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Three Tips to Align Business & IT Strategies

Three Tips to Align Business & IT Strategies

Prof. Joe Peppard outlines the gap between Information Services and Information Technology, and the push-pull tension with business technology

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The Impact of Scarcity on Innovation

The Impact of Scarcity on Innovation

Does a shortage of resources hurt innovation? And what can innovation practitioners do to ensure companies are ready for the upturn?

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On Avoiding That Kodak Moment

On Avoiding That Kodak Moment

What’s wrong with this picture? The company that, not only invented the digital camera but also had a leading market share in digital photography, bungled the technology and is now seeking bankruptcy protection.

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Entrepreneurs Need More Than a Montage

Entrepreneurs Need More Than a Montage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQvNu8LoTo0#t=00m16s

Although it’s an excuse to use a goofy puppet-movie scene, this article is a good reminder that entrepreneurs should keep their eyes on the basics

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How The Recession is Saving Business (Or at least one of them)

How The Recession is Saving Business (Or at least one of them)

Amongst all the recent bad economic news, it is nice to hear a success story. It is even more surprising when the company is in the devastated construction sector, sells a commodity product and its recent success is the result of the economic downturn. Speaking recently to a group of business leaders, the company CEO [...]

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You Suck: 7 Reasons Your Business Will Fail

You Suck: 7 Reasons Your Business Will Fail

Entrepreneurs can be a deluded, stubborn bunch. And those traits won’t bring success, according to Ben Parr, tech journalist, sci-fi writer, and editor-at-large at Mashable.com (@mashable). The San Fransisco-based Parr (@benparr), an “aspiring world changer”  who is also “working on a yet-to-be-announced project,” was in Ireland to speak at the 7th Dublin Web Summit (@dublinwebsummit) [...]

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Why Can't Newspapers Play to Their Advantages?

Why Can’t Newspapers Play to Their Advantages?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0mZluhJs2s

But as Dvorak points out, newspaper publishers are suffering from self-inflicted wounds. Can they do anything to save their industry? They should play to their advantages.

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Innovator's Ideas

Innovator’s Ideas “Too Valuable to Patent”

Afraid of his ideas being copied, one innovator choses not to patent his inventions.

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MNEMONIC: The New Branding Mnemonic, Says 'Antichrist of Marketing'

MNEMONIC: The New Branding Mnemonic, Says ‘Antichrist of Marketing’

Companies need to get back to basics of branding, marketing guru Stephen Brown says.

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