Women on Business

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Houston energy magnate Dan Duncan who died earlier this year had an estimated net worth of $9 billion, and television industry mogul John Kluge died with a $6.5 This is a change from the 2010 law which based taxation of inherited assets on their original cost basis, instead of their current fair market value. billion estate.

Press Release 202

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 202

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. I believe leaders need to recognize this point to avoid allowing one individual to take away too much energy from the broader team. Thank you for sharing Mike! Our Freedom.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Do you have boundless energy or mesmerizing charisma? mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Don’t tell me, show me…Don’t talk the talk, but walk the walk. Taking action always begings with one simple act – making a decision. Do you have great vision? Are you a master of strategy? Our Freedom.

Blog 387

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. In most cases simple can be translated as realistic, cost effective, quick to adopt, and fast to implement. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 10, 2010

is the best movie of the past year.&# “The best way to solve this problem is to _.&# “The best technology for _ is.&# You are focused on cost. The best technology for _ is. Depending on the application, any given technology might be the “best&# solution. It’s cold (or hot) in here. current.pic.tv/2010/02/10/winter-weather-survival-kits/

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Engineering Tips FAQ Video 212

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! These functions are like a nest of hungry sparrow chicks screaming for attention, mouths gaping!

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That's why I think the best thing we can do is to lead by example by making this not the focus of our energies, which I personally believe is more decisive than anything, and demonstrate instead how much more we thrive when we openly embrace and utilize our inherent diversity to our advantage. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Diversity Blog Leadership Learning-by-Doing 350

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The recent price swings highlight a new era of uncertainty gripping the world’s energy markets. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. The soaring U.S.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Do you tuck tail and run desiring to avoid conflict at all costs? If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Your post finally got me to write about it.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Following are a few of the ideas Carlos shared yesterday: Dreaming BIG and dreaming small take the same amount of energy – why not dream BIG? Social Media is not about technology – it’s about communication. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.

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Blog Brand Media Influence 360

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Daniel Yergin's typically sunny outlook on oil in his recent Wall Street Journal piece, " There Will Be Oil ," suggested that technology and new energy discoveries would avert any of the economic disasters portended by peak oil. They also hide the declining energy density, higher cost, and lower flow rates of these new resources.

Price 9

Price GDP Supply Chain Maturity 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

The cap-and-trade program is the centerpiece of California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, also known as AB 32 — a suite of clean energy solutions that has proved to be the engine of an astounding economic transformation that drove statewide growth at twice the rate of the U.S. dependence on foreign oil. One note of caution.

Price 15

Price Energy Transportation Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Since the start of 2016, oil prices have swung between $27 and $42 per barrel, about a quarter of the 2008 peak crude oil price of $145. oil industry as a whole to produce roughly 4 million more barrels of crude oil every day than it did in 2008, closing the gap between U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Price 8

Price Energy Airlines Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The Relational Leader : A Revolutionary Framework to Engage Your Team (Course Technology PTR, Cengage Learning 2010) by Frank McIntosh The Relational Leader presents a framework to use as a compass point so that you can project a consistent message and methodology to your people. To read Frank’s complete biography, click here.

Leadership 50

Leadership Newsletter Learning-by-Doing Belief Systems 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2014

Journalist Justin Gillis wrote about the risk of “severe economic disruption” and “wildly expensive” solutions — ones that may not even exist — if we don’t leverage existing technologies to shift the global economy away from carbon over the next 15 years. Talk of potential risk to humanity is not new. degrees Fahrenheit (2 o C). coal market.

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Discounted Cash Flow NGO Conference Banking 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The risks in lower energy prices have a lot more to do with sustainability of some of the governments around the world that are really dependent on commodity revenues for their own legitimacy and power. The growth and energy demand in China is immense. They’re not going to stop doing that because energy prices are low.

Price 8

Price Energy Constraint Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

Since 2008, through government subsidies, the manufacturing capacity of China''s solar-panel industry grew tenfold, leading to a vast global oversupply. imports of technologically-advanced products from China grew by 16.5% imports of technologically-advanced products from China grew by 16.5% In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S.

Bond 8

Bond Price Industry Globalization 8

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

What is the lost opportunity cost associated with customer churn? The time, energy, and cost associated with acquiring a customer are substantial, the benefits of retaining customers are considerable, and the costs associated with customer churn are significant.

Blog 345

Blog Brand Cost Bottom-up 345

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. They are demonstrating that meaningful work, social responsibility, and accountability are more important than raw titles and the next salary level. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. mikemyatt: More thx @BradAustin1 @LeadershipWatch @GBSL.

