Sentences with phrase «less a business decision»

Donaldson also questioned whether «penalty clauses» [exposure] in the proposed contract are «less a business decision and more a political one.»

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«I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business.»

«Private businesses aren't under the same quarterly scrutiny, so the pressure's off, and they can make investment decisions with less layers and less examination.»

This year's awards are open to all Australian business women that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crbusiness women that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crBusiness Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crbusiness, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crbusiness); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crBusiness Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above criteria).

Many governments, businesses and social organizations rely on the data, and opposition groups argue the Conservatives are attempting to influence future public policy decisions since low - income earners and immigrants will be less likely to fill out a voluntary form.

So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions, than most people in business.»

Reading and thinking helps Buffett «make less impulse decisions than most people in business,» he once said.

The more prepared and knowledgeable you are about your business, the less fear you will have about making decisions.

Rowen, the glass business owner, says his health insurance decisions had less to do with the employer mandate than with cost and employee retention.

I noted that pricing decisions by businesses might well have a substantial impact on customers» tipping behaviour, by making it more or less convenient, for example, simply to «round up» to the nearest dollar (or currency denomination).

The emotional and psychological side of starting a business is less cut - and - dried than the financial and market aspects, but it's just as important in your decision to start part time or full time.

But two surprising consequences of Taggar's decision suggest that entrepreneurs who check email on the go all day might be creating less than ideal side effects for themselves and their businesses.

But for 3D printing to catch on the rapidly changing manufacturing industry, it will have to be seen by companies less as a fascinating technological upgrade and more as an everyday business decision.

I think probably to the dissatisfaction of our sales team here, I make all of our decisions based on what's going to matter to our community and focus much less on the advertising side of the business.

This could be triggered after noticing a consistent pattern in which the C - Suite inquire about your business, tend to make purchase decisions quickly, and tend to churn less.

Therefore, while cash generated from operations is our primary source of operating liquidity and we believe that internally generated cash flows are sufficient to support day - to - day business operations, we use a variety of capital sources to fund our needs for less predictable investment decisions such as acquisitions.

Harvard Business Review reported that companies that contact prospects in an hour or less are 7 times more likely to have a meaningful conversation with key decision - makers than those who wait longer.

The more information an entrepreneur can draw from, the less time they will spend making decisions to move the business forward.

The problem may also be less acute for the private sector because many businesses rely on their own market surveys to make decisions.

On the whole it has turned out that this is less efficient than allowing business decisions to be shaped by competition in the market.

But this ideology does not allow us to consider that perhaps private business decisions are in fact making some political decisions more or less inevitable, or that the media themselves may be controlled more by economic considerations than by a devotion to democratic principles of free expression.

«Getting organic certification and being carbon neutral was a mindful decision for us, we wanted our business to have less impact on the environment, to promote sustainability and we also wanted to work alongside like - minded, ethically motivated suppliers.

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

«It is with great compunction that this Court renders this decision as this Court recognizes the benefit that such a law would provide,» Judge Wright wrote in his decision, going on to question «the wisdom in the Mayor's zeal for the possibility of welcoming to New York City a business that would pay its building service employees less than the prevailing wage.»

Lord Mandelson The business secretary reacted to reports in the Daily Telegraph which disclosed he ran up bills of almost # 3,000 on work to his constituency home in Hartlepool, less than a week after announcing his decision to stand down as an MP.

Importing bees would have been a shrewd business decision: Turkish bees produce up to eight times as much honey as Syrian bees, and are less aggressive.

Konrath used to be very much opposed to self - publishing, but even he has come around to seeing it's simply a business decision, nothing more nor less, and it's a decision each author needs to make on a manuscript - by - manuscript basis.

I've just finished Ian Ayres's book Super Crunchers, which I found via Andrew McAfee's Harvard Business Review blog post, The Future of Decision Making: Less Intuition, More Evide...

