...Environment and Business International risk management 1 Geopolitics, International Environment and Business Risks identification Are we leading towards economic war? 2 Geopolitics, International Environment and Business Several agencies seem to reinforce this idea, particularly regarding international trade 3 “Public economic warfare” Japan JETRO, Japan External Trade Organization (www.jetro.go.jp) Created in 1958 to promote Japanese exports From the 80s it expands to developing countries. 21st century: To promote FDI into Japan To help small & medium sized companies to export. 4 USA (1992, 1993): Bill Clinton Policy "Putting People First, A National Economic Strategy For America" Governor Bill Clinton June 21, 1992 Opening up world markets. […] we will move aggressively to open foreign markets to quality American goods and services (for instance, NAFTA) Economic security council / Advocacy Center / CIA / FBI –Economic Counterintelligence Program The stakes in this game are high! 5 FRANCE: UBIFRANCE -Offices in France (partnership with chambers of trade) -80 offices in 60 different countries (156 in 120 countries if Economic Missions considered) -More than 1,400 collaborators MISSION: to make French exports easier, to support and to monitor French companies abroad. 6 7 “Private economic war” International competition Is it replacing military conflicts? Competitive intelligence and/or industrial...
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...OLDSTONE & GREEN CORPORATE PRESENTATION INTELLIGENCE INSIGHT FACT INVESTIGATION DISCRETION AFRICA FOCUSED 2 LocalKnowledge www.oldstoneandgreen.com ABOUT US 3 Oldstone & Green Limited (“O & G”) is a Nigeria based independent Geopolitical Risk Consultancy, Research and Advisory firm, servicing an international client base and providing ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ Our Ethos ¨ Insight ¨ Fact ¨ Investigation ¨ Discretion ¨ Intelligence Why Us? Our strong industry expertise, research knowhow and keen local knowledge of business, politics and markets makes us the preferred firm for organisations seeking to understand, compete and grow in Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular focus on Nigeria. O & G maximizes its exclusive relationship with well-placed, high profile political, diplomatic, business and economic contacts to deliver intelligent, informed and reliable facts, faster and better using our robust sources in major corporate establishments and government ministries, agencies, commissions and parestatals in Nigeria. www.oldstoneandgreen.com Geopolitical Risk Analysis Due Diligence Influence and Relationship Mapping Market Entry and Intelligence We are subcontractors to major London and US based risk consultancies and our clients include, global financial institutions, law firms, oil, gas and extractive companies, manufacturers, power and energy providers, retail and professional service firms and high-net-worth individuals. AFRICA FOCUSED 4 LocalKnowledge ...
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...Business Intelligence in Banking Table of Contents: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………3 BI Application in an Enterprise……………………………………………………………..3 BI in Banking………………………………………………………………………………..4 Customer Relationship Management………………………………………………………..6 Operational BI……………………………………………………………………………….7 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………10 References…………………………………………………………………………………….11 Current Trends in Business Intelligence Banking Introduction Business Intelligence is a computer based technique used in detecting, digging out and analyzing business data such as sales revenue. It analyses the data based on departments or products or by associated costs or income. Business Intelligence is asset of methodologies or technologies used to transfer raw data into useful and meaningful data. It also uses technologies such as Data Integration, Data Quality, Data Warehousing, Master Data Management, Context analytics etc. Business Intelligence provides a complete view of past, present and futuristic views of business operations. Business Intelligence helps in making better decisions. So it is called Decision Support System. Business Intelligence uses applications processes and technologies to analyze data. Business Intelligence helps in analyzing data and is used to convert raw data to useful data. Some common functions of Business Intelligence are data mining, data visualization, data interpretation and data management. Business Intelligence is an advanced technology...
