Business Management Strategies, Solutions, Education and Research Partners

Partners BetterManagement.com believes in developing strong relationships with organizations that share in our mission of growing the use of business management strategies and solutions through education and research.

Featured Analyst Partners

AMR Research A strategic advisory firm providing critical analysis and actionable advice to business and technology executives, helping them manage resources, assess and mitigate risk, and increase business value.


Featured Consulting Partners

Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. With deep industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. With more than 123,000 people in 48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$15.55 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2005.

Amdocs Amdocs is the leading industry expert and trusted advisor that enables and accelerates the journey to integrated customer management and the delivery of an intentional customer experience. Through the unique combination of comprehensive services, a portfolio of integrated, modular products, and unrivaled delivery skills and expertise, Amdocs transforms services companies into customer centric businesses and dynamic service providers. The benefits are increased customer loyalty, higher revenue, lower costs, and greater resulting shareholder value.

Boston Consulting Group An international strategy and general management consulting firm whose mission is to help leading corporations create and sustain competitive advantage.

EDS The leading global information technology (IT) services company.

FCG First Consulting Group is a leading provider of information-based consulting, integration, and IT outsourcing services for healthcare, pharmaceutical, and other life sciences organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The firm's services are designed to increase its clients' operational effectiveness, resulting in reduced costs, improved customer service, and the more rapid introduction of new pharmaceutical compounds. Through extensive industry and technical expertise, FCG provides content management solutions tailored to satisfy its clients' business needs.

Grant Thornton Founded in 1924, Grant Thornton is the fifth largest accounting and management-consulting firm in the world. Their Global Public Sector delivers financial, technology, and performance solutions to federal, state, and local government clients, as well as international organizations.

MAXIMUS One of America's largest government services companies providing state and local governments with program management, consulting and information technology services.

Other Consulting Partners Include: 2GC Active Management Affinity Consulting Alta Via Consulting ASI Associates Balanced Scorecard Collaborative BASE Consulting BearingPoint Braun Consulting Capgemini The CMX Group CALIBRE Systems Inc. Cambridge Technology Partners CSC Consulting Daman Consulting The Decision Group Deloitte & Touche Denali Group Emergence Consulting Horvath Partners IBM Global Services KPMG LLP Mercer Management Consulting PricewaterhouseCoopers Primerus Consulting Inc. Pyzdek Consulting Inc. Scott, Madden & Associates Sharp Angle Sharp Consulting Smarter Solutions Inc. Spectrum Group, LLC Supply Chain Consultants Swallow Information Systems Value Creation Group

Featured Content Partners

Acxiom Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq:ACXM) integrates data, services and technology to create and deliver customer and information management solutions for many of the largest, most respected companies in the world. The core components of Acxiom's innovative solutions are Customer Data Integration (CDI) technology, data, database services, IT outsourcing, consulting and analytics, and privacy leadership. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout the United States and Europe, and in Australia and Japan. For more information, visit www.acxiom.com.

AICPA The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants. Its mission is to provide members with the resources, information and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services in the highest professional manner to benefit the public as well as employers and clients. In fulfilling its mission, the AICPA works with state CPA organizations and gives priority to those areas where public reliance on CPA skills is most significant.

American Productivity & Quality Center An internationally recognized resource for process and performance improvement, the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) helps organizations adapt to rapidly changing environments, build new and better ways to work, and succeed in a competitive marketplace. With a focus on productivity, knowledge management, benchmarking, and quality improvement initiatives, APQC works with its member organizations to identify best practices, discover effective methods of improvement and broadly disseminate findings.

Balanced Scorecard Collaborative Led by Balanced Scorecard creators Drs. Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc. (BSCol) is a new kind of professional services firm dedicated to the worldwide awareness, use, enhancement, and integrity of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) as a value-added management process. BSCol helps organizations successfully execute strategy to create breakthrough results. As long-term partners in our client's success, BSCol builds the capability to execute strategy and accelerate time to results. BSCol offers a wide variety of services for organizations at any stage of developing and using the Balanced Scorecard. BSCol's advisory, educational, online and training services can be extensively customized to develop solutions for organizations small and large throughout the world.

Business Intelligence Network The Business Intelligence Network delivers industry-based content hosted by domain experts and industry leaders. The Business Intelligence Network includes horizontal technology coverage from the most respected thought leaders in Business Intelligence, Business Performance Management, Data Warehousing and Data Quality. The Business Intelligence Network serves these communities with unparalleled industry coverage and resources.

