P A R T I Discovering Momentum 1 1 The Power of Momentum Where’s the Impetus? Momentum. Most businesses get it at some point: the impression that everything they undertake succeeds effortlessly, as if they’re being carried along by a tailwind that increases their efficiency and propels them on to exceptional growth.1 Some hold on to it. Most don’t. Slowly, imperceptibly, the tailwind turns around and the momentum disappears, without anyone quite realizing what has happened. The company
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Social Computing: Study on the Use and Impact of Online Social Networking IPTS Exploratory Research on the Socio-economic Impact of Social Computing Romina Cachia EUR 23565 EN - 2008 1 The mission of the IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process by researching science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic and a scientific or technological dimension. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective
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Retail 4.0: The Future of Retail Grocery in a Digital World Parag Desai Ali Potia Brian Salsberg The Future of Retail Grocery in a Digital World Introduction I f there’s one thing that always stays the same in retail, it’s change. New stores open, others go out of business. Market leaders experiment with larger or smaller store formats. They change the layout in their stores and launch new private brands on their shelves. Loyalty programs are tweaked, new offers and affinity
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For the exclusive use of B. Varghese, 2015. 9-511-004 REV: APRIL 14, 2011 SUNIL GUPTA KERRY HERMAN Tri ipAdvisor It w early Mo was onday mornin in the first week of Au ng t ugust 2010, an just back i his office fr nd in rom a two-w week family vacation, Step v phen Kaufer, founder and CEO of Trip d pAdvisor (TA was happy and A), y relaxe Kaufer ha rented two houses for his family’s vacation in M ed. ad o Martha’s Vin neyard—one h house from TA’s newest service
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INFOANALYTICA FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORT ANANDARUP GHOSHAL 2008 ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL, AHMEDABAD SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS IBS AHMEDABAD 2|Page SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROJECT REPORT PROJECT AREA: FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS FACULTY GUIDE: PROF. AMIT SARASWAT COMPANY NAME: INFOANALYTICA COMPANY GUIDE: ULLAS UNNIKRISHAN MARAR IBS AHMEDABAD
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BT Personal Skills Journey Key skills training for young adults www.bt.com/personalskillsjourney Foreword The BT Learning and Skills Programme is passionate in its promotion of the key role communication skills play in our lives. We recognise that in this increasingly competitive world, we need to equip our young people with an understanding of the basics in life as early as we can, as businesses both large and small cannot afford to recruit staff who are unprepared for their start
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no. 2-0021 Hasbro Interactive In 1995 at the Tokyo Toy Fair, Alan Hassenfeld, chief executive of toy and game company Hasbro, decided it was time once again for his company to take a risk on interactive games. The company had been stung when betting on the notion that consumers would spurn traditional board games in favor of the electronic variety. However, the personal computer, with its improving multimedia capabilities, looked to be the future of gaming. Mr. Hassenfeld spoke with Tom Dusenberry
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