According to a survey by McKinsey, 90% of respondents believe that Metersbonwe is a foreign company.
Several respondents believe that economic growth will be limited until the pace of hiring accelerates.
Eighty-six percent of board respondents believe that the strategic contribution of IT to the business will increase in the next two years, with 18 percent believing it will increase significantly.
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People are, however, jaded by business's excesses: just 37% of respondents believe that business strikes the right balance between profits and public interest, the lowest proportion since Pew began asking the question in 1987.
In order to counter these attacks they will be looking for ways to invest their finite resources. 80% of respondents believe that the enterprise could benefit from adopting a military-style approach learned from physical battlefields.
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Still, there is obviously a disconnect between that hope and the reality that nearly a third of respondents say they believe that they would be retaliated against if they reported wrongdoing at their firm.
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Fifteen percent of respondents said they believe that the United States will be able to reduce the number of troops in Iraq significantly within the next few months.
Seventy-two percent of survey respondents in the Cognizant study believe that allowing employees to use social media encourages greater innovation.
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It is at least heartening to note that most respondents believe their departments will grow in importance in the near term.
The same survey found that 36 percent of respondents believe employees rarely or never consider corporate security policies when conducting everyday business communications.
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The poll found that more than 50% of respondents in 17 out of 22 countries believe economic benefits and burdens are not fairly distributed in their own nation.
On the other hand, over 70% of respondents believe the economy is in bad or terrible shape and roughly 25% are concerned that they will not be able to purchase all necessary items this holiday season.
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