It's a story oft repeated, where a foreign giant swoops in to buy a Canadian
resource company at the top of the market, only to regret it later.
China Resources «is a major global player,» said David Zweig, a specialist in Chinese natural
resource companies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Not exact matches
At first glance, you might not consider a commercial real estate agent a good
resource for a growing marketing
company.
For example, on Wednesday, Joe Schoendorf, partner
at venture capital firm Accel Partners, and Mike Stankey, vice chairman of cloud - based human
resources company Workday, will discuss what the plethora of private
companies valued
at $ 1 billion or more, known as unicorns, are doing to markets and marketplaces.
It's an important
resource for entrepreneurs and a quick way for us to share what we're learning every day
at 1871 from the hundreds of
companies and thousands of people who are going through the very same (and sometimes scary) process of starting and building businesses.
In the post about her year
at Uber, Susan Fowler said the
company's human
resources department ignored her complaints because her boss was a high performer.
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at small, innovative
companies.
This
company - building -
companies structure also lends itself well to helping large corporations behave like startups while
at the same time giving smaller businesses access to
resources only available to larger firms.
They are attempting to create an identity for the
company that distinguishes it in the marketplace,» says David Ulrich, a business professor
at the University of Michigan and co-founder of the RBL Group, a consultancy that advises businesses on human
resources, leadership, and organization.
The same can't be said of Ottawa, which is trying
at once to attract investment and diversify Canada's export markets without ceding control of our
resources to
companies controlled by powerful foreign governments (read: China).
«
Companies led by older management tend to be very controlling, but when I look
at people in the 20s or 30s, they're totally capable of working on their own and being productive,» said Kevin Wheeler, whose Future of Talent Institute researches and consults on human
resources for Silicon Valley businesses.
Whereas large
companies can probably handle big shocks better because they have more and bigger
resources, small
companies have the advantage of being in a better position to understand legislation changes and being faster
at adapting to a new framework, he noted.
Human
resources departments
at large
companies including Google, Genentech and LinkedIn have bought subscriptions to Headspace in bulk as a perk for their employees.
For that, he's relying on Salesforce's nine Employee
Resource Groups (ERGs), which are called Ohanas
at the
company.
Beverly Kelly, human -
resources manager
at Robert Charles Lesser & Co., a real - estate consulting firm in Los Angeles, asks candidates about other
companies they're interviewing with, and what makes a particular
company attractive.
«Oftentimes the
company will just have an answering machine in human
resources with a dedicated phone number, but 90 percent of the time it's ineffective and employees don't use it,» says George Ramos, a managing partner and senior executive investigator
at Diversified Risk Management (DRM), a Downey, California - based firm that handles corporate security and investigations.
At nearly 60 percent of the 100 biggest U.S.
companies by revenue, the chief human
resources officer is a woman, according to new data from Russell Reynolds Associates.
«They weren't in a competitive position compared to all our employees,» said Becky Cantieri, head of human
resources at SurveyMonkey, who explained the
company's decision in a blog post.
Most Chinese
companies would have difficulty gathering similar
resources at home or abroad.
«The value is that employees can understand what is expected of them and what they can expect from the
company,» adds Paul Rowson, managing director
at World
at Work, a global human
resources association that focuses on compensation, benefits, work - life, and integrated total rewards.
Iluka
Resources looks set to snare Irish
company Kenmare
Resources after proposing a scrip takeover offer valued
at $ 363 million.
Panoramic
Resources and Mincor
Resources have announced plans to put their last operating mines on care and maintenance in response to the depressed nickel market, with Panoramic cutting 50 jobs today with more to follow
at both
companies.
Shares in gold miner Ramelius
Resources have risen for the second time in a week after the
company announced it had struck a significant amount of high - grade gold
at its Blackmans project in the Murchison region.
An international consortium comprising European renewable energy
companies, Australian government agencies, and local contractor Otoc has come together to finance and develop a $ 40 million solar power project
at Sandfire
Resources» DeGrussa copper mine.
Its human
resources folks meet with everyone in the
company at least once a quarter.
