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What Is Blue Ocean Strategy?

Success

Kim and Mauborgne published their ideas in their 2004 book, Blue Ocean Strategy. They catered their offerings largely to IT managers. If the competition can routinely out-price and out-service you, you might invest more time and expense. Blue Ocean Strategy is a marketing approach developed by W.

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How to Name Your Business

Success

What does it cost (not only in terms of price, but also time)? We rolled it out to the public in 2004. Digital Marketing Manager Business: CanvasPaintings.com , Brooklyn, New York Why this name? The name should be memorable, while the tagline needs to answer questions the potential customer wants to know: What are you selling?

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A workplace for entrepreneurial mindsets to thrive should be your goal

Workplace Insight

They possess mindsets – six counter-conventional, break-the-rules mindsets – that enable them to think and act in ways that fly in the face of what we teach in business schools and how we think managers should run a successful business. It was January 2004. Switch your knitting. Take Amazon’s launch of the Kindle , for example.

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Quiet Quitting = Suffering in Silence. Silence isn’t good. Period. By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Back in 2004, quiet quitting was called “ presenteeism.” No matter which name you call it, the behavior is not healthy for individual staff and it is certainly not productive for companies and the managers who lead them. Whether you leave a job by choice or by being forced out, it causes stress-filled feelings.

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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch

Ian's Messy Desk

As individuals and as a society we are paying a steep price for this time crunch. Despite an overall increase in volunteerism in Canada, the proportion volunteering for culture and recreation organizations dropped from 32% in 1997 to 22% in 2004. Romanow, Chair of the CIW Advisory Board.

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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 8: Publishing Industry Opportunities

Loosely Speaking

Her book Business Plans to Game Plans is praised by academics and business people alike and is in its 3rd edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2004). She writes and speaks extensively on publishing, employee ownership and participative management, and business planning. She is the author of two books. link] (January 27, 2011).

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Rent vs. Buy: What’s the Right Decision for You?

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One reason is the difficulty finding a home to buy because of high prices and low inventory. Another motivation to rent is lack of time: “Owning a home requires maintenance, and even if you hire someone to do your painting and gardening, it takes time to find and manage contractors,” Tucker says.

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