One issue that was briefly raised is the insufficient number of exceptional social enterprises that might qualify for an Acumen investment.
Van Gaal has established a reputation for tactical acumen and his ability to rebuild teams, but has a forthright approach and an often frosty approach to the media.
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They promptly turn to Warren Buffett, who lends his substantial financial acumen for their guidance.
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As with Trump, what these billionaires lack in TV experience they make up for in business acumen.
Certainly she is to be applauded for her business acumen and ability to turn around a magnificent but struggling orchestra.
While he still plays, he's better known now for his business acumen.
Ayanbadejo is one of several dozen athletes who are using the executive MBA experience to build their business acumen for profit and for charity.
Millions of people revere Warren Buffett for his investing acumen.
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American ambassadors to Britain are usually chosen more for their generosity to the president's campaign coffers than for their political acumen or ability to project policy.
It begins in the primary and secondary grades, where the acumen for and interest in the scientific method and mathematical skills are most easily developed in our young boys and girls.
"It's one of the world's great models of social entrepreneurship--and an example of using a just-in-time approach to delivering affordable, quality health services, " says Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and chief executive of the not-for-profit Acumen Fund.
On the contrary, those directly involved were fighting to determine whether two men, who less than ten years before were lauded for their business acumen and philanthropy, would spend the rest of their productive lives in a federal penitentiary.
The doctors' power rests on their professional prestige rather than managerial acumen, for which they are neither selected nor trained.
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Mr Ciampi, however, has been chosen not for his European views but for his non-partisan acumen on the home front.
While institutions can count the CEOs or millionaires in their alumni ranks, there are few metrics for determining graduates' ethical acumen.
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He set the standard for culinary excellence, business acumen, and media savvy that generations of chefs around the world still aspire to.
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It was his reputation for efficiency and his business acumen which convinced the Colorado Party to name him as their presidential candidate, despite his lack of experience in politics.
Joel and two other business-minded do-gooders portrayed in the film were some of the fellows sent overseas for 10 months by the Acumen Fund, a non-profit venture fund aimed at tackling poverty.
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He may yet be remembered more for his politics than his business acumen.
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Today's bosses can't understand why their young recruits, for all their brains and technical acumen, hardly ever come over and actually talk to them.
It's a family car with tremendous sports car acumen, but only when called for.
With her acumen she may be a dangerous opponent for President Francois Hollande.
Certainly such works are worthy of admiration for their pure aesthetic power as well as their psychological acumen.
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"The picture continues to look bright for Scottish football with many clubs now displaying shrewd business acumen, " said PWC partner David Glen.
"They've taken Singapore Airlines as a benchmark for service and British Airways as a benchmark of their financial acumen, " says Fraser Teasdale, head of a Miami airline-management firm.
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In the most famous case, America's tax breaks allow it in effect to hire the world's most successful businessman, Bill Gates, as its agent for good works, buying the public the benefit of his acumen.
"Australia is in active competition with other countries across our region for successful, high-wealth individuals and the capital and business acumen that comes with them, " Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor said last week.
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