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17 High-Paying Jobs for Women

HR Digest

The number of women in high paying jobs and entering the job market has risen progressively through the years, but there are many hurdles in their journey up the ladder. . They are basically designers and can specialise in civil, chemical, electrical, computer, and mechanical fields. Marketing and Sales Manager.

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Building Your Brand “Buddy the Elf” Style – Part 1 :: Women on.

Women on Business

For others, adults, Buddy was a “chemically imbalanced” adult man who thinks and dresses like an elf running around through the streets of New York City. Buddy is a human raised by elves, therefore, does he fall into the “human” or “elf” category? For some, say children (most likely his primary target audience), Buddy is an elf.

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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

A 2010 meta-analysis detailed many of the different issues that make divestiture so hard to evaluate consistently. The diverging fortunes of two recent spin-offs in the energy industry illustrate how financial markets value autonomy from the parent.

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Rethinking Your Supply Chain in an Era of Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

and European companies have spent the past 20 years concentrating more and more of their manufacturing in East Asia to reduce costs by exploiting labor-arbitrage opportunities and address the promise of that rapidly growing market. It’s time for them to rethink their supply-chain strategies. A shift toward protectionism.

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The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

Harvard Business Review

Two impressive pieces of analysis made the case that moving to a clean economy is profitable – both for society and for the private sector. All the major players in the personal care product value chain — the giants of consumer products, chemicals, and fragrances — were there (as was I). Financing the clean economy.

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Ending the Shareholder Lawsuit Gravy Train

Harvard Business Review

The Supreme Court is going to host a debate next week on the efficient market hypothesis. a case scheduled to go to oral arguments on March 5, the Supremes are reconsidering the “fraud on the market” doctrine at the heart of most securities-class-action lawsuits. The battle lines may not be exactly what you’d expect: the U.S.

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80% of Companies Don’t Know If Their Products Contain Conflict Minerals

Harvard Business Review

This regulation came as a result of concerns that the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals by armed groups was helping to finance conflict in the DRC region and contributing to its emergency humanitarian crisis. stock markets. Filing companies were primarily based in the U.S. but they included foreign firms listed on U.S.