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What the Future of U.S. Antitrust Should Look Like

Harvard Business

The Economy in 2018. Guided by the late Robert Bork’s seminal work, The Antitrust Paradox , conservatives invoke a total welfare standard that regards efficiency-enhancing mergers as presumptively legitimate, no matter how those gains are allocated between consumers and producers.

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Pros and Cons of Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) Why a “Virtual PEO” May be the Better Option

Emerson Consulting Group

For example, the CEO of McBassie & Company reported in 2018 that 750,000 US companies with 3.7 A larger employer might feel that the PEO would be more efficient than hiring a sufficiently experienced HR manager. Matt also founded Hollister Insurance in 2000, which merged with Business Benefits in 2018. Matt earned his B.A.

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A Simple Way to Involve Frontline Clinicians in Managing Costs

Harvard Business

To date, only small steps have been taken at most health care systems (for example, clarifying the costs of specific tests during the test-ordering process), and new clinical analytics systems that offer better insights into costs and efficiency often aren’t integrated into day-to-day clinical care. The box score.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business

This week, Canada announced it would tax carbon nationally by 2018. President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. In the U.S., The London School of Economics also estimated that climate change could slash trillions from financial asset values.

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