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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Structural challenges Proposed Improvements Read the full report We have an opportunity to improve the apprenticeship levy system for its second decade, and focus on what really matters: not only up front costs and qualifications, but outputs and impacts. So, it gives me a lot more opportunity in the projects I can get involved in.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Technology. Tesla Motor. Automotive. Alphabet (Google). Procter & Gamble. Consumer Goods. Johnson & Johnson. Biotech & Pharma. Walt Disney.

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The Twelve Sales Metrics that Matter Most

Harvard Business Review

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today. Telecommunications 66%.

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Solving the Twin Crises of Energy and Water Scarcity

Harvard Business Review

Others, including technology and telecommunications companies, are major customers of — and suppliers to — those industries. The report also highlights efforts in the Middle East and North Africa to increase efficiencies and tap renewable energy sources in desalination plants.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." He advises some of the world’s biggest companies on environmental strategy.

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Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy

Harvard Business Review

telecommunications or food safety or healthcare or aerospace or energy/environment). Their business school education and their initial experience within narrower company functions ( e.g., marketing, manufacturing, finance) may leave them unprepared. They can be cross-cutting issues which impact the whole corporation (e.g.,