CMA Canada The world leader in shaping strategic financial management professionals to lead successful enterprises in the global marketplace.

Complinet Complinet is the market-leading publisher of information and provider of software solutions to the international financial services industry. Complinet's range of services includes regulatory publishing, compliance training and software development. Within the world of financial services regulation we are unique in the range of services we provide and in our approach to their delivery. At Complinet we combine expert content with leading edge technology to help our clients actively reduce the risk of regulatory failure. Our products and services not only reduce the cost of compliance but they also help firms to develop a compliance culture that promotes best practice throughout the business. Complinet was founded in 1997 and employs over 130 people in its offices in New York and London. Today we help over 1000 companies with the management and distribution of regulatory information. Each day, over 15,000 regulatory professionals rely on us for quality analysis and robust compliance systems.

European Banking Federation Set up in 1960, the European Banking Federation (FBE) is the voice of the European banking sector. It represents the interests of over 4,000 banks from European Union Member States as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, with over 2 million employees and total assets of 20,000 billion euros.

The Excellence in Government Conference The Excellence in Government conference has become the key meeting ground for those focused on government innovation and reform. In 2002, more than 1,200 attendees gathered to hear addresses by Cabinet Members and others involved in the continuing battle to make government work better.

FIBA FIBA is a non-profit corporation founded in 1979 to promote the growth of international banking and international asset management in Florida. FIBA has over 140 members, including more than 70 banks and financial institutions from 19 countries. It represents the broad interest of its members and on numerous occasions has engaged in advocacy on behalf of its members at the state and national level. Additionally, FIBA provides its members with a wide variety of educational and training programs.

Government Executive Government Executive, published by National Journal Group, Inc., is a key shaper of debate about management of government—and an important player in the good-government movement in our country.

Harvard Business School Working Knowledge HBS Working Knowledge provides timely business information on thirteen diverse management topic areas. It features interviews with Harvard Business School (HBS) professors and industry leaders, the best of HBS publications, and coverage of HBS campus speakers and conferences.

IESE Business School´s IESE Insight IESE Insight offers executives, researchers and entrepreneurs a wide range of specialized business analyses, teaching material and other valuable information generated by IESE Business School faculty members and research staff in an easy-to-read, accessible format. The articles included are based on research documents, technical notes, cases, surveys and books.

Marcus Evans Marcus Evans is the leading provider of conferences across a diverse range of industry segments. Each conference is thoroughly researched with leading-edge organizations, academic bodies, government institutions and is designed to provide senior-level executives with knowledge into the latest market trends while networking in a very interactive and stimulating environment.

The McKinsey Quarterly A print publication featuring McKinsey & Company's latest thinking on business strategy, technology, finance, and management.

Pepperdine University The Graziadio Business Report is an online journal that delivers relevant information and analysis for business, government, and non-profit managers. Written by academics with practical and applicable business knowledge, the GBR is a publication of the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University.

Symnetics Symnetics uses Strategic Management tools, like the Balanced Scorecard, to help their clients become more competitive. Symnetics is an official Latin American affiliation of the Harvard Business School, and Professors Robert Kaplan and David Norton, creators of the Balanced Scorecard methodology.

University of Pennsylvania's Knowledge@Wharton Knowledge@Wharton is a bi-weekly online resource offering the latest business insights, information and research from a variety of sources.

Other Content Partners Include: American Management Association American Society for Quality American Strategic Management Institute APICS Australian Society of CPAs Best Practices, LLC BetterManagement.com Think Tank BRINT BT Online The Bureau of Economic Analysis CNET CEO Refresher CFO.com CIO.com Compass America Computer Economics Inc. COMPUTERWORLD Consumer Goods Technology Control Engineering Online Cost Technologies CRM Forum Darwin Datamation Datawarehouse.com destinationCRM Develin Distribution Center Magazine Dow Chemical Public Report Ebnonline.com eCFO.com Electronic Buyer's News EMR-NAMNEWS, Ltd. ExecuNet FCW.COM Financial Executives International Financial Times Focused Management Information FULLeCOM General Motors Global Supply Chain Magazine humancapitalmanagementbiz ICMA Industrial Distribution Industrial Research Institute Industrial Solutions IndustryWeek.com InformationWeek.com InfoWorld.com Institute of Management Accountants Intelligent Enterprise Intelligent KM Intranet Design Magazine ISCM John Wiley & Sons Journal of Cost Management Kmai Knowledge Interspace Knowledge Management Magazine Management Accounting Quarterly Marakon Associates McKnight Associates, Inc MCM Project Management, LLC MeansBusiness Midrange Enterprise Modern Metals Magazine NAPM National Partnership for Reinventing Government Nationwide Insurance Corporation Outsourcing Benchmarking.com Peppers and Rogers Group The Performance Measurement Group, LLC Purchasing Magazine Quality Digest Qualitative Marketing QualityAmerica.com / Quality America Inc. Quality World / Institute of Quality Assurance Retail Systems Alert Group SoftwareMag.com Strategic Finance Magazine Strategy & Business Magazine Supply Chain Management Review Transportation & Distribution Magazine United States Postal Service UPS e-Logistics WCBF

