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8 Certifications Worth Pursuing in 2024

Strategy Driven

Covering areas such as auditing, financial accounting, and taxation, the CPA credential opens doors to a myriad of career opportunities, from public accounting firms to corporate finance roles. This certification focuses on management accounting principles, risk management, and business strategy.

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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

Harvard Business Review

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Don''t get us wrong. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.".

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. The common idea behind these models is that the company does not have to be the (full) owner of the asset to be its (sole) operator.

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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. The executives in charge of the various groups sit together naturally in the top management team.

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Too Big to Manage: JP Morgan and the Mega Banks

Harvard Business Review

Poor controls over risk and valuations. Manipulation of energy markets. It must be led not by staff, but by business leaders who devote appropriate resources, hire outstanding people and embed the prevent, detect and respond activities deeply in business operations. Boards Ethics Risk management'

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Ecosystem Economics: Navigating the Water-Food-Energy Nexus

Harvard Business Review

When we talk about natural resource constraints on business — such as shortages in water or increases in the cost of energy or agricultural products — we tend to forget how deeply intertwined these commodities are. Together, these diverse players will help governments, companies and communities work together to manage the nexus.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business Review

Multinational companies operating in Mexico are facing a great deal of uncertainty. If he wins with only a narrow victory, as seems likely, his administration would have a limited mandate for populist reforms that would severely damage foreign investment flows and public finances. Navigating the Next Two Years in Mexico.