performance reveal a growing link between certain kinds of technology investments and intensifying competitiveness. Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference 11 Further Reading A list of related materials, with annotations to
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Australian School of Business Banking and Finance FINS3625 Applied Corporate Finance Course Outline Semester 1, 2014 Part A: Course-Specific Information Part B: Key Policies, Student Responsibilies and Support Table of Contents PART A: COURSE-‐SPECIFIC INFORMATION 1 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 1.1 Communication with Staff 2 COURSE DETAILS 2.1 Teaching Times and Locations 2.2 Units of Credit
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2177 APRIL 11, 2008 LARRY E. GREINER ELIZABETH COLLINS A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products 5:25 A.M. Sweat dripped onto the handlebars of Alex Sander’s StairMaster. Sander was half an hour into a cardiovascular workout, while carrying on a conversation in the fitness center of the downtown condominium complex with a neighbor who was climbing steadily on his own StairMaster. At 32, Alex was the newest, and youngest, product manager in the
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Southern States University BU-502 Applied Business Research and Communications Skills Online Spring Quarter, 2016 Updated: April 4, 2016 CREDIT HOURS: 4.0 CONTACT HOURS: 40 (40 Theory, 0 Lab) (40 Online) Instructor: Dr. Peggy Bilbruck Email: pbilbruck@ssu.edu (inquiries will be responded within 24-36 hours). For any urgent technical problems with Moodle, contact the SSU-Moodle Administrator: ssumoodle@ssu.edu Office Hours: Wednesdays on Moodle from
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Holding fast. Gourville JT. Source Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. jgourville@hbs.edu Abstract CEO Peter Walsh faces a classic innovator's dilemma. His company, Crescordia, produces high-quality metal plates, pins, and screws that orthopedic surgeons use to repair broken bones. In fact, because the company has for decades refused to compromise on quality, there are orthopedic surgeons who use nothing but Crescordia hardware. And now these customers have begun to clamor for the next generation
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9-508-111 REV: JUNE 24, 2009 ANITA ELBERSE JASON BERGSMAN Radiohead: Music at Your Own Price (B) From the moment Radiohead announced its “name-your-own-price” model for the release of its new album In Rainbows, there was wild speculation about how consumers would react. The first insights emerged from the research company comScore. Through a panel of around 2 million people worldwide who allowed their online behavior to be tracked, comScore observed nearly 1,000 visitors to the In Rainbows
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6201 This assignment is a Harvard Business Review case about the proposed acquisition of Intuit by Microsoft, by William Fruhan. Source: Harvard Business School: 20 pages. Publication Date: May 24, 1995. Prod. #: 295121-PDF-ENG The case is available using the following link. http://hbr.org/product/microsoft-intuit/an/295121-PDF-ENG It costs $ 6.99 and I believe you can also get the spreadsheets with the data in the case in soft copy (excel) format if you buy the case from HBR – You may need
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Harvard Business School will reject the 119 applicants who hacked into the school's admissions site last week, the school's dean, Kim B. Clark, said yesterday. ''This behavior is unethical at best -- a serious breach of trust that can not be countered by rationalization," Clark said in a statement. ''Any applicant found to have done so will not be admitted to this school." A half dozen business schools were swamped by a wave of electronic intrusions Wednesday morning, after a computer hacker
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Scope In an effort to provide readers with new information and insight into the challenges and problems that exist for women to attain an executive position several different credible sources will be leveraged, including Gartner search group, Harvard Business School, About.com and many other sources. By leveraging research that has already been conducted as well as reviewing information that has been shared regarding this topic this will serve as a basis of determining information that has been
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Assignment One Reading a Strategic Plan As a volunteer radio presenter for ArtsoundFM in Canberra, I am very interested in community radio and its benefits to the local community through its varied program mix and community announcements. With this in mind, I have selected the Community Broadcasting Foundation (CBF) to evaluate their Strategic Plan. I see the benefit of this organisation, in terms of them being an “independent non-profit funding agency”, to be valuable to their stakeholders
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