The Anthropocene
/Extracted 11/11/11 from http://www.globaia.org/en/anthropocene/the_anthropocene_igbp_globaia.jpg [see enlarged version at the link above]
Read MoreEcosphere-Anthroposphere
/Extracted 11/11/11 from http://www.globaia.org/en/anthropocene/ The color blue was chosen to underline the high energy involved in making these anthropogenic features. [Thank you, Felix Pharand]
Read MoreAnthropocene Cartography
/Extracted 11/11/11 from http://www.globaia.org/en/anthropocene/ FELIX PHARAND D. Cultural Anthropologist specialized in ethnogeography... has worked for 10 years as a scientific communicator in various domains, including cosmology, planetology, Ea...
Read MoreCorruption in Public and Private Sectors Correlated
/Extracted 03NOV2011 from http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/bribe-payers-index?fsrc=scn/tw/te/dc/internationalbackscratching BRIBERY involves two parties, not one. Lambasting officials in poor countries for their sticky fingers is e...
Read MoreA Social Baseline in the Extractive Industries
/Extracted 31OCT2011 from http://blog.boreal-is.com/?p=573&lang=en In Performance Standard 1, the IFC indicates that “the Social and Environmental Assessment process will be based on current information, including an accurate project description, a...
Read MoreMid-Sized Companies and Job Creation
/Extracted 31OCT2011 from http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/220616 Businesses with between $10,000 and $10 million of revenue account for just 17 percent of new jobs, according to a recent Treasury Department report. The report cites that one reason...
Read MoreStrategies for a Multi-Polar World
/Extracted 28OCT2011 from http://miami.strategicmanagement.net/ National Institutions And Global Competition Strategic Management Society's 31st Annual Conference (Miami, FL), Nov. 6-9, 2011 The world has changed dramatically since the SMS first me...
Read MoreThe "Sustainable Perfect" or the Birth of the Black Swan
/Extracted 24OCT2011 from http://tinyurl.com/3d2uq7u A myth tells us: Two methods of improving a business are “Six Sigma” and “Lean”... We do encounter globally operating companies that claim for having sustainable operations in place but criticall...
Read MoreProductive Partnership with 3PL Providers
/Extracted 24OCT2011 from http://tinyurl.com/3vpl3q2 In order to help develop and maintain the partnership and the relationships, I suggest developing guiding principles that support the relationship and focus on mutually beneficial objectives. The...
Read MoreIntegrity Due Diligence
/Extracted 24OCT2011 from http://www.globalriskaffairs.com/2011/10/integrity-due-diligence-towards-an-i... By Jennifer Hanley-Giersch Corporations and institutions can attain a strategic and competitive advantage by pursuing an integrated approach ...
Read MoreCross-Functional Communication for Supply Chain Innovation
/Extracted 21OCT2011 from http://tinyurl.com/3qmmw5y You can’t keep bringing out new products, technologies or solutions and deliver them through the same logistics done in the past. There may be new markets requiring new logistics. There may be ne...
Read MoreIndia Improving Corporate Governance
/Extracted 21OCT2011 from http://tinyurl.com/3v3b5ga India will soon replace the 56-year-old Companies Act with a new legislation aimed at improving corporate governance and checking frauds in boardrooms... the key focus is on ensuring that compani...
Read MoreFCPA Enforcement
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/nonMember/InsideTrack/2011/10_26_Kaplan.htm In this podcast, Jeff [Kaplan] explains the latest developments in the anti-corruption area including the results of a benchmarking study condu...
Read MoreBusinesses Push Back On Foreign Bribery Law
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://www.npr.org/2011/10/19/141473145/businesses-push-back-on-foreign-bribe... One of the federal government's few success stories when it comes to policing corporate crime in recent years comes from a post-Watergate law...
Read MoreInvest in Communities to Advance Capitalism
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/10/ceos_should_invest_in_communit.html [Beginning to think about socio-technical ecosystems for business... applies to transnational enterprises as well]
Read More"Ease of Doing Business" Rankings
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://doingbusiness.org/rankings?cid=EXT_FBWB_EXT Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking on the ease of doing business index means the regulatory environment is more conducive t...
Read MoreGrowth in International Tourism
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://www.mtmweb.biz/blog/2011/international-tourists-to-hit-1-8-billion-by-... International tourist arrivals are forecast to reach 1.8 billion by 2030 according to the newly released UNWTO long-term forecast, Tourism To...
Read MoreNew Technology Brings Offshoring To Villages
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://tinyurl.com/3hr6u6m The Xerox CTO describes research that allows manufacturing and office workers to avoid commuting to traffic-choked Indian cities. [Video podcast]
Read MoreSome Basics of Offshoring
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://tinyurl.com/3hr6u6m Video podcast describing some of the basic manifestations and uses of offshoring.
Read MoreThe Future Of Offshoring - Global Staffing
/Extracted 20OCT2011 from http://tinyurl.com/3hr6u6m [Video podcast] The past years, offshore suppliers have moved up the value chain and moved into value added services, such as consulting and end-to-end IT services. The expectation is that this t...
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