Green Power

Author: Ellison, Katherine
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: CNNMoney.com
Publication Year: 2007

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Cisco Goes to China: Routing an Emerging Economy

Authors: Jones, Geoffrey G.; Kiron, David
Product Type: Cases
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Publication Year: 2007

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Beyond Manufacturing: The Evolution of Lean Production

Author: Corbett, Stephen
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007

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Many nonmanufacturing sectors are rapidly adopting lean techniques. Soon they will no longer be a differentiating factor in themselves; the important thing will be how well you implement them...

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How to choose between growth and ROIC

Authors: Jiang, Bin; Koller, Timothy
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007

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One key to creating value is understanding how to manage the subtle balance between growth and returns on invested capital. Empirical evidence suggests that companies enjoying strong ROIC can afford to let it decline over the short term to pursue growth—and that companies with low returns are better off improving ROIC than emphasizing growth...

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The New Utopia, Keeping the World As It Is

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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Publication Year: 2007

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Utopias have always inspired humankind -- from the defence of enlightenment against religious fanaticism during the Middle Ages, to reconstruction after last century's wars, to the end of colonialism...

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Making the Most of Asset Disposal

Author: Strathmann, Joe
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: GreenerComputing
Publication Year: 2007

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Environmentally responsible IT asset disposal -- now a top priority for millions of businesses and consumers worldwide -- hadn't fully emerged as the global calling we've come to know...

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How One Global Bank Successfully Transformed Itself

Author: Varley, John
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Strategy + Business
Publication Year: 2007

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In 2003, the management of Barclays Bank resolved to put our foot on the accelerator of performance. There were two main reasons. We saw an opportunity to create faster growth in shareholder value. And we thought it was important to develop our capabilities around the world so that, when customers chose a bank in the markets in which we operate, they would think of Barclays first...

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Chinese Light-Bulb Imports Spark EU Controversy

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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Publication Year: 2007

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European consumers will probably have to wait another year before they see the prices of energy-saving light bulbs fall, following a Commission decision to extend anti-dumping duties on imports from China rather than scrap them immediately...

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Can Rural Finance Take Root in China? About 750 Million People Hope So

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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2007

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Until recently, China has not worried about break-even or even money-losing banking projects. Rural finance was considered to have more of a social-welfare, poverty-alleviation mission than a business one...

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