Sentences with phrase «of company efforts»

Global Witness is monitoring and evaluating the substance and quality of the reports with a view to assessing the extent of company efforts to source minerals responsibly and is available for comment.

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Ahead of its delisting, the company had been aggressively closing underperforming stores and focusing on licensing efforts as it tried to turn around the business.

The San Francisco company has been ramping up its efforts in the world of live streaming, kicking off a deal in September with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday night games to Twitter users via the web, mobile apps and streaming devices like the Apple TV.

Venter, who is one of the first people to sequence the human genome, co-founded the company in effort to discover early genetic markers for a variety of disorders.

I can't tell you the number of marketing messages I get each day that show that the person or company behind that message took no effort to think about what really matters to me.

That and the ESPN app represent the latest efforts by Disney, parent company of ESPN, to target «cord cutters» or «cord nevers,» those customers who primarily use mobile devices and computers to consume media.

While employees from enterprise companies (defined as companies with 500 or more employees) like Salesforce and Dell have held memberships at the co-working spaces in the past, WeWork started making a concerted effort to tailor its spaces to these types of workers about a year ago.

The Tesla chief's efforts on a variety of technologies, including his SpaceX company for space travel, has only helped to raise the public opinion on his many brands, Gerzema told Reuters.

Expectations for their effort to provide their employees with better health care options are even high enough that stocks of other health care companies fell on the news Amazon and friends were entering the fray.

People at all levels are clear on what's expected from them and how their efforts feed into the broader goals of the company.

The one virtue of startups that these big companies do seem to value and appreciate above all (and one that makes acquisitions so attractive rather than internal R&D efforts) is the freedom we have to embrace rapid change, the ability to adapt and pivot, and the understanding that things may never be perfect at the start, but that you'll never get started at all if you wait until they are.

Pollack said the article was written «as part of an effort to make light of a significant company event, and was published as a result of a misunderstanding, without going through the normal editorial channels.»

Why is longtime industry insider Laszewski so skeptical of the companies» efforts?

They're not the only communications pros under pressure to use more measurement in PR and marketing efforts, and technology companies are responding to data overload with apps to help marketers make sense of the numbers.

The new rules are part of a broader effort by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) to encourage more new economy companies to float in the city as it battles New York to be the world's largest listings hub.

Since he joined BlackBerry last month, replacing CEO Thorsten Heins, Chen has started a dramatic overhaul of its executive ranks and begun fresh efforts to turn around the company.

With the White House ramping up efforts to derail the ambitions of Chinese tech companies in the U.S., electronics giant Huawei said it would increasingly look to Europe to grow its international market share in high - end devices.

His efforts come after a year of distractions for the company as the Redstones battled to maintain control, resulting in the departure of former CEO Philippe Dauman.

That's part of Twitter's efforts to temporarily limit the functionality of offending users» accounts, and the company says it also explains its reasoning to users who it disciplines in the hopes of preventing further harassment.

For a month, Powell's even used the marquee in front of its store to ask for Facebook fans, which was surprisingly effective, says Megan Zabel, who manages the company's social media efforts.

Google is secretly building a social - gaming startup, part of its effort to create fledgling companies within the internet - search giant.

To J. Maurice, who helped found WizSec but left the company early on and was not involved in the investigation, Nilsson's effort epitomizes the virtues of Bitcoin — a decentralized system free of government control, which relies instead on individual users to sustain it.

As long as you make a conscious effort to adjust those habits to maximize the productivity and happiness of the entire team, you'll turn yourself into a great boss, and your company and your workers will be happier as a result.

Fusion Power Associates» Dean, a 50 - year veteran of the research effort, believes there is a role for private companies in fusion research.

«Over the past several months, Cambridge Analytica has been the subject of numerous unfounded accusations and, despite the company's efforts to correct the record, has been vilified for activities that are not only legal, but also widely accepted as a standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas,» the company said in the statement.

