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Are online jobs the next big thing? For Maria Summers it sure is. Maria, a mother from is thriving, in the middle of an economic recession working in the comfort of her own home.
From her website: “I get paid about $25 for every link I post on Google and I get paid every week… I make around $5500 a month right now” [Source].
Last year I already blogged here about the sneaker vending machine. Two companies in England have taken the concept of the shoes vending machine and found a niche market targeting female clubgoers with after part-shoes. After you have danced the night away on your heals you can get a pair of portable flats before you’re heading home. Read more here.
Breakthrough management ideas for a world in which the game will never be the same. BusinessWeek has published several stories on management ideas structured in the following categories: New ideas for growth, New ideas for talent, and New ideas for partners.An overview can be found here.
The most notable articles are: Outsourcing Tasks Instead of Jobs, The World Is IBM’s Classroom, Performance Review Takes a Page from Facebook, and Six Sigma is Out. Extreme Lean Manufacturing Is In.
Furthermore, some of the most powerful and lasting management methods were launched during tough times, when companies needed new ways to manage costs and grow. Here is a look back at some of the biggest ideas over the past 100 years.
People often talk about financial markets as if they were casinos, but reflexivity makes them much more dangerous than any gambling den. The numbers on a roulette wheel never change, but markets offer no guarantee that yesterday’s odds will be the same tomorrow.
Wanna see how the recession has affected GDP, house prices, rates and inflation. BBC published an analysis on stock markets and government rescues here (Global Downturn). In light of this the Financial Times has published a special report on how to fight a global downturn here (Managing in a Downturn).
The Economist has developed a Board game to survive this year’s Christmas and allows you to relive the pain and misery of the bust. Please find instructions on needed downloads here.
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