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What Prompts Investments In Energy Innovation

The Horizons Tracker

billion in 2018. In China, for instance, spending on fossil fuel innovation grew from just $90 million in 2001 to $1.673 billion in 2018. We live in times of heightened geopolitical tensions—China recently announced plans to stop climate cooperation with the US,” the authors explain. billion in 2001 to $20.1

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Embedding EDI as KPIs: The organisations using inclusion metrics as performance indicators

Chartered Management Institute

One Chartered Manager has developed a way to measure and monitor EDI Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) has been at the forefront of board agendas for several years, and rightly so. Managers need to know what works, and what does not. Companies who lead the way on EDI are 25%–36% more likely to outperform on profitability.

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Starting Business in Canada? Basic Tips to Follow

Strategy Driven

Statistics Canada showed in 2010 that 5.3% of Canadian citizens owned a private company in 2010. In this article, you will find the basic tips from financing and marketing to business planning in Canada. Copyright 2007-2018 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. At the same time, only 4.8% Build Your Credit Score.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

in early 2018, according to Moody’s. In my view, however, the structure and processes of the GE board were poorly designed for effectively overseeing Immelt and his management team. If the GE board had had a finance committee, the board might have done a better job of overseeing the design and funding of its retirement plans.

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Complying with Family-Friendly Leave Policies Is Not Enough

Harvard Business Review

A managers’ challenge is how to take these “on the books” policies and move them beyond simple compliance to a place of executional excellence. In our work with employers, we find that when managers embrace new policies and regulations rather than grudgingly complying, they bring needed change to workplace culture.

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How CFOs Can Take the Long-Term View in a Short-Term Economy

Harvard Business Review

Investors are increasingly seeking firms with long-term growth strategies, rather than ones focused on managing short-term earnings to boost the stock price. As head of the world’s largest asset manager, with $4.6 In 2012, John Deere CEO Samuel Allen began releasing long-term, aspirational revenue targets for 2018.

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The U.S. Economy Is Suffering from Low Demand. Higher Wages Would Help

Harvard Business Review

Some major companies have announced plans to boost employee pay. More recently, Walmart announced plans to match that increase to $11. The Economy in 2018. percentage points to productivity growth in the period 2010 to 2014. in 2010 to 2014, and is forecast to slightly increase to 2.8% percentage points.

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