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Asking The Right Questions For B2B Marketing ROI

Forrester Digital Transformation

The “right” formula for calculating marketing ROI depends on the underlying business question that you are looking to answer.

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Exports to Play a Big Role in India's Economy

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Jirardoj Praditcharoenkul Abhijit Kamra, director, Global Trade, Amazon India, and Dr Avik Sarkar professor, Indian School of Business (ISB), firmly believes that India has all the right ingredients to emerge as a strong export’s hub, ushering in the fourth industrial revolution. In the 21st century, the power of the internet, combined with rapid digitization levels and use of machine learning and artificial intelligence can lead the nationals and citizens of India to the vision of Expor

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Toward smart production: Machine intelligence in business operations

McKinsey and Company

A detailed study of machine intelligence in industrial and manufacturing operations reveals the surprisingly different paths companies can take. But a group of leaders shares similar characteristics.

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How to Find Employees for a Successful LMS

Groove Technology

The eLearning sector is expanding rapidly. There are numerous free and paid resources available for businesses of all sizes. As a result, a successful LMS makes learning new skills, growing your business, and training your personnel has never been easier. The Elearning Sector Is Expanding Rapidly. It is convenient to use free online eLearning resources.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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B2B Buyers Click On Ads, But They Take These Three Non-Click Actions More Often

Forrester Digital Transformation

Clicking on a display advertisement isn't even in the top five actions taken by B2B buyers in response to advertising. Here's the top three.

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A Snow Day

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder." – Susan Orlean".

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Perficient’s Key Takeaways: The Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Software, Q4 2021

Perficient Digital Transformation

Digital process automation (DPA), also called process orchestration, leverages digital technology to perform a task in order to accomplish a workflow or function, such as the loan process at a bank. With DPA, you can define event-driven business rules that provide a streamlined next step for all processes within your enterprise. As enterprises continue to invest in automation, selecting the vendor with the right platform to meet your business’ demands is paramount.

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Infrastructure Limitations Make Rural Communities More Vulnerable To The Mental Health Crisis

Forrester Digital Transformation

There’s been massive adoption of virtual care for mental health that has granted more accessibility to mental health support. Forrester predicts 60% of virtual visits this year will be for mental health treatment. In addition the availability of virtual care for mental health is more widely available than ever before made available to patients through […].

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How It's Done: Growing An Organic, Natural Wellness Brand Globally (wegginar® 2/2/22)

The Global Small Business Blog

©2022 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. Stephanie Morimoto is Owner & CEO of Asutra , where she is passionate about helping people take care of themselves on purpose so they can get the most out of life – what she calls active self care. Asutra offers over 50 organic, natural remedies for pain relief, sleep and rejuvenation, so you can care for yourself well.

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Climate risk and the opportunity for real estate

McKinsey and Company

Real-estate leaders should revalue assets, decarbonize, and create new business opportunities. Here’s how.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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Congratulations to the Recent Perficient Bright Paths Graduates

Perficient Digital Transformation

Custom Coding Bootcamp Focuses on Advancing Diversity in Technology. Queue the graduation march song! Today marks the conclusion of Perficient’s Bright Paths Program in Detroit and Lafayette, Louisiana, and Perficient is proud to announce the graduation of 55 exceptional students from the program. Designed to advance STEM education and career opportunities for underrepresented constituencies and communities, the second Bright Paths Program began in fall 2021 in partnership with Strayer Universit

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Simplicity Underpins Future Payment Fabric And The Future Of Payments

Forrester Digital Transformation

The future of payments will see firms shift focus from consumers toward businesses, embedding payment technology (not payments), and programmable payments in a quest to mitigate complexity.

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The Spring Festival: A Preserved National and Cultural Identity

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Sensvector The world is searching for harmony amid crises and an occasion like the Spring Festival – the Chinese New Year – is an intriguing holiday that has acquired the hallmarks of a global holiday by offering an opportunity to evaluate human development and work in tandem with needs and demands. Apart from China, it is also celebrated by hundreds of thousands of Chinese living in foreign lands.

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A military veteran knows why your employees are leaving

McKinsey and Company

She also knows what you can—and can’t—do about it. Here are three surprising lessons from a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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Perficient and Adobe to Host Women in Digital on International Women’s Day

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient and Adobe will partner to host the sixth annual Women in Digital panel just before Adobe Summit 2022. This year, we’re excited to celebrate women around the world as we’ll hold our virtual event on International Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8. In honor of this worldwide celebration, each confirmed attendee will result in a donation that benefits Girls Who Code.

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It’s Time!! Augment Human Ingenuity With AI To Scale Creativity

Forrester Digital Transformation

Technology plays a significant role in helping firms unleash creative innovation. Artificial intelligence is a perfect example. But AI can also help humans be more creative and therefore represents a great opportunity for enterprises to scale more creativity throughout their organization. AI Is Maturing Fast And Is Getting Better At Increasing Human Creativity In 2014, […].

