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How to Understand Key Metrics in a New Industry

Tom Spencer

Looking at this same scenario from a different perspective, each research lab might be viewed as a small business or a start-up. All industries use numbers and metrics to describe performance, measure trends, and allocate status. Using the metrics for decision making. Company goals – Is the change in the metric planned?

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The cost of hiring a consultant for small business in 2023

Asamby Consulting

Your business is struggling and you seek outside help? But what does a consultant for small business cost? What is a consultant for small business A consultant for small business helps smaller organizations achieve their goals. A nice add-on is when the consultant has own experience in small business.

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Why Aren’t Black Employees Getting More White-Collar Jobs?

Harvard Business

Using an EEOC database of employment data by race, gender, and job classification, it assesses management diversity with a ratio of minorities’ representation in management to their representation in non-managerial professional levels, a metric that Ascend calls executive parity index (EPI).

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