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Flourishing in a Social Enterprise World

Tom Spencer

Social enterprise has the potential to change the status quo in three important ways: Firstly, social enterprises are allowed to make a profit, which means they have an incentive to innovate and operate efficiently. Rise of Social Enterprise. The growing trend towards social enterprise could be a game changer.

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Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Ignore the Lack of Customers

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Okumas clients "are not investing, not even to raise efficiency, so we are not investing either," he says. 2012-11-03: Capital Account. 2012-10-10: Capital Account. 2012-09-19: Capital Account. "QE 2012-07-24: Capital Account. August 2012 (87).

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? Situation #3: Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche have been combined companies since 2012. Jason Oh is a management consultant at Novantas with expertise in scaling profitability and improving business efficiency for financial institutions. What’s the acquisition rationale?

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Lettuce Bot - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Machinery and machine technology has made farming easier and more efficient for centuries. 2012-11-03: Capital Account. 2012-10-10: Capital Account. 2012-09-19: Capital Account. "QE 2012-07-24: Capital Account. 2012-07-11: Capital Account.

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The Risks and Benefits of Using AI to Detect Crime

Harvard Business

Even though banks now file 20 times more suspicious activity reports linked to money laundering than they did in 2012, AI tools have permitted them to shrink the armies of people they employ to evaluate alerts for suspicious activities.

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

Geisinger Health System began partnering with Walmart around cardiac surgery in 2012, and joined ECEN for spinal surgery in 2015. In late 2012 Geisinger initiated ProvenCare Lumbar Spine. Business development, contracting, and finance personnel are also required.

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The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability

Harvard Business

To gain further insights into the sustainability and financial outcomes associated with shareholder advocacy efforts, Jody Grewal, Aaron Yoon, and I analyzed 2,665 shareholder proposals submitted between 1997 and 2012 in a new paper.