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Pause for thought about the wonderful world of Big Data

In an article written for the May/June issue of Intelligent Life, the columnist Ian Leslie suggested that as athletes, songwriters and other performers amass experience and information, the latter can sometimes get in the way of making good decisions.

Making it in a material world

At the tender age of 14, two friends of mine made a pact to buy a Mulberry bag each with their very first pay-check. But, having a job usually comes with bills, so the pact soon turned to dust.

Hold the front page, while you can

Companies, get off your assets

It seems as if there is no end in sight for the age of austerity. If you thought it was only governments tightening their purse strings, then you would be very mistaken.

Drucker's black box

Management thinkers and economists pay a lot of attention to productivity, and for good reason.

Agent of change

Report Summary

Agent of change: The future of technology disruption in business, is an Economist Intelligence Unit white paper, sponsored by Ricoh. The report reviews the impact that technology developments will have over the next decade on various aspects of business, including organisational structures, jobs and the workplace, customer interactions, and business models themselves. The Economist Intelligence Unit bears sole responsibility for the content of the report and this executive summary. The findings do not necessarily reflect those of the sponsor.

Buying up the world

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The convergence challenge

In September 2009, the Economist Intelligence Unit carried out a global survey on behalf of KPMG International, assessing the convergence of governance, risk management and compliance (GRC).The research looks at the driving forces behind convergence, the costs and perceived benefits and the barriers to achieving this goal.

The convergence evolution

Report Summary

In June 2011, the Economist Intelligence Unit carried out a global survey on behalf of KPMG International to assess the extent to which companies are adopting a co-ordinated approach to their governance, risk and compliance (GRC) activities. It explored the costs and challenges associated with this initiative and the benefits that companies can expect to gain from better alignment of their risk and compliance functions within an overall governance framework. 

Winners don't play dead

Winners don’t play dead: Doing more with less in an uncertain future is an Economist Intelligence Unit report, sponsored by AlixPartners. It explores ways in which companies are reshaping their business to succeed in the challenging environment that has emerged from the great recession. It also looks at the factors holding back companies from making major capital investments. What is hindering them, and what are they doing to remove the constraints?

The principal findings of the survey and a series of interviews with senior experts are as follows:

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