ASPs), Business services, Web site development, BNET Editorial, application service provider, leasing, service provider, core business, outsourcing, supplier, Subcontracting, outsource, programming, Web site, software upgrade, Web hosting
Articles 2007-10-19
Sun Care brand Blockhead has been acquired in a tie up between the Cosmetics Equity Group and The Core Business.(EUROPEAN NEWS)
SUN CARE brand Blockhead has been acquired in a tie up between the Cosmetics Equity Group and The Core Business. Tim Lowe, one of the founding ... SUN CARE brand Blockhead has been acquired in a tie up between the Cosmetics Equity Group and The Core...
Tags: Core Business, cosmetics, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 2005-09-09
As part of a strategy to shore up its core business, packaging player Alcan Inc has divested its Italian Laffon plant as well as Alcan Packaging Sutton Ltd.(TECHNOLOGY & PACKAGING)(Brief Article)
AS PART of a strategy to shore up its core business, packaging player Alcan Inc has divested its Italian Laffon plant as well as Alcan Packaging Sutton Ltd. The latter is based in Nottinghamshire in the UK ... AS PART of a strategy to shore up...
Tags: Alcan Inc., core business, strategy
Research articles 2005-09-23
Phoenix sells printing blanket activities: German firm to focus on core business as printing activities are sold. (Rubber news).(in management buyout backed by BPE Private Equity GmbH)(Brief Article)
As part of efforts to focus on core business, Phoenix AG has sold its offset blanket activities in a management buy-out, effective 1 Oct. The MBO team, backed by a fund managed by BPE Private Equity GmbH of Hamburg, has acquired the assets of this bu ...
Tags: core business, management buyout, Phoenix Technologies, printing
Research articles 2001-11-01
Programmers: New Media Will Boost Old.
By Linda Moss New Platforms Will Help Drive Video Usage Las Vegas - New-media technology and products - from the Internet to cellphones to mobile devices - can ultimately support and enhance the traditional TV business,...
Tags: bond, cell phone, Comcast Corp., core business, Internet, mobile, mobile device, network, programmer, programming, TV
Research articles 2007-05-14
Banks trim fat to focus on core business.(consolidation)(Brief article)
Many of today's largest banks are looking to step out of the mutual fund game that they once rushed into, preferring to focus on the core business of commercial banking. Citigroup last year unloaded its Citi Asset Management division to Legg Mason Many...
Tags: bank, Citigroup Inc., commercial banking, core business, mutual fund
Research articles 2006-09-01
Sun demerges R&D to insulate core business.
Feb. 11--Sun Pharma's decision to demerge the new drug discovery and the new drug delivery system, portion of its R&D business, will insulate the company's core business from the risks associated with research. It also forces the R&D business Feb. 11--Sun Pharma's decision to demerge the...
Tags: core business, R&D, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 2006-02-11
It pays to stay focused, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times Malaysia 01-29-2001 DIVERSIFICATION may be the buzz word for some, but for consumer product companies, staying focused, pays. Consumer product companies that focus purely on their core business generally tend to perform bett Business Times...
Tags: Nestle S.A., company, core business, BAT
Research articles 2001-01-29
Cash-rich Aetna plans core growth.(will sell property and casualty business, concentrate on managed care coverage)
Aetna plans on using the impending sale of its property and casualty operations to finance growth in its core businesses of managed health care, international business and retirement services. Analysts appreciate the move, as it will lessen Aetna's exposuAetna plans on using the impending sale of its property and casualty...
Tags: Aetna Inc., core business
Research articles 1995-12-04
TV stations told to 'stick to their knitting.' (McKinsey and Co./Teller-Gorman study recommends focus on core business)
TVB study sees slow market growth, competition for market share Broadcast stations that focus on their core business during the next two years, while at the same time experimenting with new technology will have a better chance of becoming grea ...
Tags: advertisement, broadcaster, core business, gross domestic product, McKinsey & Co., technology, TV
Research articles 1994-03-28
When Growth Stalls
It happens even to exemplary companies: after years of neck-snapping acceleration in revenue, growth suddenly stalls. And no one saw it coming. Worse, if executives don't diagnose the cause of a stall and turn things around fast, a company stands little chance of...
