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Limits to Social Networking: Six Stages of Reconnection

For people of a certain age, the promise of reconnecting with old friends may not be all it seems....READ»

Interactive Dashboard Explores The Impact Of A World With 7 Billion People

There are a lot of people in the world, and not a lot of space or resources for them. Click around this dashboard to see how the world's population is faring.READ»

Infographic Of The Day: China's Checkbook Diplomacy

We hear incessantly about the rise of China. So much so that it's all a bit too abstract: What does it mean that China's has become a global force? And more importantly, how have they actually accomplished that? The quick answer? ...READ»

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Switch Hitters, Virtuoso Pianists, and Leaders who Learn

Many of the best leaders are switch hitters. They play their strong side when they can, but their other side(s) when they must.READ»

Workforce Shifts Demand A New Slate Of Questions About Work/Life Issues

The omission of “life” from questions about “work” is very Industrial Age. Twenty years ago, work and life were two separate and distinct spheres, at least in theory. Today, our contingent, global, on-demand virtual workforce has a whole new host of issues to consider, lest it flounder under the weight of misaligned personal obligations and circumstances.READ»

Global Is the New Normal

When does "Global" stop being a distinguishing label and start being just a way of life for more or less everyone? It's happening...and here's how I know.READ»

Davos Man's New Clothes: The World Economic Forum in Naked Denial

This year Davos Man was shorn of his cloak of concern at the World Economic Forum.READ»

Can America Compete Against a Rising Young World?

In a speech pitched in the language of business rather than politics, President Obama challenged the U.S. to "win the future" against a rising tide of new competitors.READ»

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The Facebooks of China

China's fake Facebooks started as mere copycats but now drive innovation in advertising and gaming. They've also built something unique in their country: a place where people can find love, speak out, and be whoever they want to be.READ»

The World From 30,000 Feet: A High-Level View of Some Lowest Common Denominators

In an era when travel and communications span pretty much any geographic borders, it's worth asking how the world's many long-separate cultures are coming together. By my observation, the answer is by increasingly moving not toward one another, but toward the lowest common denominator.READ»

Globalization: Bridging Across Cultures or Developing a Global Culture?

Why there is, as yet, no global business culture--and whether there will ever be.READ»

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China: Number Two With a Bullet

China's rapid rise -- it's now officially the world's second largest economy -- conceals the tensions in a nation desperate to get rich before it gets old.READ»

Richard Florida's Creative Destruction, Spatial Fix and The Great Reset

What doesn’t kill cities during this crisis will make them stronger. This is Richard Florida’s diagnosis in The Great Reset, which picks up where his last foray into pop economic geography, Who’s Your City? left off. READ»

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The Time Is Ripe for Innovation Outsourcing Without Borders

Having the right approach to globalization will define successful leadership in 2010. While financial institutions toppled in 2009, new industries were born. While industry incumbents struggled to survive, new entrants thrived. It’s ...READ»

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Obama, Outsourcing and Tax Breaks ! - BPO Voice

"To encourage ... businesses to stay within our borders, it is time to finally slash the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas, and give those tax breaks to companies that create jobs right here in the United States of ...READ»

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Hinduja Global Solutions announced its Unaudited financial results for Q3FY10, registers a Y-o-Y growth of 1.74%

HGSL’s Q3FY10 Revenues at Rs. 2,224.1 million EBITDA expands 12.0%, PAT higher by 40.4% 9MFY10 EBITDA expands 28.7%, PAT higher by 80.5% READ»

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Bright Green: Collapsible Shipping Containers

A collapsible shipping container aims to revolutionize global shipping.READ»

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Top 50 Blog Posts On Outsourcing on BPOVoice in 2009

In our effort to bring you the “Best of content” published across BPOVoice, we are producing a list of Top 50 blog posts on outsourcing published on BPOVoice.com We are grateful to our featured bloggers including occasional contribution from others who guided the community by their thought leadership through their high experience and deep industry knowledge. The list assembled will refresh your memories of all the good, bad and the interesting stories from the outsourcing industry that happened in the midst of turbulent times of 2009!READ»

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TOP 10 Interviews on BPOVoice in 2009

BPOVoice has always attempted to bring you the best of articles, blogs, discussions and interviews from the outsourcing industry to enrich your knowledge and to give a third dimension to the conventional views on outsourcing business. Now as 2009 is coming to an end we intend to bring you the best of content published on bpovoice.comREAD»