'Tis the season for helping your community, and Business News Daily offers business owners and managers advice on how to choose a charity to support.
The proliferation of sustainability rating schemes over the last decade has affected how global companies approach sustainability. This blog item reflects on the role of three of the major sustainability ranking reports in influencing corporate strategy. Environmental Leader has the story.
Put me in, coach—or, rather, put coaches in. Workforce.com blogger Ed Frauenheim predicts a dramatic increase in one-on-one coaching will be one of the key workplace trends of the 21st century.
As the internet and a more global economy erase the 9-to-5 workday, will they also erode the sense of holidays? Bloomberg Businessweek posted this item.
When consumers spend now, their dollars are far more likely to flow to goods like cellphones, clothes, or even cars than to services like getting hair cuts, dining, at restaurants or flying on planes. This approach to thrift implies that the recession mind-set continues to influence consumer behavior more than two years into this recovery. The Wall Street Journal analyzes the spending switch and its impact on the economy.
Correctly managing product life cycles can cut costs, reduce required man-hours, and streamline manufacturing operations. So when is the right time to make your products obsolete? Manufacturing Business Technology gives some insight.
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