An interesting post for anyone talking internally with their team on building a homegrown solution versus purchasing a solution to streamline Third-Party Risk Management. Of course, it's written from the perspective of a software vendor (that's what we do) but the benefits of having a voice in the discussion of what goes into the next generation of a product as a customer in a community of like-minded individuals or knowing that multiple times a year new features will be added can influence this
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The Age of Finance Capital—and the Irrelevance of Mainstream Economics
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Global Research, September 12, 2015
Despite the fact that the manufacturers of ideas have elevated economics to the (contradictory) levels of both a science and a religion, a market theodicy, mainstream economics does not explain much when it comes to an understanding of real world developments. Indeed, as a neatly stylized discipline, economics has evolved into a corrupt, obfuscating and usel
As a Future Labour Government Becomes Reality, Tories Panic as Bankers See Gravy-Train Crashing
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Global Research, September 28, 2015
Goldenballs bankers and hedge-fund, casino-operation directors are even now making enquiries to emigrate to Dubai or New York, in the future, as it becomes clear that a radical reforming, British Labour government is more than likely in 2020.
Multinational companies currently protected by the Conservative government will be forced in future t
Who Is the Customer?
This is a very central question. The most obvious answer is that the customer is the one who pays. The relevance of this answer is evident, since it identifies who is directly responsible for generating our economic benefits. Therefore, we have to include the buyer as a critical element of our customer base. However, often we shouldn’t stop there, because the customers of our customer, is either as important as, or even more important than, the buyer. We need to relate to tha
