I do an anonymous end - of -
year survey as well (particularly if a class was reticent in the focus group time).
Not exact matches
The investment indicator in the Business Outlook
Survey weakened significantly from the summer report,
as the balance of opinion between firms planning more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per cent from 29 per cent in the summer and 35 per cent at the start of the
year.
The Small Business Success Index,
as it's called, is the third in a series of
surveys the pair have done over the past
year.
In fact, 41 percent of the on - demand workers we
surveyed had faced a personal financial hardship in the past
year (such
as a job loss, health emergency or unexpected major expense).
A whopping one in three workers listed getting a raise
as a top priority this
year, making it the most popular resolution, according to rate - your - company startup Glassdoor's Employment Confidence
Survey.
According to research by Aberdeen this
year, 45 percent of employers
surveyed recognized the need to improve the candidate experience so
as to strengthen their brands.
Almost half of new startups fail within five
years, and the reason is clear:
As 42 percent of failed entrepreneurs said in one
survey, there wasn't a market need for their products.
And at the end of each
year, in what he calls an «antiquated approach,» he had to answer 50 online
survey questions about his happiness
as an Andersen employee.
The study, released Monday, shows performance shares were used
as CEO rewards by 51 % of companies
surveyed last
year, up from 47 % the previous
year and 41 % in 2011.
More than half of millennials, defined
as people between 18 and 34
years old, have set financial goals compared with only 38 percent of Americans age 35 and older, according to a new
survey by Northwestern Mutual.
A
survey by the Aspen Institute found that nearly half of American microborrowers were still in business five
years later, a higher share than the SBA reports for small businesses
as a whole.
A cheap date — defined
as cab rides, dinner or lunch for two at a pub or diner, soft drinks, two movie tickets and a couple of beers — runs about $ 195.90 in Zurich, down around 7 percent from last
year, the
survey found.
For 20 straight
years, Whole Foods has been counted
as one of America's «Great Places to Work,» an annual list that is based primarily on employee
surveys and published by Fortune.
Centro has been ranked
as the city's Best Place to Work for four or five
years running in the Crain's Chicago
survey.
According to Bloomberg's Anchalee Worrachate, Major says the 10 -
year yield will fall
as low
as 1.5 % to end the
year about 2.5 %, while 74 forecasters
surveyed by Bloomberg see it rising to 3.0 % by
year - end.
The federal government has made sweeping cuts to red tape
as small and medium businesses grow more confident about the
year ahead, but a growing number believes the state government is working against their best interests, according to the latest Sensis
survey.
The East coast chain broke records to become the first convenience store to be voted the best sandwich shop in the US in Market Force Information's annual
survey of nearly 11,500 consumers - beating major players such
as Jersey Mike's and Firehouse Subs, last
year's winner.
As Canadian Business found out when it conducted this
year's reputation
survey, people generally believe that RIM is an innovative, well run company, but they have little emotional connection to the brand itself.
Those that had completed the
survey last
year as well said their capital invested had increased 15 % in 2016 over 2015.
As we
survey today's markets, we find the Dow Jones up approximately 6.7 %
year to date and the broader market averages up even more.
Eighty - five percent of small - business owners say that the holiday shopping period is just
as — or more important than — last
year, according to a
survey by Manta, an online small - business community.
Looking ahead, the eBay
survey suggests there is optimism for next
year as well.
Two
years ago, when most American Gen Zers (defined
as survey respondents who are 22
years old now) were still in school, they were distinctly cool to the idea of spending adulthood in an office, but that's changed quite a bit.
The
survey results in this
year's PROFIT 500 guide illustrate just how few businesses rely on exports
as a key source of their revenue.
Some corporations use customer
surveys to impress their stockholders, others, such
as public utilities, show the information to regulatory commissions, while still more use it to track trends over
years.
The 2012 Kantar retail PoweRanking
survey, in which retailers rate their suppliers, ranked P&G
as No. 1 for the 10th
year in a row.
The ranking, in which we evaluated roughly 600 companies that are certified
as great workplaces by Great Place to Work, also considered
survey responses to questions related to training, profit - sharing, meaningful work and how welcoming organizations are,
as well
as companies» rate of hiring over the past
year.
While BMW emerged
as the most reputable company overall in this
year's global
survey, Canadians put Mercedes on top of the vehicle category, ranking 25 spots above the Beemer.
The Hiscox
survey didn't mention Twitter, which — according to research last
year — is just
as well known
as Facebook, and may be even more helpful for marketing.
