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Life's True ROI

"How do I know if my company is a failure?""How do I know when to throw in the towel?""Is it time to abandon ship?""Should I declare bankruptcy or just skip town and run to Mexico?"As a business consultant; first in the corporate world and now runnin...

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The Art of Hiring Smart Find the Best Person for the Job

Benchmarking is a process which establishes behavioral standards most appropriate for a given position - that is, what behaviors are most effective most of the time in this job. A well-defined Behavioral Job Description acts as a standard in evaluati...

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Choosing the Right Debt Management Service

Regardless of age many consumers are guilty of committing financial suicide. For some people juggling bills and robbing Peter to pay Paul is a vicious and endless cycle. The average American lives ten percent beyond their means. For the individual wh...

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The Golden Rule of Small Business Marketing

The Golden Rule of Small Business MarketingSolving the Marketing vs Operations RiddleAs a current small business owner and corporate marketing manager, I have seen marketing from both sides of the fence. The big corporations tend to rely on their buy...

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Generate Viral Website Traffic Using The Power Of Multilevel Marketing

Ever received one of those irritating chain letter scams where they asked you to place your name at the bottom of 10 names and remove the top one?Next you are supposed to send a buck to the top name? Then you are supposed to forward the e-mail with y...

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E-Kanban Blanket Purchase Orders

Blanket Purchase Orders are a “best practice” in the well-oiled kanban process. They minimize the flow of information between buyers and their suppliers, while maintaining the terms, conditions and integrity of the business relationship between t...

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Who Has the Power to Control Business and Society?

By extending Webers social theory, Stone captures the essence of the traditional elitist-pluralist debate within what he calls a "social-control" paradigm. Within this paradigm, power is viewed as a matter of dominance, where the function of politics...

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Useful Tips on Using Credit Cards

Here are some useful tips on using credit cards. Whether you shop online, by telephone or by mail, a credit card can make buying many things much easier; but when you use a credit card, it's important to keep track of your spending. Incidental a...

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Understanding Fixed-rate Mortgages

Understanding Fixed-rate Mortgages by: Chileshe Mwape A fixed-rate mortgage is a mortgage on which the interest rate is set for the term of the loan. Your interest rate stays the same for the term of the mortgage or for a specified period of tim...

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Insurance in Northern Ireland: Historic Difficulties

Insurance in Northern Ireland: Historic Difficulties by: George McGonigal The legacy of the "troubles" in Northern Ireland has had a major impact in the choice of Insurance providers in Ulster as well as the significant premiums they charge. A d...

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