Blog 414

Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

What are the costs and benefits of self-disruption at that uncertain stage? electric utility sector, in which the existing model for energy generation, which has prevailed for a century, may now be giving way to a new one. These are rarely studied questions. A rare natural experiment. and international electric utilities.

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Company Disruptive Innovation Decentralization Software 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2014

Restrictions on the ability of Russian banks to sell financial instruments were imposed, as were bans on selling technology that would help Russia develop its vast energy reserves. An embargo on new arms sales and restrictions on so-called dual-use technologies were imposed. Russia is surely comfortable doing the latter.

Banking 8

Banking Short-term Politics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

When he ran for president in 2008, Obama made three big promises: end the Iraq War, extend health care coverage to all Americans, and take federal action to reduce the threat of global climate change. And as Sandy's $50 billion estimated price tag demonstrates, the cost of doing nothing is far greater than the cost of taking action.

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Cost Price Energy Proposal 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The factory floor at Pittsburgh’s Aquion Energy doesn’t look much like the steel mills that once populated this Rust Belt city. This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Applying this standard, we identified 50 U.S.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

The resulting chaos in Europe''s energy and environmental policies is threatening carbon-reduction initiatives in Australia, Asia, and elsewhere. In Europe, the emissions-reduction targets were set prior to the 2008 financial crisis, which as we all know presaged a deep recession and a eurozone debt crisis.

Price 8

Price Energy Politics Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. 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. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million. For instance, in 2008 Simon Colbeck, head of technology for clothing, was concerned about the huge volume of garments that end up in landfills every year.

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Metrics Chemicals Simon Energy 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

Power Generation: Husk Power Systems (HPS) creates small-scale power generation in rural communities in India by converting rice husks (a commonly available agricultural byproduct) into energy. Mobile Messaging: In early 2008, frog embarked on Project Masiluleke, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) to address HIV in South Africa.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

Greece is finally showing signs of recovering from its 2008 crash. However, as much as macroeconomic reforms are needed, the future of the Greek economy will be determined by its competitiveness, which concerns costs, but is also measured by innovation. And Tropical SA is focused on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

Planning 9

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

New technology has turned the U.S., however improbably, into the world’s largest energy producer. A new wave of it began before the crash in 2008, stopped while the world caught its breath, and is now resuming. An Energy Bonanza . First, America’s energy bonanza has changed the equation. American Creativity.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Energy Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In 2008, Dr Reddy's acquired Chirotech, Dow Chemical's R&D unit, for $32 million, and in April 2011 relocated it to a new 33,000 sq. Dr Reddy's plan is to leverage Chirotech's scientific capabilities to optimize drug development processes, thus lowering manufacturing costs and speeding time-to-market. Cambridge, U.K.

Globalization 10

Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

It also leads to a more positive work climate, above-average staff engagement, a strong commitment to values and few(er) energy-sapping turf wars and in-fighting. The performance penalty may be manifest in poor customer attraction and retention, higher-than-expected costs, organizational dysfunctions, or simple financial underperformance.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

When we surveyed over 300 global executives between 2008 and 2009, one of the primary concerns they expressed was their inability to compete long term without a solid innovation engine that can grow their top line. Let’s say you’re in the energy sector. Three major factors drive convergence: technology, competition, and the customer.

Skills 8

Skills Power Six Sigma Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

India love first peaked in July 2008 when India’s government of the time risked its very survival in support of a nuclear energy deal led by Washington. Add up Indian taxes and channel costs and the price of American products looks worse compared to a local player.

Venture Capitalist 12

Venture Capitalist Price Marketing Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Manipulation of energy markets. Some of these problems occurred before the 2008 crisis and some since then. Moreover, JP Morgan’s legal expenses since 2008 have totaled more than $18 billion dollars (which does not include the enormous internal resources expended on these matters or the cost of settlements).

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2017

The evidence continues to mount that, for many organizations, the costs associated with meetings, emails, IMs and other forms of workforce collaboration now exceed the benefits. In technology, for example, sales can be highly complex, involving generalist sales makers, product specialists, technicians and the like.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Operations Organization 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. The business press puts a tremendous focus on technology and innovation, but what it doesn't do is put it into context.

Innovation 13

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2017

The idea of creating a fresh new product, the prospect of increasing market share with brand new offerings, or the vision of disrupting some slow-moving incumbent with a radical new technology – these have an inherently strong appeal for companies keen for growth. Should you explore new technologies that will disrupt current products?

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Innovation Diversity 8