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Why Leadership Development in Asia Is Better Than in Europe
First, HR executives from around the world are invited to participate in the study, which highlights companies that have gone beyond the basics of grooming strong leaders and have come up with new ways to test their employees in the global marketplace. From those invitations, 537 companies participated in the 2009 study.
A shift in leadership development has occurred. While it used to be that American and European companies had cornered the market on developing the leaders of tomorrow, our latest round of research shows that Europe is now second to organizations in Asia Pacific,
HarvardBusiness.org
- Monday, March 8, 2010
Nature's Path Leads Consumers Through Complicated Grocery Shelves
According to a Nature's Path study by SPINS, this was during a downturn for organic and natural cereal, as well as in the midst of a recession when consumers were less likely to pay premium prices--during the same time period, Kashi sales were down 8-9%. Browse more Designers Accord Case Studie Organic and natural foods have exploded into our supermarkets at an astonishing rate: There has been an estimated 20% growth in volume each year for the last six years. That's a good problem to have if you're a consumer who wants to have a range of healthy options to feed your family, but
Fast Company
- Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Shifting Identities - From Consumer to Networked Creator
Sure, we were offered an outlet for our passion outside the institutions we studied and worked in, but even there we were encouraged to channel our passion into purchases. 0160; This began during prosperous times, but became even more pronounced in the current economic downturn. Who are you? 0160; Your answer to that question will shape what you do and feel on a daily basis.
Edge Perspectives with John Hagel
- Friday, February 12, 2010
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The Layoff
The company has enough money in the bank to buy a little time to study alternatives. Those costs are often much higher than people imagine, which explains why a Bain & Company study of layoffs during the 2001 downturn found that firms that cut the fewest employees performed better than their com-petitors did.
Tags: Current Interactive Case Study Economy Human resource "Why aren't layoffs taught as a subject at business school?" Robin Astrigo asked himself. "Boards
HarvardBusiness.org
- Thursday, February 19, 2009
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Study: Online Retailes Plan to Focus on Search, Email Marketing & Social Media During Recession
economy is still puttering through a recession, a new marketing study from the National Retail Federation's Shop.org and Forrester Research found that at least some online retailers have been able to take greater marketshare in the last few months. About 46% of the 117 retailers polled in this study also said that they had no plans to scale back their original budgets for 2009, though 54% of all respondents expect their overall growth to slow during the next 12 months. While the U.S. Over the last few months, shoppers have become increasingly price-sensitive , and this has clearly
ReadWriteWeb
- Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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Mint Study Shows That Holiday Shoppers Are Back In Action
Mint didn’t do much with this merchant data for a long time, but last August it leveraged it to show how grocery stores were weathering the downturn (unsurprisingly, high end stores like Whole Foods took the biggest hit). Feel like this holiday season is a bit cheerier than last year’s? You’re not alone.
TechCrunch
- Friday, December 11, 2009
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How to Value the Advertising-Supported Internet
recent TNS study reported the leading activities of Internet users as: used a search engine to find information (81%); looked up the news (76%); used online banking (74%); looked up the weather (65%); researched a product or service before buying it (63%); visited a brand or product website (61%); paid bills (56%); watched a video clip (51%); used a price comparison site (50%); listened to an audio clip (44% ).
A recent study we prepared with Hamilton Consultants for the Interactive Advertising Bureau uses three methods to value the contribution of the advertising-supported Internet
HarvardBusiness.org
- Monday, June 29, 2009
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Value Propositions That Work
While the luxury segment was hurt during the downturn, it is almost certain that as the economy rebounds that customers will return to luxury goods as their discretionary spending increases.
One of the most attractive value propositions we have seen and studied are the "must-haves." In my last post, I highlighted the fact that most people can't explain what their company does — its value proposition. The best way to start getting employees and management aligned is to understand the benefit the company is trying to deliver to its customers.
HarvardBusiness.org
- Monday, September 14, 2009
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Why You Need to Fail
And for others still it was the failure of a larger system, like an economic downturn, that required them to step up.
Yet And according to recent studies, 10,000 hours of that kind of practice will make you an expert in anything. "Peter, I'd like you to stay for a minute after class." Calvin teaches my favorite body conditioning class at the gym.
"What'd
HarvardBusiness.org
- Monday, July 6, 2009
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Warning: brain underload
The Times has a long and tiresome article about how the 'digital overload' is affecting our brains which is only notable for one thing, it mentions not a single study on how digital technology affects the brain.
It cites the 'email damages IQ' PR stunt as the results of a legitimate study when it was a marketing exercise for, ironically, a computer company.
Imagine that. You can write 2,000 words for one of the world's leading newspapers without a single established finding in the whole piece.
Mind Hacks
- Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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In the Talent War, the Ceasefire Is Over
With so many companies focused on simple survival during the downturn, with so much job loss and anxiety among those who survived, it was easy to forget about the war for top talent. But the downturn was just a temporary truce; the battle is about to erupt again in full force. According to a recent study just 10% of high-potential leaders lost their jobs during the recession (with many quickly And ironically the companies are the most at risk of losing their best leaders are ones that responded most vigorously (but often misguidedly) during the recession.
Why?
HarvardBusiness.org
- Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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How Usable is the Mobile Web?
Recently, researchers at the Nielsen Norman Group put the mobile web to the test in a usability study that looked at twenty different web sites on six different types of handsets. It's so bad, in fact, that principal researcher Jakob Nielsen, co-author of the study, compared today's mobile web to the web sites of the early 90's.
The Results of the Study
The results? The mobile web still leaves a lot to be desired.
ReadWriteWeb
- Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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Mobile Phones to Serve as Doctors in Developing Countries
In a recent study released by the UN and Vodafone titled, "mHealth for Development: The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World," over 50 of these types of initiatives throughout 26 countries were discussed. That, said UN/Vodafone Foundation Partnership head Claire Thwaites , was a crucial step since the industry, like many others today, stands at the edge of a downturn.
"There are 2.2 billion mobile phones in the developing world, 305 million computers but only 11 million hospital beds," said Terry Kramer, strategy director at British operator
ReadWriteWeb
- Friday, February 20, 2009
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