Economic uncertainty in North America has resulted in a flurry of finger-pointing, but too few of us are willing to look in the mirror and say, “I see the problem, it’s me.” Walmart rushed off to Asia to undercut their competitors and consumers rushed to Walmart to buy low-cost products.
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Wed, February 22 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
In an era of high unemployment, and especially in this political season of economic nationalism, both parties outdo themselves with promises to “rebuild America.” Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies’ international competitiveness. A company’s foreign sales can approach or exceed 50 percent; its [...]
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Wed, February 22 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
NON-UNIVERSITIES have not been shut out of demand-driven higher education, but the system would be more competitive if they were allowed to participate in their own right, says an analyst. Andrew Norton, higher education program director with the Grattan Institute, said universities were increasingly outsourcing to TAFEs and private providers, with Swinburne University’s online education [...]
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Tue, February 21 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Before I first started working on the SEO for the OZHut group of stores, I had contacted a few SEO companies out there at the time to see how much they wanted to charge and what sort of methodology they employed. Most of the answers we got at the time involved a “packaged” deal around [...]
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Tue, February 21 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Drew Smith found himself in the same position as many independent musicians trying to make a living in the struggling music business. He had no record label to underwrite his career, no publicity machine to get his music into listeners’ hands and not nearly enough money to make a music video. So he followed the [...]
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Mon, February 20 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
WASHINGTON: Keeping up his tirade against outsourcing, US President Barack Obama said today that firms shipping jobs off shores should be denied tax breaks if manufacturing is to be brought back to America and employment is to be raised. Speaking in his weekly radio address to the nation, Obama said all tax benefits should go [...]
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Mon, February 20 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
President Barack Obama came here Wednesday to promote his new “insourcing” economic plan, which he says could help prod U.S. manufacturers to bring jobs home from China and elsewhere overseas. But the biggest question buzzing about his visit was what he and Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin would say to each other when they toured [...]
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Mon, February 20 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Federation says laboratory service expensive, concerned only with maximising profits The state of Chris Hani Hospital and health in general in the province COSATU in Gauteng has been observing with great concern the state of health in the province and in particular at the tertiary hospitals. We have also noted several interventions by the Minister [...]
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Tue, February 14 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments