The Young Entrepreneur Council, via The Globe and Mail, recommends ten books to help entrepreneurs negotiate smarter and make better deals. This is a great mix of classic titles and…
Free Cloud Computing and Enterprise Software Research: Top Sites
A Passion for Research’s Louis Columbus has written a very helpful post for those who need to research enterprise software and cloud computing topics, but do not have subscriptions with…
Wolfram Alpha is Cool: Here's Why
“There’s something happening here / What it is ain’t exactly clear.” This was my opening slide for a workshop I presented on Wolfram Alpha when it first launched (Abram, 2009).…
Supplier and Market Intelligence: Supplier Financials and Diligence Resources
Here are resources to consider when researching the financial health of suppliers (and potential suppliers). As stated in my earlier post on Supplier and Market Intelligence Literacy, if you are…
The Industry Analyst Business: A Need for a Code of Ethics
R “Ray” Wang, CEO & Principal Analyst of Constellation Research, writes an intriguing post for Enterprise Irregulars entitled “The Sad State of the Industry Analyst Business and the Need for a…
Global Business Travel Spending Projected to Grow by 8.2 Percent in 2014
A new report from the Global Business Travel Association predicts that global business travel spending could reach $1.12 trillion in 2013. Michael J. Shapiro (Meetings and Conventions) writes about the…
A New Risk Report from MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation and PwC
MIT News features a new report entitled, Making the Right Risk Decisions to Strengthen Operations Performance, that “validates five key principles that companies can use to better manage risks to…
Aberdeen Report – Strategic Sourcing: The Future is Now
Aberdeen Group recently conducted a survey on strategic sourcing. Sharing company-level perspectives on strategic sourcing, results from 121 respondents are reported in a new study entitled, Strategic Sourcing: The Future…
Edx and Coursera Offering Free Cloud Computing Online Courses
Louis Columbus (A Passion for Research) reports that Coursera and edX are offering free online courses for cloud computing learning. “These programs are designed for C-level executives and senior managers…
Ten Trends Shaping Big Data and the Future of Business
InfoWorld.com in a recent post, written by Thor Olavsrud (CIO), shows via 10 trends, how “big data is slowly but surely changing the way companies do business.” Here are the 10…