If you decide to go with an online lender, you can fill out your application on the Web and have a decision in a matter of minutes, with direct deposit to your checking or savings account in less than one business day.

-LSB-...] book Super Crunchers, which I found via Andrew McAfee's Harvard Business Review blog post, The Future of Decision Making: Less Intuition, More Evidence (discussed in Intuition and the quantitative value investor).

I've just finished Ian Ayres's book Super Crunchers, which I found via Andrew McAfee's Harvard Business Review blog post, The Future of Decision Making: Less Intuition, More Evidence (discussed in Intuition and the quantitative value investor).

After all, college graduates are the type of people society needs to do things like start businesses, buy homes and cars, invent things and make babies — and people burdened with debt are less likely to make those kinds of decisions.

After you complete the application, iLoan says it normally delivers a loan decision in an hour or less during business hours.

Usually when a corporation, public figure, or business admit to considering something that is less than favorable in the public eye, usually their decision has already been made, and they are gauging the public reaction.

But that's no excuse for reimbursed business travelers to relax: they still have to make decisions about the cards they use to pay for their reimbursed travel, and to a lesser extent which airline and hotel programs to pursue loyalty with.

It's a view that leads to less well - rounded business decisions and happens too often, even nowadays when information is more easily available.

Less state - sponsored corporate socialism, less hand - holding of companies who in their dotage crush the opportunities of new enterprise while strangling the democratic decision power of their customers and suppliers, no tolerance of anti-American behavior by businLess state - sponsored corporate socialism, less hand - holding of companies who in their dotage crush the opportunities of new enterprise while strangling the democratic decision power of their customers and suppliers, no tolerance of anti-American behavior by businless hand - holding of companies who in their dotage crush the opportunities of new enterprise while strangling the democratic decision power of their customers and suppliers, no tolerance of anti-American behavior by business.

Though we often tend to assume that successful businesspeople are able to make speedy and bold decisions, the opposite may be true: people that take a longer time to make decisions and are less confident about those decisions can experience greater business success.

The Respondents further submitted that the Applicant's work product was «less than expected»; the Applicant's job requirements were changed over time; the Applicant's position was made redundant; business was declining; and that their decision to terminate the Applicant was based upon the restructuring of various functions and departments as evidenced by the elimination of three positions.

Sam Glover: There's a lot of business books that talk about the velocity of decision - making on the idea that it's less important what decision you make than it is that you've made a decision.

Five or six years ago it was possible - and common - to make real estate releases or make decisions of investment in the market based on less strict premises, without great validity tests; it is not possible anymore, even because it was checked that great projects on paper were, in practice, business of no feasibility in the real business world.

I recently wrote about how women on boards is better for financial returns, laying out a foundation for those who may be less familiar with the terminology around diversity and inclusion and providing a strong «business case» for gender equality among decision - makers based on the most recent research.

And the ability to obtain the return of the ransomed data, for amounts that are often much less than the losses that would otherwise be suffered by holding out, is almost always the best business decision.

The potential financial sanction will factor into the economic decision - making of any business that has received a ransom demand, which may result in the less costly route being resorting to a backup in lieu of paying a ransom, even if the backup is days or weeks old.

With the right tools you can do more in less time, stay on top of where your firm or business is at, and make informed decisions to improve your bottom line.

«We anticipate that sharing this information will increase in coming years as firms focus more on overall business - driven decision making and less on individual attorneys — a shift from the «me» approach to the «we» approach.»

And the survey made it less personal, and more like a business decision to be honest.

It lays out a foundation for those less familiar with the terminology around diversity and inclusion, and provides a strong business case for gender equality among decision - makers based on the most recent research.

Such a move could also make internal restructuring easier, and set the stage for sell - offs of less successful components of the business, simplifying all of those processes and limiting the number of people who have influences over those kinds of hard decisions.

I think probably to the dissatisfaction of our sales team here, I make all of our decisions based on what's going to matter to our community and focus much less on the advertising side of the business.