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A Shift in Leadership Can Make a Multi-Million Dollar Impact

Strategy Driven

We then required our entire staff to attend a week-long intensive program. We remained steadfastly committed to having all our staff from custodians, plumbers, and bus drivers to engineers, architects, and finance directors, trained in the culture we wanted to create and the culture we expected each of our people to honor.

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Green Bonds Benefit Companies, Investors, and the Planet

Harvard Business Review

The past five years have seen explosive growth in “corporate green bonds” issued to finance climate-friendly projects. The issuers’ stock price increases around the announcement of green bond offering, indicating that investors expect the bonds to contribute to shareholder value. How the stock market responds.

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Tips for Conducting Business Across Continents

Strategy Driven

The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. As a global business, the ability to maintain control over efficiencies—especially in terms of importing and exporting goods—is a must. Books typically valued from $14.95 - $29.95

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A Refresher on Return on Assets and Return on Equity

Harvard Business Review

— and comparing that to what you made this years in terms of profit. ” Perhaps it’s not investing in new machinery and equipment, which will damage its long-term prospects, no matter “how good its ROA may look at the moment.” How to calculate whether your company has enough cash.

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Warren Buffett's 2010 Shareholder Letter: What to Expect

Harvard Business Review

Establish "an unbending standard of performance" : Since 1965, Buffett has annually compared Berkshire's compounded growth in book value per share to the growth in the S&P 500 (plus dividends). But why compare apples (book value) to oranges (share price and dividends)? billion more than their total tangible book value.

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