Sentences with phrase «doing business initiatives»

«MDAs have been charged by the Council to treat the Ease of Doing Business initiatives with a sense of urgency and deliver impactful results by implementing the Executive Order 001 on transparency and efficiency.

More information concerning the Doing Business initiative can be found at http://www.doingbusiness.org/.

Not exact matches

«If successful, we believe this initiative will make it easier for customers to do business with Dell, eliminating friction and complexity and enabling more rapid response to customer needs.

The House and Senate Small Business Committees should assign staffers to benchmark what has been done to reduce the regulatory burden in other countries, with the goal of copying the best initiatives enacted elsewhere.

Businesses in Korea with profitable social programs don't broadcast their initiatives nearly as prominently — perhaps because they don't need to.

But because many of these multinationals do most of their business outside of Portland, the actual dollar amount deducted for the tax would be miniscule: the city estimates it will generate about $ 2.5 to $ 3.5 million per year from this initiative.

Google became a subsidiary of Alphabet, as did most of its smaller, research - driven units, including connected - home business Nest and Google Fiber, its home broadband initiative.

She's targeted her approach, she's done her homework, and she's displayed a level of initiative every business owner hopes to find.

«We know there is more Facebook can do to connect people and businesses,» says Alex Himel, vice president of local, in a press release announcing the new initiatives.

Business owners today don't need a fancy education to make big money, but they do need drive, initiative and focus.

McMillan said initiatives including the recently proposed replacements of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the National Energy Board are harming Canada's reputation as a transparent and fair place to do business.

She also says some business owners are timid about marketing because they don't feel aligned with their marketing initiatives and their materials — their messaging doesn't reflect who they are.

I'm not of the opinion that every business challenge can be solved with additional capital, but I do believe that a small business loan or line of credit can be a great tool to fuel growth or fund other ROI - generating initiatives.

In other words, many businesses, that don't need a lot of money to create a big impact, can use a micro loan to fuel growth initiatives or get their businesses off the ground.

As empowering as this seems, each of these initiatives hits the same wall: The business model doesn't scale.

A customized index locks in a business profile at a point in time and may deter employees from considering or pursuing initiatives that do not fit into that mold.

And worse, even if someone does manage to start something new, our management structure has so many financial, legal and HR hurdles that every initiative needs to match our existing business financial metrics, processes and procedures.

On the other hand, Best Buy did report its best quarterly comps since 2009 and is no longer relying on cost cutting initiatives to support its business while simultaneously seeing strong growth in many categories.

Having the initiative to start a business doesn't prove you will be responsible with bank accounts and financial responsibilities.

The event was a culmination of a joint initiative of the Senate President and DFID's ENABLE 2 and GEMS 3 programmes and had been preceded by a comprehensive research into laws inhibiting businesses in Nigeria leading to specific legislative proposals to improve the business environment in terms of competition and consumer protection, transportation and infrastructure, improving MSMEs access to finance, reform of land use and construction laws and administration, doing business reforms amongst others.

Announcing the facility at a meeting with the First Lady and her delegation of women Ghanaian business leaders and entrepreneurs, the President of CBMIE, Mr Chen Yongxin said the facility was made available to Ghana because the country is a preferred destination to do business in Africa and has tremendous confidence in the government of Ghana to improve on the living conditions of the people through the 1D1F initiative.

But he also said the state must do more to help all businesses, not just companies eligible to participate in the Tax - Free NY initiative.

So we wanted to bring folks together today to begin a conversation about what businesses can do to help people in recovery,» Phillip Ginter, HealthlinkNY Regional Director of Community Initiatives, said.

To do so, governments can imitate initiatives used by successful businesses.

``... Throughout all of these initiatives, you continually worked to improve and streamline the way we do business,» the departing commissioner continues.

«People in rural areas are often good at taking the initiative to help their communities and businesses, but do not always get the support they need from public bodies,» the report said.

Critics note that Cuomo - driven initiatives to raise the minimum wage and establish paid family leave have added to the cost of doing business in New York.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — As part of an ongoing initiative to promote Westchester County as the «smart spot for business,» County Executive Robert P. Astorino recently met with a group commercial real estate brokers in Manhattan to tout the many benefits of doing business in Westchester.

«The Partnership's mission is to improve the business climate in Buffalo - Niagara and the proposed tax relief initiatives that we're endorsing here today are a great first step in alleviating the crushing tax burden that has made New York State such a difficult place to do business,» Panzica said.

Participants heard plenary framing presentations on five topics including the Governor's recent regional economic development initiative and experience with it to date, past and current efforts to do regional planning in the Hudson Valley and regional approaches to business and tourism.

«It is critical that we speak with one voice when promoting Saratoga County as a great place to work and do business, and this initiative is an important step forward in making that a reality,» said Edward Kinowski, Chairman of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors.

That outcome was stunning given the speaker's long identification with the LGBT community — as the 1991 campaign manager and later chief of staff to Tom Duane, the Council's first out gay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Community Center.

If they were doing the people's business they would allow more initiatives to be put on the ballot.

But the industry is not out of the woods yet, says Crowley: Although the government's incubator initiative supports its vision of Ontario becoming one of the top three biotechnology business regions in North America (behind California and New England), «by no means does such infrastructure development guarantee success.»

«I think worldwide what we really need to do is somehow remove the blinkers that have constrained the initiatives that businesses and governments have taken in recent decades,» he said.

EW wasn't able to get any details on whic new characters will join the MCU, but Feige did say that the studio has heard the call for greater inclusivity (and seen what it can do at the box office) in front of and behind the camera: «I think we're seeing it shift from a very purposeful initiative to just a fact of life, to just a way of doing business.»

One review of the literature found that only about one - fourth of businesses that undertook turnaround initiatives were able to institute major changes in their structure and management, and even those businesses did not show increased economic performance (Hess & Gift, 2008).

Their insights, knowledge, expertise, and experiences are critical to the way we do business at DOT and are reflected in the initiatives and activities proposed in this Plan.

This year, ACC raised the bar even higher by putting a focus on its customers and launching initiatives to help make doing business with ACC easier than ever.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

As part of a joint initiative with the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro will host an Agents and Business Center in 2015.

A mix of political initiatives, changing consumer attitudes and the cost of doing business in certain areas is affecting the economic viability of independent retailers, he says.

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More than 300 of those legislative initiatives could seriously jeopardize the way you do business.

I mean, I don't have any love for Citibank, but there aren't very many artisanal Brooklyn businesses with earthtone logos queueing up to sponsor giant initiatives that enhance our public transportation network, so it is what it is.

«Contributing to combating climate change and respecting planetary boundaries in the way we do business is a priority for us,» said Marie - Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs, Kering, «The Science Based Targets initiative is enabling the business community to set meaningful and measurable goals to ensure that we align with the 2 °C global agenda and Kering is proud that our own GHG reduction ambitions have been validated by the initiative.»

The B Team is a nonprofit initiative formed by a global group of business leaders to catalyze a better way of doing business, for the wellbeing of people and the planet.

One would be to reduce their exposure by moving capital out of the business; this is presumably the goal of the Climate Tracker initiative, but it does not seem to be happening in practice.