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Mercury Management at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota: Mayo's management of mercury in the medical environment has evolved over time. Mercury batteries were first collected for referral to a California-based reprocessing center in 1978. A strong emphasis has existed since the mid-1970s on collecting and commercially disposing of mercury-containing laboratory wastes through Mayo's hazardous waste program. Efforts continue...; Tags: Mayo Clinic, environment, battery, analysis; Case studies
Improving Relationships with Key Accounts: In business-to-business marketing, account relationships are essential to long-term success. Key account programs give companies the opportunity to contact their customers at regular intervals and build relationships. To manage the process effectively, it is important to take a long-term view of the relationship, rather than focusing on short-term goals. It...; Tags: Team management, Sales strategy, Sales force management, BNET Editorial, account management, senior executive, team, sales, product development, B2B, customer service, supplier, manufacturing, analysis, marketing, performance; Articles 2007-12-05
Set Your Strategic Management In Action: This paper evolved from the mixed results shown in the reviewed forecasting literature and from the lack of sufficient forecasting research dealing with micro data. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate and compare the accuracy of different quantitative and qualitative forecasting techniques, and to recommend a forecasting...; Tags: Sales force management, forecasting, strategic management, small business, tool; White papers 2007-10-01
Strata, Structure, And Strategy For Resource Allocation And New Product Development: Innovation and new product development are critical to firm success and are often cited as means to a sustained competitive advantage. Unfortunately, the question of which innovation programs to pursue and how they should be funded is not trivial. This paper examines the resource allocation and portfolio problem. Special emphasis...; Tags: Product marketing, Georgia Institute of Technology, resource allocation, New Product Development, allocation, competitive advantage, analysis, strategy; White papers 2007-08-01
Employee Discipline: 10 Steps To Effective Job Performance Feedback: Many business owners find it difficult to provide feedback to an employee who isn't performing quite as well as expected. It is frequently difficult to stay focused on providing constructive criticism that, hopefully, will lead the employee to improve. There might be a temptation to avoid putting yourself in a...; Tags: Job, Employee, Emphasis, Performance Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Tools & templates 2007-03-15

Appropriate Growth Policy: A Unifying Framework: In this paper, we use Schumpeterian growth theory, where growth comes from quality-improving innovations, to elaborate a theory of growth policy and to explain the growth gap between Europe and the US. Our theoretical apparatus systematizes the case-by-case approach to growth policy design. The emphasis is on three policy areas...; Tags: Harvard University, theory, education, Europe, financial; White papers 2005-12-08
The Role of Business Process Outsourcing in Transforming Finance and Accounting: Organizations face many challenges in attempting to improve the performance of their finance and accounting operations. The pursuit of the elusive and often nebulous "Transformation" goal is very difficult while simultaneously reducing costs and ensuring adequate regulatory compliance levels. Organizations have many tools as their disposal to pursue these efforts....; Tags: Performance management, regulatory compliance, process automation, finance, accounting, BPO, cost reduction, performance, business process, information technology, tool; White papers 2005-03-01
The Use and Application of the Product Life Cycle Concept in an Emerging Economy in Africa: Organisations in emerging economies are facing their toughest competition ever and they continually strive to retain customers by outperforming their competitors. Emphasis is placed on becoming more market centred, becoming more global and/or local and to decentralise. To achieve the above, organisations in developing countries, such as South Africa may...; Tags: Emphasis, Product Life Cycle, Marketing Research, Product Marketing, Marketing; White papers 2004-10-12
Deflation and Monetary Policy in a Historical Perspective: Remembering the Past or Being Condemned to Repeat It?: This paper presents a broad cross-country historical study of deflation over the past two centuries in order to shed light on current policy challenges. It first reviews the theoretical literature on deflation. It then characterizes deflation by distinguishing among the "good, the bad and the ugly" ones - considering both...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, National Bureau of Economic Research, deflation, inflation; White papers 2004-10-01
