The Global Small Business Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

©iStock/mnbb Exports play an important role in the global economy, serving as a catalyst for economic growth, job creation, and international cooperation. Thanks to the evolution of international trade, the effects of globalization, and progress in technology, global trade has increased by around 300% over the last 20 years. And using data obtained from the World Bank, you can see the world's top exporters by country and their top exports, such as petroleum, cars, and medication.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you’re interested in learning a robust, efficient, and scalable enterprise-level server-side framework, you’ve landed on the right blog ! We’ll start with a quick introduction, and in this post and the ones to follow, we’ll dive straight into the practical part. Together, we’ll build an application that covers various Nest JS fundamental and advanced topics, such as Services, Controllers, Modules, Repository, Pipes, Dependency Injection, and database connectivi

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Blue Ocean

JANUARY 30, 2024

So, you’ve been handed responsibility for investigating the benefits of potentially outsourcing your company’s customer service for the first time. How do you start to compare your in-house apples to those outsourced oranges? What math should go into the business case around call center outsourcing costs? (Or if you’re keen on delegating that chore, skip this read and contact us today for a cost analysis of your center !

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IBM Services

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the last post , we looked at creating a blueprint for a sustainable data center. Now we’ll look at how to get the most out of a modern data center. We don’t need to re-create the wheel all the time. Sometimes, we can look to others who have gone before us for inspiration and examples to help shape our vision for success. And, when we work with partners that have “been there, done that,” we can accelerate our success, taking our vision to a mission to reality.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

Marketing

The Hackett Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) today announced that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2023 on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 after the close of regular market hours. Following the release, senior management will discuss fourth quarter results in a conference call at 5:00 P.M. ET. The number for the conference call is (800) 593-0486, [Passcode: Fourth Quarter].

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JANUARY 30, 2024

In my recent project, I encountered a crucial requirement – the need to seamlessly transmit Sitecore form submissions to Salesforce Pardot. I successfully implemented a custom submit action within Sitecore forms to fulfill this requirement. In this blog post, I will guide you through the step-by-step process, detailing the customization applied to Sitecore for achieving this integration.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of Selenium Chrome DevTools integration, we’ve explored simulating mobile browsing and harnessing real-time insights from network responses using Selenium CDP Listeners. Building upon this foundation, our journey now ventures into the realm of intercepting and mocking network/API responses—a crucial skill for comprehensive web testing.

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Ivemsa

JANUARY 30, 2024

Customization continues to be a business buzzword in 2024, and it’s no different for manufacturing. Though more companies are becoming familiar with the benefit of nearshoring to Mexico, not all business leaders know exactly what it entails and if the solution is a right fit for them. For decades, global leaders have found success when manufacturing in Mexico as a way to cut costs and improve operational efficiency.

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Everest Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Live webinar Adapting to Change: Boost Value in Outsourcing and Software Contracts When Uncertainty Persists January 30, 2024 | 9:00 AM CST | 10 AM EST | 3 PM GMT | 8:30 PM IST As we enter 2024, enterprises are under immense pressure to optimize their budgets and uncover potential cost savings. Over the past three years, businesses across the globe have struggled to stay within their budgets.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JANUARY 30, 2024

Our success at Perficient emanates from the dedication of our team. We take immense pride in recognizing that our committed individuals propel innovation and drive change within our industry. Every voice within our organization holds significance, none more so than Carolyn Lee , a Project Manager (PM) in our Financial Services business unit and a leader in Perficient’s Risk and Regulatory Center of Excellence (CoE).

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Advertiser: G-P

Grow your startup beyond borders and boundaries. Global expansion is the ultimate goal for many startup founders. However, to successfully enter new markets and grow internationally, you need a sound and scalable global recruitment strategy. In this eBook, you’ll discover how you can gain a competitive edge over your business rivals through the latest technology, harnessing global contractors, and using a global employment platform.

