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- First Paperless Campus in Singapore Boosts Collaborative Learning, Saves Time and Costs
- Republic Polytechnic (RP) is Singapore's fifth polytechnic. RP has a student population growing from a current 5,600 to projected 13,000 by 2010. Although staff and students interact wirelessly through IP phones, Tablet PCs, email messaging and MSN Messenger Services for a student-centric learning environment, its growth demanded solutions for the...
- Tags: MSN, MSN Messenger, Student, Microsoft Corp., Singapore, Republic Polytechnic, Tablets, Entrepreneurship, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, VOIP, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Office Suites, Software, Telecommunications, Networking
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- White Paper - Developing a Strategic Business Plan
- Entrepreneurs and business managers are often so preoccupied with immediate issues that they lose sight of their ultimate objectives. That's why a business review or preparation of a strategic plan is a virtual necessity. This may not be a recipe for success, but without it a business is much more...
- Tags: Performance, Return, Business, Performance Management, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- White papers
- Oracle Case Study: DePaul University
- DePaul University, best known for its relationships with its students, was looking for ways to improve the student experience within the decentralized context of a higher education institution. By using Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Online Marketing, the university positioned itself as an entrepreneurial innovator by tailoring the application to a higher...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., DePaul University, PeopleSoft Enterprise Online Marketing Solution, Entrepreneurship, Marketing Research, Management, Marketing
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- White Paper - Writing a Business Plan
- A business plan should be a realistic view of the expectations and long-term objectives for an established business or new venture. It provides the framework within which it must operate and, ultimately, succeed or fail. For management or entrepreneurs seeking external support, the plan is the most important sales document...
- Tags: Business Plan, Entrepreneurship, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Management, Sales, Finance
- White papers
- Small Business Webcast: Developing Agility - How Small Business Entrepreneurs Can Implement Big Business Insight (Level 100)
- Small business leaders must have the skill and insight to prepare for a future that is rushing at them faster than ever before. In this webcast, you will gain insight into the "big" global trends impacting small business. You will understand why corporate agility is becoming a critical success factor...
- Tags: Insight, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Management
- Webcasts
- Looking to Bolster the Web Experience for Its Customers and Independent Business Owners, Online Retailer Is Sold on the HP BladeSystem
- Founded in 1999, Quixtar, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the ability to have a web-based business of their own through Quixtar's Independent Business Ownership Plan. The most critical element of Quixtar's business is its online commerce. The customers must have a good shopping experience; therefore, the web site performance is mission critical....
- Tags: Web, Hewlett-Packard Co., Channel Management, Ethernet, Web Servers, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Networking, Internet, Management
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- Fischer Ski's Modern IT Infrastructure Supports Company Expansion
- Fischer is total supplier in Alpine and Nordic areas and also specializes in tennis, hockey, Nordic walking, and composite technology. The company wanted to replace self-development with standard solutions in order to map company processes. The challenge was to consider expected production increases and product range extension of ski bindings...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Fischer, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Management
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- Microsoft Office Live Seminar: Candy Bouquet CEO Margaret McEntire Presents, "Franchising the Sweet Way"
- The presenter of this webcast introduces viewers to the world of franchising from her perspective as owner and found of Candy Bouquet International. Candy Bouquet International, Inc. has received numerous honors in the franchising world including being ranked for several years as one of the top franchises worldwide, top home...
- Tags: Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Corp., Franchise, Entrepreneurship, Microsoft Office, Digital Media, Management, Office Suites, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Creating and Justifying Intellectual Capital Value: Entrepreneurial Networking for Business Development on the WAP Protocol
- The Telecom firm was established in 1990 in the Business & Science Park, the industry park opposite the campus. This case study of entrepreneurial networking using the WAP protocol - 'the WAP Project' - is part of a larger University-Industry-Interaction programme (UII) of the University of Twente in the Netherlands,...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Business Development, WAP, Entrepreneurship, Cellular Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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- Money Laundering & Organized Crime: An Overview
- This white paper provides an insight into the relationship between money laundering and organized crime. The area in which organized crime is most recognizable is money laundering. A United Nations report concluded that money laundering is the tenth largest global economic activity - and reliable estimates attribute 4% of the...
