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Why Deming / Why Now / Working to transform “our” system

Deming Institute

The early emphasis on productivity in the program was a familiar theme at my work and the telecommunications business. It was technologically advancing at a very rapid rate that was in evidence every day. rang out at the beginning of the program, and I was hooked. Why Deming? Why Now?

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. Dual asymmetrical joint venture.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

The land reforms triggered a series of events that spiraled into a major economic crisis and caused formal unemployment to soar to 90%. Technology : Providers of mobile banking and cash transfer solutions are doing particularly well in the economy due to the country’s multi-currency exchange regime and low availability of U.S.

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Generations Around the Globe

Harvard Business Review

In Brazil, the arduous transition from a military dictatorship to civilian rule, along with growing exposure to foreign trade, weakened the local economy and intensified the country's financial crisis. In Germany, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the integration of East Germany came at significant financial cost.

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Doing Business in India Requires a Mobile-First Strategy

Harvard Business Review

If you want to see how mobile technology can disrupt the very basics of business models and habits established over hundreds if not thousands of years, look at what’s happening in India. A telecommunications revolution, towards fourth generation (4G) mobile services, will transform the consumer landscape over the next 5-10 years.

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Why No One Uses the Corporate Social Network

Harvard Business Review

Management has its finger on the pulse of the company, aware of every crisis-induced quickening. The reality is that the landscape is littered with failed technology deployments. How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done. Imagine an organization that is completely digitally connected.

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The Top Six Innovation Ideas of 2011

Harvard Business Review

Frito-Lay has already made competition the cornerstone of its Super Bowl advertising , and Toyota , desperate to remind people what a wonderful corporate citizen it can be, invites aspiring innovators to suggest how the firm's technology can be used for good in unexpected ways. Think of them as part of the global supply chain.