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Going global |
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China's economic growth has given rise to a new breed company, one with the motivation and scale to expand into global markets. An examination of the effects of increased global competition. |
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Asset managers turning up the heat: |
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The asset management industry is in what appears to be a favorable environment. But profits are being sapped by a variety of operational inefficiencies. What can your industry learn from their experience? |
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The globally integrated enterprise, in its own words |
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Global integration is reshaping the world's economies and societies - and giving rise to very new kinds of enterprises and institutions. The globally integrated enterprise of the 21st century is different in some basic ways from the "multinational corporation" of the 20th. |
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Pears Gourmet: Helping a local favorite go global |
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Distribution was shrinking for Pear's Gourmet. An e-commerce site could reverse that trend. IBM delivered a fully integrated back-end system that could process orders quickly-and boosted ROI in a year. |
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St. Jude Medical: Automating the sales force to gain a competitive edge |
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St. Jude Medical's mobile sales force sells cardiac medical devices worldwide. A Sales Force Automation Program, accessible via the Web, laptop and PDAs, integrates order management, tools and forms, and improves customer support. |
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T-Mobile Austria better analyzes and manages cost and profitability |
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In the mobile telephony market, IBM developed a state-of-the-art costing model for T-Mobile Austria to manage network costs more effectively and accurately calculate the cost of delivering new products and services. |
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U.K. Ministry of Defence rationalizes IT spending with an on-call logistics support team |
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The U.K. Defence Ministry saves over $30 million in its procurement process with relevant industry information systems, technology and subject-matter expertise available as needed to provide information and advice to decision-makers. |
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Enterprise Video Collaboration |
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With Enterprise Video Collaboration from IBM you can improve training, deliver more timely communications, and in the end, receive a powerful return on investment. Our easy-to-implement, integrated set of technologies delivers scheduled, streamed or on demand video over the Web and on company networks. Thus allowing you to collaborate with colleagues around the corner or around the world. |
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Pioneer Petroleums receives a powerful messaging and collaboration platform |
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With IBM Workplace Managed Client and IBM Workplace Messaging software running on an IBM eServer xSeries 336 server, IBM offers a cost-effective, secure and centrally managed collaboration solution including integrated productivity tools |
