Sentences with phrase «heads of companies do»

Heads of companies do not complain publicly about insignificant problems, which mean self - publishing is becoming a significant problem for them.

Not exact matches

«That's not something that we had originally set out to do, but over time we got such an overwhelming amount of demand from larger companies,» says Josh Emig, WeWork's head of research.

Regarding Facebook's guidelines for workplace relationships, «We train that if you ask a co-worker on a date and they say no, you don't get to ask again — and beyond that we make it clear that an «I'm busy» or «I can't that night» is a «no»,» said Heidi Swartz, the company's global head of employment law.

Netflix's head of programming, Ted Sarandos, did use the call Monday evening to shoot down one frequent rumor about the company, while declining to address another.

«Of course, no one can say precisely what they'll do,» says Santosh Rao, the managing director and head of research for Greencrest Capital, a New York City - based boutique advisory firm that follows emerging companieOf course, no one can say precisely what they'll do,» says Santosh Rao, the managing director and head of research for Greencrest Capital, a New York City - based boutique advisory firm that follows emerging companieof research for Greencrest Capital, a New York City - based boutique advisory firm that follows emerging companies.

And, does it invite start - ups to fake it, using wives or girlfriends as the illusory heads of a companies that are actually run by their husbands or boyfriends?

Current rules do not let people fly drones beyond the line of sight of human operators and over people's heads in public places, which limits companies like Amazon (amzn) and Google (goog) from using drones to deliver goods, among other business uses, beyond testing.

Particularly companies going out to find deals because they feel that they are under pressure to do something,» Andrew Cave, Head of Governance & Sustainability at Baillie Gifford, said.

The company's head of sustainability Helena Helmersson told Bloomberg Businessweek that in 2012 it audited 485 potential new factories and 25 % didn't make the cut because H&M «didn't find the right mindset in terms of transparency.»

In so doing, Pfender goes over the heads of those companies» traffic managers, who typically negotiate the rates for transporting their goods around the globe.

While the White House did try to focus its wrath on Wolff and publisher Henry Holt and Company — attempting to impose a cease - and - desist order, only prompting an earlier release of the book — there are more in - depth reports already headed for the printing presses of which the administration should be wary.

But the second and perhaps clearest indication of where the market is headed fittingly came from Amazon, a company that doesn't even make smartphones (yet).

«People don't feel this way about companies, and they definitely don't feel this way about their work tools,» says Ali Rayl, Slack's head of customer support.

Ford, by contrast, issued two voluntary recalls, and did so in such a straightforward manner that the head of the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency commended the company for «stepping forward to resolve [the] issue.»

It does includes a wide circle of wealthy Russians though that run some of the country's biggest companies, including the heads of Russia's two biggest banks Sberbank and VTB, metals magnates and the boss of state gas monopoly Gazprom.

Whether this practice is embraced by the head of a company as a business strategy or it just emerges in exchanges between employees, hypercompetition doesn't make anyone look like a high - level achiever.

«We design and build our bikes so they can be ridden hard every day, and everything we design is done with an upgrade mentality,» said Eddie Johnson, the company's Head of Sales and Development.

And it doesn't sound like Facebook's new «head of news» will help the social network figure out its role in this evolving media landscape — the company announced Friday that it has hired former NBC host Campbell Brown to be its head of news partnerships, but said she will not be involved in content decisions.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is head of the world's largest asset manager, and in a letter to CEOs in January he stated that BlackRock will only do business with companies that have clearly defined long - term plans that benefit society.

If you've yet to do some shopping for the new season, today's a good day to head over to Sperry and take advantage of the company's one - day sale.

As a first line of action, start healing the damage that was caused (if possible)-- post an apology on social media, broker a new deal with your vendors, give your customers a heads - up — do whatever is necessary is to preserve the company's reputation and minimize the effects to its bottom line.

This company does everything they can to head off the needs of their customers — like printing up maps of the facility or providing customized schedules for attendees for the classes they had signed up for.

Nicolas Shea, who heads innovation initiatives for the Chilean Ministry of Economy and founded Start - Up Chile, says the government's $ 40 million investment in the program will be worthwhile if it can build ties with interesting new companies, even if they don't stay in the country over the long term.

Mary Beth Wynn, head of people for Jellyvision, a benefits software maker, says her company de-emphasizes résumés in favor of the cover letter, which she says is «an opportunity to explain why, if their résumé doesn't look like a fit for the job, they actually are.»

While business owners may think they can keep track of their company in their heads, he doesn't recommend it.

