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Collaboration for Change: Multi-Sector Partnerships in Sustainable Medical and Sharps Waste Management

Strategy Driven

From hospitals to clinics, the aftermath of medical procedures is a labyrinth of discarded sharps, contaminated materials, and other hazardous by-products. However, innovative financing models, including public-private partnerships and grants, are emerging as viable solutions. But what happens to this waste?

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support. For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. offers the broadest scope of recovery-funded business opportunities.

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Bonus or No Bonus? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Share and Enjoy: View Comments Deb Costello I currently work in a culture that believes that providing a bonus creates an unnecessary hierachical structure, an us and them that is counter productive to the collaborative structure of our work environment. I personally dont feel bonuses work to promote a good work ethic.

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Vision vs. Mission | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Vision statements, as implied in the construction of the phraseology itself, put forth a statement of envisioned future. Our responsibility is to respect the ethic. Furthermore, the enduring anchor of an organization is found in its values and ethics, not its mission. Vision never drives mission. impact the competitive arena.

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Can Lean Manufacturing Put an End to Sweatshops?

Harvard Business Review

In the lean-manufacturing context, in contrast, assembly line workers learn to execute a variety of production tasks, take responsibility for product quality, and are encouraged to find ways to improve the production process. Workers tend to earn more and report higher engagement with their jobs.

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" No selling of products or services. No ad hominem attacks.

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What Is Management Research Actually Good For?

Harvard Business Review

Construction began in 1884 and by some accounts continued around the clock until her death in 1922. ” — the questions we would ask about other kinds of constructions. At the same time, it is long past time for the field to have a serious conversation where their data comes from, and the ethics of using big data.