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Can the Economist entirely be trusted?

The Economist is debating the proposition, 'This house believes that the cloud can't be entirely trusted.' A leading question, if ever I heard one, but clearly the outcome should be a resounding 'No' vote. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Economist, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-11-15

Brown University economists measure GDP growth from outer space

For many developing countries, the data for measuring economic growth is unreliable or incomplete. In response, a team of economists at Brown have suggested a new framework for estimating a country or region’s gross domestic product GDP by using satellite images of the area’s nighttime lights. by Chris Jablonski

Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Brown University, Economist, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-06

Management Magnified: Getting Ahead in a Recession by Making Better Decisions

To explore how the recession has affected corporate decision-making, in May 2009 the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed companies from a range of industries around the world. Almost two-thirds (62%) report weaker demand, while only one-quarter observes continued growth. Most report that their organisations are responding to economic challenges in the...

Tags: Recession, Economist

White papers 2009-08-01

Management Magnified: Strategies for Revenue Growth in an Economic Downturn

At first glance, the global economic crisis, which began in the US financial sector, does not seem propitious for growth. Indeed, a survey on decision-making conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit in May 2009 indicates that as demand for products and services dropped, a majority of companies cut spending and...

Tags: Strategy, Revenue, Growth, Economist, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance

White papers 2009-08-01

Managing risk through financial processes: Embedding governance, risk and compliance

Managing risk through Þ nancial processes is an Economist Intelligence Unit report sponsored by SAP. The Economist Intelligence Unit bears sole responsibility for this report. The Economist Intelligence Unit's editorial team conducted the interviews and wrote the report. The Þ ndings and views expressed in this report do not...

Tags: Financial, Report, Compliance, Economist, SAP AG, Marketing Research, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance

White papers 2009-06-19

After the Storm: A New Era for Risk Management in Financial Services

Almost two years since the financial crisis first emerged from the sub-prime mortgage business in the US, the repercussions continue to be felt. Despite unprecedented efforts by governments, central banks and regulators, the cost to the global economy of the failure of the financial system will be huge, and felt...

Tags: Financial, Financial Service, Economist, Financial Company, Risk Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

White papers 2009-06-01

Recovery 2.0 - Where Web 2.0 Really Accelerates

Here we are again in another commercial nuclear winter - last time it was predominantly a tech bust, this time tech will be the engine that pulls us out of the recession. I've had several conversations recently about the whole 2.0 suffix being...

Tags: Web, Recovery, Economist, Conference, SXSW, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-21

Pocket Economist 1.0 (Mobile)

Pocket Economist A handy set of personal finance / home economics applications designed to help out with your day-to-day decisions and activities. Use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to navigate between applications. Included: Tip Calculator: Calculates what your tip should be, and how much each person should...

Tags: Payment, Mobile, Economist, George Balla, Operational Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2008-11-03

Corporate Citizenship: Profiting From a Sustainable Business

Corporate citizenship is becoming increasingly important to business sustainability. It provides benefits that are both tangible - such as reducing waste and increasing energy efficiency - and intangible - such as improved employee productivity. This report is based on the hypothesis that corporate citizenship can help to improve the bottom...

Tags: Economist, Benefits, Human Resources

White papers 2008-11-01

Economics of open source remains an academic challenge

Explain the economics of open source, especially as it relates to international trade. Give us charts, graphs, and especially models. We like models. Then just wait for the phone call from Scandinavia. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Theory, Economist, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Five unfortunate ways the financial crisis affects your daily grind

By now, you're probably up to your eyeballs in unsettling economic crisis news. The stock markets, tanked. Mondays $700 billion Hail Mary of a bailout plan, dead on arrival though since resuscitated. Real estate value, sunk. Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke warned last week that the difficulty households and businesses were...

Tags: Job, Financial, Economist, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Real Estate, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Sustainability Across Borders

The social and environmental challenges facing business today are a complex mix of the global and the local, with the two levels frequently interrelated. Climate change, for example, is a worldwide issue, but progress has to occur in individual countries and cities, each with their own, sometimes widely different, societal...

Tags: Sustainability, Economist, Borders Books & Music

White papers 2008-10-01

The Bigger Picture: Enterprise Risk Management in Financial Services Organisations

Despite a growing appetite for enterprise-wide risk management among the world's largest financial services providers, there is some way to go before such practices are fully rolled out and operational. Just 18% of senior financial executives who responded to survey say that they have an ERM strategy that is well-formulated...

Tags: Financial, Financial Service, Economist, ERM, Financial Planning, Enterprise Risk Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Business Security, Business Operations

White papers 2008-09-01

Government, markets and regulation

Problems in the housing market in the United States provide some interesting lessons about government regulation in general, lessons that have equal applicability to the intersection between Information Technology and government. by John Carroll

Tags: Fannie Mae, Economist, Regulation, Freddie Mac, Subsidy, Government, Vertical Industries, Mortgages, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Capital Structures, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Is Stiglitz the official economist of open source?

If anyone may be deemed the official economist of open source, it's probably Joseph Stiglitz right. Stiglitz, 65, was a co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics for work he did on the impact of asymmetric information. His paper said markets can be...

Tags: Patent, Economist, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-25

A look inside 'Gaia Online'

Gaia Online, a teen-oriented virtual world with 2.5 million monthly participants who engage in more than 100,000 daily transactions, gets a high-profile chief economist. by CNET News.com

Tags: Economist, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-09-17

Wandering Economist Podcast Feed 1 (Windows)

Does the World of economics leave you feeling dazed and confused? Wandering Economist Podcast Feed is the business news full of names and terms you don't really understand? Let the wandering economist help you out with simple and entertaining audio clips. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com....

Tags: Economist, Microsoft Windows, John Buehler, Podcasts, Internet

Software downloads 2007-07-27

Learn how collaboration will fuel success with this FREE Economist report

The future belongs to those who collaborate effectively, according to "Collaboration: Transforming the Way Business Works," a new study from the Economist Intelligence Unit, available here courtesy of Cisco. This in-depth report, based on extensive surveys and interviews with business leaders, shows that collaboration across departments and among satellite offices,...

Tags: Economist, Cisco Systems Inc., Satellite, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-05-11

FREE Economist Report available at the Cisco Collaboration Resource Center

Future success belongs to those who collaborate effectively, according to "Collaboration: Transforming the Way Business Works," a new study from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Learn how successful collaboration can improve profits, problem-solving, knowledge sharing and competitive differentiation. It's just one of the informative reports you'll find within the Cisco Collaboration...

Tags: Economist, Cisco Systems Inc., Future Success, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-05-11

Business in Motion: Managing the Mobile Workforce

Mobile technology has rapidly penetrated the workplace in recent years, leading to widespread changes in working practices and management styles. The impact on employee productivity has been vastly positive across regions and industries, but further gains are likely to be limited until companies begin managing the deployment and use of...

Tags: Mobile, Economist, Mobile Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

White papers 2007-04-01