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Countdown to Copenhagen: Government, Business and the Battle Against Climate Change
This year has the potential to be a watershed year for climate change. This Economist Intelligence Unit report investigates the current regulatory outlook within key regions of the world and the prospects for change within the marketplace.
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Doing Good: Business and the Sustainability Challenge
Being a good corporate citizen has never been so challenging. Companies have long been under public scrutiny for practices ranging from recruitment to workplace safety, from attitudes to overseas investment to environmental pollution. This Economist Intelligence Unit report investigates the impact of sustainability on business today and how corporate leaders are dealing with issues relating to sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
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Getting Serious About Collaboration: How Companies Are Transforming Their Business Networks
BusinessWeek Research Services conducted an exclusive survey to discover and analyze the views of executives on collaboration with third parties. Find out what researchers discovered about how business network collaboration is impacting these industries.
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Business Network Transformation in Media and Telecommunications
A new source of competitive advantage is emerging in media and telecommunications. Find out how these companies are transforming their business network of consumers, suppliers, and distributors to better understand and serve end customers.
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Beyond Boundaries: A New Role for Finance in Driving Business Collaboration
CFO Research Services recently conducted research among senior finance executives around the world to examine the role company finance organizations now play in driving business collaboration alliances. Explore why collaboration between finance and other lines of business is becoming more widespread and more important to the overall corporate strategy.
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Survey Shows CEOs Are Making Collaboration a Top Priority
Executives are increasingly turning to collaboration with their business networks as a way to win new markets and address evolving customer needs quickly. Read this BusinessWeek Research Services (BWRS) study to learn how information technology can play help support increased levels of collaboration with customers, partners, and suppliers.
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Innovating and Creating Value in Your Business Network
by Dr. Henry Chesbrough, adjunct professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Hear Dr. Henry Chesbrough's research on the connection between business network transformation and the innovation process.
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Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
by Dr. Robert S. Kaplan, professor, Harvard Business School
Listen to Dr. Robert S. Kaplan, a widely-known visionary whose Balanced Scorecard concept is used by more than half of Fortune 500 companies, as he discusses how organizations can close the loop between strategy and execution.
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