Reverse Auction as a Strategic Sourcing Tool In a technically advanced world today, E-procurement acts as strategic platform for procurement through electronic mediums. One of the key tools of E-procurement is reverser auction. Unlike conventional auctions, reverser auction involves a number of sellers competing to driving down prices for the products or services.Strategic souring companies are using specialized tools like reverse...more
ReportsnReports:Are Hosted and SaaS Delivery Models the Answer to Doing More with Less? (Strategic Focus) Are Hosted and SaaS Delivery Models the Answer to Doing More with Less? (Strategic Focus)As the higher education market prepares for a period of unprecedented change, institutions will increasingly seek new ways to do more with less. Historically, institutions has been reluctant to adopt alternative delivery models for...more
Not all Defaults are Strategic A study done by Brent White, an associate professor of law at the University of Arizona found that many mortgage defaults were driven by emotion, such as anger or fear. The study that consisted of a group of 350 people noted that some of these individuals purposely defaulted due to anxiety about their financial position, while others are angry because they see others receiving assistance from banking institutions while they are not. Mr. White's study was originally intended to focus on the study of "strategic defaults". A strategic default is when a borrower decides not to pay even though they can afford their mortgage. This is often done because of the expectation of future financial difficulty. This practice has become more common with homeowners who are "underwater" on their mortgages – meaning that they owe more on their home loan than their home is worth. Strategic defaults are described by Mr. White as a "rational response" for homeowners who are underwater on their home loans. A report by Morgan Stanley placed strategic defaults at 12 percent of all home mortgage defaults in the month of February. In 2007, the percentages...more
Corporate Team Building— Developing a Team in a Strategic Way Team building plays a crucial role in the development of various plans and challenges. In an organization, you might notice that there are various challenges that you have to face and understand specific stages. It is important for the leaders to carry on with these...more
Dell Disclosed That In 2010 Part Of The Strategic Plan To Increase Investment In China This Year February 26 news recently, Dell's global consumer business, vice president of sales and marketing Michael @ Tatelman revealed to the media in Zhuhai, in 2010, part of the strategic plan, including increasing investment in the Chinese...more
Implementing Strategic Preparing: Getting The Issue To Do the job In purchase to meet the organization's specifications, departments spend time and electricity inventing ways to show that they are contributing to reaching the goals of the strategy. Hence, at the departmental stage what usually come about is counting. The strategic program results in being transactional, instead than transformational. The Departmental Technique An integrated approach to implementation will ameliorate the barriers discovered above and deliver an organization with a platform for success. The company course of action enhancement work out examines existing and demanded business features, constantly asking the following problems: What do we do? Why do we do it? How do we do it? When should really we do it? Who should really do it? A common premise will need to be: "We can't add far more to an previously total plate, with out receiving rid of one thing." The anticipated end result of the home business course of action improvement training, as a result, will be the elimination of unnecessary home business capabilities and/or activities, and the streamlining of people. After the...more
Strategic Planning + Agility = Success in Achieving Financial Goals Many times, an organization will put together a strategic plan, followed by a financial plan or budget, and then not take the time during the year to go through it and...more
Kizilsu to speed up the strategic restructuring of animal husbandry - breeding industry Grams of state take "to improve traditional Animal Husbandry Industry and innovation of modern animal husbandry, "in both directions, adhere to...more
Comparing Financial Investors and Strategic Investors In the not so distant past, there was little difference between financial and strategic investors. Investors of all colors sought to safeguard their investment by taking over as...more
EDL Consulting Announces Strategic Alliance with BigMachines Cloud Computing services provider and leading Cloud ISV to collaborate to better serve customers.Chicago, IL - October 4, 2009 – EDL Consulting, a leading technology...more
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The Important Role of Strategic Intelligence An intelligence career can be many different things, as there are many niche specializations in the field of intelligence. According to the government website for intelligence,...more