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The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016
World Economic Forum’s, The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, assesses the competitiveness landscape of 140 economies (countries), providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and...
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OpenLandContracts.org has just launched an online, searchable repository of publicly available contracts for large-scale land, agriculture, and forestry projects. Thomson Reuters Foundation reports:...
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Corporate Crime Database, “Violation Tracker,” Is Launched
Violation Tracker, “the first national database on corporate crime,” produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, has been launched, writes Phil Mattera on his Dirt Diggers Digest...
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Internet Freedom Across The World Visualized
This Statista chart shows the state of internet freedom around the world in 2015 using data from Freedom House:
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The Art of Procurement Interview: Kelly Barner Discusses Supply Market...
Image Credit: The Art of Procurement Philip Ideson, the Host of the Art of Procurement, interviews Kelly Barner (Buyers Meeting Point) on the topics of procurement trends, Robotics Process Automation...
View ArticleFashion’s Project JUST Platform Provides Supply Chain Transparency
Founders Natalie Grillon and Shahd AlShehail launched Project JUST, which is a much needed online platform that is an open catalog of 150+ fashion brands. From the Press Kit: “Project JUST’s platform...
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World Economic Forum: Top Global Risks for 2016
In this year’s World Economic Forum’s annual survey, experts assessed global risks for both impact and likelihood. “The risk with the greatest potential impact in 2016 was found to be a failure of...
View ArticleHaymarket and CIPS Relaunch Supply Management With Anti-Slavery Campaign
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) has relaunched its publication, Supply Management, with a campaign to help eliminate slavery in the supply chain. According to a CIPS news...
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New Resources Added to Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement...
A third Update to the resources section (Part II, Chapters 8-31) of Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals: Research, Process, and Resources has been written:...
View ArticleUNISD, USAID, and CRED: 2015 Disasters in Numbers Data Brief (via InfoDOCKET)
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View ArticleDon’t Know Much About Cybersecurity? Try These Resources
Recent statistics focusing on supply chains illustrate the growing importance of cybersecurity risk management. For example: In a presentation given by Jon Boyens, from the National Institute for...
View ArticleMore Indices Added to Collection
Here are more indices that have been added to the Supply Market Intelligence Index Collection. Note that all are open access, with one requiring a subscription. The Fashion Transparency Index –...
View ArticleThe Connection Between Millennials, Sustainability, and Company Research
In addition to the traditional criteria used when evaluating a company or supplier, such as history, financials, and competitors, inclusion of reputation should be treated with the same weight of...
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum’s Networked Readiness Index 2016
World Economic Forum’s Networked Readiness Index 2016 reveals important information about how well a country can “transition to a new set of systems, bringing together digital, biological and physical...
View ArticleMergent Intellect Is Impressive
Mergent Inc. has deep roots. Its history traces back to 1900 when John Moody published Moody’s Manual of Industrial and Miscellaneous Securities. In 1998, Mergent, Inc. bought Moody’s Financial...
View ArticleUIS Launches Data Tool Showing Global Leaders and Emerging Players in R&D
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has released a new data tool showing the leaders and emerging players in research and development (R&D) across the world, according to a recent news story....
View ArticleSupplier Sustainability: A Selected List of Resources
If you are in procurement, then you are well aware of the importance of sustainability when evaluating suppliers. Articles appearing in procurement and supply chain trade and professional literature...
View ArticleBCI Supply Chain Resilience Report 2016: The Cost of Disruption
The 8th annual Supply Chain Resilience Report, published by the Business Continuity Institute and supported by Zurich Insurance Group, tracks the origins, causes and consequences of supply chain...
View ArticleSurvey Report: Executive Perspectives on Top Risk for 2017
Over 700 board members and executives across a number of industries participated in the Executive Perspectives on Top Risk for 2017 annual survey, which was was conducted by Protiviti and North...
View ArticleNew Year, New Additions to Supply Market Intelligence Index Collection!
The Supply Market Intelligence Index collection continues to be curated as new, and not so new, indices are discovered. Here are recent additions, all open access: Country and Geopolitical Risk...
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