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...policy for a megachurch. Describe your business and your goals. Give your business a creative name. As a church, the primary goal is to offer a faith-based solution to issues while emphasizing the importance of collaboration. Various ministries exist within the organization and a focal point is to increase their scope and impact as time progresses. The outreach of a church stems far and wide, from kid’s service, bible study, and Men’s and Women’s Conferences, to Spiritual Resort Trips, and Teen Lock-In’s. Our goal is to allow youth, adults, and the elderly to lean on each other, and more importantly, lean on God. The main day of operation...
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...contents Table of contents 2 1.0 Proposed Research Question: 2 1.1 Rationale for study 3 1.2 Research aims or objectives 3 2.0 Introduction 4 3.0 Industry Context 5 4.0 Proposed literary review 6 4.1 The current DFB arrangements for dealing with flooding 7 4.2 Business Continuity Management 7 4.3 Business Impact Analysis: 8 4.4 Enhancing Organisational Response Capacity 9 4.5 Building resilient communities 11 4.6 New Dimensions Programme 11 4.7 2007 Flooding & HVP’s 12 4.7.1 Qualitative assessment of HVPs in 2007 flooding: 12 4.7.2 Quantitative assessment of HVPs in 2007 flooding 13 5.0 Research Design and Methodology 13 6.0 Time Scale 14 7.0 Potential problems 14 8.0 Intended Outcomes 15 9.0 Bibliography 15 Appendix A. Letter to the Office of the Chief Fire Officer. 17 1.0 Proposed Research Question: A review of the current arrangements for dealing with major flooding incidents in Dublin, and suggested improvements that enhance both organisational response capacity and community resilience for such events. 1.1 Rationale for study Recent events have exposed vulnerabilities around the Dublin Fire Brigade’s (DFB’s) ability to maintain business continuity whilst conducting major flooding incident operations. Enhanced preparedness, better public and community engagement, and specialised asset acquisition will be examined as methods of increasing organisational resilience, whilst keeping the most vulnerable people within the affected communities...
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...Artificial Intelligence November 10, 2015 Foundations of Information Technology | ITS1101 S01 First off what is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. With that being said, now take a minute and try to imagine a machine or machines that can think on its own. As a child growing up, I liked watching cartoons such as Transformers, Gobots and Astro Boy. As I got older I enjoyed watching movies like I-Robot, Terminator, and Chappie. I always thought to myself how fun it would be to have robots that could think for themselves. Over the last several decades, AI computing methods for automated perception, learning, understanding, and reasoning have become common in our lives. We plan trips using GPS systems that rely on AI to cut through the complexity of millions of routes to find the best one to take. Our smartphones understand our speech, and Siri, Cortana, and Google Now are getting better at understanding our intentions. AI algorithms detect faces as we take pictures with our phones and recognize the faces of individual people when we post those pictures to Facebook. Internet search engines, such as Google and Bing, rely on a fabric of AI subsystems. On any day, AI provides hundreds of millions of people with search results, traffic predictions, and recommendations...
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...“ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN RETAIL SECTOR AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN INDIA AND ACROSS THE WORLD” INDRAJIT MITRA B.Sc. LL.B., 4th Sem. 1B-57, KIIT LAW BOYS HOSTEL, CAMPUS 16, KIIT SCHOOL OF LAW, KIIT UNIVERSITY, PATIA, BHUBANESWAR- 751024, ODISHA. Email- imitrakls31@gmail.com Mobile- 09438173993. Abstract Technology has transformed the buying behavior of customers everywhere. Technology in the store is all moving toward integration and more and more savvy customers. Point Of Sale is undergoing major changes because of broadband access, the need and ability for inventory visibility, customers ordering online, returns and pick- up in the store and also the movement toward an ASP (application service provider) model. It is broadband that will help to transfer the information fast and help retailers to serve their customers on time. Business Intelligence & CRM: Learning from International Markets-Customer service and customer satisfaction are the backbone of customer relationships. If an organisation can accurately monitor and measure customer service factors and customer satisfaction, it is easier to make appropriate corrections and ensure customer retention, good client references and new customer acquisition. POS (Point Of Sale)-Point of Sale is a place where actual sale of goods or services occurs. It often refers to the physical cash transfer that takes place between the customer and the seller or the service provider. Third...