Tags: Stall, Growth Stall, Core Business, Executive Team, Storage, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Hardware, Investment, Finance, Management, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Matthew S. Olson, Derek van Bever, Seth Verry, Matthew S. Olson, Derek van Bever, Seth Verry
Articles 2008-03-05

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Not simply a tweak: executives say survival of core business requires significant change, study shows.( )
SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES WILL be needed to compete and grow in the years ahead, say business executives who participated in a recent survey that asked them to look five years down the road. The survey results, released by global consulting firm Bain & Co.,...
Tags: Bain & Co., Globalization, MARKETING, Strategy, survey
Research articles 2005-02-01
Sime Darby eyes petroleum retailing as core business, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times Malaysia 06-12-2001 SIME Darby Bhd, Malaysia's most diversified conglomerate, may make petroleum retailing its core business if its venture into the ProJET brand is successful. "We hope that the oil and gas as well as th ...
Tags: ConocoPhillips Co., natural gas, oil, petroleum
Research articles 2001-06-12
CEOs reveal focus on core business not cost savings is primary reason to outsource.
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2001-INTEGRA: CEOs reveal focus on core business not cost savings is primary reason to outsource C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31102001 Integra announces research results into senior managements' perceptions of e-business outsourcing. Key Findings...
Tags: CEO, e-business, Frost & Sullivan, Genuity, INTERNET, outsource, Outsourcing
Research articles 2001-10-31
SHANDA DECLARES HOME INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT IS CORE BUSINESS
AsiaInfo Services 04-15-2005 Shanda Declares Home Interactive Entertainment Is Core Business SHANGHAI, Apr 15, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Shanda Interactive EntertainmentLimited (NASDAQ: SNDA), the leading online game operator in China, declares that the home interactive entertainment is its core business...
Tags: China, Games, INTERNET, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Portals, SHANDA, Sina Corp.
Research articles 2005-04-15
Elisa specifies incorrect information stated in public on the restructuring of its non-core business.
M2 PRESSWIRE-30 April 2003-Elisa Communications: Elisa specifies incorrect information stated in public on the restructuring of its non-core businessC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04302003 Elisa specifies incorrect information stated in public concerning the Group's ownership arrangements in Comptel Corporation, Estera Oy...
Tags: Comptel Corp.
Research articles 2003-04-30
Siebel Systems and Haley Systems Sign Strategic Global OEM Agreement; Siebel Systems to Use Haley's Business Rules Suite for Core Business Rules Technology
PITTSBURGH -- Haley Systems, Inc., the technology leader in business rules management systems, and SiebelTM Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEBL), a leading provider of customer-facing solutions, today announced that Haley will provide the core business rules technology for Siebel Systems' next-generation product offerings. Under the terms of a global strategic OEM...
Tags: agreement, Siebel Systems Inc.
Research articles 2005-09-19
National Restaurant Chain Selects Lawson ERP and Business Intelligence Software; BUCA Will Use the Applications to Streamline Financial Reporting, Centralize Core Business Processes and Support Rapid Growth
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- BUCA, Inc. selected Lawson Software's (Nasdaq:LWSN) Enterprise Financial Management, Supply Chain Management and Business Intelligence suites to help centralize its disparate ERP systems and streamline core business processes. BUCA's legacy business systems limited its ability to capture, execute, analyze and report business activities across the organization...
Tags: business intelligence system, ERP, financial reporting, Lawson Software Inc., software, Streamline
Research articles 2006-08-08
IPIX Corporation Completes Sale of AdMission Business Unit in Continued Streamlining of Core Business Objectives
VIENNA, Va. -- IPIX Corporation (NASDAQ:IPIX), a premium supplier of visual intelligence technologies, announced today the completion of the sale of its AdMission business unit to AdMission Corporation, a privately held venture capital-funded and employee-owned company. The sale, which was previously announced by IPIX on January 11, 2005, is part...
Research articles 2005-02-17
FHS Enterprises Calls for New Moore Medical Strategies to Maximize Shareholder Value; Seek Greater Returns on Moore's Core Business and E-Commerce Initiatives
Business Editors NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 12, 2001 Moore Medical Corp. (AMEX:MMD, www.mooremedical.com), a Connecticut based leading national distributor of medical, surgical and pharmaceutical products, needs new strategies to enhance shareholder value and maximize its investments in both its core business and e-commerce, an investor group led by...
Tags: Henry Schein Inc., Moore Medical Corp.
Research articles 2001-03-12
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