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The value of this type of spending strategy is backed up by research, which shows that spending money on experiences and helping others is what contributes most to happiness (see «Inside the Science of Happier Spending»).

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Of the $ 100 billion a year spent on Belt and Road, about 50 % will be used for raw materials like concrete and steel, according to Strategy &, the consulting arm of PwOf the $ 100 billion a year spent on Belt and Road, about 50 % will be used for raw materials like concrete and steel, according to Strategy &, the consulting arm of Pwof PwC.

The best strategy is to let the board member ask his or her question, write it down, tell them it's a good question and one you're happy to spend time with them explaining after the meeting but that your goal for today is to address the bigger issue of X.

With the right Facebook ad strategy, you can rapidly grow your email list without spending a ton of money.

Assuming we have the right directors and Chair, do we spend enough time on the strategy and value creation of the enterprise?

The export strategy, he concedes, involves a fair amount of serendipity: «We spend a lot of time and effort to execute communications and web marketing.

The company spent the past year heavily investing in their mobile strategy by offering text updates via their mobile app and hiring thousands of additional delivery drivers.

There are all sort of techniques to reduce the amount of time you spend in useless meetings, from team - wide initiatives like having employees «pay» for meetings and simple gizmos that nudge people to use their time more effectively, to personal strategies for winnowing the number of meetings you're obliged to accept.

Though Portugal is one of the fastest growing euro zone economies, problems with non-performing loans and high debt among businesses, individuals and government are a big hurdle - mainly at a time when the government's strategy is focused on consumer spending.

Dorsey said he would take Saturday off to hike and spend Sunday focusing on reflections, feedback, strategy, and getting ready for the rest of the week.

As he framed it, the real targets of the strategy here are parents (and older siblings), who will spend more time using Messenger — and seeing ads and conducting commerce there — if they can get their families together in one digital location.

One strategy is to improve the efficiency and yields from of your sales and marketing processes where you find ways to generate more returns for every dollar you spend.

Before starting Ark, Wood spent 12 years at AllianceBernstein as chief investment officer of global thematic strategies, where she managed $ 5 billion.

Dedicated professionals have spent years honing their skills and refining their approaches, and the strategies they bring to the table are the product of those trials and lessons.

The company is now trying a strategy of deliberately keeping inventory low and selling products at full price in order to foster an air of exclusivity, thereby encouraging consumers to spend for fear the desired items will sell out.

If great organizations are the ones that execute best, why do so many of us find ourselves spending so much time in meetings devoted to strategy?

Researchers tested a blizzard of potential «drawdown strategies» — that is, hypothetical rates of spending in retirement, mapped against investment returns on people's savings — to analyze which had the best chance to keep up with inflation and sustain a portfolio through a long retirement.

As other startups have pursued a strategy of raise fast and spend fast, TaskRabbit, one of the first on - demand offerings, has played the role of tortoise, not hare.

We spend a lot of time working with Airbnb on their strategy in China.

So, I spent a lot of my time during junior and senior years of high school researching the process and trying to find «secret» ways to get the most financial aid possible — all the strategies I assumed my peers were already taking advantage of.

Chesky, who recently talked to Fortune about his leadership strategy, agrees, saying «It's very important that I spend my time looking over the horizon... A lot of the things I've been doing, maybe Belinda is a lot better at them than I am.»

Rewind to the mid-2000s: Wat had just spent seven years in management consulting and had been promoted to head of strategy at Watson in Europe.

Because I have a lot going on, I never want to invest too much time in the actual writing of these plans, preferring to spend my time instead on the actual strategy.

Livingston made a lot of money, but she also used a variety of strategies to save big over the years, such as tracking her spending and automating her savings, but it was one mental trick that made the biggest difference: Think about purchases in terms of cost per hour.

We spent about six months working with various members of the FLM team — biz dev, product, audience development, etc. — to put together a strategy that would allow us to expand reported.ly internationally and begin generating revenue.

When asked what strategies helped people relax, 94 % of people who spent time outdoors said that doing so was effective at reducing stress levels.