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...Executive Summary This report provides an overview of a hypothetical business process used in theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade in providing assistance to Australianstravelling and living overseas.The potential uses of two Information Systems, an Office Information System and anExpert System, are presented. Andrew Cole ii CIS137208383 January 2011 Table of Contents Executive Summary .................................................................................................... i Table of Contents ........................................................................................................ii 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade........................................................... 1 1.2. Organizational Structure .................................................................................... 1 2. Consular, Public Diplomacy and Parliamentary Affairs Division .......................... 2 2.1. Business Process .............................................................................................. 2 3. Office Information System ................................................................................... 3 3.1. Supporting Business Process ............................................................................ 3 3.2. Value Add .......................................................
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...General comments | Research Proposal Research Topic: Business Intelligence goes Mobile: Business Analytics Anytime, Anywhere. Abstract: Mobile business intelligence refers to the circulation and dispersion of business data with the help of mobile devices such as smart phones, tablet computers etc. Business intelligence is a technique by digging out and excavate data and analysing it with the help of computer based technique. Corporates today are increasingly using various handheld devices and latest gadgets in delivering rich web content which help managers to have extensive access to corporate data. This is not just confined to managers but other official also who can be in constant touch with clients and assess the data using mobile analytics (A Savvas 2010) Introduction : Mobile business intelligence is the data driven applications on mobile devices like handheld devices , smart phones and tablet computers which help users to access business information anytime anywhere. This mobile BI has made a drastic change in the corporate world; using mobile BI corporates can analyse and circulate the data to their clients and colleagues on theirs handheld devices. There are many benefits of mobile BI but apart from it still it has some challenges . Security of the data that is sent on mobile devices poses risk of hacking . Data that is sent has to be checked i.e what information is going outside the firewall and how they will protect it...
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...Abstract Business intelligence (BI) is a grouping of different resources that affect the way data is utilized within businesses. The technologies available with business intelligence focus on utilizing the data within a company the best possible way. The successfulness of business intelligence relies on the constant evolving of the solutions as well as the scalability of the program. Business intelligence solutions are available in self- service options as well mobile choices and use on the cloud. Business intelligence has and is making a big impact on companies all over the world in many different ways. Business Intelligence is a set or collection of concepts, procedures, styles, and technologies that change basic data into beneficial and valuable information for business related purposes. One main purpose of business intelligence is to take on large amounts of indistinct data in order to piece together and create new opportunities for a variety of business types. (Cooper & Schindler, 2014)The incorporation of business intelligence helps businesses process large amounts of data easily in order for the business to take on new prospects and put into place new and effective strategies for the business to gain market advantage and achieve long-term stability. (Jullens, 2013) The technologies utilized by business intelligence incorporate past, present and future possibilities for business procedures. Business intelligence utilizes presentations and technologies...
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...BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS Executive Summary Business Intelligence, abbreviated as BI, is a general term, which refers to various software applications used in the analysis of an organization’s raw data. Business Intelligence as a discipline comprises of various related activities, which include data mining, internet-based analytical processing, reporting, and querying. Business organizations use BI in order to improve in decision-making, reduce costs of operation, and identify new business opportunities. Companies use BI in order to identify inefficient business processes, which need re-engineering. With the current BI tools, business organizations can take the role of analyzing their data by themselves instead of waiting for IT systems to run complex reports. BI enhances the democratization of information access, which is helpful for users when it comes to information back-up. Even though BI holds the future of business solutions, its implementation in a business organization can pose technical and cultural challenges. The organization’s administration must ensure that BI applications used to feed data are clean and consistent in order to be trusted. BI is made up of a set of theories, procedures, technologies, and architectures, which are used to transform raw data and information into meaningful and useful data and information for use in business operations. BI is effective in handling huge amounts of unstructured data and information. It helps in identifying...
