In Charles Darwins “Origin of Species we see in the title the essence of the work.

First allow me to begin with the context.

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These days, a growing number of projects span multiple countries and require team members to travel extensively.

It is time to go beyond cross-functional collaboration.

For skeptics, alternative energy has long been more hype than genuine promise.

In the USA, when your neighbor is out of work it is a slowdown, when your family member is added, it becomes recession and when you, too, join the same line then it surely becomes a depression.

Even though official figures suggest that the UK economy is growing, securing new HR consulting work remains difficult.

Companies engaged in implementing sustainability requirements of every kind are confronted by an interesting convergence of ‘practical’ and ‘ethical’ issues.

A worldwide web of viewers watched 33 miners being pulled to the surface following a 600,000 ton cave-in that happened nearly one-half mile below the ground on a barren plain in southern Chile.

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Out there on the branding battlefields it’s simply do or die as either brand images are hyper visible or mortally lost in oblivion.

The European management model has evolved over the last ten years into quite a success story.

Big pharmaceutical companies are facing more and more challenges.

With merger deals expected to surge over the coming 12 months (according to Ernst & Young* and BDO**) and many high-profile financial services separation deals set to take place, Fujitsu has recognised the need to bring its significant experience and existing customer offerings and consultancy in this area together to ensure IT is one of the critical success factors for a deal whether it is a merger or separation scenario.

Family firms around the world are confident about their future prospects, but many aren’t doing enough to prepare themselves for the years ahead.

Brazil will be the only BRIC country to grow faster in 2010 than it did before the crisis.

Almost half (41%) of global companies plan to increase their spending on governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) in the next 12-18 months, but around the same number (44%) admit they find implementing these measures difficult, according to new research by Ernst & Young¹.

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Most consultants suffer from the all-too-common “feast or famine” revenue cycle that occurs in both good times and bad.

profitable work.

Capgemini has announced the findings of its 12th annual global automotive study, Cars Online 10/11.

As a tool for reinforcing the relative positions of manager and managed a rollocking is second to none, but what value does it actually add.

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Improving the order-to-cash cycle time is an imperative for just about every business in these tough times.

Is your business stuck in a rut? If so, you need to recognize that opportunities to succeed present themselves every day.

In the good old days, businesses could plan their marketing campaigns based on a fairly consistent economy and consumers’ willingness to spend.

The KPMG study revealed that in the first half of 2010, emerging and high-growth market companies acquired 54 US companies, while Chinese companies were the leading emerging and high-growth market targets for US companies. Emerging and high-growth market companies made 243 acquisitions in developed economies in the first half of 2010, up from 194 during the second half of 2009, according to the KPMG study which tracks completed deals in which an acquirer took at least a five percent shareholding interest.

Television was the most memorable type of advertising in 2010 and had the greatest impact according to a report to be published by Deloitte on behalf of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, which takes place 27-29 August 2010.

An American business traveller awaiting a flight in Rome uses SlingBox to view last night’s episode of CSI: Miami on her laptop.

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Cheryl had been to Bushwood once before.

"Is it possible control turnover?" This is one of the most frequent questions posed by clients in all industries.

For years now the choice between the different political parties has been eroded until the decision about which one to vote for comes down to what kind of tie a man likes to wear or the cut of their suit.

Based on the “Qualifications” listed in any consulting firm’s proposal, one would believe that the business world is full of successful projects.

organizations began looking for ways to diversify to compete globally and to trim costs.

Most consultants have to face it at some point: Telling a client that the project will take longer or cost more than planned, or that some other obstacle will prevent achieving the expected results.

When people are engaged in what they do we know that it makes a huge difference to their performance.

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When the curtain rises to a packed house on opening night, the actors onstage have already spent weeks, if not months, carefully rehearsing every detail.

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All major consulting firms carefully nurture their alumni relationships, that is, relationships with former partners or consultants who left to work as influential managers or executives in companies or in the public sector.

All major consulting firms carefully nurture their alumni relationships, that is, relationships with former partners or consultants who left to work as influential managers or executives in companies or in the public sector.

The majority of institutional investors intend to increase their allocations to alternative investments over the next three years, carrying far greater influence over the shape of the industry as a result, concludes a KPMG International study titled "Transformation: The Future of Alternative Investments." More than 50 percent of institutional investors surveyed said they intend to increase their allocations to alternatives, with some intending to allocate more than 10 percent of their total assets, according to the KPMG study, which surveyed 200 alternative investment managers, administrators and institutional investors in the U.S.

"Green" is no longer the magic bullet to solve our energy concerns, according to Dr.

As the global economy continues to struggle, there are more experts telling us how to survive the debacle than there are economists trying to figure out how to reverse the slide.

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From my second floor bedroom, I look out at a massive 150 year-old eucalyptus tree that almost overpowers the expanse of the Pacific and the Channel Islands.