BIZ DEVELOPMENT
Strategic Management
Definition of Competitive Advantage
Today's marketplace is ultra-competitive, with a many competitors who fight for a bigger share of their industry. So, what can companies do in order to fight for their share?
They do have to completely change the way they think and act in the market. In the past, companies could be successful by creating a unique strategic position in the marketplace...
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Performance Management
Leading Effecive Meetings
Different kinds of meetings occur daily in every department of the company. The purpose of the meetings is to exchange information, review business indicators, negotiate, agree and plan future activities. The leader of every meeting should ensure that a meeting serves its business objectives while using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods and considering the needs and potential contributions of others...
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Human Resources
Phases of Influencing
The influencing is present in every sphere of the business. The process of business activities is based on interaction between carriers of process segments. During this process one person is influencing another person. Despite of the fact that the relation between process carriers should be predefined, still influencing skills plays a great deal...
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Strategic Management
Risk Register as a Tool of Risk Management
Risk management is the part of regular activities of many companies. Since in every business and within every segment of activity there is a certain risk, the investment in risk management is justified. If the risks are regularly defined, evaluated and followed by the adequate response plan, than the effects of possible negative events can be mitigated...
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Biz News
Samsung is Increasing Sales and Profit
Samsung is continuously increasing the sales and profit. Thanks to very good sales of Android based smart phones, Samsung was able to report very good business results in last quarter of 2012.
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Biz News
Hackers Are Becoming Bigger Threat Than Terrorism
"We think that cyber threat will become the biggest threat for US in the future" – said FBI Director Robert Muller at the RSA conference in San Francisco, reported by Business Insider.
He said those good old days when the hacking was done by the tanagers for fun are over. The new breeds of hackers are well organized and work in groups. The organization is similar with traditional criminals.
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Strategic Management
8 Steps of Organizational Transformation
John P. Kotter proposed the set of activities that can help an organization to recognize the need for change, embrace the change and successfully transform according the needs of the market. The 8 steps of organizational transformation are...
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Biz News
The New Google Rules Are Against The Rules In European Union
The French agency for protection of personal data ( Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés - CNIL ) has called the Google to postpone the activation of new rules, since they consider that the new Google rules may be against the rules of European Union for protection of personal data.
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Strategic Management
What is the Trend?
The trend is the term that describes the appearance of certain events in specific period of time. The trend analysis is used in economy and society for analysis of past events and forecasting the future events. The trend represents the record of certain parameter in specific period of time and gives estimation of expected behavior in the future.
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Strategic Management
Perfect Competition
Perfect competition is the situation in the market where the large number of manufacturers and customers of the same product exists. The price of the product is changing only under the influence of fluctuation of the whole market. No manufacturer is significantly large enough to change the prices in the market.
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Biz News
EU Is At The Edge Of New Recession
Economic estimations of European Union show no growth trend in first quarter of 2012. If these estimation turn to be true, than it is likely that Euro zone could enter to the new recession. Since the production output records the decline, the expectation of new recession is possible.
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European Union Suspended the Ratification of ACTA
European union suspended the ratification of Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ( ACTA ), reports BBC. European Commission decided to request for expertise from European Court of Justice. The purpose of this expertise should be investigation about effect of ACTA on freedom of internet.
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Biz News
On Line Advertising is Exceeding Printed Media Advertising
According to current trends, $ 62 Billions will be spent on on-line advertising in US. This will be more than double, compared to value of advertising in newspapers and magazines.
Recent years showed that advertisers are spending more and more on on-line advertising. According the eMarketer, if this trend continues, more money will be spent in on line advertising, than on printed media.
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Biz News
The New Wave of Anti Piracy is Coming
The SOPA and PIPA are cancelled, while more and more European countries are putting on hold their engagement related to ACTA. Still, associations of entertainment industries will not accept the defeat, but they will continue in finding a new ways of shutting down services that are containing piracy materials.
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Strategic Management
What Is The Magic Quadrant?
Gartner's Magic Quadrant is the analytic methodology for assessment of creators of solutions it the area of information and communication technology (ICT)...
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Biz News
Cheap Oil Is Gone Forever
Despite the fact that new oil fields have been found in Brazil and North Dakota, it seems that the new sources of oil can barely cover the shortage of the oil caused by demand increase and depletion of existing oil fields...
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Biz News
Apple Sues Samsung at US Court
Apple sues Samsung related to four patents, as continuation of series of legal processes at European courts. The subjects of this dispute are four technological patents. European trial had the dispute over design and software...
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Biz News
Nuclear Energy Is Coming Back
Despite the fact that nuclear disaster in Fukushima turned the energy strategy of the countries away from nuclear energy, it seems that this trend will last shortly. Recent problems with energy and growing demands that are expected in the near future are making the changes in the energetic strategies in US and Europe...
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Supply Chain
Logistics Outsourcing
Logistic outsourcing is one of the methods of increasing organizational efficiency. Since logistics is bulky part of the business, its outsourcing can simplify activities related to repetitive operations...
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Biz News
ISPs Are Not Responsible For Internet Piracy
European Court of Justice has ruled the verdict that Internet Service Providers ( ISPs ) can not be forced to monitor and block the access of users to internet.
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Biz News
Increase of Demand for SSD Disks
Micron Technology stated that demand for SSD memory storage ( Solid State Disk ) is increased after catastrophic floods in Thailand. The recent floods in Thailand created damage to numerous facilities for production of hard drives and related parts.
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European Commission Started Investigation Against Samsung
European Commission initiated investigation against Samsung related to patent war with Apple. Bruxelles will investigate the alleged misuse of Samung's dominant position in the market and violation of intellectual property law.
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Strategic Management
Outsourcing Today
Global economy recession reduced the scale of economic activities during the past years. One segment continued to grow despite of the crisis – the Outsourcing. Cost reduction and efficiency increase became the imperative in every business branch. This factor helped to outsourcing concept to grow and expand to new areas.
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Biz News
Shut Down Your E-Mail For a While
The Volkswagen's Union made a deal with the company that no e-mails will be sent during the free time. The reason for this initiative was increased number of complaints of employees that the limit between business and private time is virtually lost, due to mails through Blackberry.
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Biz News
War for Free Internet Started
Official FBI.gov site was dawn recently, after the attack of Anonymous hacker group. This attack was conducted as a sign of retaliation, after the Megaupload service was shut down by U.S. Justice Department, due to alleged copyright infringement. Does this means that the war for the free internet has started?
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Human Resources
Team Work
People are often not aware of the influence of the media to their way of thinking. What are the basic mass media manipulation techniques used for brainwashing and mind programming of the masses?
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Strategic Management
10 Strategies for Manipulation of People Through Media
People are often not aware of the influence of the media to their way of thinking. What are the basic mass media manipulation techniques used for brainwashing and mind programming of the masses?
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Performance Management
Performance Review
Performance review meeting is important performance management tool that requires preparation and compliance to certain rules. These rules are applying to team leader and his subordinates as well.
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Finance Management
Theory and Analytics of Costs
What is the definition of costs? What is the relation between average cost and marginal cost? What is the cost breakeven point?
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Biz News
Galaxy S3 - Samsung's Answer to Apple iPhone 5
According the rumors, the new Samsung Galaxy S3 will have 4 core processor, 3d screen and ability of recording of 3D photographs and video. Is that enough to beat iPhone?
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