Tom Spencer
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Case Studies of Leading Companies – Patagonia, Nike, Walmart Several companies are at the forefront of sustainable supply chain management, setting benchmarks for others to follow. Nike’s sustainability strategy includes using environmentally preferred materials, reducing waste in manufacturing, and implementing renewable energy solutions.
MishTalk
DECEMBER 11, 2014
The energy junk bond bubble has finally popped. Junk bonds of Energy XXI Ltd. Energy XXI Ltd. Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. Recently I have been getting numerous cold-calls, nearly all of them energy related. Who Caused the Energy Bubble?
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Harvard Business
JUNE 20, 2016
And second, they need to ensure that – even with respect to strategy and operations – board scrutiny doesn’t result in an over-emphasis on conforming to benchmarks and industry norms. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. Letting your ETR slip to the benchmark could risk your customers’ trust.
Harvard Business
MARCH 21, 2017
In the 1970s, efforts to conserve energy in the U.S. ” (Although “green” implies lower energy use and perhaps lower ventilation rates, many buildings do both quite well.) One study found that building managers tend to overestimate energy costs by a factor of two to 10.). In most cities, it’s even lower.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 28, 2016
There is place in the world for performance benchmarking survey metrics like net promoter score (NPS). CX programs are like mountain climbing — if you aren’t confidently moving through the problem, you may be wasting valuable energy trying to figure out where you’re going.
Harvard Business
JUNE 25, 2018
Worse, we have conspicuously failed to benchmark progress across these options, on the basis of their real-world impact and performance. I see a bright ray of hope coming from the high-energy world of B Corporations. Such experimentation is clearly vital — and typically sparks a proliferation of potential solutions.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
For the most part, this correlation suggests that the way they measured employee engagement translated at least in part into how much time and energy employees were willing to put into the job. Working with two Fortune 100 companies, we looked to test the assumption that highly engaged employees are more productive.
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