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The Buy American Policy: A Clear and Present Danger?
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| In April 2009, Trade Minister Stockwell Day expressed concern that what at the time was the proposed "Buy American" bill was representative of the same kind of U.S. protectionism "that fueled the Great Depression in the 1930's.
Citing the "Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930" (Smoot-Stonehouse Tariff Act), Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Perrin Beatty suggested that the "danger with something like this is that its a spark in the forest." |
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Ten Questions with Marti Nyman
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| Marti Nyman is “director of global innovation networks” for Best Buy. This means that his job is to find leading-edge, cool stuff for Best Buy—and yes, he gets paid to do this. Marti has held a diverse array of positions in strategic alliances, business development, mergers and acquisitions, business-unit leadership, sales and marketing, manufacturing, and international market development at a number of companies including General Electric, Ericsson, and ADC Telecommunications. |
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Preface: Working Out of Poverty
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| This is my third opportunity to offer the Director-General’s Report to
the International Labour Conference. The first,
Decent work,revisited our
mandate, interpreted it and defined our mission for the world of today,
based on ILO values. You subscribed to the agenda we set out, which affirmed
that the ILO had to be concerned with all workers, including those
beyond the formal labour market. |
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Financial Supply Chains: Member Question & Survey
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| Network Member Question:
What does the term "financial supply-chain" mean to you?
Enrico Camerinelli, Finance Director Europe's consultant editor for supply-chain has developed a short online survey on this subject - should take a couple on mins for you to complete - would be grateful if you could take time out to complete - the web link to the survey is as follows:
(Note: to access the survey, please contact the author)
Look forward to hearing your views
Question Submitted By:
Steve 'Dunkerley'
Project Director - Finance Director Europe (FDE)
United Kingdom
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OVERCOMING STRESS-- MEDITATION
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| I am light with meditation, religiose
And mystic with a day of solitude.
'Reading Pascal in the Lowlands' (1985) |
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IS YOUR BUSINESS PUTTING YOUR ASSETS AT RISK? BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS: THE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
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| The general partnership has existed for centuries. Today, it is controlled by the laws of the state in which it operates. The general partnership is easy to create - sometimes too easy. Unwary business owners have become partners creating obligations to others without intending to do so just by conducting themselves as a partnership. This article explains what a general partnership is, how it is formed, and the rights and obligations of the partners. Protect your personal assets and make certain you understand how the general partnership works. |
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What skills should a sales director possess?
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| Being a sales director is one of the toughest jobs around, or it can be. If the company were a car, the sales director would be responsible of planning the trip, keeping the driver from making a wrong turn while on the trip, making sure that the car doesn't run out of gas and doing all of this while keeping the kids in the back seat happy and not throwing things at the other passengers.... And somewhere along the way someone needs to stop and go to the bathroom. |
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Franchising Begins to Bite in India
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| Western style franchising is starting to have a major impact on the Indian business scene. Rod Young, Executive Director of DC Strategy and the Program Director of Franchise India 2009, explains why franchising in India is growing rapidly and Aussie firms are positioning themselves to grow. |
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Thought leadership insights from global expert
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| Fiona Czerniawska, is one of the foremost global authorities on thought leadership, particularly in the management consultancy space. There are few people who understand as much about thought leadership. She is the founder and managing director of Arkimeda and one of the world's leading authorities on the consulting industry. She has authored numerous management reports, books and articles.
She is also the Director of the Management Consultancies Association's Think Tank, she is a Programme Director for the Centre of Management Development at London Business School, and also lectures at Kingston Business School in London and Haarlem School of Advanced Management Studies in Holland.
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Director Dinner Discussions of the SAN kind
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| Im sure the switching folks from the various camps all have their different views, and if you follow marketing fundamentals, as a vendor you want to position yourself as something new and different to own a market or category. Hence when the discuss turned to why these new platforms were or were not directors and how they were something more, it reminded me of where we were in the industry about seven years ago when the director vs. switch debates raged. So with that in mind, when I was asked as to what I thought a director was vs. a switch, my answer is this:
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Leaders Make it Happen
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| After heated meetings and many warnings to clean up the community group's problems, the director was finally fired. While cleaning out his office, he met his eager new successor. "There are three sealed and numbered letters in the top drawer of this desk," he told the new director. "I left them there as my parting advice to you. Open them in order when you're really in trouble."
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