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Navigating the current disruption in containerized logistics

Mckinsey and Company

Container freight rates will remain elevated throughout most of 2022 while the containerized logistics disruption persists. This article presents future scenarios that could help shippers in planning and offers levers to navigate through the disruption to emerge stronger.

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Benchmark International Successfully Facilitated the Transaction between McKee-Burke & Associates and PDQ Staffing

Benchmark Report

Benchmark International’s client McKee-Burke and Associates, a Houston, Texas-based company that provides world-class talent and HR solutions to help organizations drive performance, has successfully sold to PDQ Staffing, a company based in the DFW Metroplex. McKee-Burke and Associates encompass three service verticals to cover the entire employee life cycle: Recruiting, Talent Development, and Career Transition.

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Responsible product management: The critical tech challenge

Mckinsey and Company

Prioritizing privacy, sustainability, and inclusion will soon be essential to successful tech development. For product managers to make responsible innovation a core discipline, companies must first lay the foundation.

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Goods and Services Marketers: Why Many Target Millennials Today

BV Specialists

Believe it or not, Millennials are now in their late 20s and 30s and have become the most sought-after consumers of products and services for most commercial providers across all industries. Gen X and late-stage Boomers are still in the picture, however, over the last couple of years, it has become evident Millennials are making tremendous strides in gaining buying power due to a variety of circumstances.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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How do digital consumers contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive Asia?

Mckinsey and Company

Richard Lee, Senior Partner in McKinsey’s Seoul office, shares observations on Asia’s digital ecosystem and how environmental and social concerns are shaping consumer preferences.

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Private Equity Is the New Financial Supermarket

NYT M&A

Private-equity firms were once niche players serving big clients. Now they’re trying to be everything to everyone.

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The Perils and Pleasures of Forecasting in Family Businesses

Auto Dealer Valuation Insights

The list of forecasting cliches is long (thanks, Yogi Berra!), but we were recently reminded of a good one: there are only two kinds of forecasts – lucky and wrong. That reminder came from an article by Joachim Klement 10 Rules for Forecasting published on the CFA Institute website. Klement’s list is focused on macro level economic forecasting, but several of his rules apply equally well to the.

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ICE businesses: Navigating the energy-transition trend within mobility

Mckinsey and Company

Electric vehicles are gaining market share, but ICE-component suppliers can still create significant value while advancing sustainability.

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TAF Conflates Real Estate Appraisers with Appraisers

Appraisers Blog

Why do I take the time to mention “real estate appraisers” and “real estate appraisals?” instead of just “appraisers” and “appraisals”? Personal property appraisers and business appraisers aren’t required by any state to follow USPAP, don’t pay anything for licensing and certification fees to any state, and are not subject matter experts on anything to do with real estate at all, ever.

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How can Asia embark on a sustainable growth path?

Mckinsey and Company

Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner and Leader of McKinsey’s Sustainability Practice in Asia, examines the challenges that Asia faces, and the opportunities for companies—and countries—to embrace net-zero.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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Which Investment Type Typically Carries the Least Risk?

Financial Analyst Insider

The goal of investing our money is to increase our amount for retirement, emergencies, and other future needs. There are many different types of investments. The post Which Investment Type Typically Carries the Least Risk? appeared first on Financial Analyst Insider.

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Is it possible for growth to be both sustainable and inclusive?

Mckinsey and Company

Liz Hilton Segel, Global Leader, Industry Practices, elaborates on what it will take to create sustainable, inclusive growth.

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Useful work by COSO on managing at speed misses the point

Norman Marks

I enjoyed COSO’s latest publication, Enabling Organizational Agility in an Age of Speed and Disruption. This is how COSO described it: As radical change transforms the world we live in, organizations should regularly align their enterprise risk management (ERM) process with the current business environment and their strategic goals, according to new guidance issued today […].

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2022 and beyond for the packaging industry’s CEOs: The priorities for resilience

Mckinsey and Company

The revolution sparked by two megatrends—sustainability and digital—is unprecedented in the packaging industry. We highlight six priority moves for industry participants as they seek to build their resilience.

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Mastering Intent Data: Understanding its Importance & Best Practices

Speaker: Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union

In this webinar, Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union and business strategist, will take you through the ABCs of intent data. You'll learn how to effectively use it to drive business results, with practical tips on how to leverage both company and contact intent data to maximize your marketing efforts. Whether you're a seasoned marketer or just getting started, this webinar is a must-attend for anyone looking to stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.

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Appraisal: Recent Del. Chancery Decision Opens Door to Arbs?

John Jenkins

Last month, I blogged about the Delaware Chancery Court’s decision in BCIM Strategic Value Master Fund v. HFF, (Del. Ch.; 2/22), in which Vice Chancellor Laster determined to apply an upward adjustment to the merger consideration in determining the fair value of a share.

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How can Asia narrow the gap between countries’ access to technologies, and leapfrog to sustainable, inclusive growth?

Mckinsey and Company

Anand Swaminathan, Senior Partner and Global Leader of Build by McKinsey, describes Asia’s unique strengths and how technology can play a role in unlocking sustainable and inclusive growth in the region.

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After Your Valuation: Enhance Corporate Culture for Value Creation

Quantive

Business owners develop business growth plans with defined goals to maximize their […]

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The anatomy of the net-zero transition

Mckinsey and Company

Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 – and thus limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – implies profound economic and societal shifts. According to a new report, a successful transition would have six key characteristics, writes Mekala Krishnan in Project Syndicate.

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What Is Recapitalization?

Quantive

During times of financial turbulence, a business may require restructuring.

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Climate change: What we will need to spend, and what we will need to change, to reach net zero

Mckinsey and Company

Solving a fundamentally global, borderless problem requires an unprecedented level of global collaboration, write Hamid Samandari and Mekala Krishnan in Fortune.

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Business Practices to Build Long-Term Value

Quantive

A business’s primary purpose is to maximize profit.

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Sustainable and inclusive growth: A new paradigm for Asia

Mckinsey and Company

Can growth be sustainable and inclusive? Leaders share their perspectives on how Asian businesses can make this a reality.

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Anti-Dissolution Provisions and Public Policy

Farrel Fritz

In Congel v Malfitano , New York’s highest court wrote that business partners are f ree to include in partnership contracts practically “any agreement they wish,” including about “the means by which a partnership will dissolve, or other aspects of partnership dissolution.” This broad freedom of contract, the Court explained, is circumscribed only by “prohibitory provisions of the statutes,” countervailing “rules of the common law,” or “considerations of public policy.”.

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