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Business Definition for: Business Case

  • the essential value to an organization of a proposal. A business case is made through the preparation and presentation of a business plan and is used to prevent blue-sky ideas taking root without justifiable or provable value to an organization.

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National Archive Publishing Company announced an agreement with the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) that extends a long-term distribution arrangement for business case studies.(Business & Finance)(Brief article)
National Archive Publishing Company announced an agreement with the North American Case Research Association NACRA that extends a long-term distribution arrangement for business case studies. In addition, XanEdu will publish the Case Research Journal, the association's quarterly publication that contains new, peer-reviewed, field-research-based business case...
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Research articles 2006-09-01
Is the IT 'Business Case' a Waste?
To secure approval for an IT project, many companies require you to write a business case outlining the financial and strategic benefits of the project as well as identifying risks and costs. But the business case is often a game played by people guessing at numbers and...
Tags: Business Case, Information Technology, Cramm, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2008-12-05
Live Webcast: Building the Business Case for Managing Unified Communications
Savvy IT decision makers already understand the well-established value of IP Telephony. But in this time of decreasing budgets, it can be difficult to justify the capital investment of a Unified Communications solution. Many companies feel they must put off the long term benefits to their business in favor...
Tags: Business Case, Webcast, Unified Communications, Benefit
Webcasts 2009-03-09
Five Steps to a Winning Business Case
"In this article, you will learn about the five steps of a methodology that you can take away and use everyday for identifying, selecting, and justifying a new project or a significant change in scope to an ongoing project. It states that a good business case lays out the...
Tags: Business Case
White papers 2003-01-01
Celebrating reform 2007; doing business case studies
Celebrating reform 2007; doing business case studies. The World Bank 2007 90 pages $25.00 Paperback HC59 This volume, from the World Bank Group, contains 11 case studies of countries--El Salvador, Serbia, Georgia, Macedonia, Panama, Mexico, Egypt, Pakistan, and Nigeria--and their business regulation reforms....
Tags: FINANCE, World Bank Group
Research articles 2008-02-01
Kronos® and ResCare to Present "Building a Winning Business Case: A Case Study" at American Payroll Association's 26th Annual Congress
Kronos([R]) and ResCare to Present "Building a Winning Business Case: A Case Study" at American Payroll Association's 26th Annual Congress
Tags: American Payroll Association, business case, Kronos Inc.
Research articles 2008-05-13
A Business Case for Battery Cars? Look at Tesla
What is the real business opportunity with battery and plug-in hybrid vehicles? “Most of the technology issues are minimal,” says Phil Gott, director of automotive consulting at IHS Global Insight. “What we’re really worried about is the market acceptance by the general consumer.” In short, will people be...
Tags: Business Case, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Car, Battery, Plug-in, DOE, Tesla Motors, Engineering, Jim Motavalli
Blog posts 2009-09-22
Business Case Benefits
Business cases are a decision-making tool that looks solely at financial considerations. While this is fine as far as it goes, the challenge with this is that if the benefits of your business case don't have a hard dollar value, they don't make the business case any better. The author...
Tags: Business Case
White papers 2004-07-21
BAR Honda, Civil Service and Insurance Quoteline to headline the 'VoIP for Business' Case Study Theatre.
M2 PRESSWIRE-16 May 2005-Imago Communications: BAR Honda, Civil Service and Insurance Quoteline to headline the 'VoIP for Business' Case Study TheatreC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16052005 Weybridge, UK: Imago Communications, organisers of the VoIP for Business show, are pleased to announce the...
Tags: Honda Motor Co., insurance, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, VOIP
Research articles 2005-05-16
Childcare, the 'business case' and economic development: Canadian evidence, opportunities and challenges
Abstract This paper reviews the evidence, opportunities, and challenges associated with the business case for childcare in Canada. In Canada, as in the US, childcare is increasingly framed by the state, business spokespeople, and social actors through economic idioms. In Canada, the business case for childcare authorizes more policy...
