As a geek, engineer, early adopter of internet technologies, and an individual citizen, I agree with my buddies Robert X. Cringely and Mark Gibbs and their assessment the internet is a utility and should be managed as such (Yes and with you Jared ;-)). However, as a capitalist and free-marketer, I have a hard time […]
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Operations, Organic Growth, and Outperforming the Competition
In the latest McKinsey Quarterly article, titled “The elusive goal of corporate outperformance”, its authors reviewed the performance of over 1000 global companies with more than $5Bn in revenues trying to understand the common characteristics of the ones that outperformed their peers both in Top Line and Bottom Line growth. They used a very sophisticated […]
Transaction Processing Internationally
Expanding Transaction Processing to the Global Market Place Entering the global marketplace presents a growth opportunity to many sectors of the US economy. Companies in the Transaction Processing sector recognize it and are contemplating, or actively pursuing global expansion strategies. This article highlights two of the unique challenges and opportunities these companies will face in […]
Doing Business in a Flat World
This was a presentation I gave to a group of executives participating in the Mentoring Programs run by the Pathbuilders Group in Atlanta. One of these days I will type up the comment notes that go for each slide, but you can always drop me a note with your questions. Download file