Featured Training/Education Partners

Cranfield School of Management Cranfield School of Management is a world-class university business school, based in the U.K. and is renowned for its strong links with industry and business.

Forbes Management Conference Group Forbes Management Conference Group showcases CEO perspectives, world-class management strategy gurus, timely case studies and cutting-edge best practices presented by Forbes 500 CEOs and other business leaders. Thought-provoking agendas boldly review management performance and challenge conventional wisdom. Featuring face-to-face interaction in an atmosphere of candid discussion, Forbes forums also provide numerous informal relationship-building opportunities. It is Forbes' ability to be both insightful and incisive that gives senior executives the tools to grow and prosper in today's uncertain dynamic economy.

Harvard Business School Publishing eLearning Harvard Business School Publishing eLearning provides leadership and management educational solutions that help managers and businesses address key management issues and improve performance.

Harvard Business School Working Knowledge HBS Working Knowledge provides timely business information on thirteen diverse management topic areas. It features interviews with Harvard Business School (HBS) professors and industry leaders, the best of HBS publications, and coverage of HBS campus speakers and conferences.

INSEAD INSEAD is recognized as the world's most global business school. Its two campuses in Europe (Fontainebleau) and Asia (Singapore) are the twin hubs of its growing business education and knowledge network. The School has major strengths in all business disciplines, including growing recognition of its leadership in digital economy research in the application of state-of-the-art learning technologies. INSEAD works in corporate partnership with leading firms in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia to give greater relevance to its teaching and research. Its global scope and multicultural diversity make it the model for international management education.

Solvay Business School Founded in 1903 by the industrialist Ernest Solvay, the Solvay Business School is one of the oldest business schools in Europe. The School welcomes some 2000 students each year, who participate in over 30 different Degree, Masters and Executive Education programmes. SBS has developed a comprehensive range of Executive training from General Management to courses in highly specialized fields, mostly taught in English. SBS has a doctoral school and currently 15 research centers. SBS benefits from being at the crossroads of different cultures, with its location in Brussels, Belgium, the capital of the European Union, and proximity to major European cities. The diversity of origins and business background among both the teaching staff and student body is one of the key strengths of the SBS.

University of Pennsylvania's Knowledge@Wharton Knowledge@Wharton is a bi-weekly online resource offering the latest business insights, information and research from a variety of sources.

MBA Association of Ireland The MBA Association of Ireland facilitates the development of excellence in management amongst its members by providing opportunities for Continuous Learning, Professional Development and Business Networking. The Association's programme of events is focused on updating MBA's knowledge capital and on providing renewed perspectives on best practice in management.

Other Training/Education Partners Include: Amazon.com The Balanced Scorecard Institute CIMA eLearning The Conference Board Economist Conferences International Institute for Learning marcus evans MCM Project Management, LLC MoreSteam.com Orion Development Group

Featured Hardware Partners

Intel Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products.

HP HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and business.

Other Hardware Partners Include: Unisys

Featured Software Partners

SAS Institute SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites -- including 90 percent of the Fortune 500 -- to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For more than 25 years, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know.

Dataflux DataFlux offers complete, end-to-end data management solutions for organizations that want to realize more tangible, immediate value from their information assets. A wholly-owned subsidiary of SAS (www.sas.com), DataFlux helps companies improve the consistency, accuracy and reliability of critical customer and business data. DataFlux solutions - consisting of data profiling, data quality, data integration and data augmentation - allow companies to build a solid information foundation that can enhance the effectiveness of data-driven applications, including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), data warehousing and database marketing. To learn more about DataFlux, visit www.dataflux.com.

Other Software Partners Include: Alinean