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Reducing The Environmental Impact Of The Super Rich

The Horizons Tracker

This is due to the high consumption and travel patterns of the wealthy, which generate a disproportionate amount of greenhouse gas emissions compared to the general population. The researchers created a model to predict the number of millionaires in the world by 2050 and their emissions. currently to 3.3%

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No Jab, No Job: Major companies take a hard line on mandated vaccinations

HR Digest

employees informing them that all of its salaried employees, office-based staff, sales team, and employees who need to travel for business will be required to get vaccinated by Oct. oil producer is now requiring expatriate employees, staffers traveling internationally, and U.S. Centene Corporation: Starting Oct. Chevron: The U.S.

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Taking a Look at the Future of Oil and Gas Industry

Strategy Driven

They will continue to propel global travel and commerce. Even offshore drilling hasn’t delivered on its potential yet. They span the globe and power the modern infrastructure of travel and commerce. This is to say it can’t supplement the energy needs of the world in the near future. Still Keeping the Lights On.

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Which U.S. Companies Are Doing the Most R&D in China and India?

Harvard Business Review

Some companies have succeeded at leadership by transferring strong leaders from headquarters to offshore location; others have done equally well by hiring locally in India and China. ” Senior executive presence and travel across sites is an important part of integrating teams. This will instill confidence and make them grow.”

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The U.S. Can’t Count on Technology to Revive the Job Market

Harvard Business Review

These have multiple causes including the shift of the economy to services and information-intensive activities, productivity growth, the appearance of new products and services, demographics, and continued offshoring that now includes services ranging from call centers to medical procedures. million, were the largest in U.S.

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Welcome to the American Competitiveness Insight Center

Harvard Business Review

One of the pleasures of my job is that it requires me to travel abroad several times a year. On a trip to South America last fall, for instance, I recall talking to people in the oil industry about a complicated offshore drilling project. to retain its status as an economic leader. Until recently, only U.S.

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What Managers Can Do to Keep Women in Engineering

Harvard Business Review

Amelie, a reservoir engineer from PET, explained how she was harassed while working offshore and how her team’s peer support helped her deal with this unpleasant situation: One of my colleagues noticed the fact that I was quite disturbed and cold with this guy we were working with, and he asked me why.