And Kerkorian's style has never been to just quietly put money where he sees smart management.
Still, smart management practices are essential not just at utilities but also at the law firms that represent them.
The responsibility frontier was stretching and smart sustainability management at GE meant anticipating where the next bulge would form.
And an effective volunteer program is only possible with smart volunteer management.
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It might have looked like a smart risk-management move, but it seems like investors in Fairfield Sentry are almost destined to endure catastrophic investment management.
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Both iLoud and iLoud MINI are also equipped with a high-performance Li-Ion rechargeable battery with smart power-management features that reduce its power consumption, making possible to go long periods without recharging, an important factor for mobile users.
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By adding Obvius to its list of offerings, Leviton is staking out its position as single-source provider of measurement and verification solutions in the field of lighting and energy management solutions, which include smart metering, energy data information, load management and LEED rating achievement.
The energy efficiency tools can be used with a network of assets such as smart meters, smart plugs and building management systems to keep a tab on real-time energy use of corporate assets.
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Now, if only somebody smart would take over the management of my biggest Individual Retirement Account.
Management consists of very smart people, and that is helping the company perform very well.
Southeastern Asset Management, known for smart, contrarian stock picking, would suffer from the cheaply priced Dell buyout.
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Such networks are already revolutionizing inventory control and fleet management, and are set to play a growing role in key social sectors like healthcare, through e-health applications, education, through remote learning and teacher training, and environmental management through applications like smart grids, monitoring systems and smart buildings.
There is flat management, where there are smart people in the room at all levels who contribute and are heard irrespective of their pay, age, or years of experience.
Getting in early was one shrewd move for Tiger Global Management, but the other smart thing the firm did was sell a lot of its Facebook stock in the IPO.
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Smart dealmakers, especially foreign companies with established management criteria, will therefore look not just at how much people are paid but how the compensation system works.
In addition to netbooks, the Atom microprocessor is used in a variety of other places including smartphones, tablets, car infotainment systems, smart TVs, low power consuming servers, and energy management systems.
The WikiLeaks problem highlights something that smart investors have known for a long time: study the management team and the way they do business.
Due in large part to the popularity of new products such as CINEMA SCREEN 3D Smart TV in the Korean market and improvements in supply chain management, operating profit nearly doubled to 217 billion (USD 191.9 million) from the same period the previous year.
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Based on what I've seen and heard from fellow CEOs and business leaders, if organizations with more than 1, 000 smartphones or smart devices in use do not enforce mobility audit and cost management strategies and solutions, they can be sure their mobile communications costs will rise sharply, and so will the risks associated with device and data losses.
Robert Sullivan, dean of the Rady School of Management in San Diego, suggests that it may be smart to seek work in a small- or medium-sized company, where career progression might be smoother.
All it requires is better application of existing management knowledge, practices and existing infrastructures, and scaling up smart and successful practices that are already working.
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In that respect, Google is playing it smart by only linking 25%, says Jill Brown, a professor of management at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
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According to Cisco, the u-City project will help Busan to boost economic development, increase revenue, encourage citizen engagement, reduce city operations costs, support brownfield revitalization (many of the Smart Work Centers will be built on brownfields), and strengthen city operations management and social resiliency.
First, we must include data center expansion in power management and growth plans (this is in addition to other demands for a smart power grid to support activities such as charging a possible expansion of the number of electric vehicles).
Private equity shop Warburg Pincus and William Ackman of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management have each earned a place among Wall Street's upper reaches by making smart investments.
Looking ahead, management is optimistic that introductions this fall of Windows 8, new tablets, new smart phones, new games and new readers will generate more consumer interest and traffic in the Best Buy stores.
Osborne, who heads Power Agent Systems, which makes battery-management and monitoring systems for data centers, has been paying enough attention to put forward a smart scenario, if not the most likely one.
PayWizard supports transactions made on multiple devices -- including online, iPads and other tablets, smart phones, connected TVs and digital set-top boxes -- and features a unique, web-based management dashboard that provides detailed real-time activity reports as well as valuable, actionable marketing information on viewer behaviour.
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