The government of the Republic of Cameroon is planning to seek funding from China for the rail and port infrastructure
at Sundance
Resources» Mbalam - Nabeba iron ore project, allowing the Perth
company to focus just on the mine development.
Shares in Perth - based MOD
Resources surged 350 per cent today on positive drilling results
at the
company's copper tenements in Botswana.
Poseidon Nickel has landed an agreement for Kidman
Resources to use its mothballed Lake Johnston infrastructure to process lithium ore from the Melbourne - based
company's Mt Holland mine, in a deal potentially worth
at least $ 18.5 million.
The board of gold miner Ramelius
Resources has given its approval to begin mining
at the
company's Vivien project near Leinster, while also announcing a $ 10 million facility secured with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Subiaco - based Lithex
Resources will make a second attempt
at a backdoor listing, announcing plans to acquire an Israel - based battery technology
company in a deal worth $ 28.7 million.
Galaxy
Resources has pushed back the first shipment
at its Mt Cattlin lithium mine after several delays and cost overruns, with the
company's directors volunteering to fund any cash shortfall out of their own pockets.
Perth
company directors Ian Middlemas and Domenic Martino have joined a flurry of pre-Christmas M&A deals that are valued
at nearly $ 300 million, and designed to revive moribund
resources companies.
Maca and GR Engineering Services have become the preferred contractors for work
at Cassini
Resources» Nebo - Babel nickel project while also committing to the mining
company's $ 8 million capital raising.
Many start - up
companies don't have the
resources to throw
at security nor the many decades of history in trying to keep client money safe, said Westby.
Shares in copper miner Latitude Consolidated skyrocketed on news it plans to exit the
resources sector with a proposed acquisition of consumer services technology
company Yatango through a scrip deal valued
at about $ 18 million.
While we keep hearing how introverts are great untapped
resources at many
companies, this system permits even the most reticent to participate and contribute for the greater good.
Resource Capital Funds is set to emerge with a near 30 per cent stake in Vimy
Resources when the uranium
company completes a $ 22 million capital boost to fund ongoing work
at its Mulga Rock project in the eastern Goldfields.
Besides its investment, the
company is also holding events aimed
at providing access to information and
resources to small businesses.
Foreign oil
companies would refuse to dish out any more money to develop the country's
resources if it knew that it could be kicked out
at any moment by overzealous prosecutors in small towns.
In March the
company announced an updated
resource estimate of 10.46 million tonnes
at 1.6 grams per tonne for 529,000 ounces of gold.
Shares in Geopacific
Resources were up 9.3 per cent today as the
company announced a $ 3 million rights issue, with plans to use the funds to step up exploration activity
at its Cambodian Kou Sa project.
And in light of fintech recently changing the financial landscape so dramatically, we've added
resources to focus on following the
companies and trends
at the forefront of the fintech revolution.
This year's study surveyed more than 240 human
resource professionals from large employers (3,000 + employees)
at the close of 2016 to identify the most notable trends
companies are employing to improve the health and well - being of their employees.
The program provides
companies and entrepreneurs —
at all stages of growth and from all sectors — with tools and
resources to help them reach their full business potential.
Adds Buzza, «If you're going to go after the biggest
companies in Canada, you can expect that by the time you get to court, you're going to be up against a legal team with a lot of
resources at its fingertips.»
NEW YORK, April 17 - Billionaire investor William Ackman, who lost a proxy contest
at Automatic Data Processing last year, said on Tuesday that he wants the human -
resources technology
company to succeed but said he might be back with a fight if ADP fails to perform.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation will work with local explorer Artemis
Resources to investigate the conglomerate hosted gold recently discovered
at the
company's tenements in the Pilbara.
Diversified mining services
company Mineral
Resources has announced plans to acquire Atlas Iron in a scrip deal that values the iron ore miner
at $ 280 million.
The research was conducted on behalf of the Workforce Institute
at human
resources software and services
company Kronos.
David Clarke, senior vice president of technology development
at Workday (wday), which specializes in financial and human
resources software for big
companies, agreed that expanding geographic reach is a big reason to consider public cloud.