Capgemini has published a new study that reveals that the primary drivers for innovation are customer needs and advances in technology. The report, “Leader or Laggard: Innovation as a Competitive Success Factor During Recession,” confirms that innovation is crucial to survival in today’s economic environment, with more than 60 percent of respondents saying they are [...]
Careful when using certain tech terms, lest you seem out of date, according to Network World. The magazine has put together a list of outdated tech terms, phrases that you should avoid using at work in case they make you seem old and behind the times.
This is especially true if you are looking for a [...]
East Asian economies – Singapore and Hong Kong SAR – occupied the top two positions in the Enabling Trade Index ranking, followed by Switzerland, Denmark and Sweden, according to the World Economic Forum’s “Global Enabling Trade Report 2009.” Canada, Norway, Finland, Austria and the Netherlands complete the top 10.
You can download The Global Enabling Trade [...]
American Express, Metlife and Turner Broadcasting System are among PINK magazine’s 15 Top Companies for Women 2009. PINK’s exclusive annual ranking recognizes organizations that make women’s advancement a part of everyday business, especially in demonstrating a commitment to placing women in top leadership positions and among top earners.
Even more reason for optimism is the progress [...]
UBS’s “Prices and Earnings 2009″ study ranks Oslo, Zurich, Copenhagen, Geneva, Tokyo and New York as the world’s most expensive cities, based on a standardized basket of 122 goods and services. When rent prices are factored into the equation, New York, Oslo, Geneva and Tokyo emerge as especially pricey places to live. The basket costs [...]
The Web has come a long way in leveling the playing field for job seekers and employers alike. As the unemployed ranks continue to swell, throngs of displaced workers are looking to job-placement sites for salvation. In April, such sites attracted 57.2 million “unique visitors,” up nearly 50% from the same period last year, according [...]
Each year the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) publishes a two-volume annual competitiveness report. Volume one of the series, “Benchmarking Ireland’s Performance,” is a collection of 140 statistical indicators of Ireland’s competitiveness performance in relation to 17 other economies and the OECD and EU averages.
The report is available on the web.
Want to be an instant entrepreneur? Why start a company from scratch when someone’s already figured out the business model? That’s the lure of franchising.
Forbes, with the assistance of Robert Bond, publisher of Bond’s Franchising Guides, has compiled a list of 400 operators that require less than $100,000 to open a new location, have been [...]
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Forbes magazine has put together its annual list of America’s most stressful cities, which has been topped for the second consecutive year by Chicago. A combination of crowding, poor air quality, a high unemployment rate (11%) and free-falling home values have created a cocktail of constant worry affecting many in the Windy City.
Los Angeles, [...]
Women account for 64 percent of the $18.4 trillion spent annually on consumer goods around the world. Pretty soon more women will be working in this country than men. Women already control half the wealth in the United States, and they will be responsible for roughly $5 trillion in additional earned income globally over the [...]
