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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. EVEN MORE: Yet another example: a good friend of mine from the 2004 Dean campaign, who was active in the 2008 Obama campaign as well, put in a request for web developers through his Facebook e-mail.

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Employee Engagement Articles

Chart Your Course

Economical Employee Engagement Human Resource Executive Online, January 2011. Keep On Engaging Incentive Magazine, December 2010. Turbocharging Employee Engagement (the Power of Recognition) Towers Watson, June 2010. Focus on Workers The Huffington Post, March 2010. Capitalizing on Complexity IBM, 2010.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The idea was simple: Combine the best of both companies into the new Yahoo China, which was projected to generate more than $25 million in revenue in 2004. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters.