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Where next? An offshore, nearshore and domestic debate (part one)

The general perception over the last decade is that multiple corporations have outsourced jobs offshore to save overhead and improve margins, if it was as simple as that wouldn't most businesses be looking at record profits and shareholders breaking down...

February 10, 2010 Read More

Amidst the bad PR – a community backs Toyota

Unless you've spent the last few weeks on a remote South Pacific island you can hardly have escaped the fact that all is not well with Toyota recently. A series of safety issues relating to many of their vehicles have...

February 9, 2010 Read More

Meatless Monday Recipe – Peanut Butter Pancakes

Happy Meatless Monday!  This recipe will certainly start the day off well.  In case you’re new to the blog, we have joined the Meatless Monday campaign which is a non-profit initiative in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of...

February 8, 2010 Read More

Many economic indicators are good – except employment

Talk of a full economic recovery is on hold for the time being as we are now fully entrenched into a cycle of growth and better efficiencies but the corresponding increase in jobs has not followed. By definition we are...

February 5, 2010 Read More

Corporate Social Responsibility is about more than being ‘Green’ – part 1

One of the deepest seeded myths when discussing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is that it holds value and appeal only to those with a 'green agenda' or a 'green conscience'. It is easy to see how this misunderstanding has become...

February 4, 2010 Read More

Cell Phone Providers Helping Haiti with Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives

When you think about corporate social responsibility initiatives, well thought out plans involving community outreach and the environment come to mind. However, this is not always the case.  The corporate community will step up their corporate social responsibility initiatives when...

February 3, 2010 Read More

New competitive market is breeding a new type of MBA

For over thirty years the landscape really did not change that much, an MBA was the key component sought on the resume for someone looking to move into business management. While that is not terribly different in 2010 the newest...

February 2, 2010 Read More

Meatless Monday with Cream of Broccoli Soup

Another meatless Monday is upon us and the question of what to make for dinner looms in the air.  On the menu tonight is an eco-friendly cream of broccoli soup. But this is kind of a misnomer as this soup...

February 1, 2010 Read More

The value of excellent customer service

Sometimes things should just be assumed, if you don't allow yourself enough time you'll be late, if you don't stay organised you'll forget things and if you don't look after your customers you'll eventually lose them. Everyone in business knows...

January 29, 2010 Read More

Should green mandates alter supply and demand? (part one)

Should individual states mandate that government offices and schools use only green cleaning products? That decision presents a tightrope to walk especially when almost every business, municipality and individual employed at the state and local level is watching spending like...

January 28, 2010 Read More

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