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Q&A with Daniel Warn, CPO of BCBSRI (1)
Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a webinar that focused on the issues of procurement performance and procurement value and the fundamental differences that exist between the... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling all Suppliers
CPOs on the Rise in 2011 continues – In our last article we introduced you to an EMEA-based Chief Procurement Officer who works for a company that operates in 38... Read more
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CPOs on the Rise in 2011: Calling All Suppliers
So, where were we? Ahh, that’s right – the CPOs on the Rise in 2011 series is back and with a big push coming up we plan to focus on... Read more
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Analyst Q&A – 2012 Outlook (2)
Today, we continue with the second part of the content from my recent media interview that focused on the current business cycle and where we are headed in 2012. Part... Read more
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Analyst Q & A – 2012 Outlook (1)
When I’m not working diligently sourcing stories, interviews and ideas for this site, CPO Rising, I wear an industry analyst hat (but I am still laser-focused on supply management) and... Read more
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Final Thoughts on Corporate Culture and Technology Adoption
As part of our ongoing Adoption Series, over the past few articles, we have presented a case study on the specific experiences of two rival companies and their implementations of... Read more
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Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption – Results
According to authors P. Montana and B. Charnov (in the 2008 edition of their book, Management) by way of Wikipedia, Corporate culture is defined as the “total sum of the... Read more
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Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (2)
Our Adoption Series continues by trying to answer the following question: Does corporate culture impact user adoption of technology? If so, how? by describing and then analyzing the performance of... Read more
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Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (1)
Our Adoption Series continues by looking at the following question: Does corporate culture impact user adoption of technology? If so, how? In a webinar focused on Procurement Technology Adoption held... Read more
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Savings and Everything After
Dateline Boston 2011: Analyst firm, Ardent Partners’ recent research shows that savings is the top business pressure driving Chief Procurement Officers to perform… Stop the Presses![i] Yes, it is true.... Read more