Category: Knowledge Management
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Struggling Big Pharma returns to Chinese ethno medicine for ideas
Ancient Chinese Cures Seen Helping Drugmaker Pipelines By Bloomberg News -, bloomberg.com The world’s biggest drugmakers are turning to ancient Chinese remedies to boost product pipelines. GlaxoSmithKline Plc is testing botanicals — compounds extracted from plants — for immune disorders, Sanofi plans to turn… RT @BloombergNews: The world’s biggest drugmakers are turning to ancient Chinese…
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Why LinkedIn is replacing Monster as job search tool
Job Recruiters Eschew Monster to Find Hidden Talent on LinkedIn By Olga Kharif -, bloomberg.com In his more than 15 years as a headhunter, Jeff Vijungco has tried Monster, Craigslist, CareerBuilder, and other online job boards. Lately the head of recruitment at Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) has scrapped most of them. “I think job posti……
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Visualizing cities at night with no lights
This Is How Cities Would Look at Night Without Lights Jesus Diaz, gizmodo.com These Darkened Cities image series by Thierry Cohen is truly awe inspiring. Not only because he accurately portraits the skylines of major cities with no lighting whatsoever, but because the images remind us of the incredible show we city… RT @core77: Awesome…
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Calculating a College Degree’s True Value
businessweek.com Some states are posting their graduates’ salaries online RT @BW: What’s a college degree really worth? | http://flip.it/TbD8l http://flip.it/wx3kw Calculating a College Degree’s True Value Related articles Is the value of a college degree dwindling away? (bizjournals.com) Is this the ‘definitive guide’ to the college grad job market? (costofcollege.wordpress.com)
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Why Everyone at My Company Has One Job Title
Issie Lapowsky, inc.com Inc. magazine The Nerdery, No. 99 on Inc.’s Hire Power list, rose above tragedy to give every employee a personal stake in success COMPANY PROFILE Company: The Nerdery Headquarters: Bloomington, MN Founder: Mike… RT @whatifglobal: Why one company named all its employees “co-presidents”: Another moving read from @Inc’s Hire Power Awards http://flip.it/BH3bP…
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Top towns to raise kids
(via America’s Best Places to Raise Kids 2013 – Businessweek) Related articles Oro Valley named best Arizona place to raise kids () Only the Apocalypse Will Stop Simpson and Bowles (businessweek.com) Best Towns for Raising Families in New England (boston.com) Show Them the Money: Top Valley Coders Now Have Agents, Too (businessweek.com) Multiplayer Game ‘EVE…
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Why military weapons don’t belong in our communities
Obama: `Weapon of War’ Has No Place in American Communities Bloomberg By The Numbers » 15.5 How many points the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort index rose in the past 17 weeks., bloomberg.com Photograph by Scott Olson/Getty Images A “weapon of war” — President Barack Obama’s term today for the semi-automatic assault rifle used in the slaying of…
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Ethnographic tools examine human behavior
You, Under the Retail Microscope By Ben Steverman -, bloomberg.com Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images It’s the classic holiday face-off. On one side, you have the wary shopper, who is often “just browsing” and more and more likely to purchase only online. On the other, there’s the salesperson, wh… RT @BloombergNews: How stores use…
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Gen Y professionals give up cubicles for personal control
American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals By Elliot Blair Smith -, bloomberg.com After being dismissed from her job as a Midtown Manhattan securities attorney in October 2009, Christina Tretter-Herriger hitched a used horse trailer to her Dodge Ram pickup and drove 1,628 miles to Texas. The 32-year-old lawyer sold… RT @BloombergNews: For young Generation…
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