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Theme : business
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Irrational incandescence | Economist.com
Article discussing 'apparent irrationality' of people not changing their lightbulbs to (cheaper) energy-saving ones.
Suggests:
'One policy option is to decouple the utilities' revenues from the amount of electricity they sell. That gives them an incentive to increase the efficiency of power usage rather than to produce
from : duncanoleary
15th June 2007
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DTI paper: Tackling the Low Skills Equilibrium
Interesting paper.
Focusses on: difference between individual employer goals and wider social goals
Argues: increasing supply of skills not enough, influencing product/business strategies key.
from : duncanoleary
16th January 2007
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Consevative policy review report: Responsible Business (pdf)
New report from the Tories' policy review. Floats the idea of 'responsibility deals', which reward/incentivise socially responsible businesses with lighter regulatory burdens.
from : duncanoleary
16th January 2007
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Professional women take on old boy’s network
Networked feminists ‘have it all’ through personal careers and collective action to tackle workplace inequality, says new report
from : mollywebb
2nd August 2006
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Staff want their employers to 'disorganise'
Companies should 'loosen up'
from : mollywebb
1st August 2006
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BBC NEWS | Business | Wage worry as Wipro profits boom
BBC NEWS | Business | Wage worry as Wipro profits boom
from : paulmiller
19th July 2006
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A fruitless fixation on terrorist attacks
Today we launched The Business of Resilience, a new report on how companies must align security with their business objectives. We had a comment piece in Wednesday's Financial Times which argued that the approach of UK companies following the London bombings of July 2005 compared favourably with the heavy-handed response of corporate America to the attacks of September 2001. While companies take the threat of terrorism seriously, we found that most UK businesses do not regard it as the main...
from : charlieedwards
29th June 2006
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The Business of Resilience
The Business of Resilience sets out a manifesto for corporate security in the 21st century. In an increasingly complex and fast moving world, business-aligned security not only makes companies safer. It is the new source of competitive advantage.
from : mollywebb
29th June 2006
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The Business of Resilience - Launch
The Business of Resilience: Corporate security for the 21st century will be launched by Demos on Thursday, 29th July 2006
from : mollywebb
16th June 2006
