Sentences with phrase «averse business»

In a complex and risk - averse business environment, benchmarking has become an essential decision support tool used by brokers and clients to determine how much space a company needs.

Their risk - averse business model is actually killing them, because it makes them too afraid to take the very chances that would make them relevant to customers.

Clergy members, labor unions, technology leaders and over 100 typically de Blasio - averse business executives signed letters calling on Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pass a multi-year mayoral control extension.

His strategy of bringing a baseball bat to Albany to more or less blow up the establishment didn't sit terribly well in the risk - averse business world.

Desjardins, with $ 212 billion in assets under management, owes its strong performance to solid liquidity, a reflection of its risk - averse business philosophy.

The Great Recession and protracted recovery that followed it have only accelerated this trend, as increasingly risk - averse businesses have turned to technological solutions to minimize costs and increase productivity.»

Not exact matches

In contrast, large companies are often risk - averse engines - they are executing a repeatable and scalable business model that spins out the short - term dividends, revenue and profits that the stock market rewards.

The group of Canadian businesses with the most potential for growth are being held back by our risk - averse financial environment.

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney ruffled feathers earlier this year when he blamed the country's «abysmal productivity record» on a lack of investment on the part of risk — averse CEOs, maintaining that while government has done its part, «business, thus far, has disappointed.»

In other words, a risk - averse Pentagon is an ineffective Pentagon, and some cost overruns should be embraced as the cost of doing business.

Finance groups focus on cost - cutting, risk - averse lawyers make the company impossible to do business with, and human resources casts judgment on employees.

Risk averse leaders know their job is to keep the company in business.

A major one is that the culture tends to be more risk - averse, and venture capitalists are wary to invest in new or creative business models.

Sure, these types of investments are still fairly traditional, but these priorities illustrate that small business owners are smart and risk - averse.

Traditionally, this population has been underserved by an existing lending process that is too slow, manual and risk - averse to invest in small businesses.

These include difficulties in complying with KYC and AML rules when dealing with digital assets; losing business to less risk - averse companies that are willing to «engage in business or offer products in areas we deem speculative or risky, such as cryptocurrencies;» and (like J.P. Morgan) the potential need to spend large sums while attempting to keep up with shifting technological norms.

I'm sympathetic to CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld's case that a sustained lower loonie will entice companies to start new businesses / expand operations in Canada, with a lag; I also agree with Mike Moffatt (professor at Ivey, small businessman in Canada's manufacturing heartland, dodgeball player) when he says that manufacturers in the area are highly risk averse.

«Recessions are caused by the build up of imbalances and some sort of event or policy change that causes investors, consumers, businesses and regulators to become more risk averse.»

However, given that kosher certification is essentially a risk management business, most kosher certifiers are averse to these kinds of situations unless there is a solid explanation for the violations with the prior agency or clear changes that have been made in ownership or management.

This didn't make them averse to solid food later, and didn't complicate the «teaching them how to eat» business.

Pokalsky said the business group is not averse to looking at ways to minimize the partial loss of the state and local tax deductions and backs the governor's plan to convene a study group to restructure the state's tax code.

Understand your goals: In the networking business, you must be highly focused and averse to wasting time (yours or theirs).

FORBES - Apr 28 - LinkedUp is a new dating app aimed at those who aren't averse to mixing business and pleasure.

I can't see most risk - averse schools signing up to such a different way of doing business.

The article suggests that Clinton may initially be risk - averse, friendly to the business community and the middle class, and support a platform around child welfare issues.

(So - called hybrids aren't averse to playing to your ego to get your business.)

Whereas security concerns have prompted risk - averse corporations to shy away from Android tablets, Microsoft's operating systems sport deep, business - friendly features — including the all - important Microsoft Office.

Our ongoing focus on using technology to connect to the world's markets and automate all aspects of the trading and settlement process, combined with our low - risk business model and risk - averse philosophy results in continued growth of our clients» equity.

Mortgages cause people to become way more risk - averse, and less likely to do things like finding a better job, starting their own business, and investing, even though those options may help them to become financially better off.

But a lot of people in the animal welfare world were averse to terms like «customer service,» thinking the language of business reduces animals to a commodity and shelters» compassionate mission to a commercial transaction.

While some storeowners may actually be data averse — uncomfortable with numbers and unable to make good use of them — most are hungry for more information to run their businesses.

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Cian Conroy, Catapult's business development director, adds: «The offshore wind industry is quite risk - averse and so demonstration projects [such as Batwind] are a key enabler — both crucial to proving the viability and advancing the technology and also pushing ahead the policy agenda that is needed to support wider - scale use of technologies that will make a measurable difference to the offshore wind's cost of energy.»

It is particularly difficult to start businesses in Canada due to the conservative (risk - averse) business culture and lack of venture capital or traditional investment.

I'm focusing on large law firms, which are as hidebound and risk - averse as you're going to find in the business world, and where the whole business case for existence depends on strengthening the firm brand first, the lawyer brand second or lower.

«Lawyers are known for their risk - averse natures; it's part of the profession,» said Terry M. Isner, President of Marketing and Business Development at Jaffe, which co-published the report in conjunction with The Managing Partner Forum.

Lawyer negativity can make us more risk - averse than business common sense would warrant.

Family businesses tend to take a long - term view and can be quite risk - averse.