Posted in: Business ManagementFriday, December 30, 2011
The Ten Most Annoying Management Terms Of 2011
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
HEAL Cities Campaign Supports Healthy Communities
Obesity and related diseases take a dire toll on cities, threatening the health of their most vulnerable populations — including children and youth — while at the same time draining city coffers. California cities participating in the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Cities Campaign are putting land use, economic development and employee wellness policies in place to change that.
Posted in: smart city
How Cities Are Blowing It: New Research Reveals Three Failures
Smart Grid News founding editor Jesse Berst summarizes a recent report, “Information Marketplaces, The New Economics of Cities,” that describes business opportunities cities are passing up by not fully utilizing the data that pours out of their smart infrastructures.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
The Green & Automated City Concept is Boring, Did I say boring?
Can We Make the Cities Any Smarter?
Many of the world’s largest cities from London and New York City to Rio de Janeiro and Abu Dhabi have recently launched ambitious sustainability initiatives structured around various information and communications technologies. In large part, these initiatives will only achieve their policy goals if the various stakeholders involved can figure out how to translate a deluge of data about the use and abuse of energy into cost savings and carbon emissions reductions.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money
The ability to motivate employees is one of the greatest skills an entrepreneur can possess. Two years ago, I realized I didn't have this skill. So I hired a CEO who did.
Posted in: Business Management
Smart cities – easier said than done
CITIES have always been engines of growth and development.
However, this has only been widely recognised in the last two decades or so. It
may be useful to recall that in the 1970s and 1980s, Marxist scholars saw cities
as "theatres of accumulation" where capitalists exploited workers.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Barcelona to become the capital of smart cities
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The Catalan capital is becoming an international reference point among smart
cities, which use technology to make the urban environment better to live
in.
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Stop Competing to Be the Best
With Cyber Monday, the tablet wars kicked into full swing. Which one is the best? Is it the iPad? The Kindle? Who has the best technology? The best distribution? Who's the best overall? For most people, "being the best" is what competition is all about.
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
Arab Future Cities Summit to be held in Doha Qatar in April 2012
The Arab
Future Cities Summit is an international gathering of city leaders,
Government officials, city developers, academicians and urban service providers
and city development experts to share strategies, insights and best practices to
implement a smart and sustainable future for the cities of tomorrow. It
gives a direction in urban planning and development with an emphasis on
effective utilization of resources.
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Spending on Building Energy Efficiency to Boom in Next 5 Years
As we've been saying for many years at GreenBiz.com, building
energy efficiency may not be sexy, but it is big business. According to a recent report, it's going to get a whole lot bigger.
Posted in: smart city
Energy efficiency, regulations to drive HVAC demand
Demand in the U.S. for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment is projected to increase 5.1 percent annually to $16.8 billion in 2015, according to a study just released by The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based market research firm.
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Smart cities should be for all
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Self-Powered Cyber-Bug Sensors
Researchers are crafting self-powered sensors for installation in insect cyborgs, enabling them to perform surveillance, monitor hazardous environments and assist first-responders in search-and-rescue missions.
Posted in: ICT
A better use for your mobile "Mobile App Could Save Burn Victims' Lives"
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
How Leaders Create and Use Networks, I say Leaders
When Henrik Balmer became the production manager and a board member of a newly bought-out cosmetics firm, improving his network was the last thing on his mind. The main problem he faced was time: Where would he find the hours to guide his team through a major upgrade of the production process and then think about strategic issues like expanding the business?
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Expanded spheres of influence, how to network effectively
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Getting Smart in the Suburbs of Tokyo
TOKYO — Introducing plans for Japan’s first smart city to be built “from
scratch” in May could not have been better timed for Panasonic,
the driving force behind the project to build an eco-savvy town in a Tokyo
suburb by 2013.
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How Apple Can Keep Control of the Tablet Market
Amazon's Kindle Fire might provoke Apple to develop a 7-inch iPad retailing for no more than $299 and backed by a content ecosystem that’s second to none
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Five Charts that Changed Business
Once in a while, a chart so deftly captures an important strategic insight that it becomes an iconic part of management thinking and a tool that shows up in MBA classrooms and corporate boardrooms for years to come. As HBR prepares for its 90th anniversary, in 2012, our editors have combed the magazine archives and other sources to select five charts that changed the shape of strategy. What did we miss? Nominate more charts in the comments.
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
The Unemployment Playbook: Stay Relevant
If you've recently joined the growing number of unemployed Americans, you're
entitled to a few days of moping. But don't dither away too long. Soon you'll
need to brush the dirt off your shoulders and put some fresh shine on your
personal brand.
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Operators angered by Apple mistreatment, so what :)
Mobile operators across the world are angered by the way Apple treats them, and are hoping Nokia can help curb the firm’s stronghold in the smartphone space, according to industry consultant Bengt Nordström.
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Blackberry, the new PALM, or maybe, worse
Twelve years ago, Research in Motion revolutionized gadgetry with the launch
of the BlackBerry. Now, having been leapfrogged by Apple and Android, the
company remains on track to become the new Palm.
Posted in: ICT
