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What Is Carbon Credit?

C02 emissions trading can help lower the environmental cost of doing business – if you know how to navigate the booming $60 billion market. How It Works Emissions limits and trading rules vary country by country, so...

Tags: Jessica Stillman, carbon, renewable energy, greenhouse gas, government, U.S., compliance, theory, agreement, strategy, environment, tool, industry

Articles 2008-02-05

What Is Web 2.0?

Ask a dozen tech pundits to describe Web 2.0 and you're likely to get two dozen explanations as to what it is. Why It Matters Now In 1984, Sun Microsystems co-founder John Gage coined the phrase "the network is the computer" to describe his vision for the future...

Tags: Channel management, PRODUCTIVITY, Mike Wolcott, Web 2.0, spreadsheet, web-based application, desktop computer, Web, computer, data network, enterprise application, mainframe, desktop, music player, PC, network, smart phone, information technology, barrier, software, newslett

Articles 2007-05-15

What Is Forced Ranking?

Forced ranking is a controversial workforce management tool that uses intense yearly evaluations to identify a company's best and worst performing employees. Why It Matters Now Although most large organizations refuse to publicly discuss or even confirm whether they're using some form of forced ranking, as many as...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Jennifer Alsever, General Electric Co., worker, workforce management, C, firing, teamwork, talent, workplace, Human Resources, compensation, shareholder, performance, training, environment, strategy, tool, job, Internet

Articles 2007-03-20

What Is Crowdsourcing?

Despite the jargony name, crowdsourcing is a very real and important business idea. The basic idea is to tap into the collective intelligence of the public at large to complete business-related tasks that a company would normally either perform itself or outsource to a third-party provider. ...

Tags: Jennifer Alsever, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, product development, focus group, staffing, outsource, compensation, R&D, open-source software, blog, Wikipedia, branding, collaboration, marketing, team, advertisement, open source, technique, knowledge, financial, so

Articles 2007-03-07

What Is Private Equity?

The term private equity encompasses a range of techniques used to finance commercial ventures in ways that do not involve the use of publicly tradable assets such as corporate stock or bonds. Typical forms of private equity include venture capital, growth and mezzanine capital, angel investing, and private equity funds....

Tags: Financial services, Sue Troy, private equity, M&A, investor, angel investing, venture capital, investment, strategy, bond, market capitalization, real estate, layoff, workplace, asset, technique, leadership, finance, health care, worker, small business, stock, financial, sales

Articles 2007-03-05

Additional Resources

CNET Networks launches open content Platform.(ENABLING TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)

In order to prove easier access to content, CNET Networks is launching its Open Content Platform. Content from media organizations like BNET, CNET, CHOW GameSpot and TV.com as well as other publishers will use CNET's Open Content Platform to distribute their content, ultimately resulting in a...

Articles 2007-12-15

BNET.com Launches New Business Video Channel

Award-Winning Business Site Brings Practical, Actionable Business-Related Content to Life for Managers and Professionals SAN FRANCISCO -- BNET.com, a division of CNET Networks (NASDAQ:CNET) (http://www.cnetnetworks.com), today launched BNET Video, a first-of-its-kind broadband channel containing content specifically tailored to the issues facing business managers and professionals in today's corporate...

Articles 2007-09-10

Security and your business in Fairfield County.(The Business Council of Fairfield County)(Brief Article)

This fall's natural disasters along the Gulf Coast have given us a stark demonstration of the importance of public and private sector cooperation in preparing for and responding to emergencies. The Security and Crisis Management Leadership Forum, a volunteer member group of The Business...

Articles 2005-11-28

New communications network partnership to ease flow of Turkish internet traffic.(Bnet, DoganOnline, Koc.net, Sabanci Telecommunication, SBS and Superonline )(Brief Article)

EUROPEMEDIA-C2003 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Four major internet service providers, a telecommunication company and a systems integrator have entered into a new partnership in order to speed the flow of Turkish internet traffic. Bnet, DoganOnline, Koc.net, Sabanci Telecommunication, SBS...

Articles 2003-06-27