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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

2024 Healthcare Project Delivery Conference January, 30-31, San Diego, USA This year’s conference will focus on implementing developments in procurement, design, financing, and O&M in healthcare projects. The participants will learn how healthcare providers overcome resource constraints and deliver new developments.

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Retirement for Chicago Park District Employees, With Full Benefits: Age 58; Reflections on Chicago's Second Triple-Notch Bond Downgrade in Six Months

MishTalk

Pension costs are already unraveling the state’s finances. Based on the new Moody’s methodology, which uses more conservative assumptions, Chicago’s 2012 pension shortfall jumps nearly 90 percent, to $36 billion from $19 billion. Reflections on Chicago''s Second Triple-Notch Bond Downgrade in Six Months.

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You Don’t Need an “India Strategy” — You Need a Strategy for Each State in India

Harvard Business

Based on our experience of working with numerous companies operating in India across different industries, we find that a simple yet powerful four-step framework helps companies effectively prioritize markets in the country: Step 1: Measure risk-adjusted opportunity. Step 2: Measure operating environment. Step 4: Prioritize states.

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The Four Biggest Mistakes Business Buyers Make by Richard Parker

Martinka Consulting

Guest Column: I have been involved in buying and selling business for more than twenty years as an owner-operator, advisor and investor. Certainly you will have to learn the workings of a business, but talent-wise, you have to be able to step in and operate it. Overpaying For A Business.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. ” As Walter Friedman documents in Birth of a Salesman , sales wasn’t seen as a function that required specialized training or education until well into the 20 th century.

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business

We did not find any notable differences by age group or education. Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. METHODOLOGY.