Sentences with phrase «on innovation efforts»
As our study has consistently shown over the past eight years, there is no long - term correlation between the amount of money a company spends on its innovation efforts and its overall financial performance; instead, what matters is how companies use that money and other resources, as well as the quality of their talent, processes, and decision making.
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«Nearly all innovation efforts have been focused on people with means,» the startup's site reads.
After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.
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He announced an aggressive stock buyback a few months after opposing such a move, provided more details on the 40/20/10 plan first mentioned in June, and recentralized innovation efforts under one executive.
In its effort to double down on digital innovation the company announced the appointment of Josh Kobza, former chief financial officer, to the new role of chief technology and development officer.
«Sometimes their insights might not be your strategic priority,» says Rosin, the general manager of Brainstorm on top of leading Intuit's innovation efforts.
That event will cap off a week where Obama and administration officials will look back on innovation's impact on the economy since Obama first took office and «announcing new steps... to build on those efforts,» Zients wrote.
Marketing and innovation efforts have improved in the key areas today's consumers are focused on — health & wellness, entertaining, and convenience.
A private letter from Oliver to the chairman of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission reaffirmed what's been going on behind the scenes: «The introduction of Target Benefit Pension Plans will be an important innovation in Canada and will complement recent efforts by the government to further strengthen Canada's retirement income system.»
Contribute to NACO's efforts to raise awareness about the impact of Angel investors on Canadian innovation, and on the potential impact of the proposed tax changes to CCPCs may have on entrepreneur access to private risk capital.
But interviews with two dozen top investors and entrepreneurs suggest it is having a profound impact on innovation in Silicon Valley, by creating a strong disincentive for investors and start - ups to put money and effort into creating products Facebook might copy.
«The Wildrose Alliance believes that this province's prosperity was built on the innovation and effort of individual Albertans and not by government.
«s Vision to Reality Awards and Colin shares the company's innovation efforts around a new product focused on data analysis from hundreds of thousands of vehicles across the globe.
Geotab is also a finalist for PwC Canada «s Vision to Reality Awards and Colin shares the company's innovation efforts around a new product focused on data analysis from hundreds of thousands of vehicles across the globe.
Presidential debates, increased public affairs, innovations in news coverage, fewer commercials on children «s programs, more female and minority on - air employment, greater minority ownership of stations, «free speech messages» in many cities, greater responsiveness to viewer «s letters, and a temporary reduction in violent programs — all were brought about through the efforts of the broadcast reform groups.9.
The expropriated people of the world have experienced this truth and are progressively becoming aware that they must focus their efforts, experience and innovation on another agenda of priorities to the one followed by the «Men of Davos».
Several years ago, Victoria Fine Foods was focused on modernizing its plant and instilling quality controls to support its innovation efforts — implementing manufacturing as a science.
Discussions with executives at several national and regional baking companies pointed to an increased focus on innovation and stepped - up marketing efforts.
Efforts to prevent poisonings related to Procter & Gamble's liquid laundry pacs continue with the company's latest packaging innovation: a harder - to - open Child - Guard closure on tubs of Tide PODS and Gain Flings.
Although the beverage can has been mainly convincing in terms of its convenience on - the - go, its manufacturers are putting efforts into demonstrating that innovation can enable the can to deliver a higher quality of experience and thereby raise the pack's profile in consumers» minds.
The report details Novelis» efforts to increase its recycling capacity and the recycled content of its products to 80 per cent by 2020 with a focus on innovation and technology to accelerate the use of recycled aluminum.
As a system supplier, we focus our efforts on sustainable and customized flexible packaging solutions and packaging innovations for dry and liquid applications in select market segments: Coffee, Food & Beverage, Specialty and Pet Food.
The enthusiasm and momentum behind the recent efforts to strengthen the programs and services for early childhood education inspired us to bring together the voices presented in this issue to share the most recent innovations and milestones that have brought a focus on child development to the foreground.
Despite the fast pace of innovation online, few political organizations are grasping the potential impact of rapid response efforts on the web.
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, on Wednesday 20th September 2017, launched 3 books on Critical Thinking written by Colonel Charles Dalo Nengite, as part of efforts to enhance the capacity of Nigerian Army's personnel in creativity and innovation in the application of Critical Thinking.
One of Rep. Chris Collins» first major legislative efforts took a big step forward, as the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology approved his bill establishing a grant program that aims to fund innovations being created at the nation's universities, research institutes and laboratories.
