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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. The funds from these credits go towards financing various sustainability projects. Chemical Innovations.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. On the other side, fans of active management see it as a trend that can damage market efficiency and lead to distortions in market prices.

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Figuring Out How IT, Analytics, and Operations Should Work Together

Harvard Business

Consider the core mission of the modern IT department: Taking in all the technology “mess” (often from several different divisions), developing the necessary competencies, and delivering savings and efficiency to the company. Enter data and analytics, which provide an opportunity for such innovation.

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Why This Health System Offers Refunds to Dissatisfied Patients

Harvard Business

When care is delivered with less dignity, compassion, or efficiency than it should be the experience can easily be perceived as negative, even if the care is successful in strictly clinical terms. Correct care is not some absolute invariable value.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. Another example is microreactor technology, which is used in chemicals production processes; the scalable reactors promise fast and cost-effective production increases. Distributed power generation is a well-known example.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Thus, they work towards creating or upgrading current purchasing processes to enhance efficiency and maximize savings. Working anywhere from the strategy related to the business unit to corporate finance and strategy to strategic foresight, A.T. Kearney recognizes the importance of procurement as it increases in complexity and scale.