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		<title>Finance Brings Value Discipline to Strategy Execution</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 05:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interesting comments from Costco&#39;s CFO Richard Galanti in the report &#34;Finance Brings Value Discipline to Strategy Execution: Different Paths to One Truth&#34; from CFO Research Services, in collaboration with Deloitte Consulting LLP: &#8220;We tend to be arrogantly simple.&#8221; When planning a new store, Costco is willing to trade off academic sophistication in favor of practicality. &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/30/finance-brings-value-discipline-to-strategy-execution/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Finance Brings Value Discipline to Strategy Execution</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fun with trends, time-series and stats!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 06:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you love trends and making sense out of statistics, check out Gapminder whose vision is &#8220;making sense of the world by having fun with statistics!&#8221; [via Google Blogoscoped]. Check out the Human Development Trends 2005 report that they have on their homepage. They have collaborated with Google Co-op so you can add them to &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/30/fun-with-trends-time-series-and-stats/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fun with trends, time-series and stats!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Incentivising employees to put theories into practice</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 09:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What do you think is a good incentive to help people think through theories that show evidence in practices or outcomes?&#8221; asks Dr. Ellen Weber of the Brain Based Business blog, commenting on my earlier post on talent management. From my experience (as a participant) in the talent management initiatives of some well-managed organizations, this &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/29/incentivising-employees-to-put-theories-into-practice/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Incentivising employees to put theories into practice</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Online page design tips</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 07:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eyetrack has some interesting research findings and tips on Article-Level Page Design: When readers encountered a story with an introductory paragraph, 95 percent of them read all or part of the introductory paragraph. Those who spent time carefully reading the introductory paragraph of a story on article-level pages typically spent little time with the full &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/29/online-page-design-tips/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Online page design tips</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The disappearing mid-market</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 01:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Economist has a thought-provoking article on the &#34;two most noteworthy trends among the swelling ranks of middle-class consumers around the world&#8212;trends that appear to be, at first glance, at odds with each other. These are the tendencies for consumers to be more cost-conscious; but simultaneously more willing to splurge money on luxury items.&#34; Key &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/28/the-disappearing-mid-market/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The disappearing mid-market</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The CEO’s role in talent management</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 21:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The EIU published a report &#34;The CEO&#8217;s role in talent management: How top executives from ten countriesare nurturing the leaders of tomorrow&#34; in collaboration with Development Dimensions International (DDI). Key takeaways:&#160; Good talent management is not undertaken in a piecemeal fashion but consists of comprehensive development programmes. These include the identification of leadership potential, performance &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/26/the-ceos-role-in-talent-management/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The CEO&#8217;s role in talent management</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ATKearney FDI Confidence Index</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 16:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key takeaways from the ATKearney FDI Confidence Index 2005: India joins China at the center of the FDI radar screen. It also replaces the US as the 2nd most attractive FDI location. China dwarfs India in FDI, partly because China attracts more capital-intensive functions. Investor enthusiasm for China and India is at an all-time high. &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/26/atkearney-fdi-confidence-index/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">ATKearney FDI Confidence Index</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Enabling ICT for Rural India</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 16:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While looking at the proceedings of FIRe (Future in Review), found the web-page for Rafiq Dossani who is doing ground-breaking research on IT as it relates to South Asia, and India in particular. Here is an excerpt from the Executive Summary of the project Enabling ICT for Rural India: Some findings from the review were &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/26/enabling-ict-for-rural-india/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Enabling ICT for Rural India</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>“Trying to predict what will happen by reading newspapers is like trying to drive while looking at the rear-view mirror.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 06:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8211; derived from Ben Hecht]]></description>
		
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		<title>Finance outsourcing in the high-tech and electronics industries</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nikunjsanghvi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 05:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Findings of an Accenture-sponsored survey conducted by the EIU looking into trends, risks and opportunities associated with finance outsourcing in the high-tech and electronics industries: Finance is among the most outsourced functions. Finance being outsourced by small and large firms at differing rates. Executives are satisfied with outsourcing arrangements. Barriers to increased finance outsourcing &#8230; <a href="https://exertia.wordpress.com/2006/05/24/finance-outsourcing-in-the-high-tech-and-electronics-industries/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Finance outsourcing in the high-tech and electronics industries</span></a>]]></description>
		
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