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News The US remains the most competitive IT industry in the world for incubating high-tech start-ups and breeding technology innovation but the UK and a host of other nations are snapping at its heels, according to the... [17 Sep 2008]
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
News Carla Rapoport, managing editor for technology with analysts the Economist Intelligence Unit, believes companies will prefer the more flexible charging models of hosted software. Despite forecasting a fall in global IT... [16 Sep 2008]
Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT
White Paper This is particularly worrisome given the lack of confidence in data available to decision makers: a 2007 report conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and commissioned by Business Objects found that nine out... [12 Aug 2008]
The Economist: A new mandate for IT
White Paper Innovation is no stranger to the information technology function. Armed with increasingly sophisticated applications, IT-led teams have consistently found new ways to streamline enterprise business processes, vastly improving operating... [12 Aug 2008]
In Search of Clarity: Unravelling the Complexities of Executive Decision-making
White Paper Read this report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, sponsored by SAP/Business Objects, to see the results of a decision-making survey it conducted with over 150 executives from around the world. Decision-making is at... [17 Jul 2008]
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White Paper Future success belongs to those who collaborate effectively, according to "Collaboration: Transforming the Way Business Works," a new study from the Economist Intelligence Unit. Learn how successful collaboration can... [17 Jul 2008]
Learn how collaboration will fuel success with this FREE Economist report
White Paper The future belongs to those who collaborate effectively, according to "Collaboration: Transforming the Way Business Works," a new study from the Economist Intelligence Unit, available here courtesy of Cisco. [17 Jul 2008]
And the designer of the next great gadget is? - You
News Within five years its the customers that could be whipping up the latest gadgets from their living room chairs, according to a report by analysts the Economist Intelligence Unit. Apple's style gurus should watch their... [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't to ramp up IT outsourcing?
News The pledge comes on the back of the Review of Public Services Industry by economist Dr DeAnne Julius. A government pledge to outsource more IT contracts ignores a history of blown budgets and missed deadlines, unions claim. [11 Jul 2008]
Cutting the Cord: The Commercial Impact of Mobile Computing
White Paper Mobile computing is having a significant impact on corporate productivity, team collaboration and the business environment, according to a new survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit in co-operation with Nortel... [03 Jul 2008]
EIU Report: Operational Excellence: Enabling Sustained Growth - Spotlight on the Americas
White Paper In a survey completed in January 2008, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) surveyed operational, financial, IT, and sales and marketing executives around the world on the role of operational excellence in their... [03 Jul 2008]
IT and the environment; a new item on the CIO's agenda?
White Paper The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a major online survey in June and July 2007, supplemented by in-depth interviews with senior IT executives, to investigate what's really happening in IT departments.Are efforts... [28 Apr 2008]
UK drops from 'IT readiness' top 10
News Irene Mia, the report's co-editor and a senior economist at the WEF, said: "The successful experience of the Nordic countries, Singapore, the US or Korea shows that a coherent government vision on the importance of ICT,... [11 Apr 2008]
Accenture Study: Buyers Now Using F&A Outsourcing for Strategic Change as Well as Cost Cutting
White Paper That is what Accenture Finance Solutions and the Economist Intelligence Unit discovered in a study released this June. The finance and accounting (F&A) outsourcing market is primed for growth. Nearly three-quarters of... [10 Apr 2008]
Nortel Network Case Study: The Economist Group
White Paper The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and related world affairs. A deadline is a deadline. And nowhere is that more important than in the media. They wanted to enable a seamless... [15 Jan 2008]