According to him, he is bringing on board new innovations and initiatives into the Zongo communities to augment NPP government efforts in bringing the desire development to the people.
A Deputy Minister of Health, Tina Mensah, signed on behalf of Ghana while Keller Rinaudo, CEO of Zipline, signed for his company in Accra on Monday 23rd April, 2018, in the presence of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who has championed the governmental effort to ensure the use of innovation and technology in public service delivery.
AAAS letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee to resist any effort to undercut the National Science Foundation's ability to support research across all fields and concern on language in a pending innovation bill that seems to require awarding 8 percent of research funding outside the usual peer - review.
► «A major congressional effort to spur medical innovation passed another milestone today when a House of Representatives committee signed off on the 21st Century Cures Act,» Jocelyn Kaiser wrote Thursday at ScienceInsider.
«I applaud NASA for issuing this Grand Challenge because finding asteroid threats, and having a plan for dealing with them, needs to be an all - hands - on - deck effort,» said Tom Kalil, deputy director for technology and innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
We encourage our national leaders to make a bipartisan effort to focus on achieving a balanced budget that helps put the U.S. economic house in order, while also putting forth a road map that fosters innovation and leads to economic growth and job creation.»
Within that bailiwick, the administration proposes to spend $ 144 million this year on the new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, a collaborative effort between industry, academia, and government partners to speed manufacturing innovation.
«MedCity will allow us to intensify efforts to turn medical innovations into patient benefits and economic value on a national and international scale.»
«I appreciate the need to derive savings and balance our budget, but that can not come at the expense of our efforts on energy innovation,» said Senator Lisa Murkowski (R — AK), chair of the energy panel.
Selection of SNMMI Fellows will be based on documented excellence in volunteer service to the society and at least one of the additional three areas: excellence in scientific discovery and innovation; educational efforts in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging; or clinical practice of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.
In an effort to structure their partnership, the two institutions signed a partnership agreement in 2016 integrating research collaborations, faculty exchanges, joint seminars and symposiums on innovation.
Wake Forest Innovations and Ethicon saw this project — an effort to generate independent data on the performance of the stapler — would be a good pilot project for an R&D partnership between the academic institution and the medical device company.
«With much of the industry attention and innovation focused on hook - up apps and the millennial generation, FirstMet fills an important void in helping single adults seeking new relationships, while minimizing the effort and stress of getting back in the dating game.»
To bring this same innovation to school report cards, the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), in partnership with Getting Smart, has launched the My School Information Design Challenge (#schoolinfo)-- a national competition to rethink and redesign the way in which key data is presented on school report cards so that they can drive decisions, spark discussions and support the efforts of state departments of education.
In 2013, when one could just start to glimpse that some reforms might be going south, I mused, «Reformers have greeted with a surprising lack of interest the seemingly self - evident fact that the fruits of policy innovation depend as much on how policies are carried out as on whether they're carried out... Earlier reform efforts failed when their champions got mired in changing «professional practice» while ignoring policy.
Famed business - school thinker Clayton Christensen was splendidly profiled in The New Yorker a few weeks back, which set me to reflecting on his influential meditation on K - 12 education, Disrupting Class, the 2008 book (co-authored with Michael Horn and Curtis Johnson) that startled the edu - cracy with its bold prediction that half of all high school courses will be delivered online by 2019 and its explanation that technology will produce the «disruptive innovation» in education that previous reform efforts have failed to bring about.
The «innovation» at YES Prep, KIPP, and Envision — the differentiator that sets them apart — is the effort expended on the day - to - day leadership and management challenges.
That also means scrapping House provisions that added Title I portability and subtracted current «maintenance - of - effort» provisions, and throwing the administration a bone on pre-K and «investing in innovation.»
More over, they're not taking advantage of new technology innovation that is available to support them in their on going efforts to protect staff and students.
We have launched the Innovation in Opportunity project, an effort to integrate education technology into our schools, getting the best innovations possible tested to ensure the best impact on students and families.
Every education policy effort going forward must be focused on creating the opportunity for innovation.
In the months immediately following her election, Weingarten launched major efforts to place education reform and innovation high on the nation's agenda.
In spite of the sincere efforts that have been made to date to spur innovation in teaching and learning in the traditional public school sector, the data show that just infusing more per - pupil public school spending in the past has failed to propel the U.S. beyond its peer countries on international rankings of student achievement.