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Europeans Are Increasingly Unhappy With Their Employment Status

The Horizons Tracker

The period from 2004 to 2010 had a specific section on one’s employment characteristics. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this has a negative impact on the wellbeing of temporary workers, who report lower levels of ‘subjective wellbeing’ than their salaried peers.

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Three Reminders from the Arlington Cemetery Mess

Next Level Blog

The problem was compounded in 2004 when the structure was changed to expand oversight of the cemetery from two organizations to four. What would be the cost of failure? August 02, 2010 at 05:52 PM Verify your Comment Previewing your Comment Posted by: | This is only a preview. When everyone's in charge, no one is.

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Privacy is a Luxury You Don't Have

Harvard Business Review

I remember my first taste of social networking — a 2004 invitation to join Friendster. One 2010 study showed Americans spend dramatically more time than the Swiss — two extra hours per day — on social media sites). From a professional perspective, the opportunity cost is just too great.

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Just How Risky Is Entrepreneurship, Really?

Harvard Business Review

Few law students even get the chance to buy the losing lottery ticket: the government estimates that 215,417 jobs for attorneys will open between 2008 and 2018 and in the same decade , there will be over 430,000 new legal graduates so only half will get to practice in their chosen field (at substantial opportunity and tuition costs).

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New Ways to Collaborate for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

In a two-part event, employees in WorldJam 2004 first brainstormed solutions to increase growth and innovation, resulting in 191 pragmatic ideas. Its tool and engineering cycle time dropped 50% from 2004 to 2009, costs went down and it produces higher-quality products. In early 2010, Avery Dennison, a $6.5

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Health Care Reforms That Work

Harvard Business Review

Third and most importantly, unlike communicable diseases where the incidence rates and overall costs are on the decline, these conditions are posing a heavier burden on health care systems every year. CKD is a condition that affects 1 in 10 Americans over 20 and costs the US health care system almost $100 Billion a year.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. These unpriced natural capital costs are generally internalized until events like floods or droughts cause disruption to production processes or commodity price fluctuation.