Recent Articles
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Are you a team player?
Harry J. Friedman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIt's a buzzword in corporate America: the exalted team player. We all want them. We ask for them in "help wanted" ads. We describe ourselves as one of them during job interviews. But what exactly is a team player? And is success achieved through teamwork?
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Mission or vision — Which drives your strategy?
Michael J. Berens Association ManagementIdeally, an association's mission and vision should be in alignment. Often in reality they are not. Over time as leadership changes hands and founding members become less involved, an association may experience mission drift or vision creep, and the two begin to diverge.
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Application of nanoproteomics in neuroscience
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareAdvances in proteomics and metabolomics have recently received attention due to their novel applications in biomedicine. This has led to further advances in nanoproteomics with multiple potentials in biological systems.
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5 must-know tips for creating the ultimate sales proposal
Marc Wayshak MarketingSo many salespeople are losing sales or selling at a low price, not because they were ineffective in the sales meeting, but because their proposal was weak. By implementing an effective and proven proposal strategy, you can both increase the number of closed sales and the average sale size.
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The Flying Circus: Second class
Garth WallaceCOPA eFlight presents another weekly excerpt from "The Flying Circus," a fun book by Canadian aviation humorist and former COPA publisher Garth Wallace. "The Flying Circus" is a fictional account of the madcap escapades of two instructors who start their own flying school armed with loads of enthusiasm, but little business sense and no money.
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7 key trends emerging in the hospitality industry
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe hospitality industry is growing steadily and surely, and the outlook is better than ever with new businesses expanding the horizons every day. In many ways, 2014 is poised to bring far-reaching changes to the hospitality industry, and some of them have already been evident in the first quarter performances.
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Programs across the nation boosting interest in STEM fields
Bambi Majumdar EducationThere seems to a dichotomy between the STEM crisis and STEM demand in recent years. Conflicting reports claim that there are more STEM graduates than jobs available, while others claim that a lack of STEM graduates is a major factor in a surge of foreign students and more H1-B visas. Which one is true and which one should we believe?
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Can pharma R&D satisfy the new healthcare market?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalA more attentive FDA and a more demanding healthcare market are forcing pharmaceutical companies to change the way they have done business for decades. Research and development is perhaps the most impacted by both of these market dynamics. After all, without new products you don't have to worry about marketing and sales or manufacturing.
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Is Amazon a telecom operator?
Victor Blake CommunicationsAt first glance, Amazon doesn't appear to be in the telecommunications business. The company looks like an online retailer. But Amazon's fastest-growing and most profitable businesses are not margins on books, CDs, DVDs or other material goods.
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After decades, coconut oil re-emerges as a cooking trend
Katy Bynum Food & BeverageFor years, coconut oil was the go-to choice in many North American homes and commercial kitchens — used by the home baker for superior-tasting, flaky pie crusts and by the restaurant chef for deep frying foods. Now, coconut oil is once again surging in popularity.