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Deloitte’s 2011 Technology Fast 500™ Rankings announced

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Technology Fast 500™ is an annual ranking by Deloitte of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Award winners were selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2006 to 2010.

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Why Germany Dominates the U.S. in Innovation

Harvard Business Review

in the most radical technologies. by 66%, manufacturing in Germany employed 22% of the workforce and contributed 21% of GDP in 2010. In 2010, just under 11% of the workforce was employed in manufacturing, and manufacturing contributed 13% of GDP. But the fairy tale that the U.S. Germany is just as good as the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies. Moreover, it forgot that it will continue to do well in China and India not just by keeping costs low but also by developing new technologies.

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. In several industries, such as consumer goods, financial services, industrial products, and logistics, COOs usually had backgrounds in either managing operations or information technology departments.

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Cisco's Flip Flop and (Mis)Managing the Obvious

Harvard Business Review

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. The sad but simple truth was that Cisco — arguably the world's premier internet network technology company — didn't deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled device. The company knew digital devices were all becoming telecommunications tools. What happened?

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." He advises some of the world’s biggest companies on environmental strategy.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

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