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British Women Bolt for Aussie Blokes: With promises of plentiful sunshine, affordable homes, low crime, good jobs, and lots of single men, Southern Australia is luring Britain's highly skilled, young women to its shores. [more]
Dolphins With a Weight Problem: Dolphins at Kinosaki Marine World in western Japan are on a low fat diet after failing to jump as high as they had previously in their aquatic performances. [more]
Testosterone May Affect Financial Risk Decisions: Testosterone levels may influence men's willingness to make risky financial decisions, according to a new study. [more]
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How Resilient Is the Global Supply Chain?: Global sourcing has become a strategic necessity, but companies don't have a good grip on the risks it poses. [more]
Private Equity Hunkers Down: Not so long ago private equity firms were awash with money and short of places to park it. [more]
Speedy Integration Is Key to M&A Success: Merger and acquisition activities have a reputation for destroying shareholder value, but a well-executed integration strategy can boost a deal's chances of success. [more]
Steps to a Successful Marriage: Once an M&A deal closes, successfully integrating the companies' finance and accounting functions can be key to the prospect of a long and happy union. [more]
What Works and What Doesn't in T&E Cost Control: With travel and entertainment (T&E) costs rising steeply, companies are taking a closer look at the best practices and technologies that can help them manage this important spend category better. [more]
The Purpose-Driven Corporation: The economic downturn hasn't dampened companies' commitments to corporate social responsibility (CSR or CR) programs. [more]
Human Capital Goes Global: Imbalances in the world's labor supply will result in a surge of workers across borders in the coming decades. [more]
Experienced New Hires May Not Be Successful: Companies often seek to hire skilled, experienced workers with a track record in the same industry, but this report proves that this strategy may not always work best. [more]
Business Leaders Are Transforming Social Enterprises: A new generation of business leaders and philanthropists is experimenting with hybrid forms of social enterprises while demanding more transparency and accountability from the organizations they are funding. [more]
How To Expand and Still Control Costs: Is frugal growth an oxymoron? [more]
Want More Profits? Hire More Women: Well, it might not be quite that simple -- there are only preliminary
indications of a causal link -- but evidence is mounting that companies with
higher numbers of women at senior levels outperform their peers. [more]
Employers Ponder Health-Care Options: With another year of stiff health-care premium increases looking likely for 2009, companies are casting about for alternatives to the well worn cost-shifting strategy. [more]
Corporate Decision Support Still Shaky: Efficient decision-making is critical for managing performance, but many organizations struggle to provide reliable information to decision-makers, according to a new Ventana Research report. [more]
Strategy Execution Requires a Management System: Companies need more than a good strategy to be successful. [more]
A Guide to Evaluating Best Practices: Following proven business methodologies can improve a company's performance, but often these so-called best practices fail to live up to their flattering handle. [more]
A Guide to Business Location: If you're looking at expanding your operations internationally you need to know how the various regions and cities around the world stack up in terms of business costs. [more]
Upbeat Thinking in the Downturn: One year into the credit crisis and the headlines are still, almost without exception, glum. [more]
Why Most Change Initiatives Go Thud: A startlingly high proportion of business transformation efforts go nowhere, says a new report. [more]
Business Continuity Lessons From the Great Flood of '08: The Midwest floods caught many companies flat-footed and punched holes in their disaster response plans. [more]
Extreme Makeover: How to Overhaul Your Business Model: In the life of any business, the time may come when it's imperative to reexamine the most fundamental assumptions of the enterprise. [more]