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Apprenticeship Levy flexibility and productivity

Chartered Management Institute

Driving take up among under-represented groups: Through local and regional apprenticeship accelerators and a dedicated hardship fund for those most in need e.g. for help with travel costs or apprenticeship support services and to target SMEs not yet engaged with the system with HR, coaching, and system navigation support.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies

Harvard Business Review

Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Telecommunications. Procter & Gamble. Consumer Goods. Technology. Johnson & Johnson. Biotech & Pharma. Walt Disney. Prudential Financial. Automotive. Cisco Systems. Communication. British American Tobacco.

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What an Economist Brings to a Business Strategy

Harvard Business Review

and other governments to help them design these often complicated auctions and by telecommunications companies trying to figure out the best strategies for bidding. Walker’s innovation was to bind travelers to pay the prices they bid if the airlines and hoteliers on Priceline accepted the offers. Economists and finance.

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The Right CEO Personality for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

A recent Fortune article on John Reed, the former co-CEO of Citigroup, reported that a decade ago he tried to convince the newly formed Citigroup board (the result of the $70 billion merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group in 1998) to bring in a new CEO and that both he and Travelers CEO Sandy Weill should leave.

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Why the TSA Screening Revolt is Like Poison Ivy

Harvard Business Review

This should remind us that if the proposed TSA boycott reduces air travel by only a fraction of a percent, it offers a golden opportunity to kill and maim thousands more on our nations highways. The tragedy here is that, as with poison ivy and the immune system, there really is no one to blame.

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How CMOs and CROs Can Be Allies

Harvard Business Review

The marketing and sales team of one major technology vendor, for instance, partnered with risk to assemble a range of financing packages to help its mid-market clients fund upgrades, manage invoice payments, and smooth cash flows. The finance team brought its scenario modeling tools to bear. Protect and manage reputations.

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How India Is Moving Toward a Digital-First Economy

Harvard Business Review

Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Finance , the Indian economy is operating with $45 billion less cash than it did prior to demonization. To collect the check she would have needed to travel to a government office. Then, of course, she would have needed to travel again to a bank to cash the check.

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