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The productivity paradox

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Smartsheet’s Brent Frei and Mark Mader offer their take on why productivity growth has mysteriously slowed since 2004. If there were a Productivity Hall of Fame, John Deere would definitely occupy a place of prominence. The 19th century inventor introduced his cutting-edge steel plow with…
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0 comments | Knowledge, Brent Frei and Mark Mader, Smartsheet, Productivity Growth, E-mail, Deere, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Intel Corp., Workplace, Strategy, Online Communications, Human Resources, Management |

On ‘creative capitalism,’ Gates gets it

Friday, January 25th, 2008

perspective More people should follow the lead of Microsoft’s co-founder in freeing up innovative thinkers to help the developing world, and not just cause it feels good. Editor’s note: CNET News.com editor at large Michael Kanellos and chief political correspondent Declan McCullagh are facing off over Bill Gates’…
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0 comments | Latin America, Capitalism, Editor, Bill Gates, Public Relations, Cambridge University, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Corporate & legal, Michael Kanellos, Human Resources, Benefits, CNET Networks Inc. |

Nokia finds Romania’s hidden labor force

Friday, January 25th, 2008

The village of Jucu doesn’t have a full-time doctor, a school-house, or indoor toilets. But it does–still–have relatively cheap labor. The tiny village of Jucu in northwestern Romania, which will host a new factory making Nokia mobile phones, currently earns its livelihood from farming vegetables such as…
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0 comments | Romania, Workforce Management, Jucu, Cluj, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Benefits, Investment, Government, Finance, Wireless, Nokia Corp., Reuters |