Founders and small company CEO's realize that a great head of marketing can take their company to the next level, but they often don't really know how or why.

Isabel Dos Santos, the woman listed by Forbes as Africa's first female billionaire, has been unceremoniously fired from her post as head of Angola's national oil company Sonangol, according to newswire reports.

Did anyone really expect, for example, that the first - ever contestant on Shark Tank, who wanted backing for a company that would perform surgery to implant Bluetooth devices in people's heads, had any chance of getting funded?

Peter Dent, a partner at Deloitte in Toronto, recalls investigating a European company doing business in Indonesia during his four - year stint as head of the World Bank's fraud and corruption team.

«When we think about why companies go public, they do it for liquidity, to raise their profile, for capital,» John Tuttle, head of global listings at NYSE, told Business Insider.

«As these numbers show, we have more work to do — a lot more,» Maxine Williams, the company's global head of diversity, said.

«To do activism really, really well, you have to be not only smart and persistent, but you have to be willing,» says David Rosewater, who advises companies as the global head of Morgan Stanley's shareholder activism and corporate defense group, and who has previously represented Elliott as an attorney.

Enderle couldn't, off the top of his head, think of a company that focuses exclusively on conversion as Bounce Exchange does, though he did suggest that larger analytics firms such as SalesForce offer the service.

Kenneth Freeman, Ambius» head of innovation, has been with the company since the 1990s and has since evolved his understanding of why humans are drawn to keeping plants in indoor environments and why doing so improves health and well - being.

One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by trading volume, it is owned by a British Virgin Islands company and does not have a head office, Reuters reported in September.

Investors may be dismayed by the headlines — on Tuesday Arthur Porter, former head of SNC's building project McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), was arrested in Panama on fraud charges — but analysts do not see the scandals harming the company in the long term.

Companies that are able to drive churn down to this level have a much better chance of maintaining a Quick Ratio of 4, as it means they don't have to add insane amounts of new MRR just to keep their heads above water.

With the threat of ransomware hanging over every company's head, does it make sense for companies to stockpile a few bitcoins in the event of a ransomware attack?

Anthony Levandowski, the head of Uber's self - driving - car program, said the company feels that its cars are at the same level of autonomy as Tesla's, and therefore don't require a permit, either.

EYE ON THE PRIZE Mark Luppi, HSBC's head of Business Banking, says the it is «100 percent focused on companies that do cross-border business.»

«It's a sound idea, but it gets a lot harder to do the bigger the company gets,» says Bruce Ellig, former worldwide head of human resources at Pfizer Inc. and author of several books on compensation.

Given the company's relatively strong position now and the uncertainty of the future, some Wall Street sources are scratching their heads wondering why the Nordstrom family would even consider cutting a deal that would give a new investor preferred shares, noting that the idea was likely thrown on the table to see what would trigger private equity interest.That has brought some private equity firms back in for another around of talks, but one source noted: «Private equity these days don't really want to commit any money to brick - and - mortar.

«We can do in - depth analyses to link gender diversity to all kinds of company attributes, including growth, profitability, corporate spending and accounting quality,» says Jessica Alsford, head of SRI research.

Naturally, departing Windows - head Terry Myerson blamed the rest of the company, stating, «When I look back on our journey in mobility, we've done hard work and had great ideas, but have not always had the alignment needed across the company to make an impact.»

Its current top lawyer, Salle Yoo — whom many internally have been critical of — has said to staff that she will be leaving the company, which has also been without a financial leader since its CFO left in 2015 and its finance head who was doing that job left in May.

The head of this chain is dominated by digital concerns like Uber, AirBnB or E-commerce platforms like Amazon and Alibaba.And since these companies have access to significant amounts of client data, they would be able also to offer insurance solutions and products, according to Kielholz, who does however see potential for cooperation with digital concerns.

-- Fenwick: Gender Diversity Survey 2013 Maier flipped the research on its head by posing the question: «Why do we have to say «having 20 % of women on boards shows a positive result for companies instead of «having 80 % of men on boards shows a negative result for companies?

Historically the company has done a solid job of generating profit through both its reinsurance platform and investment portfolio, which is headed by Mr. Einhorn.

And US moves to stifle Chinese tech companies, such as a recent ban on selling American - made parts to smartphone maker ZTE, are only likely to confirm Beijing's view that it needs to do more to bolster its domestic industries, according to Louis Kuijs, head of Asia for research firm Oxford Economics.

If coal is to Australian politics as pipelines are to Canada's, the head of the country's largest coal - fueled energy company has just done the...