Business
商业
Big SIS is watching you（注1）
环视皆“SIS”也
Nov 13th 2009
From The World in 2010 print edition
By Ludwig Siegele
路德维格•西格勒
Ubiquitous technology will make the world smarter
技术无所不在，世界愈加智能
Reuters
路透社
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Six Sigma
六西格玛
Nov 6th 2009
From Economist.com
A popular way for managers to put quality management into effect
管理者有效实施质量管理的途径
This is an approach to quality improvement based on the statistical work of Joseph Juran, one of two American pioneers of quality management in Japan. Sigma is a Greek letter used in mathematics to denote standard deviation, a statistical measure of the extent to which a series of numbers or readings deviates from its mean. One Sigma indicates a wide scattering of the readings. If the mean is the required quality standard of a particular process or product, then One Sigma quality is not very good. The higher the number, the closer the readings come to total perfection. At the Six Sigma level, there are only 3.4 defects per million.
这一方法是由约瑟夫•朱兰的统计结论发展而来，朱兰是将质量管理理念引入日本的两位先驱者中的一员。西格玛（σ）是一个希腊字母，表示数学里的标准差，即一系列数字偏离其均值的程度。一西格玛（σ）就表示这些产品（流程）的质量不如人意。西格玛（σ）的值越大，产品的合格率就越高。6西格玛（6σ）就表示次品率为3.4/100万。
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Video games move online
视频游戏的云端转移
A giant sucking sound
巨大的吸食声
Nov 5th 2009
From The Economist print editio
The internet swallows another media business, but spits out some hope
互联网吞噬掉的是另一个媒体商业，但吐出的是希望
Now you can steal cars online, with your friends
现在你可以和朋友一起在线偷窃汽车
| 监督者 Oct 15th 2009 From The Economist print edition One hat is enough for (almost) any chief executive |
Schumpeter
熊彼得
Taking flight
小熊彼得的初啼
Sep 17th 2009
From The Economist print edition
This week we launch a new column on business and management. Why call it Schumpeter?
本周，我们开辟了一个探讨商业管理的新专栏——“熊彼得”。为什么是“熊彼得”？
Regulating executive pay in America
美国规范高管薪酬
Knotting the purse-strings
捂紧钱袋子
Aug 6th 2009 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
Congress embarks on its latest attempt to rein in corporate excess
国会近来竭力遏制企业薪酬泛滥
Advertising firms seek sidelines
广告公司开始扩展业务范围
Stretching the accordion
就像把手风琴拉开一样
Jul 30th 2009 | NEW YORK
From The Economist print edition
The recession forces agencies to branch out
经济衰退迫使广告代理商们另辟蹊径。
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Barclays and HSBC
巴克莱和汇丰
Happier days
幸福时光
Aug 3rd 2009
From Economist.com
HSBC and Barclays battle bad debts, but their investment banks boom
汇丰和巴克莱正为坏账浴血奋战，可旗下的投行却春风得意
WHEN the rug was pulled from under Britain’s big banks, only HSBC and Barclays remained upright, avoiding state rescue by raising capital from private sources. Now their sense of superiority is likely to be compounded by first-half results. On Monday August 3rd both banks reported big profits. By contrast, Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, which are now state-controlled, are both forecast to make losses.
英国各大银行风雨飘摇之时，只有汇丰和巴克莱傲然独立，躲过了从私人资本筹集资金活命之灾。而今上半年运转良好，他们可能加倍自豪。8月3日（周一），两行都汇报了高额利润。相比之下，现在由国家控股的劳埃德银行集团和苏格兰皇家银行都被冠以亏损之测。
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Upheaval at Porsche
保时捷的剧变
Exit Wiedeking
魏德金出局
Jul 23rd 2009
From The Economist print edition
The predictable end of a long battle
一场旷日持久商战的如期结局
AP
Wiedeking and Härter, in happier times
魏德金与黑特，意气风发时
IN THE morning of July 23rd, Porsche announced the departure of its chief executive, Wendelin Wiedeking, and its chief financial officer, Holger Härter. The German maker of sports cars thus succumbed to what had appeared inevitable since May, when it called off its improbable attempt to take over Volkswagen, a carmaker 15 times its size.
保时捷(Porsche)在7月23号的早上宣布了其首席执行官文德林•魏德金(Wendelin Wiedeking)和首席财务官霍格尔•黑特(Holger Härter)已经离职的消息。自今年五月意图收购大众汽车(Volkswagen,一个规模为保时捷15倍的汽车制造商)失败以来，这家德国跑车制造商终于屈从于这个似乎不可避免的结局。
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| Idea 理念 Globalisation Jul 20th 2009 全球化差不多就是在全世界范围内的市场的同步化以及商品和服务的统一化。在过去的20年里，这一现象已经变得极为普遍，以至于就算是在越南的一个小乡村里找到了一瓶可口可乐，或者是听说埃森哲咨询公司[译注1]开到了塔什干[乌兹别克斯坦共和国首都]，耐克买到了尼日利亚，也不会有人感到很惊讶。或许统计数字能比较好的反映全球化的发展情况：1990年，全球跨境贸易的总额只占全世界GDP的15%左右。今天，这个数字达到了20%。麦肯锡咨询公司[译注2]预则到2015年，这个数字会达到30%。 |