Daily Archives: September 18, 2003

HOW TO COMPETE WITH THE BIG GUYS

This month’s Fast Company has an article on how HP stole the outsourcing contract for P&G’s technology systems and data centres away from favoured EDS and IBM. The article pinpoints five tactics that made the difference: Don’t hide your weakness … Continue reading

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THE LAST WORD ON EXPORTING JOBS

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PEER-TO-PEER MUSIC SHARING LEGAL IN CANADA

Jay Currie, writing in TCS, points out that peer-to-peer file-sharing is legal in Canada, by virtue of an agreement several years ago that imposed a compensatory tax on blank storage media. Here’s a summary of the legislation: “On March 19, … Continue reading

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