In only five years, the Catalyst Group's Mr Murphy points out, ten leading polyolefin producers have disappeared.
About 73% of Fortune 500 companies now have at least one female executive officer, although women comprise only 14% of all executive officers, quoted the article from research firm Catalyst Group.
Catalyst: This website by nonprofit group Catalyst hosts research about women in business and an insightful blog, Catalyzing.
Looking at companies with women on their boards in 2011, the research group Catalyst found a 26% difference in return on invested capital (ROIC) between the top-quartile companies (with 19-44% women board representation) and bottom-quartile companies (with no female directors).
"We believe anything short of Tribune selling itself at a significant premium, which is highly unlikely in our opinion, will serve as a negative catalyst for the newspaper group and for Tribune, " Huber wrote in a research note.
Catalyst, a nonprofit research and advisory group that studies women in the workplace, recently did a census tracking women executives in the largest companies and found dismal results.
"Sun is getting a proven enterprise-class directory built into the operating system - it's a strong direction, " says Gary Rowe, executive vice president of The Burton Group, which sponsored the Catalyst Conference.
But a defeat in the final round of group play to Sweden was the catalyst for another locker-room flare-up and condemned France to this quarterfinal meeting with Spain.
That thought that crossed my mind as I prepared my keynote address for Catalyst 2013, sponsored by the economic development group, Southwest Michigan First held last month in Kalamazoo.
Catalyst is a New York-based research and advocacy group for women executives.
Ira Epstein, director of the Ira Epstein division of The Linn Group, added that gold may need a fresh catalyst or story to recover, and in the meantime is also being hurt by a stronger U.S. dollar, as are a number of other commodities.
The success factors include having at least one major university, a strongly affiliated industry group, access to human capital, and a major catalyst or company which creates new markets and opportunities for other entrepreneurs.
Ira Epstein, director of the Ira Epstein division of The Linn Group, said he believes the inflation debate could be the next catalyst for higher gold prices.
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The central bank action has reignited the inflation debate, which is going to be the next catalyst for higher gold prices, said Ira Epstein, director of the Ira Epstein division of The Linn Group.
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