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Building Your Brand “Buddy the Elf” Style – Part 1 :: Women on.

Women on Business

For others, adults, Buddy was a “chemically imbalanced” adult man who thinks and dresses like an elf running around through the streets of New York City. Buddy is a human raised by elves, therefore, does he fall into the “human” or “elf” category? For some, say children (most likely his primary target audience), Buddy is an elf.

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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. Part of the problem may be in the backgrounds that companies desired: 85% of COOs had experience in operations, strategy, or finance. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing.

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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." Follow him on Twitter at @GreenAdvantage. And on and on. In the U.S.

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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. In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Guidelines for selecting an appropriate model.

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Gloominess About the US Economy is a Choice

Harvard Business Review

You can read about it in recent issues of The Economist , The New York Times , and in the book The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yet, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 4 million people earned their living working with computers in 2010.