Strategic Alliances for Innovation, Technology and Training

Strategic alliances in your future? To compliment your core strengths shores up your core weakness and improves production capabilities to better serve customers; an exchange of technology might be considered. An example of this type of alliance is the alliance of Kinko's Service Corp. (copy centers) and Xerox Engineering Systems to establish a nationwide network for faxing large-format documents. This service was especially valuable to architects, contractors and advertising agencies before file transfer protocol became practical. Kinko's gets a revenue boost and Xerox gets additional placement and unit sales.

Sun Zi Art of War-Creating Uncertainty For Rivals

In Chapter Six of Sun Zi Art of War, Sun Zi mentioned the need to vary your formation and strategy according to circumstances and explain why the need to vary. Want to know how you can apply to business? Read on to find out.

What Should Your Executable Strategic Plan Cost in Terms of Money, Time and Results?

Creating an executable strategic plan does not come without a price tag. Learn some of the key issues of this necessary tool from an investment perspective.

To The Board Of Directors: Can Your CEO Answer 7 Key Innovation Strategy Questions?

Numerous studies and articles have recently reported on a key governance gap for many technology companies. Only 14% of technology companies on average have well developed global competitive scanning practices. What expectations of the CEO of a technology company should the Board have with regards to this competitive intelligence issue?

Strategic Planning Must Include a Strategic Action Plan Filled with WAY SMART Goals

Strategic planning is a given for many organizations. Yet, executing or implementing a strategic business plan continues to be a challenge for many small business owners to corporate 1000 CEO's. Possibly the answer is about creating a strategic action plan

Build Slowly for the Long Haul

Recently, I was privileged to be in Mobile, Alabama at the Senior Bowl, where all the great college football players who are graduating seniors come together for their last big game.

Making A Shareholders' Agreement-Checklist

If you are thinking of drawing up a Shareholders' Agreement for your company then you will find this checklist invaluable-

Starting a Business Like James Bond Would

Starting a business can be much easier and a whole lot cheaper if you take some clues from James Bond. Find out how you can get paid while planning out your business.

Are You Ready To Start Your Home Based Business?

An introduction in to the steps you need to take to start your own business and create your own bullet-proof business plan.

Planning And Starting An Online Business

This article takes you through the process and planning required in starting your own online business.

Creating A Business Plan

Knowing the Right Questions to Ask will help you create a good Business Plan. If you want to start a business of your own, it will help you to start out by doing some planning. Whether you will seek outside funding or not, you will want to think through your business idea. The best way to do that is to write a simple business plan.

How Significant is Marketing Strategy for Businesses?

Every successful business started with a very good marketing strategy that made it more competitive with other businesses in its field. It does not mean that successful business shave more resources to start with. However, these businesses are the ones who knew how to maximize whatever resources they already have and used them to their advantage.

Problem Solving 101

Problem solving is thinking. Problems may be simple or complicated, but as long as intellectual function in determining the solution is involved, it only comes to show that a cognitive process was utilized.