The Idea in Brief You've executed a brilliant new strategy--but your competitors are catching on. How to get them off your scent? Stalk recommends throwing curveball strategies: clever moves that get competitors looking the other way...
The list of technological species endangered by new innovations is growing long: First 8-track tapes and VHS, then printed newspapers and the compact-disc album. Now we can add the checkbook to the list. Or that's the word from the Federal Reserve. In an interview with "American Banker,"...
The Idea in Brief In many industries--automotive, consumer electronics, home appliances--the after-sales service market has ballooned to four to five times the size of the original equipment business. And the aftermarket is a high-margin cash cow: in...
The Idea in Brief You can't outperform rivals if you compete the same way they do. To be king of the jungle, not copycat, you must spur substantial new growth--quickly, profitably, and safely. ...
Creating goal setting in home business can be an interesting experience. Similar to goal setting in life, it can involve the significance of having strategies and clarity in the planning. One can also learn that goal setting have many different forms of strategies that individuals can use effectively. For example,...
Business Process Management is gaining adoption, but just what is Business Process Management BPM and how do BPM systems work? This paper clears up some of the confusion and helps you choose the right product with a six-step guide to selecting a BPM suite. Information Technology IT giants are either...
Technology's early promise was to automate manual processes and eliminate the armies of people that had to do routine and mundane tasks. Solutions evolved to allow companies to conduct business in ways that had never been done before. The World Wide Web, e-business, and enterprise solutions created new ways of...
If you have assets and skills and you find that they are not working out positively for you, then figure out the hurdles and find some solutions to solve them. If you struggle with selling, for example, then try and hire someone to sell for you. If you still find...
Are you equating dreams with goals or do you set goals to get to your dream? One should definitely dream and have a vision. In order to help you identify the difference between a dream, vision, and a goal, this paper gives 8 steps to take to achieve your goals.
Starting a business is fun. It's a world of learning and discovery as you try to build something brand new from scratch and make it on your own two feet. Many people are so caught up in building their business that they don't really consider where they want it to...
CIOs need to step up their game if they want to maintain their influence. The Society for Information Management found that 31 percent of CIOs report to the CEO now, as opposed to 45 percent last year. Some CEOs are questioning whether or not their companies' even need a CIO now...
As we wrote on the BNET Intercom last week, sometimes it's important to stay true to your company's strategic core. But sometimes, with technology and globalization changing the business environment at whiplash inducing speeds, fundamental redefinition is a necessity rather than a distraction. In a post on the Harvard Business...
Business planning is not a punishment or a make work exercise. It is the process for establishing the foundation upon which an organization is to pursue its vision, goals and objectives. A business plan, properly developed, provides the roadmap for success. The author believes this is lost on most IT...
Business management is home to more three-letter acronyms than any other profession, with the possible exception of aviation. And many of the most jargony abbreviations seem to be little more than a re-packaging of old ideas, or a slight variation of a proven concept. So what should you make of...
This paper focuses on one single aspect of Business Process Management - what skills are required of Project Managers responsible for managing a Business Process Redesign Project. Specifically, we want to focus on what's required to assure that a Business Process Redesign project progresses smoothly and achieves its objectives. First...
There's a big risk that comes with success: over-reliance on the ideas and methods that got you there. The business environment evolves constantly and a well-defined worldview can stifle innovation and spell disaster for you and your company. Charles Ehin, Professor of Management and author of Unleashing Intellectual Capital and...
A 200-page study released today by Human Rights Watch claims that Wal-Mart has repeatedly broken the law by eavesdropping on employee conversations, tracking employees with surveillance cameras, and firing pro-union workers to prevent its workforce from organizing. Wal-Mart vehemently defended its labor practices, and a spokesman said Wal-Mart gives employees...
The proliferation of increasingly sophisticated computers, e-mail, and cell phones is just the outward manifestation of a core shift in how companies operate and succeed (or, more commonly, fail). Not that long ago, new technology, or dominance in a local or specialized market, could afford a competitive advantage capable of...
Over the past generation, the business world has been completely reinvented. The proliferation of increasingly sophisticated computers, e-mail, and cell phones is just the outward manifestation of a core shift in how companies operate and succeed (or, more commonly, fail). Not that long ago, new technology, or dominance in a...
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