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- Strategic Planning For Nimbleness
- The pace of change in the Information Technology Reseller industry dictates that successful resellers be exceptionally nimble. Nimbleness means being quick, alert, resourceful, and clever. There are many dimensions of nimbleness, with some variations among different businesses. However, the common dimensions are: sales growth projection, efficiency improvements to shrink expenses,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Why Startups Can Innovate Better Than Microsoft, Apple and IBM
- Don Dodge wrote a couple of great articles recently titled “Why Startups Innovate While Big Companies Incrementally Improve” and “What do the PC, Mac and Xbox All Have In Common”. [Note: If you are interested in technology strategy, you should be reading Don Dodge’s blog. It’s got...
- Blog posts 2007-01-10
- The Missing Link - Operational Performance Planning
- Manufacturing organizations looking to leverage their supply chain and operational investments must automate cross-organizational performance planning processes to enable operational performance management. The reason - the lack of nimbleness and automation in existing Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) processes have stunted management's ability to drive change efficiently. Responding to new...
- White papers 2005-08-17
- The Return of Sales and Operations Planning
- In many manufacturing organizations, a lack of nimbleness and automation in existing Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes has stunted management's ability to drive change. Companies looking to maximize the value of their supply chain and their operational investments must automate cross-organizational performance planning processes to enable operational performance management.
- White papers 2005-09-13
- Leading From the Rear
- I've just consulted my paper-based(!) American Heritage dictionary on the word lead. The first definition reads, "To show the way to by going in advance." But should leaders also think about directing from the rear? Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill is studying...
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- For the Largest, Smaller Is Better - Avnet and Arrow Electronics - Company Operations
- Arrow and Avnet progress toward nimbleness
- Research articles 2001-04-02
- A Focus On Flexibility - Con Edison Communications' human resources strategy - Brief Article
- It's not often that a new company backed by $16 billion in assets gets to behave with the nimbleness of an entrepreneurial start-up. But a nimble operating style -- particularly where employee needs are concerned -- is what Peter Rust counted on when he became Con Edison Communications' CEC first...
- Research articles 2001-02-01
- Mazda Unveils New Third-generation MX-5 at Geneva International Motor
- Mazda Motor (TSE: 7261) has revealed the all-new MX-5 two-seater lightweight sports car at the 75th Geneva International Motor Show. Known as Roadster in Japan, the third-generation MX-5 can deliver better values, more comfort, and higher levels of interior quality, while inheriting the predecessor's attributes such as lightweight feeling, balanced...
- Research articles 2005-03-04
- Avon Products Inc. Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (AVP)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Avon Products Inc AVP Q4, 2005 Earnings Conference Call February 2nd 2006, 9:00 AM. Executives: Andrea Jung, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Renee Johansen, Vice-President of Investor Relations. Susan Kropf, President, Chief Operating Officer Charles W Cramb, Executive Vice...
- Earnings calls 2006-02-08
- Change Business Directions to Ride Out the Downturn
- Every company looks at changing course when its business gets sour. In such a downturn of one, when a company sees its market position wobble, changing course may become its only option. We've seen companies like Apple, IBM and Nintendo survive their own downturns of one, do something creative and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Pickup and go a new way.
- NEWTON, MA--With the strength of a stallion and the nimbleness of a mare, the new 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac could win the best of breed at any show. This new SUT or Sport Utility Truck I drove combines the best of an SUV--seating for five, smooth...
- Research articles 2000-10-02
- Agassi plays first ever match in Middle East
- DUBAI AFP — Andre Agassi, the son of an Olympic boxer from Iran, played his first competitive match in the Middle East when he beat Radek Stepanek 6-4, 7-5 in the first round of the Dubai Open. Agassi found it hard to experience this as a return to near...
- Research articles 2005-02-21
- Steering ebookers.
- Byline: Alice Hohler Ebookers, one of Europe's leading online travel agencies, displays the best attributes of the dot-coms - aggression, self-confidence and nimbleness - while overcoming their often fatal flaws of lack of profitability and absence of genuine critical mass.Ebookers, which dropped its...
- Research articles 2003-02-02
- For Travel Channel show, viewer feedback plays starring role; '5 Takes' creators regularly modify content based on viewers' suggestions.
- Byline: ABBEY KLAASSEN Here's an idea to terrify the average consumer marketer: Conduct a focus group in real time and make the changes suggested as you go along. For some, that nimbleness is here today thanks to the lightning-fast speed of...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- How to Thrive in Turbulent Markets
- In today's volatile world, doing business feels like competing in a heavyweight boxing ring. To prevail, should your company rely on agility nimbleness to quickly spot and exploit market changes? For instance, shifting resources from struggling...
- Articles 2009-02-11
- First Drive Review: 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor
- Author's note: We covered the Raptor's technical and design elements in great detail in our first look at Ford's one-of-a-kind, high-speed off-roader. We encourage you to read that story for reference, along with this review of what it's like to pilot the Raptor. Somewhere in a safe-deposit box in Michigan,...
- News items 2009-08-23
- Review: Nokia N97 Mini
- Nokia's powerhouse N97 touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard-packing smartphone may have arrived to mixed reviews, but its new, rescaled Nokia N97 Mini stablemate offers a refreshed take on the device. Its 'Mini' moniker doesn't mean this is a heavily stripped down version of the original N97 , however. ...
- News items 2009-12-09
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