framework for implementing corporate sustainability Key points: ▪ Sustainability performance is the effect of corporate activity on the social, environmental, and economic fabric of society. ▪ A balance between economic progress, social responsibility, and environmental protection, sometimes referred to as the triple bottom line, can lead to competitive advantage. ▪ The evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impacts of organizational actions is necessary to make effective operational
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framework for implementing corporate sustainability Key points: ▪ Sustainability performance is the effect of corporate activity on the social, environmental, and economic fabric of society. ▪ A balance between economic progress, social responsibility, and environmental protection, sometimes referred to as the triple bottom line, can lead to competitive advantage. ▪ The evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impacts of organizational actions is necessary to make effective operational
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Report 065 Financials 201 Notice of Annual General Meeting On the Cover: Flight Stewardess Nur Surya Ambiah is featured with the Dendrobium Singapore Girl Orchid. THE SINGAPORE AIRLINES GROUP ACHIEVED A NET PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS OF $379 MILLION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2013. THIS WAS DESPITE RECORDING A LOWER OPERATING PROFIT AMID PERSISTENTLY HIGH FUEL PRICES AND LOWER YIELDS DUE TO WEAK GLOBAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. The 2012/13 financial year was one
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and IMF financing to buy back $1.46 billion of debt from commercial banks at 50 percent discount. And finally, by signaling confidence in the Philippines' commitment to sound macroeconomic reform, the Debt Management Loan opened up international financial markets for the country. However, the program's success also led to a new problem. It encouraged new loans and other inflows of capital, which eventually became a major source of monetary problems and instability. The resulting increase in inflation
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plans of expanding the facility to accommodate a color laboratory and paint shop that will enable better and faster operations to meet customer requirements and increase competitiveness. The Governor is in full support of the additional facility for economic development. He encouraged the plant manager to coordinate with officials to address and avoid problems in relation the expansion. Oxford Plastics is faced with a challenge of positioning the additional 25-acre facility considering industrial zoning
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a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: Asymmetric Information, Corporate Finance, and Investment Volume Author/Editor: R. Glenn Hubbard, editor Volume Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990 Volume ISBN: 0-226-35585-3 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/glen90-1 Conference Date: May 5, 1989 Publication Date: January 1990 Chapter Title: Investment, Financial Factors, and Cash Flow: Evidence from U.K. Panel Data Chapter Author:
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by managers of all types of organizations: a. Where are we now? b. Where do we want to go? c. How are we going to get there? 2. “Where we are now?” prompts managers to evaluate industry conditions and competitive pressures, the company’s current performance and market standing, its resource strength and capabilities and its competitive weaknesses. 3. “Where do we want to go?” this lies within managements vision of the company’s future direction. It pushes managers to make choices about the direction
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Value Network Analysis and value conversion of tangible and intangible assets Verna Allee Online version of Final Draft Published in Journal of Intellectual Capital Volume 9, No. 1, 2008, pp. 5-24 Verna Allee verna@vernaallee.com Published in Journal of Intellectual Capital Volume 9, No 1, 2008 pp. 5-24 Page 1 of 21 Introduction One of the most important and challenging questions in working with intangibles is, “How do we convert intangible assets such as human knowledge, internal
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DMS – FINAL PROJECT PROJECT TITLE: EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS AN ANGEL WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED BY: IRIS CHONG Executive Summary (1) Background Just before last Christmas, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. announced the acquisition of HSBC Insurance Brokers Limited (‘HIBL’), through its subsidiary MMC UK Group Limited.1 (‘Marsh’) The announcement came as a surprise for me and quite a few of my fellow workers at the HSBC Insurance Brokers (Asia-Pacific) Ltd.2 – somebody bought us out?! Nobody
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two companies. HP-Focusing on computers and printers. Agilent technologies- Focusing test and measuring products. Because of various reasons, Agilent technology found it difficult to measure the value and trust customers attributed with the new company Agilent technologies. The major reason is the economic down time due to technology bubble burst happened immediately after the split, which
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