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Is poor account management a drag on your productivity?

The Source

The UK has long suffered from weak productivity. We produce less per working hour than many of our friends in the G7, a fact that’s remained stubbornly true with little sign of improvement since the 2008 global financial crisis. Is there a parallel among professional services firms?

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. percentage point to GDP growth in 2008 and 0.3

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The Fed Releases Another Grim Set of US Industrial Production Numbers

MishTalk

Industrial production is below the January 2008 level. Manufacturing is even more abysmal.

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Is Behavioral Economics Used in Business?

Steve Shu Consulting

” Broad conscious, concerted efforts to apply behavioral economics probably did not begin until sometime after 2008 with the release of Thaler and Sunstein’s book, Nudge. This can include wanting to do holistic innovation that touches on service, products, and applications.

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Consultant Ninja: Booz & Company consultant-ese: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Monday, November 17, 2008. All too often we receive renumeration from world renowned enterprises for our broad reaching exotic linguistic constructions, creating internal incentives for the production of voluminous manuals and reports. :-) You must have Black Belt Sensei training! Monday, November 17, 2008. Productivity. (6).

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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation: Management.

Consultant Ninja

In both 2008 and 2007, an increase in jet fuel prices was the primary reason for higher mainline and United Express fuel expense and aircraft fuel cost per gallon, as highlighted in the table below. billion in 2008. billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. at 8:30 PM.

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Consultant Ninja: The Etymology of Consulting: Management.

Consultant Ninja

2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Productivity. (6). of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296. Consulting. (88). Analysis. (40). Bitterness. (26). Visualization. (5).