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...generating the need to optimize resources, improve profitability and expand business requirements. Many companies are implementing ERP solutions to improve their day-to-day operations, improve response time on reporting to the Management and enhance capabilities. There are many solutions already established that can meet the specific business requirements of any organisations in any industry, hence choosing the right and the best solutions are essential to avoid wasting money and effort since ERP implementation could be excruciating and costly. Therefore, in order for a company to decide on which solution is the best for their business, they need to identify their existing processes and analyse in depth the existing flaws and their business requirements. This is supported by Travis (1999) who indicated that companies which put on greater efforts in ERP selection will achieve greater success. 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to Lee, Moon, and Lee (2006), ERP systems can be used as an integration with existing business systems and processes to assist an organization maintaining its competitive advantage. Consistent identification of such ERP changes or upgrades is essential to improve business processes due to robust technology development. Existing systems could expire and should be upgraded from time to time as business grows considering the ever-changing technology. This upgrade sometimes require major changes and could be extortionate however, crucial. This is due to...
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...Esri Location Analytics for Business Intelligence ® An Esri® White Paper October 2012 Copyright © 2012 Esri All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. The information contained in this document is the exclusive property of Esri. This work is protected under United States copyright law and other international copyright treaties and conventions. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as expressly permitted in writing by Esri. All requests should be sent to Attention: Contracts and Legal Services Manager, Esri, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100 USA. The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Esri, the Esri globe logo, esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, service marks, or registered marks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products or services mentioned herein may be trademarks, service marks, or registered marks of their respective mark owners. J10116 Esri Location Analytics for Business Intelligence An Esri White Paper Contents Page Executive Overview.............................................................................. 1 Proven Value of Business Intelligence ................................................. 1 GIS and BI: The Timing Is Right .....................
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...Chapter 12 Business Intelligence and Decision Support Systems Goals of the Chapter The primary objective of this chapter is to recognize the importance of data, the management issues that relate to it, and its life cycle. Other objectives include relating data management to multimedia and document management, explaining the concept of data warehousing, data mining, analytical processing, and knowledge discovery management. An Overview Section 12.1 – The Need for Business Intelligence – The section serves as an overview of Business Intelligence and its use in business. It discusses the problems associated with disparate data stores where data are not integrated into a single reporting system. The section discusses the technologies involved in Business Intelligence and the vendors involved. It also talks about predictive analytics, alerts and decision support. Section 12.2 – BI Architecture, Reporting and Performance Management – This section discusses the modes of data extraction and integration into a standardized, usable and trustworthy one. It also discusses the different types of reporting systems available to organizations, data mining, query and analysis. The section provides an insight into Business Performance Management (BPM) as a way for business managers to know if their organizations are achieving their strategic goals Section 12.3 – Data, Text and Web Mining and BI Search – This section discusses data mining technology, tools, and techniques. Information types...
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...Business Intelligence as an indispensable tool for decision making in big companies * What is Business intelligence exactly? (Bapt ou Greg) Business intelligence, or BI for short, is a term that refers to competencies, processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support evidence-based decision making in organisations. In the widest sense it can be defined as a collection of approaches for gathering, storing, analysing and providing access to data that helps users to gain insights and make better fact-based business decisions. The basic components of Business Intelligence are gathering, storing, analysing and providing access to data (see Figure). Gathering Data Gathering data is concerned with collecting or accessing data which can then be used to inform decision making. Gathering data can come in many formats and basically refers to the automated measurement and collection of performance data. For example, these can come from transactional systems that keep logs of past transactions, point-of-sale systems, web site software, production systems that measure and track quality, etc. A major challenge of gathering data is making sure that the relevant data is collected in the right way at the right time. If the data quality is not controlled at the data gathering stage then it can jeopardise the entire BI efforts that might follow - always remember the old adage - garbage in garbage out. Storing Data Storing Data is concerned with making sure the data...
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