Identifying the Cause of Destruction of Textile Linear Structures: The article presents investigations into the mechanism of continuity loss of textile linear products. A method and tools for implementing it have been developed with the aim of investigating loose textile products, and determining the causes of their destruction. Special emphasis is placed on the usability of the procedure we...; Tags: tool; White papers 2004-09-01
Intermediary Report on Comparative Analysis of Electricity Reform in OECD Pacific Countries: During 2004/2005 the IEA secretariat will conduct a comparative analysis of electricity sector reforms in selected OECD countries. This is a working document to be used as input for the broader analysis to come. The main purpose of this document is to extract important facts about the reforms in the...; Tags: OECD, analysis; White papers 2004-07-21
Asset Management Based On Improved Online Monitoring Systems Applied To A 110/380 kV Substation: In the context of cost saving pressure at electric utilities the requirements on information's quality about physical asset are increasing. This paper presents an online monitoring system and the paradigm of their integration in a comprehensive Asset Management System. It will be described a system of presently installed monitoring units,...; Tags: IEEE, asset management, monitoring system, asset, integration, cost savings, decision-making, business process, monitoring; White papers 2004-07-07
Project Management Strategies for Improving Agency Operations: This article provides guidance on project management techniques in different agencies. The emphasis is on technology projects and the important principles underlined in this article apply to any type of project. While some have formal training, many project mangers learn by doing. This article presents some practical insight and a...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, project management, formal training, agency; White papers 2004-07-01
Challenges in Knowledge Discovery: Structured Repositories and Multimedia Content: Recent trends in structure and content of global knowledge spaces present new challenges to the field of Knowledge Discovery. Very large, highly structured repositories are increasingly replacing smaller, flat information spaces. Such repositories are often filled with multimedia documents, including image, audio and video data. This paper briefly outlines the...; Tags: Multimedia, Knowledge, Emphasis, Strategy, Management; White papers 2004-06-30
Why Some Start-ups Choose Cooperation Over Competition: Most start-up organizations face the tough challenge of establishing themselves. The main emphasis is on collaboration with big companies in order to create a base for the start-up company. The competition factor usually comes in when the company has firmly established a foothold. The paper deals with the question of...; Tags: Knowledge@Wharton, collaboration; White papers 2004-04-07
Linear Asset Management: This white paper document explains the basic concept of linear asset management and maintenance of assets within a network. The core emphasis is on the modeling of assets and their maintenance requirements. The solution presented by Oracle and Exor Corp. addresses the maintenance aspects of linear assets within a network.; Tags: Oracle Corp., asset management, asset, modeling, network; White papers 2004-04-01
Using Culture and Art for Conflict Resolution in Contemporary Times: There are different types of conflicts, domestic, political, religious and ideological. The latter are shown to be based on a community's identity and deeply entrenched belief systems that flow from the collective narratives of groups of people. Conflicts are analysed in terms of contrary belief systems. A strategy for the...; Tags: Communication skills, conflict resolution, strategy; White papers 2004-01-15
Petroleum, Petrochemical And Natural Gas Industries: This International Standard has been prepared based on ISO 14224:1999, experience gained through its use, and know-how and best practices shared through the international development process of this revised standard. In the petroleum, natural gas and petrochemical industries, great attention is being paid to safety, reliability and maintainability of equipment....; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, petroleum, natural gas, industry, best practice; White papers 2003-12-06
Digital Hospitals Move Off the Drawing Board: This report provides an overview of digital hospitals in the United States. The scope of research includes both new digital hospitals and hospitals that are transforming specific processes or departments using an innovative technological approach. Emphasis has been placed on documenting the results of existing efforts and capturing the lessons...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, hospital; White papers 2003-10-01
Automatic Device for Ion Fields Measurement: Concentration of light negative ions in the atmosphere has a favorable influence on the human health. For better exactness of measurement of ion fields concentration in living and working rooms and for elimination of the influence of a servicing person an automatic measurement device has been designed and completed exploiting...; Tags: Slovak Academy of Sciences, ion, health care; White papers 2003-08-05