News tagged with business productivity


Microsoft Surface

Microsoft goes intercontinental via cloud and Surface

Technology / Software

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Microsoft announced on Monday that it is going intercontinental with touch-screen Surface computers and a suite of business software offered online as services "in the cloud."





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Productivity rises when companies are facing closure

Other Sciences / Other

created May 09, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

In companies that are slated to be shut down, productivity increases during the phase-out period itself. When management is busy dealing with matters other than daily operations, employees shoulder a greater responsibility ...


Special workplace benefits help relieve stress, improve bottom line

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While hundreds of thousands of American workers are losing jobs these days, many more are stressed out. For those fortunate to still have jobs in this down economy, however, companies can help alleviate workplace ...


Winds of change

Winds of change

Technology / Energy

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Wind farms can be self-sustaining, concluded two Northeastern finance professors in a recent journal article. A few measures to increase productivity and decrease equipment costs could reduce the current dependence ...


IBM offers free office software suite

Technology / Software

created Sep 19, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

IBM is releasing IBM Lotus Symphony, a suite of software tools for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The tools can be downloaded at no charge.


Mimicking nature could help business survive the credit crunch

Other Sciences / Other

created May 08, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

As credits crunch, recession bites, and business struggle to stay primed, researchers in Spain suggest that a more surgical approach to management and business practice is needed if a company is to survive. Writing in the ...


All wired up

All wired up: Professor explains how technology really helps the economy

Technology / Business

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Information technology is all around us — but how does it really change the way we do business? Erik Brynjolfsson, the Schussel Family Professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, explores this question ...


Swine flu could wreak more havoc on US economy, says economist (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

H1N1 influenza could slow growth in key industries and stall already-weak GDP growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2009, says a health economist in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Business.


Researcher: Narcissistic bosses destroy morale, drive down bottom line

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2

In recent years, the motivations of business leaders such as financier Bernard Madoff and former Enron CEO Ken Lay have come under increased scrutiny as a result of behavior that caused both their employees and the public ...


Web shopping only holiday retailing bright spot, Purdue expert says

Technology / Business

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Despite anticipated weak holiday retail sales overall, Internet holiday shopping is expected to increase at least 10 percent, said a Purdue University retail expert. Online sales are estimated to be $35 billion to $40 bil ...


Toshiba to launch 32nm process NAND flash memory

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit (Gb) single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), ...



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