articles and press

April 20, 2006

Consulting is Good, Implementation is Better
a-connect is the first address for companies implementing new business concepts
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April 15, 2006

Stand-in Managers
“a-connect” Provides Access to Part-Time Professionals (Swiss Newspaper NZZ, April 15/16, 2006)
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March 2006

Lenovo: Eine Marke, zwei Welten (German only)
Das Markengeschäft verspricht höhere Gewinnmargen und den Eintritt in ausländische Märkte. Der Weg dahin ist schwierig, entscheidend ist das richtige Branding. (io new management Nr. 3 | 2006)
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March 15, 2005

Invest HongKong
Hong Kong’s large talent pool attracts professional staffing firm to set up Asian base (14/03/2005)
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January 2005

South China Morning Post

July 2004

Manager Magazine Online - Toptalente auf Abruf (Top Talents on Demand)
Many companies who have significantly downsized their head counts over the past years, in-source more and more external experts on a temporary project basis. Independent professionals, well networked, offer their project management services as an alternative to classical consulting. The article describes well the new a-connect business model and illustrates its benefits through interesting interviews with two a-connect IPs. (Article in German only)

March 2003

Dossier Selbständigkeit (Bilanz)
The article utilizes research findings and interviews with key business leaders to highlight the new employment trend of companies in-sourcing independent talent to address business challenges. In addition, it provides a detailed analysis of the independent professional (IP) career alternative complete with a handbook full of hints and tips for the IP, profiles of a variety of independent professionals and profiles of various companies that manage pools of IPs including Incorpore, Brainforce, Skillpool and of course a-connect.
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