- Tags: Crime, Money, Entrepreneurship, Management
- White papers
- Innovent Case Study: TradeHarbor
- On August 3, 2004, TradeHarbor, a leading provider of voice authentication services, announced that Innovent, an entrepreneurial innovation unit within Nokia, had invested in the early-stage company and signed an agreement to collaborate in mapping the emerging market for voice authentication and its implications for mobility. Exploring the voice authentication...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Nokia Corp., TradeHarbor, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Financial Accounting, Security, Management, Finance
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- NetOp School Enables Our Lecturers to Get Their Ideas Across More Effectively
- Singapore Polytechnic, the first polytechnic to be established in Singapore some 47 years ago has provided education and training for more than 100,000 skilled personnel many of whom are now leading entrepreneurs and professionals in industries and businesses in Singapore and beyond. They needed a utility to assist lecturers in...
- Tags: CrossTec Corp., CrossTec NetOp, NetOp School, Singapore, Productivity, Entrepreneurship, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources
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- Entrepreneurs: Interrelationships Between Their Characteristics, Values, Expectations, Management Practices and SME Performance
- The purposes of this study is, first, to determine the importance of the attributed and attained characteristics of the entrepreneur on the formation of his or her values and expectations; second, to determine the influence of those values and expectations on the choice of management practices; third, to determine the...
- Tags: Expectation, Business Performance, Small And Medium Enterprise, Entrepreneur, Management Practice, Entrepreneurship, Management
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- Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Industrial-Strength IT: Moving IT Up the Value Chain
- The job of Chief Information Officer (CIO) might be the toughest one in America. It is not a technology challenge, but a management challenge. Issues that a CIO faces include span of control, accountability, performance measurement, and peer review. This webcast is led by the founder and former president of...
- Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Value Chain, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Microsoft Corp., Chief Information Officer, Entrepreneurship, Recruitment & Selection, Digital Media, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Networking Academy Program in Ethiopia Bridges Both Gender and Digital Divides
- With a bachelor degree in Public Administration from the National University of Rwanda, Beth Murora had but a few computer-related courses under her belt. She knew that the Networking Academy program, which follows the 280-hour, 6-month Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) curriculum, would pose a challenge. Additionally, through the UNECA...
- Tags: Network, Gender, Cisco Systems Inc., Gender And Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Management
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- In an Entrepreneurial Venture, Populex Corporation Partners With HP for Major Competitive Differentiation
- With more than 35 years of technology-based experience in both entrepreneurial and Fortune 500 companies, and holding 29 U.S. and several foreign patents for telecommunications and high technology products, Populex Corporation was asked to find a voting solution that would address the electoral problems uncovered in the Bush/Gore presidential race...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Hewlett-Packard Co., Partnership, Entrepreneurship, Business Structures, Management, Finance
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- How SAP Is Helping Kimberly-Clark Maintain a Healthy Market Share
- Kimberly-Clark was established in a Wisconsin village over 130 years ago, the brainchild of four entrepreneurial young businessmen. Today it is a global leader in health and hygiene and home to some of the world's most recognised brands including Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups and Kotex. The challenge was to sustain...
- Tags: Kimberly-Clark Corp., SAP AG, Entrepreneurship, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Marketing
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- Driving Entrepreneurial Behavior at Deutsche Bahn
- Deutsche Bahn is one of the world's largest transportation companies. In the late 90s, it set a goal to become the leading transport company in Europe. This, they recognized, meant rapidly becoming a lean, commercially focused operation, equipped at all levels to succeed in a competitive environment. The first step...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Accenture Ltd., Deutsche Bahn, Transportation, Entrepreneurship, Team Management, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
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- How Business Owners Can Protect Customer Data
- The government mandates it, the customers demand it: how can one collect and protect customer data from a world filled with hackers and accidents. The presenters of this webcast outline the newest thinking on anything from the joy of entrepreneurship to cash flow for small businesses.
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Government, Entrepreneurship, Policies And Procedures, Management, Human Resources
- Webcasts
- What Works: Grameen Telecom's Village Phones
- Grameen Telecom's goal is to connect rural Bangladesh through the provision of mobile telephone service by creating micro-enterprises that can generate individual income and provide whole villages with connectivity. GT uses GrameenPhone's advanced GSM technology in stationary village phones owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs purchase the phones...
- Tags: Mobile-phone, Phone, Entrepreneur, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Entrepreneurship, Management
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