Global Hiring

Global Expansion

JANUARY 30, 2024

What is Taxation Without Representation? Taxation Without Representation: The term refers to a “population that is forced to pay taxes to a governing authority” but has no voice in the government's policies. The word “Taxation without representation” derives from the American colonists' motto against their British rulers: Taxation without representation is absolute power.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JANUARY 30, 2024

We often hear from our payer clients that, due to the highly matrixed nature of health insurance organizations, no one group feels that it truly owns the entire experience of its members. As many healthcare leaders know, this fragmentation can negatively impact the care journey, health outcomes, cost management, member attrition, and more. In its recent report, Health Plans Can Reach New Heights (And Connections) In Digital Member Engagement , Forrester states, “If plans use member-facing digita

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Everest Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Understand the evolving employee needs across decades and distinguish the unique characteristics of the Sentient era from the Stability and Subsistence eras.

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Mercans

JANUARY 30, 2024

Changes in lower & upper earnings limits In accordance with the Third schedule of the NSSF Act No. 45 of 2013, the lower earnings limit and the upper earnings limit shall increase year-on-year as depicted in the table below. Year Lower Earning Limit Upper Earnings Limit 1 (2023) 6,000.00 50% of national average earnings 2 (2024) 7,000.00 1 times national average earnings 3 (2025) 8,000.00 2 times national average earnings 4 (2026) 9,000.00 3 times national average earnings 5 (2027 onwards) A

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Payroll Service 40

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Everest Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Explore how Experience-Level Agreements (XLAs) enhance employee satisfaction and assess the impact of SLA and XLA grades on the overall employee experience.

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IBM Services

JANUARY 30, 2024

What can your organization achieve with a modern observability solution? Data from a new Forrester Consulting study showed that a composite organization that used the IBM Instana™ Observability platform achieved a 219% ROI over three years. Likewise, it saw a 90% reduction in troubleshooting time by providing high fidelity data to the right people at the right time.

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Everest Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Learn about the crucial aspects of internal talent mobility and how factors like employee personas and internal opportunities can shape the outcomes.

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Marketing Human Resources Sourcing BPO 52

Perficient Digital Transformation

JANUARY 30, 2024

Aloha Trailblazers, Embarking on the journey into the vast landscape of Salesforce, this blog serves as your guide to understanding and conquering the challenges of Large Data Volumes (LDV). In the dynamic world of Salesforce, businesses encounter the complexities of managing extensive datasets. As organizations grow, navigating and optimizing performance in the face of Large Data Volumes becomes paramount.

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Advertiser: G-P

The benefits of expanding internationally are endless, especially if you approach it the right way. However, there are pitfalls along the way that can slow down progress. Global expansion brings many opportunities for companies —business growth, brand-building in new markets, and access to diverse talent pools worldwide. However, international growth can come with challenges.

Payroll

Everest Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Explore the benefits of an integrated internal mobility solution, comparing the coaching-led approach with the technology-enabled approach.

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Marketing Human Resources Sourcing BPO 52

IBM Services

JANUARY 30, 2024

Increasingly, enterprise organizations are adopting a multicloud approach—the use of cloud services from more than one cloud vendor—to optimize performance, control costs and prevent vendor lock-in. According to a recent forecast from Gartner (link resides outside ibm.com) worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is expected to grow 20.4% to total $678.8 billion in 2024, up from $563.6 billion in 2023.

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Everest Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Discover the typical challenges encountered in internal mobility programs as outlined in Everest Group's latest talent report.

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Marketing Human Resources Sourcing BPO 52

Capgemini

JANUARY 30, 2024

Celebrating Google Cloud Partner of the Year Genevieve Chamard Sep 1, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin What does a powerful partner look like? I believe that a strong partnership adds value and uncovers new opportunities by combining the strengths from each angle, to create a unique, collaborative advantage. This is exactly how I see Capgemini and Google Cloud’s partnership , which is going from strength to strength at a rapid pace.

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Retail Collaborations Engineering Manufacturing 52

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

Accounting

Everest Group

JANUARY 30, 2024

Learn how organizations can boost overall Employee Satisfaction by starting their XLA journey and adhering to the 3A framework.

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