The MGS Blog

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Does location matter?

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Innovation, startup, silicon valley or fen or bog whatever. Does location matter if you intend to start a new venture? The FT ran a piece ...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Accenture report on managing a global workforce

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HR capability is perceived to be a crucial input into whether a multinational organisation is able to manage a global workforce or not. Glo...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Why the Irish are the business.

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Robert Short from RTÉ interviews Bono after the Global Ireland Economic Forum concluded. He asks about Bono's perspective on Ireland as...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Sourcing shift: Polycentric Innovation

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Link below to a HBR Blog article on Indian firms shifting to "polycentric" strategy? Is polycentric just another word for outsour...
Monday, July 25, 2011

FT special report on outsourcing issues.

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(FT login required to read these articles, access limited to 10 articles per month) Outsourcing enables IT companies to increase flexibilit...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

150 new jobs at SouthWestern. Focus on BPO

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SouthWestern to invest €3.5m in R& D with Enterprise Ireland Support ( links ). SouthWestern has bases in Ireland and Poland. HQ is lo...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

A study of Apple and Google mobile phone application developers

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Following on from a recent CITO seminar at UCD presented by Prof. Debra Howcroft, based on a study by Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn ( event not...