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5 Ways in Which Outsourcing is Leading Today’s Companies to Massive Growth

Strategy Driven

Many small to medium sized businesses already contract the services of outsourced professionals, such as accountants and marketing strategists, but haven’t yet understood that those services can be classified as outsourced! Advances in Technology at No Extra Cost. Then there are technological advances to be cognizant of.

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What’s the Endgame for Social Media?

Harvard Business Review

To tap into social business’ greater value, it will take more than launching a few corporate accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter (represented by the 42% above). Then came the next wave, external social business, rooted in customer service, corporate marketing, and communications. Marketing Social media'

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The Faustian Bargain of Online Services

Harvard Business Review

Yet the complexity of cloud-based technology also helped me catch the perpetrator. The platform the perpetrator used to read my email was a cloud-based email provider corporate account. Online marketing Social media Technology' So, there are ways to control our online data.

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Corporations Weren’t Designed to Run on Code

Harvard Business Review

The economy we’re operating in today may have been built to serve corporations, but not many corporations are doing well in the digital environment. Neither digital technology nor the corporation itself is necessarily to blame for the current predicament.

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Six Strategy Insights RIM's New CEO Can Use

Harvard Business Review

Trend lines, market sizing, and competitive benchmarks that served companies well during periods of gradual market evolution do little good in industries where new technologies create seismic shifts, demand is uncertain, and rivals emerge from left field. The company could merge with Dell.