Tags: benefit, Canada, education, G., investment, M., OECD, Quality, Toronto, women
Research articles 2007-10-01
Enhancing Your Check 21 Business Case?
Check 21 details how banks will handle the consumer implications of the act. However, it does not provide banks with guidance around inter and intra-bank image electronic processing. This means there is no clear direction about what should and should not be included in the ROI/business case, essentially causing the...
Tags: Bank, BearingPoint Inc., Check 21, Financial Services
White papers 2003-08-01
What Is Your Check 21 Business Case?: The Compelling ROI With Straight Through Check Processing and the Imperative for Reengineering in Response to Check 21
Check 21 details how banks will handle the consumer implications of the act, but does not provide bank's with guidance technology or process around inter and intra-bank image electronic processing. This means there is no clear direction about what should and should not be included in the ROI/business case, essentially...
Tags: Alogent Corp., ROI, Re-engineering, Check 21, Roi/Tco, Financial Services, Finance, Managerial Accounting
White papers 2003-08-01
A Business Case for Diversity
Both private and public sector organizations are under continuing pressure to improve their bottom lines. For private sector organizations this is profit and profitability; in the public sector it is the efficient delivery of services for all members of society. The business case for diversity will be different for each...
Tags: Business Case, Public Sector, Diversity
White papers 2001-11-08
Selling The Business Case: Plaid Jacket Not Required
Let's face it: You didn't go into project management in order to sell. If your perception of "Selling" involves bad hallucinations of plaid jackets, slimy personalities and a smile a little too wide to seem totally sincere, welcome to the club. This means the last thing you want to be...
Tags: Business Case, Jacket
White papers 2004-09-22
Towards a process view of business case for sustainable development: lessons from the experience at BP and Shell.
This paper seeks to complement empirical studies that have been done in researching the `business case' For sustainable development. Drawing on the process approach within strategic management, the paper offers a way of viewing the role of sustainabl This paper seeks to complement empirical studies that...
Tags: sustainable development, BP Plc, business case
Research articles 2003-03-22
Business case for green design
Sustainable design is more than GOOD INTENTIONS; it's a way of reaching BUSINESS GOALS In the past, one obstacle to sustainable design has been cost. That's no longer the case, as numerous facilities show: A building designed and built with a sustainable approach does not have to cost more per...
Tags: absenteeism, environment, U.S. General Services Administration, worker
Research articles 2002-11-01
The business case for diversity: Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) finds a four-pronged approach is driving diversity initiatives across Corporate America.(diversity)
The business case for diversity in the workplace--of race, gender, age, ethnicity and more--has been examined and debated over the years. Despite its promotion by governments and social engineers, the benefits aren't always readily apparent or directly measurable. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Based...
Tags: Boeing Co., Cargill Inc., financial
Research articles 2005-05-01
Treasury Strategies and SWIFT Demo Business Case for Corporate Connectivity
Wireless News 07-06-2007 Treasury Strategies and SWIFT Demo Business Case for Corporate Connectivity WIRELESS NEWS-July 6, 2007-Treasury Strategies and SWIFT Demo Business Case for Corporate Connectivity C2007 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com The first event of its...
Tags: Treasury Strategies Inc.
Research articles 2007-07-06
BNET's Make The Case: Business Case Template For Leveraging Risk And Security Platforms For Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Risk assessment and security are critical elements in almost every organization. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires organizations to review their security and risk procedures to ensure that they meet specific compliance standards. These standards include electronic security measures to keep hackers at bay, efforts to physically protect the organization and requirements...
Tags: Business Case, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Security, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2005-08-01
BNET's Make The Case: Business Case Template For Leveraging Knowledge Management Platforms For Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
One mandate of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is a call for improved regulation of knowledge management, or data. In today's electronic world, data includes e-mail, Intranet and Internet postings, corporate blogs, and many other types of electronic information. The Act requires that systems be in place to archive all such information...
Tags: Business Case, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Knowledge, Act, Knowledge Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Enterprise Software, Software, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Data Management, Management, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2005-08-01
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