Trend Technology is a junior mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. Co. has staked and holds the Copper Prince...
The rise in busy family schedules has made convenience and portability even more important today. Consumers are eating smaller meals more frequently, and this is where snack foods play a key role. These trends bode well for the frozen snacks and appetizers category, which rose 2.2% to $794.0 million in...
Porter Novelli trendspotter Marian Salzman spots trends for a living. In a recent interview, she shared some of her secrets for identifying the latest craze (UPDATE: Salzman sent her white paper to Catching Flack: Porter Novelli's 10 Trends) There are basically three stages involving trends related to...
With the highly immersive experience of the virtual environment and the ease of internet access, the online and real worlds will indeed merge almost completely. If you look at the rapid changes taking place in the online world, it's interesting to study where life online is going for consumers. This...
The uber consultants at McKinsey's Technology Initiative have published their first Perspectives volume, seven pieces on the major trends the firm sees emerging. I'll highlight the first piece here more later on the rest. It's called Eight business technology trends to watch free registration required, but these...
In medical science, we can find ways to improve wound treatment methods based on trends of evolution and Theory of Inventive Problem Solving TRIZ principles. We can look forward to the use of lasers used to suture in addition to cutting, rather than using a biodegradable or other type of...
To be strategic you need to monitor your external environment constantly and be prepared to shift gears fast, combining planning with entrepreneurship. Being strategic is vital for success in business nowadays. Competitors can outflank you so fast that you wont know what happened. You must therefore think continuously about where...
This template helps you perform some basic fundamental equity stock analysis. Once you have entered the data for the last five years, review the trends and evaluate those trends by designating an "Up" or "Down" trend (place an "x" in the appropriate box.) Enter the year for the most recent...
Karl Albrecht International, as part of its ongoing service to clients, continuously scans the business environment to identify important trends that are shaping the opportunities and threats facing business enterprises. This paper presents a snapshot of eight important strategic trends expected to prevail over the coming 5-10 years. KAI's database...
The emergence of Business Process Outsourcing BPO has not only brought smaller outsourcing contract values, but also a trend of "Bundling" ITO and BPO in outsourcing relationships. Bundling occurs when a client chooses to include the underlying Information Technology IT systems and operations within the scope of a transaction that...
With the strong trends exhibited by stocks, swing trading has become increasingly popular amongst traders. In fact, the swing chart is the most common technique used to identify trends. Here we look at how to draw swing charts, and, more importantly, how to use them to profit. Swing charts offer...
Portfolios can be “managed” from many different directions. This article explores another method of managing the portfolio, to protect us from market direction changes. The market generally moves in waves or trends, and the selection of strategies reflects the general trend of the market. The article asserts that if one...
This article is a review of a random sampling of large-company proxy statements filed with the SEC during February-March 2003. It analyzes recent trends about short-term incentives, long-term incentives, and ownership guidelines. It reviewed the proxies of companies with name recognition and extracted plans, plan features or policies which are...
This article looks at the new trends emerging in IR roadshows. Investment community meetings have become an increasingly critical determinant of any company's success. But several trends have converged to make them both a harder row to hoe and a greater opportunity for those firms able to turn adversity into...
The flowmeter market is ever changing, and this year's group of freshman products showcases several important trends in the industry: increased attention to mass flow, improvements in sensor technology, designs for specific applications, improved performance, and more communication protocols. Most mass flow measurement is done by Coriolis, thermal, and multivariable...
Technology is driving a new trend in the marketplace. This trend presents new challenges and opportunities to marketers. This trend, called content-on-demand, gives consumers the opportunity to select what content they want, how they want to receive it and at what specific time. The selective content evolution will ultimately force...
From the executive summary: ‘Management trends are indeed getting more numerous and fleeting. In addition to being shorter-lived and more numerous, many of today's management trends revolve around three overriding themes: reengineering business processes, managing knowledge and learning, and facing the changing dynamic between management and employees.’ The paper examines...
Multivariable flowmeters measure more than one process variable. This trend cuts across product lines, and includes differential pressure DP, vortex, magnetic, ultrasonic, and Coriolis flowmeters. There are several reasons for this trend. Users are looking to get more information from the process. By adding a pressure transducer or temperature sensor,...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Hook & Ladder Brewing Touts GrowthC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Hook & Ladder Brewing Company, a Washington, D.C.-area venture started by a volunteer firefighter and his business-minded brother, is bucking negative economic trends and experiencing tremendous growth this year, despite the fact that...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Research and Markets Adds Report: Bread and Rolls In ChinaC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of Bread & Rolls in China to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report...
