This 2011 has been a busy year as the world of fashion. Controversial, layoffs, lawsuits, parties and awards: we review all "momentazo fashionistas’ this year. 1. Galliano Case Undoubtedly, the designer John Galliano asked Gibraltar to a 2012 Kings quieter this year. In late February, Galliano committed the worst mistake of his career . Nothing […]
Organizational Competence, by Phin Upham
Understanding business is crucial to improving it. How do we study organizations? Phin Upham discusses a seminal work in the field of Strategy Defining and Developing Competence: A Strategic Process Paradigm by McGrath, MacMillan, and Venkataraman attempts to provide a more rigorous level of methodological testability and explication to the antecedents and nature of competence. […]
Mumbai Attacks Show Terrorism in the Digital Age
According to investigators and police, the heavily armed terrorists who set out for Mumbai by sea last week navigated with Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment,. They carried BlackBerrys, CDs holding high-resolution satellite images like those used for Goolge Earth maps and multiple cellphones with switchable SIM cards that would be hard to track. As […]
Porn Detection Software ‘Sees’ Genitals and Sex Acts
So-called Chinese "image understanding software publisher" Yang’s Scientific Research Institute is launching software that can detect porn in images and videos on the web. The company says it is better than software that relies solely on HTML or flesh tones and curves, which it alleges is "not robust at all." The detection software, called PNWatch […]
Did u know, top 5 selling mistakes which reduce your wealth?
Since most sales people’s compensation is based on actual sales orders obtained, not good intentions or positive attitudes, the selling profession’s relatively high rate of job turnover is most often validated fraught with intense frustration and an insurmountable learning curve that crosses many industries, products and services. 1) "Stretching" the Truth: No one likes getting […]
Dancing on the notes of life
Honeymoon Book Extract: Dancing on the notes of life Author: K. B. Trehan Publisher: Cedar books (www.pustakmahal.com) BOTH MADHVI AND Ravi were thrilled when Seth called them up and informed that he was finally getting married to Reshma on October 9 at her Gurgaon residence. “Oh my God! This is such a short notice,” Madhvi […]