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Today in Global Small Business: Some Global Small Business Pandemic Trends Are Here to Stay

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Nuthawut Somsuk What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The US government’s Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a f ree online mentoring platform recently to connect emerging entrepreneurs with experienced business experts. A new ICC Small Business Champions Network aims to enable the voice of small businesses and empower SMEs to thrive in the global economy.

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Transforming through disruption: A conversation with Dan Antonelli

McKinsey and Company

Dan Antonelli, CEO and president of Ruiz Foods, takes us through his company’s transformation journey and shares hard-won insights on how to drive sustainable and lasting change.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Hide and Show Slicer Pane in Microsoft Power BI Desktop Application.

Perficient Digital Transformation

Power BI Desktop is a free Analytics and Business Intelligence application you install on your local computer that lets you connect to, transform, and visualize your data. With Power BI Desktop, you can connect to multiple different sources of data. Power BI transforms your Data into appealing and insightful visuals. Firstly You can absorb in a glance and After that you can take better Decision.

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Navigating The Business Roundtable’s Roadmap for Responsible AI

Forrester Digital Transformation

Last week, the Business Roundtable (an influential group of CEOs of major US companies) published a Roadmap for Responsible Artificial Intelligence. While many companies are already thinking about responsible AI due to market forces such as the impending Artificial Intelligence Act in Europe and the demands of values-based consumers, this announcement will elevate the conversation […].

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Making the Best Impression with Visuals in eLearning

Groove Technology

Due to the apparent tremendous rate at which technology is evolving and expanding, an increasing number of organizations are embracing and leveraging modern technology to their benefit. Over the last decade, eLearning has risen by leaps and bounds, thanks partly to the inclusion of visual design in eLearning courses by eLearning professionals. Since intuitive visuals in eLearning quickly capture and maintain learners’ attention, it may aid in improving user navigation, adding aesthetic app

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Unleashing the next wave of productivity in corporate business functions

McKinsey and Company

A how-to guide for maximizing the ROI of enterprise platform transformations in the consumer packaged goods industry.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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How to Prepare Your Organisation for IoT Transformation

V-Soft Consulting

Companies across the world are embracing digital transformation to stay competitive and evolve to meet customers’ changing needs and expectations. One such technology is the “Internet of Things” (IoT), which is taking digital transformation to new heights. IoT can be applied across a span of industries, from healthcare to infrastructure, and those in between.

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It’s Groundhog Day Again — The State Of Enterprise Ransomware Defense

Forrester Digital Transformation

Ransomware — an attack that makes us feel like we’re Bill Murray trapped in a Groundhog Day loop. It’d be a safe bet that if Punxsutawney Phil was tasked with predicting ransomware, he’d see his shadow every Groundhog Day. Buckle up for some wintry, miserable, ransomware weather, because ransomware attacks have been increasing and evolving […].

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How Can eProcurement Help Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Obobo

How Can eProcurement Help Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? What is eProcurement? Pro curement software , also known as eProcurement, is used to purchase goods and services from suppliers. Recent years have seen an evolution of eProcurement. Traditional eprocurement systems focus on procuring goods and services from suppliers via sourcing, eTenders and eAuctions.

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Building next-generation B2B sales capabilities

McKinsey and Company

The pandemic has converted B2B buyers to e-commerce in a big way. B2B sellers need new capabilities to meet their new expectations.

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Types of Project Management Methodologies

Bydrec

Software development can be an extraordinarily complex task, so effective project management is among the most crucial elements of any software development process. The right project management methodology can help organize the workflow, organize team members, and create a more manageable environment for everyone involved. Here are some different types of project management methodologies that different companies or teams might use for their projects.

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Don’t Hit The Curb — Instead, Curb The Risk Of Emerging Technologies In 2022!

Forrester Digital Transformation

2021 was an exciting year for our research on securing and managing the risks of emerging technologies. We defined core tenets of what it means to embrace and sustain new IT technologies from a combined security and risk management perspective. For 2022, our latest Forrester data shows that cloud computing middleware platforms, cloud computing business […].

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What is Downstream?

WebCreek

Rate this post. To recap the stages of operations in the oil and gas industry, we know that they are divided into different phases— upstream , midstream , and downstream. Each one fulfills specific functions necessary for carrying out the entire process of extracting, transporting, and refining raw material. In this article, we will look at downstream activities.

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Why private equity sees life and annuities as an enticing form of permanent capital

McKinsey and Company

Private acquisitions of in-force books are growing. Here’s a playbook for those considering market entry, those already in, and insurers wondering how to respond.

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Foundations of Diversity: Building an Inclusive Company From the Ground Up

Can you guess why top-tier companies place such a high emphasis on diversity? Because a successful business mirrors the world around it. Diverse companies create empowering environments and are 35% more likely to financially outperform their peers. This new guide offers strategic insights to build a vibrant, diverse, and innovative workforce. Learn to assess your current workforce, understand demographics, and identify barriers to inclusivity.