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Diversity in Employment Leads to Innovation, Market Growth, Study Says

All of us aspire to work for leaders who truly value our input. We're looking for a "speak-up culture" - the kind of workplace where we feel welcome and included, free to express our views and opinions, and confident that our ideas will be heard and recognized. But it's not just employees who benefit from this kind of workplace culture. So do employers and shareholders.

Ocean Shipping Industry Should Be Taxed on Carbon Output, IMF Urges

A report released this week by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) states that carbon taxes should be levied against the shipping industry.

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Slowly, Supply Chain Comes to the C-Suite

Are supply-chain managers finally getting the respect they deserve?

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Bringing Your Continuous Improvement Program to Life

You have an earache and decide it's time to see the doctor. You call the office, sit on hold with a receptionist, and finally schedule an appointment – but not until five days later. As if waiting around for your appointment doesn't waste enough of your time, it's only the beginning of a tedious process – driving 20 minutes to the doctor's office, sitting in a crowded waiting room and filling out paperwork.

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Value of Global Carbon Market Rises 9 Percent in 2015

Carbon markets are booming, according to two new reports, and business is playing a key role.

As Internet of Things Collects More and More Data, the Question Is: Who Owns That Information?

A major focus of consumer electronics now is the Internet of Things, but what consumers don't know about data policies around the latest technology trend could hurt them.

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Making Money From 'Streams' of Real-Time Data

Companies could create new, revenue-generating services from the "data streams" they produce, but it requires a data-savvy culture and new skills, according to research supported by the Society for Information Management's Advanced Practices Council.

Four Practices to Ensure Post-Merger Culture Clashes Don't Torpedo Corporate Match-ups

By now, it's conventional wisdom: culture can ultimately break even the most seemingly harmonious corporate match. The list of mergers that have faltered or failed because of culture clash is long. Yet despite the many high-profile cautionary tales, very few companies involved in a post-merger integration deal with the culture question as fully and aggressively as they do with, say, capturing value from cost synergies.

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Many Retailers Don't Perceive Customer Expectations, Lack Technology to Assess Consumer Data

Customer and retailer perceptions and expectations are not aligned, and many retail stores lack the essential technology to measure and apply shopper data across all channels, says a study released by RetailNext, a provider of retail industry analytics technology.

Aras Teams With CloudSAFE in Cloud-Based Offering for PLM

Aras has joined with CloudSAFE to develop CloudSAFE PLM [Product Lifecycle Management] Cloud powered by Aras Innovator.

FourKites Enhances Control Center to Monitor Trucking

FourKites has developed updates to its ELD [Electronic Logging Device] Control Center, to improve communications between trucking companies and their broker and shipper customers.

Government Urged to Do More to Protect Consumers' Privacy

Federal regulators served notice last week: They're watching how businesses use - and possibly abuse - consumers' personal information. And that's great. It's about time more official attention was paid to ways that companies invade our privacy. But federal authorities can do more, much more, to level the playing field.

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