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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business

For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. In a future dominated by autonomous vehicles and ride-sharing schemes, a typical family might decide to own fewer cars or none at all — meaning lower unit sales, all else equal.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business

Managing risks therefore requires making investment decisions today for longer-term capacity building and developing adaptive strategies. Recognizing the growing consumer interest in sustainable products and looking to solve consumer challenges such as high energy costs, CPG companies have developed new products to gain access to this market.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Kearney’s digital business service aims to help these companies stay at the top of their game in the digital world – separating hype from potential digital disruptors & developing specific digital strategies designed around the company’s capabilities. Marketing & Sales. Innovation. Strategic IT. Automotive.

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How to Turn Today’s Proposal Failure into Tomorrow’s Consulting Success with JT Badiani: Podcast #10

Consulting Success

He started out as a MBA/chemical engineer with years of experience in the design field and great success in operations, but decided that his talents and passions could truly be put to use when he pursued his dream of helping companies achieve success. He knows how to critically evaluate a program to make it more efficient and streamlined.

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Why Sourcing Local Food Is So Hard for Restaurants

Harvard Business

They don’t have as much as experience with USDA inspection procedures and their own internal inspection systems may not be as well-developed and operationally as reliable as those at the Tysons of the world. You should not, as a small supplier or as a regional restaurant, feel as though you have to develop the food testing internally.

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How Multinationals Can Grow in the Middle East and Africa

Harvard Business

Despite lower oil prices, currency depreciations, higher taxes, and geopolitical uncertainty, the region is still rich in opportunities, from selling efficiency-enhancing technology to the Saudi government to offering Western products to 100 million Ethiopian consumers. This, combined with a population of 1.5