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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

Green finance is any structured financial activity that funds the development of green projects, minimises the environmental impact of ongoing ones, or both. As things currently stand, global finance has not really embraced sustainability-focused financial instruments, but there are a few promising developments worth having a look at.

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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Adopt Conservative Financial Management Maintaining the financial health of a business is paramount if one hopes to thrive during periods of economic challenge. This has significantly reduced Apple’s financial risk of launching new products, even during periods of economic contraction.

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New Zealand’s Financial Crises Resilience

Tom Spencer

I have written multiple financial crises articles in the past but have yet to touch on my home turf, New Zealand. So how did New Zealand manage to escape the GFC relatively unscathed? In 2008, the HPI contradicted Makhlouf and other median house price studies by showing a large decline in the value of housing.

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William Black on Global Financial Stability

Tom Spencer

In his TED Talk from last year (watch it below) Black talks about “liar’s loans” and other tactics that the banks used to bring the global economy to its knees during the 2008 financial crisis. Economics banking crisis consulting financial fragility financial regulation financial stability Management Consulting'

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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

The same is true of employees at Tower Paddle Boards (at least during the summer months) and Collins SBA , a financial advisory firm in Australia. Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Overtime expense isn’t a major concern when many office workers are on salary.

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Transformational Leadership: Changing Culture to Fuel Financial Success

Organizational Talent Consulting

An Examination of the Importance of Leadership Behaviors and Attributes on Shaping Culture Executive Summary Organizational culture is a critical factor in financially successful companies. Inequity and discrimination result from failure, one person at a time, one action at a time (Greenleaf, 2008).

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Is poor account management a drag on your productivity?

The Source

We produce less per working hour than many of our friends in the G7, a fact that’s remained stubbornly true with little sign of improvement since the 2008 global financial crisis. The UK has long suffered from weak productivity. Is there a parallel among professional services firms?