Indeed, Randell Moore, who
survey's economists
as the editor of the Blue Economic Indicators, says the current consensus is for the yield on the 10 -
year Treasury bond to rise to 3.25 % by the end of 2015.
The report, which didn't identify SDM
as the sponsor, pulled together
survey responses given by 700 designers, engineers, and business executives, nearly half of whom work for manufacturing companies that pull in more than $ 50 million in revenue a
year.
As a result, according to a
survey conducted last
year by Focus Research Systems Inc. of West Hartford, Conn., less than 7 % of American small businesses (those with fewer than 500 employees or less than $ 25 million in sales) used on - site computers.
They may be thought of
as the job - hopping generation, but almost 90 percent of millennials
surveyed by software firm Qualtrics would actually choose to stay in a job for the next 10
years — if they knew there was room for an annual pay raise and career mobility.
A
survey conducted last
year of 2,078 adults by The Workplace Group, a recruitment firm in Florham Park, New Jersey, along with Lyon College and Rutgers University, found that 34 percent of those ages 53 and older defined themselves
as being in the early or mid-career stage.
As part of the 2013 - 14
survey, 47,764 Canadians between the ages of 15 and 49 were asked about their sexual activity - whether or not they have ever had sex, and if they have had sex in the past
year.
As in previous
years»
surveys and in keeping with other national data, the highest earners live in the North Central and Great Lakes regions and the lowest in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Business conditions,
as reported in
surveys, are at the highest level in almost 10
years.
Overall, inflation expectations are marginally higher than in the winter
survey: higher commodity prices and expected inflationary pressures in the United States are viewed
as contributing to domestic inflation over the next two
years.
As it becomes increasingly popular to employ more than one analytics tool to help determine the ROI of your digital efforts, with 78 % of marketers surveyed planning to adopt an attribution solution in the next two years, this comes as somewhat of a surpris
As it becomes increasingly popular to employ more than one analytics tool to help determine the ROI of your digital efforts, with 78 % of marketers
surveyed planning to adopt an attribution solution in the next two
years, this comes
as somewhat of a surpris
as somewhat of a surprise.
The Labour Force
Survey for August showed that average hourly wages were up by just 1.4 % from a
year earlier, the same low level of increase
as was registered in July. Consumer price inflation was 2.7 % in July, a bit down from 3.1 % in June and 3.7 % in May, but it seems that we have -LSB-...]
A new
survey from the World Economic Forum found that distributed financial technology could enter the mainstream in
as little
as twelve
years.
This award marks another successful
year for RBC Private Banking
as it received similar accolades at the 2016 Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management
Survey for a ninth consecutive
year,
as well
as at the 2015 Global Private Banking Awards for a fourth consecutive
year.
45 % Of Marketers Cite Content & Experience Management
As Top Priority In 2018 Econsultancy's Digital Trends 2018 report found that 45 % of professionals surveyed cite content and experience management as their top priorities for this year, followed by the 32 % that cited analytic
As Top Priority In 2018 Econsultancy's Digital Trends 2018 report found that 45 % of professionals
surveyed cite content and experience management
as their top priorities for this year, followed by the 32 % that cited analytic
as their top priorities for this
year, followed by the 32 % that cited analytics.
It found 89 per cent of managers agreed energy transition risks - such
as increasing emissions regulations or growing competition from clean tech alternatives - will significantly impact the valuations of the oil companies in the next five
years, compared to 46 per cent when the
survey was conducted in 2017.
The share of fund managers that expect oil company valuations to drop within five
years as a result of the energy transition has doubled in the last 12 months, according to the
survey of 30 influential fund managers.
Every
year, the WMC
surveys mostly «high - frequency» drinkers (1,200 respondents in 2015), defined
as those who consume wine several times a week.
Every four
years, the General Social
Survey (GSS)-- often regarded
as the single best source for sociological and attitudinal trend data in the United States — asks respondents if they were laid off in the previous
year.
Rated by our clients
as the # 1 global custodian for six consecutive
years (Global Custody
Survey, Global Investor ISF, 2011 to 2016), RBC I&TS is trusted with CAD 3.8 trillion in client assets under administration
as at January 31, 2017.
Currency strategists gave weaker exchange rate forecasts for major emerging countries such
as China, Brazil, South Africa and Turkey in the monthly
survey, pointing to a sixth straight
year of dollar gains against most high - yielding currencies.
We regularly
survey employees about their managers, and then use that information to publicly recognize the best managers and enlist them
as teachers and role models for the next
year.