Category Archives: Articles
Facebook : Potential to Rule the Advertising World
As a student we’ve always learned to keep it short, simple and stupid. I will try to do so in the following article. I’m a publisher. My website runs only on advertising. In the past I ran a web shop, [...]
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Case study on facebook vs orkut
Three years ago in the early days of social media I wrote a blog post asking people to vote between Facebook and Orkut in regards to their favorite social network. Over 6,000 votes later, we’re still at a deadlock with nearly a [...]
Filed under Articles, Computers and IT, Exclusive Articles, Free Cases, Technology
What is SWOT Analysis
SWOT analysis is a simple framework for generating strategic alternatives from a situation analysis. It is applicable to either the corporate level or the business unit level and frequently appears in marketing plans.
SWOT (sometimes referred to as TOWS) stands for [...]
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Lean and Six Sigma A One-Two Punch
• Lean brings action and intuition to the table, quickly attacking low hanging fruit with kaizen events.
• Six Sigma uses statistical tools to uncover root causes and provide metrics as mile markers.
• A combination of both provides the tools to [...]
Filed under Articles, LEAN Manufacturing, Operations, Six Sigma
Outsourcing Can Do Much More Than Just Cut Costs
Companies that successfully create and sustain value year after year are rare. Many try to, but a recent study of 2,000 companies over 10 years by our consulting firm, Bain & Co., found that only one in 10 achieved sustained, [...]
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Perfectionism Is a Disease
We can never achieve perfection — any of us. Yet so many people keep trying to reach this elusive goal and they drive themselves crazy in the process. So cut it out. Accept that it’s okay to do a mediocre [...]
Filed under Articles, Change Management, How To, Organizational Behaviour
Talent Supply Chain Management
A survey of professional services firms shows a serious disconnect between the desired operational state of the firms and their current ability to achieve that state. But firms are recognizing that automating resource planning and management, including human or talent [...]
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