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Vaping and other Naïve Actions

Martinka Consulting

He heated a chemical concoction, inhaled it, and figured all was good? He couldn’t imagine burning chemicals could cause bodily damage. There’s a lot of discretionary cash to cover my debt (are your mortgage, car, tuition, utility payments discretionary? To cover debt you need “real” cash flow after a fair market salary).

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

Japanese companies’ average annual TSR of 14% in the five-year period from 2011 through 2015 is generated by extremely strong margin increases and cash flows. Japan and China are robust markets for ECS value creation. Chinese companies’ average annual TSR of 8% is primarily the result of strong revenue growth in the past five years.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Facing strict regulation on chemical release and competition from flowers from Africa, the Dutch flower industry developed a closed-loop system that grows flowers hydroponically in greenhouses, lowering risk of infestation and reducing the use of fertilizers and pesticides. In 2005, they launched a U.S.

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