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Flourishing in a Social Enterprise World

Tom Spencer

Your employer operates with the express aim of benefiting members of the community and reinvests all profits to further its social aims. Imagine waking up in a world where you feel positive and motivated about going to work, knowing that your work provides value to customers in a way that is sustainable and responsible.

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Lettuce Bot - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Robots will cost plenty - for the largest farming operations, millions of dollars - but farm operators say the expense will be worth it. Machinery and machine technology has made farming easier and more efficient for centuries. 2012-11-03: Capital Account.

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5 Ways U.S. Hospitals Can Respond to Medicare’s Mounting Costs

Harvard Business

Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. hospitals from treating Medicare patients escalated sharply in 2012, when Congress included Medicare in its budget sequester, and they have remained high since. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. hospitals promises to worsen in the years ahead. The losses of U.S.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. The latest nuclear reactor designs, promising higher safety, longer operating life, and lower operating costs, cost up to $25 billion after factoring in the huge budget overruns. Model 1: Virtual operator.

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Burger King Flips Obama the Bird; BK, Warren Buffet, Greg Mankiw, Barry Ritholtz, Mish on Corporate Tax Inversion "Fairness"

MishTalk

MDT) Since the start of 2012, 21 U.S. The Wall Street Journal reports Warren Buffett Enters Tax Fray With Plan to Finance Burger King Deal for Tim Hortons Investor Warren Buffett is helping finance Burger King''s planned takeover of Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc. and Medtronic Inc. tax policy.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. 2012 – A.T. Operations. Kearney works collaboratively with companies to transform their operations in order to gain unprecedented competitive advantage. KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Kearney is impressive on multiple fronts.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

PwC moved on to acquire Ant’s Eye View, in August 2012, a social media strategy development and consulting firm. In contrast to many unregulated consulting firms (strategy firms top this list), members of the PwC network are not allowed to operate as a global partnership , which includes being identified as a single multinational corporation.