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DEFINITION: Glocalization is a term that was invented in order to emphasize that the globalization of a product is more likely to succeed when the product or service is adapted specifically to each locality or culture it is marketed in. The term combines the word globalization with localization. (An earlier  … 
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Managing Enterprise Information: Architecting for Survival and Positioning for Success in Tough Times
sponsored by SAP BusinessObjects
WHITE PAPER: Today, businesses must work smarter, not just harder - and to do it, they must use information to compete. With ever-greater demands on data resources, organizations need to derive greater value from their existing information.
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009
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Unified Communications: A Good Investment in a Down Economy
sponsored by SearchUnifiedCommunications.com
VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: Spend the day in this interactive Virtual Seminar, "Unified Communications: A Good Investment in a Down Economy", and learn how UC can help your business survive the recession. And the best part? You will get to hear from several experts and network with your peers, all from your own desk.
Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 16 Jun 2009, 09:30 EDT (13:30 GMT)
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A Guide To Building a Business Case for Self-Service Appointment Scheduling
sponsored by TimeTrade Systems
WHITE PAPER: Organizations are using specialized enterprise software designed exclusively for scheduling and managing thousands, even millions, of appointments per year. This document is designed for a project leader or business consultant tasked with developing the business case for customer self-service appointment scheduling using EAS software.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009
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Business Network Transformation: Rethinking Relationships in a Global Economy
sponsored by SAP America Inc
ANALYST REPORT: The ability to operate effectively in business networks, be they coordinated or collaborative, is critical to sustaining competitive advantage in a commoditizing global economy. By focusing on their unique core capabilities, business network participants spend less on duplication and more on innovation, resulting in higher degrees of..
Posted: 07 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2008
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The Collaboration Advantage: Customer-Focused Partnerships In A Global Market
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: In order to better understand the opportunities, challenges, risks and rewards companies have seen from these types of agreements, the Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey in March 2008, sponsored by SAP, which asked 516 senior executives how their business relationships are evolving.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009
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Running and Optimizing IT: A Best Practice Approach
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: The results of this survey show that the highest priorities are focused not on technology but on the ability of IT to deliver services that provide value for customers and end users.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009
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How Self-Service Scheduling Drives Business for Appointment-Based Operations
sponsored by TimeTrade Systems
WHITE PAPER: This white paper will show how a new generation of Web-based, on-demand, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions is helping organizations of all sizes overcome the new macro-trends that are making it increasingly difficult for service-based businesses to run at optimal efficiency.
Posted: 18 May 2009 | Published: 18 May 2009
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Five Steps To Effective Corporate Governance
sponsored by Wipro Technologies
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper takes a look at the importance of corporate governance in today's context, some best practices that companies can adopt in this area for effective corporate governance and, more specifically, lays out 5 important steps to effective corporate governance.
Posted: 27 Feb 2009 | Published: 27 Feb 2009
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Global Delivery: A Course to High Performance in a Multi-Polar World
sponsored by Accenture
WHITE PAPER: To fully exploit the opportunities offered by the multi-polar world, multinationals and public sector organizations must successfully create a global delivery strategy, and tap into specialized industry.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009
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Business Process-Centric Information Technology: Aligning Business and Technology for High Performance
sponsored by Accenture
WHITE PAPER: Process-centric IT is, first and foremost, a way for the IT organization to build applications that will deliver greater flexibility and agility to the business-enabling high performance.
Posted: 18 Feb 2009 | Published: 18 Feb 2009
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Storage-as-a-Service: Drive Cost Out of the Data Protection Equation!
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
WHITE PAPER: Information is an organization's most valuable asset, in this paper Iron Mountain's new CEO explains how consistency in policy and practice is critical to protecting and making use of that information.
Posted: 11 Feb 2009 | Published: 11 Feb 2009
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Untangle the Knot: Developing a Comprehensive Data Integration Strategy
sponsored by Informatica
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how an ICC can optimize your IT organization's existing resources and build on past successes to lower maintenance costs, ensure more stable operations, and respond more quickly to changing business conditions.
Posted: 28 Jan 2009 | Published: 28 Jan 2009
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The Role of ERP in Globalization
sponsored by SAP America Inc
BOOK: This whitepaper examines the role of ERP in Globalization in detail, outlining steps to improve current strategies to meet the changing face of the global business of today ...and tomorrow.
Posted: 26 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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Benefits of Integrated Web Application Security
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This paper clarifies the specific security capabilities that an ideal web application delivery solution should exhibit. It also discusses the advantages that a tightly integrated module of the Citrix NetScaler Web application delivery solution presents.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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Global Manufacturing Operations Management
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how a common platform can provide the basis for not only managing manufacturing operations, but also quality and inventory across global supplier networks.
Posted: 11 Sep 2008 | Published: 11 Sep 2008
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Service Delivery Innovation: Creating Client Value and Enhancing Profitability
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the forces that affect the professional services market today, defines and explains the main pillars of service delivery innovation, and reviews the benefits firms derive from service delivery innovation.
Posted: 06 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Supply Chain Collaboration: The Key to Success in a Global Economy
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: Learn how you can transform traditional supply chains from linear, sequential processes into adaptive supply chain networks.
Posted: 06 Aug 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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Leveraging the Talent Supply Chain for a Competitive Advantage
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: This paper identifies the market trends driving the need for an integrated talent supply chain and describes the internal inefficiencies professional services firms must overcome to optimize their talent supply chains.
Posted: 02 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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3 Things Business Decision-Makers Need to Know about SOA
sponsored by IFS
WHITE PAPER: Given the increasing importance of service-oriented architecture (SOA), this white paper cuts through the marketing hype surrounding SOA and focuses on the three most important facts you need to know about this groundbreaking technology.
Posted: 07 Jun 2006 | Published: 01 Jun 2006
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GLOBALIZATION DEFINITION (continued): …  term for globalization in terms of product preparedness for international marketing is internationalization.) The term first appeared in the late 1980s in articles by Japanese economists in the Harvard Business Review. According to the sociologist Roland Robertson, who is credited with popularizing the term, glocalization describes the tempering effects of local conditions on global pressures. At a 1997 conference on "Globalization and Indigenous Culture," Robertson said that glocalization "means … 
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