In a world where work is stable and predictable, and customer requirements are unchanging, this approach can work reasonably well.
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Second, the analysis assumes DoD's fuel needs are relatively stable and predictable.
As Pearce says, the "last generation" of his book title refers to the final years in which we will be able to depend on a stable and predictable climate.
He goes out of his way to praise the "stable and predictable fiscal regime" established by the U.S. government for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which allows BP to undertake massive investments with confidence.
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Last week, on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, I found myself in an interesting discussion with business leaders in one of our Executive Education programs at Thunderbird School of Global Management, focused on the roles of business and government in creating not only a livable and sustainable environment, but a stable and predictable society.
Traditionally, the utility and energy services industry has enjoyed stable growth and predictable market changes.
The huge flaw in this process is the assumption that the world is reasonably stable and somewhat predictable.
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But the report also says the EEA has ensured "a stable and relatively predictable framework" for relations with the EU, its most important economic partner.
More autonomy would mean more accountability to Londoners, and a more predictable and stable income would allow more borrowing, creating a "virtuous circle" of investment.
Remember that in August Standard and Poor's downgraded the US, not because of its economic prospects but because of how near it came to not agreeing a budget and the danger that revealed of "governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable".
The other idea, equally ancient, is the Classical ideal of a currency that is as stable, predictable, and free of human influence as possible.
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They lend to a Government on the backs of a vibrant private sector, if the Borrower nation can prove (a) a viable and stable political environment, and (b) a fairly predictable, and sustainable tax base.
Where it might have been a predictable, stable life, and having a job that brings in the money, now I feel it might be having a work-life balance so that life can be enjoyed and a job that is engaging and meaningful.
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Its revenues are extremely predictable, cash flows are very stable, and thus debt levels are very reasonable.
But in a world of rapid change in the marketplace, of an increasing proportion of knowledge work, of increasing technical complexity of the work, and where customers who do not even know themselves what will delight them, stable predictable work environments are largely a thing of the past.
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