We were in a board meeting for one of our EdTech companies and talking about the usual KPIs and basic business stuff and about how various aspects of the company's product development and enhancement efforts were progressing — especially how quickly we were moving to bring some of these new and critical features to market.

Onboarding plans are intended to make new employees familiar with the overall goals of a company and support them as they embark on early projects all in an effort to achieve the perception of success (and productivity) quickly.

This two - day activity - filled event includes a Day 1 hands - on workshop to continue the company's efforts in building and expanding end - user base among medical and dental healthcare providers, but also provide organizations with how - tos to become early adopter and users of 3D printing and bio-printing technologies.

As chair of the Council of Canadian Innovators, Balsillie is spearheading an effort to shape public policy to help companies scale globally.

«Now more than ever, we are excited to lead our company's global effort toward a renewable future and, partnering with Enel, set an industry example of how major companies can help to make a difference in climate change,» he added.

But I do worry about the message her pledge to take almost no time off sends about the value of maternity leave, and how it undermines recent efforts by US companies to offer and normalize the idea of longer parental leaves, for both moms and dads.

Giving your followers a sneak peek at the inner workings of the company can only be beneficial in your efforts to gain an extra level of trust.

Facebook is stepping up its efforts to compete with Twitch and YouTube for video game streaming: The company is now offering select video gamers a chance to monetize their gameplay live streams on Facebook by giving their audience a way to tip them as part of a test of new monetization options.

The former head of Amazon Prime, Greg Greeley, joined Airbnb to run its «Homes» unit, including overseeing the company's new Airbnb Plus and Airbnb Collections efforts.

While the $ 1.5 million potential prize makes for a splashy headline, it's another glaring example of how companies miss the mark on marketing and customer loyalty efforts.

Yet, as I look at so many of our startups, they're not even making a reasonable effort to address some very critical concerns that are fundamental to the foundation and future of their companies.

Working on the implementation of a new diversity management system is not an easy task, especially when the efforts are not tied to the company's vision and strategy.

Both of the tablet announcements, plus Google's efforts with its «Nexus» branded smartphones — not to mention the possibility that Microsoft could make its own branded phone (a rumour the company has denied, but which shouldn't be discounted)-- are sharp shifts towards Apple's way of doing things.

Throughout 2012, Shaw purchased hundreds of thousands of shares in his own company, an effort to prop up the cable giant's flagging stock.

Recently released preliminary data from the 2012 Survey of Business Owners — the Census Bureau's effort to take stock of American companies every five years — show that the fraction of businesses owned by women improved substantially over the past five years.

But unlike us overconfident individuals, companies such as Humana put a lot of money and effort into closing that gap.

The company was told that if it publicly commited to cage - free eggs, then the narration would be spun in favor of Eggland's Best by telling the audience that the egg production company was making the effort to transition to cage free; if not, it would be spun the other way.

Later in the 1990s, when Jobs supported the Department of Justice's effort to rein in the Microsoft monopoly, Gates repeatedly threw Steve in with the vast set of «losers» who «whined» about what he saw as his company's deserved success.

Energy companies in North America have been ramping up production in tandem with OPEC's efforts to cut global output in a bid to take advantage of rising prices.

That encouraged ease of interaction and better coordination of their efforts, but it also cashed out for the company in terms of increasing its productivity while lowering costs.

«It is something that benefits our company and community,» she said, explaining that many of the company's associates are veterans or are part of a military family and these efforts make associates feel good about the company for which they work.

As evidenced by a number of recent rebranding strategies that failed miserably, even large companies with the staff and resources to implement such an effort sometimes fail to get it right.

In addition to that, Macy's has been looking to reduce store clutter and re-establish itself as a tastemaker and has relaunched its loyalty program as part of its efforts to get back on track as detailed in this in - depth look at the company in the current issue of Fortune.

Both of the deals add to Under Armour's (UA) effort to gain a greater foothold in the world of fitness technology, which the company first seriously entered when it spent $ 150 million to buy MapMyFitness in late 2013.