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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. Your federal small business loan can fund a call center and answering service , linking local talent to employers nationwide.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business Review

Companies that claim to be “transforming” seem to be everywhere. Before describing those, let’s look at how we identified the exceptional firms that rose to the top of our ranking, a group we call the Transformation 10. How successful has the company been at creating new products, services, and business models?

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The Productivity Payoff From the Corporate Lattice

Harvard Business Review

For instance, 82 percent of the companies on Fortune's 2011 100 Best Companies to Work For list offer telecommuting options. Frontier Communications, for example, has found that work-at-home agents are 25% more productive and have double the retention rate of work-in-the-call-center agents.

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End the Chaos: A Better Approach to Business Intelligence

Harvard Business Review

My client Janet already had her laptop open when I asked how many versions of the budget report were on her company's SharePoint drive. Everyone from product managers, to call center reps, to the front-line worker in the branch or store uses information to make decisions. It's a hidden cost, and a growing one.