Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Redesigning products to meet environmental standards or social needs offers new business opportunities. Significant cost reductions can result from improving operational efficiency through better management of natural resources like water and energy, as well as minimizing waste. billion in mining projects since 2010.

Study 28

Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

You may have had stellar experience in marketing, for instance, but if you left your job in 2006, you’ve missed the entirety of the social media era, and an employer might be justified in wondering if you’ve kept up. Depending how long you were out of the workforce, potential employers might worry that you’re out of touch.

Cover Letters 39

Cover Letters Talent Resumes Interviews 39

MishTalk

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I wrote about hemp in regards to biofuels way back in 2006 in The Politics of Ethanol. Here is the pertinent information, copied from my 2006 article, from a MIT.EDU report on "Hemp and the Environment" (the MIT link no longer works). How much hemp is necessary to meet current US energy needs? Hemp and the Environment.

Pharmaceuticals 77

Pharmaceuticals Industry Operations Chemicals 77

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MAY 3, 2013

Meet the Editors. While each company ultimately provides the foundation necessary for successful and efficient customer service, both have stressed the important role customers play in their underlying strategies. Meet the Editors. Marketing Research Articles. CRM Best Practices. Customer Strategy Trends. Weekly Digest.

Media 37

Media Metrics Advertising Trends 37

MishTalk

OCTOBER 13, 2014

While China’s yuan has begun to be used as a reserve currency for several years, some countries “may not be willing to say so,” Zhou told Bloomberg on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington. In 2009, we saw Ridiculous Hype Over Secret Oil Meetings. See Oil Priced in Euros. Would it matter? )

Banking 70

Banking Financial System Government 70

MishTalk

JUNE 22, 2014

The government has said that repealing the carbon price will still allow the world’s 12th-largest economy to meet its promised 5 percent reduction in emissions by 2020. In 2006 in California, Mr. Schwarzenegger signed a pioneering state cap-and-trade law. Mankiw’s preferred climate solution aims at getting U.S.

Analysis 78

Analysis Energy Policies Government 78

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2017

Fewer than 5% of healthcare systems initially identified for participation in ECEN meet all of the quality requirements for consideration. In 2006 Geisinger embarked on a broad care delivery reengineering initiative around cardiac surgery called ProvenCare. Why was cardiac surgery ready and spinal surgery not?

Healthcare 28

Healthcare System Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

The symptoms may seem to be minor annoyances and inconveniences that could be wiped out without much effort — too much process, too many meetings, meaningless goals, and time wasted on work that no one will ever care about. Now his inbox collects fewer than 40 daily emails, and meetings are more focused and efficient.

How To 48

How To Energy Operations Bain 48

Harvard Business

AUGUST 12, 2016

Pete’s three sisters and two brothers would arrive in an hour for the regularly scheduled board meeting. That wasn’t a disaster—the farm had invested in wells to tap groundwater and drip irrigation to use the water efficiently—but it was a disappointment. The Meeting. Keeping it together would be his.

Case Study 28

Case Study Case Studies Study Operations 28