I spend a lot of time talking clients «off the ledge» when they'd like to move all of their money into one outperforming asset class, place a large bet on hedging strategies for a pending correction they see coming or suddenly want to get out of the market altogether and «drop anchor» for fear of pending scary dives in the markets.

Following this strategy, you create an omnipresence that allows you to reach your target market multiple times for free without spending a lot of time on it.

The consultants spend six to 12 months analyzing the attractiveness of a potential market, evaluating the capabilities needed to win in that market, assembling the resources needed to master them, detailing the action steps to implement the strategy and building a robust financial model that estimates the investment required and the expected return.

«Technology consulting bookings were back up this quarter to a record level and reflected continued demand for network transformation, data center consolidation and IT strategy and transformation services for both driving cost savings and increasing the business value of IT spend.

«Priceline and Orbitz (OWW) didn't want to spend as much on TripAdvisor because they didn't want to line the pockets of Expedia or tip their hand competitively by giving away their advertising strategies because Expedia owned TripAdvisor,» said one investor, who did not wish to be named.

«I spend the vast majority of my time drafting briefs, memos in preparation for briefs, and participating in pretty high - level strategy decisions.

This strategy of searching for common ground before a meeting was particularly effective when a new contact was more obviously dissimilar from a director, for example when a young black woman meeting with an older white man spent time considering their career parallels before their get together.

At WestJet, Durfy spent a lot of time ensuring employees understood why he was implementing a particular strategy and explaining what they could do to help fulfil it.

Merely knowing or guessing annual revenues doesn't provide a strategy for pricing your services nor does it instill any kind of spending discipline.

Although Parisi is quick to emphasis that digital sales will compliment offline sales, not replace them, a scout's ability to target customers online will likely alter the cookie - selling success equation, elevating the importance of an effective digital - sales strategy over the sheer number of hours spent pounding the pavement.

Adjust your promotional strategy: Businesses might want to consider spending more on promotional expenses instead of entertainment expenses, since promotional items are fully deductible.

«Precision medicine is already positively affecting providers (for example, by reducing ED visits by 30 % through application of molecular profiling treatment strategy); payers ($ 25 billion expected annual spending on genetic tests by 2021, and 45 % of FDA approvals were geared toward targeted therapies in 2013); and pharma (the pharmacogenomics market is expected to be $ 7.5 billion by 2017).»

According to Asif Khan, founder of the Location Based Marketing Association, there are 5,000 businesses angling to profit from location intelligence; by 2019, total technology spend will reach $ 43 billion and advertisers will shell out $ 21 billion on location - based strategies.

The truth is that an audience - first marketing strategy will help align every aspect of your social, digital, content and media spend to the needs of your audience and the goals of your business.

McDonald's has spent the better portion of the last year developing and implementing strategies to bring the global fast - food franchise into the...

For example, in this chart, our marketer's key challenge is that their overall CPL (cost per lead) is being inflated by the amount of money they are spending to acquire leads through paid programs — implementing a solid content strategy could reduce the CPL.

Prior to joining Icon, Narutomo spent ten years at Microsoft and nine years at Hewlett Packard in a broad range of business development roles from selling new software solutions to creating strategies for launching new products into the Japan market.

Part of that strategy will be to engage a worldwide community of climbers and inform them about the brand's commitment to its technical equipment, outerwear and sportswear for people who spend a lot of time in the mountains or the outdoors.

If you are successful in your investment strategy (and many of you will be) and the government keeps spending like crazy (which it no doubt will) then it is quite possible that your tax bracket or tax rate will go UP when you reach age 59 1/2.

Omar spent 10 years of his career with OCI N.V. in Cairo and New York focusing on investor relations, strategy and corporate finance where he worked on over $ 35 billion worth of corporate transactions.

«I often see couples unaware of each other's spending habits until they create a budget,» said Dolph Janis, income strategist at Clear Income Strategies Group.

Prior to Rotman, he spent 13 years as Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm and served as co-head of the firm for two years.

With millions of dollars spent each year on marketing and brand activation strategies and campaigns, it is imperative that you have the right execution team in place.