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Extracted 07SEP2011 from http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&piPK=6416... Summary: Using a cross-section of more than 40,000 manufacturing and services firms in 79 developing countries from the World Bank's Enterprise S...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://mashable.com/2011/09/02/supercookies-internet-privacy/ Recently, online properties like Hulu, MSN and Flixster have been caught using a tougher version of the common cookie. These “supercookies” (aka “Flash cookies”...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/7955-social-media-may-not-be-as-social-as-you... In looking at more than 90m users and 100m pieces of user-generated content from its client base, which includes Posterous and Bebo, Impermiu...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://www.accenture.com/us-en/outlook/Pages/outlook-online-2011-business-imp... New research from the London School of Economics and Accenture—based on a survey of 1,035 business and IT executives, as well as in-depth i...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=16822 Nine out of ten transport companies reckon they are doing as well or better than last year, according to Bibby Financial Services... The confidence of...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/3pl_news_rrts_completes_acquisition_of_p... Non asset-based third-party logistics services provider Road Runner Transportation Services (RRTS) said it has officially closed its acquisit...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://logisticsweek.com/news/2011/09/government-adopts-modern-technology-to-... To overcome the problems of congestion and collision in ports and minimize the accidents, a Management Information System called Vessel Traff...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://www.accenture.com/us-en/outlook/Pages/outlook-online-2011-new-era-inno... [The cloud is stimulating business innovation but, more broadly and in many instances, it will not ultimately be required for it.] the flexib...
Read MoreExtracted 07SEP2011 from http://www.accenture.com/us-en/outlook/Pages/outlook-journal-2011-edge-csuite....TmYoazKQOSJ.twitter [We don't usually promulgate opinions through this digest but we do so here because this article is so stunning in its co...
Read MoreExtracted 06SEP2011 from http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/09/financial_fears_flows_and_glob.html 3:19 PM Thursday September 1, 2011 by Pankaj Ghemawat Our current problems stem, in part, from the special characteristics of finance, which as Keynes not...
Read MoreExtracted 31AUG2011 from http://www.accenture.com/us-en/Pages/insight-ungc-infrastructure-transportati... This latest UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study indicates that CEOs within the infrastructure and transportation services industry are begi...
Read MoreExtracted 31AUG2011 from http://mashable.com/2011/08/31/law-enforcement-social-media-use/ Social media monitoring and analytics can help city, state and national government agencies make faster and more informed decisions. Some of the decisions ca...
Read MoreExtracted 31AUG2011 from http://www.ethicalcorp.com/governance-regulation/what-business-should-know-ab... At the OECD ministerial meeting earlier this year when the new Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises were adopted, governments, trade unio...
Read MoreExtracted 31AUG2011 from http://logisticsportal.org/community/boards/-/message_boards/message/138978#_... The new California law S657 requires retailers and manufacturers to inform the public about their efforts to combat slavery and human traffic...
Read MoreExtracted 31AUG2011 from http://hbr.org/2011/09/the-higher-ambition-leader/ar/1?cm_mmc=social-_-facebo... ...“higher-ambition leaders” because, unlike many executives, they are not content with achieving only strong economic returns. Rather, they ...
Read MoreExtracted 30AUG2011 from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-end-of-social-media-1.0/ [Brian Solis has nailed it] Listening, learning and adapting is where the real value of social media will show its true colors. Listening leads to a more info...
Read MoreExtracted 29AUG2011 from http://firstforsustainability.org/risk-management/understanding-environmental... A financial institution's transaction with a client/investee can represent a financial, legal and/or reputational risk to the financial insti...
Read MoreExtracted 29AUG2011 from http://data.worldbank.org/news/how-are-data-and-statistics-produced The data website of the World Bank makes extensive use of data from the national statistical systems of countries – often called “official” statistics. Bu...
Read MoreExtracted 27AUG2011 from http://www.aircargoworld.com/Air-Cargo-News/2011/08/dhl-launches-latin-americ... DHL also utilizes intrusion alarm, access controls and armed guards at its warehouses to monitor freight, company officials explained. As an ...
Read MoreExtracted 27AUG2011 from http://socialmediatoday.com/cksyme/345211/power-crowd-and-place-conversation-... A Conversation with Jeff Kirchick from SCVNGR by Chris Syme SCVNGR is a mobile game about going places, doing challenges, earning points, and...
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